On the second day, it was sunny.
Lin Rufei entered Liu Mansion with the guests, and from a distance, she saw Liu Rugong in a bright red dress. Sitting beside him was a graceful and luxurious woman, who was saying something to him with a smile, thinking that this person was the mistress of Liu Mansion and the biological mother of Liu Rugong.
Her son suddenly wants to marry a sword. It stands to reason that Mother Liu's attitude should be tried to stop it, but looking at her attitude at this time, she has already accepted this fact. laughing.
Liu Rugong was also laughing. He was handsome in a red coat, with black hair tied in a crown, looking forward to brilliance. Lin Rufei set her eyes on the Luoshen on his waist. A bright red silk was also tied on the blue Luoshen sword handle, which was being held by Liu Rugong at this time.
Seemingly sensing Lin Rufei's gaze, Liu Rugong stopped talking with her mother, turned her head, smiled at Lin Rufei, and called Young Master Lin again.
Lin Rufei responded.
"Take this place as your own." Young Master Liu walked in front of Lin Rufei and said with a smile, "It's busy today, please take care of the poor reception."
Lin Rufei said politely.
Liu Rugong led Lin Rufei to the guest's seat and seated him, and then went to entertain other guests. Lin Rufei had nothing to do, and slowly ate the nuts on the table, and handed it to Gu Xuandu. This wedding banquet, the people who can be invited by Liu Mansion are naturally distinguished guests, and they are all the ones who have an excellent relationship with Liu Mansion. These people know Liu Rugong's temperament. Although it is indeed incomprehensible to many people that he wants to marry a sword, those who dare to make irresponsible remarks in front of Liu Rugong are truly a hand. Come count.
The wedding went very smoothly. Liu Rugong worshipped the heavens and the earth alone and entered the bridal chamber alone. At first glance, it was a bit funny, but his serious expression made people unable to laugh at all.
The atmosphere among the guests was also not relaxed. After everyone watched Liu Rugong Licheng leave the venue, they were relieved and started toasting to celebrate. Someone toasted Lin Rufei and was surprised when they learned of his identity as the fourth son of the Lin family. They said that he heard that he and Young Master Liu had won a sword battle a few days ago, and they admired him very much.
Lin Rufei didn't expect that this matter had already spread, so she had to raise a glass to socialize, but he didn't drink very well, and soon became a little drunk, and a faint blush appeared on his pale cheeks. Knowing that she couldn't drink any more, Lin Rufei excused herself and left the table. He didn't know much about Liu Mansion, so he followed the road and found a quiet corner in Liu Mansion to rest.
Today's son's wedding, the Liu Mansion is naturally very lively.
Lin Rufei was a little drunk, sitting on the stone bench and closing her eyes to rest.
Gu Xuandu said, "Go back to sleep when you are sleepy."
Lin Rufei said, "I don't seem to have seen Luoshen today."
Gu Xuandu said, "Well."
Luoshen can appear by Liu Rugong's side at any time, but today until Licheng, she has not appeared for a moment, Lin Rufei is still thinking about what happened yesterday, and murmured that she should not make up her own mind, she should ask first Liu Rugong's opinion. Gu Xuan saw that his expression was low, and after thinking about it, his figure disappeared for a moment. When he came back again, he had two more rice cakes exuding a cold air in his hand, with a layer of rich brown sugar drenched on top, which looked extraordinarily special. Alluring. Lin Rufei took it over and started nibbling directly.
The rice cake is made of glutinous rice and sprinkled with a thin layer of ice slag, which dissolves the dry smell of alcohol in the mouth. Lin Rufei was full after eating half of the piece, and was worried about the remaining half, but Gu Xuandu took it naturally and started to eat it.
Lin Rufei stared blankly at Gu Xuandu and said, "You..."
Gu Xuandu didn't seem to realize what was wrong with his actions, and said, "What?"
Lin Rufei was silent for a moment, then shook her head: "It's nothing."
The two ate cold rice cakes, and Lin Rufei's wine also woke up a little. He returned to the banquet, but Liu Rugong still could not be seen. According to the normal wedding banquet process, Liu Rugong, the bridegroom, naturally wanted to come out. It was a reception for guests, but this was originally an unusual wedding. Since Liu Rugong couldn't see anyone, the rest didn't seem to be that important.
Lin Rufei didn't like this kind of occasion, so she made a random excuse and left the Liu residence. When I went out, I remembered that it seemed that I hadn't handed the invitation to Master Liu, but judging from his gloomy expression at today's wedding banquet, this was obviously not the right time.
Liu Mansion got married, and Gusu City followed for a lively day.
Lin Rufei went back to the inn and fell asleep until midnight, when she woke up in a daze. He was a little thirsty, so he got up in a daze and wanted to drink some tea. Seeing his confused appearance, Gu Xuan laughed lightly, raised his hand and handed over the teacup.
Lin Rufei took it and swallowed a few mouthfuls. There were some water stains on his lips, and his expression gradually became clearer. He coughed twice and said, "What time is it?"
Gu Xuandu responded: "It's just past the child's time."
Lin Rufei snorted and said, "It's a little hot..." As he said that, he tugged at his loose neckline, revealing a snow-white collarbone. Gu Xuan and Lin Rufei looked at each other, but suddenly looked away uncomfortably, got up, walked to the window, and opened the door.
With a soft creaking sound, the breeze poured into the house accompanied by the moonlight. Lin Rufei raised her eyes to look out the window and said, "The moonlight is so beautiful."
"Yeah." Gu Xuandu replied softly.
Lin Rufei slept for too long, so she wasn't too sleepy, she simply sat up from the bed, walked to the window, and looked from afar: "Hey...why is he there..."
Gu Xuandu said, "Maybe I can't sleep."
On the top of the tallest attic in Gusu City, there was a person who should not have appeared, who was the protagonist of today's wedding, Liu Rugong. He was still wearing that gorgeous wedding dress, the neatly tied crown on his hair was torn to pieces, and his blue silk was scattered on his shoulders in a mess, but he turned into the unruly appearance of the past. He was holding a jug of wine in his hand and was pouring it into his mouth, as if he was not afraid of getting drunk, and he didn't stop for a while.
This should be a sad picture, but when Lin Rufei saw the person standing behind him clearly, she couldn't feel sad.
It was a strong man eight feet in length, with red cheeks and a long beard growing on his chin. If he had another big knife in his hand, Lin Rufei would probably think it was the second master of Guan.
At first Lin Rufei even thought that the scene in front of him was an hallucination caused by drinking too much. He rubbed his eyes heavily, then rubbed them again, until his eyes were red, and then he said to Gu Xuandu with a hiss: "Who is behind Liu Rugong?"
Gu Xuandu said calmly: "Judging from his clothes, he is probably the one we know."
Lin Rufei: "..."
Probably his expression was too collapsed, Gu Xuan stretched out his hands from behind to cover his eyes, his hands were a little cold, covering Lin Rufei's eyes to block all the light: "Don't look, it's time to sleep. ."
Lin Rufei didn't speak, and silently pulled Gu Xuandu's hand from her eyes.
That long bearded man, dressed in Tsing Yi, stood behind Liu Rugong like a Dharma protector. How could he still be as graceful as a fairy a few days ago? At this time, he folded his arms and stood behind Liu Rugong with a gloomy expression. The picture that should be lonely, there are more kinds of indescribable funny and horror...
It's like if you look at him a few more times, he'll come and slash you with a knife.
Lin Rufei didn't say anything at the end, she silently closed the window, and lay back on the bed with a hopeless expression.
Gu Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He thought that Luoshen was indeed Liu Rugong's sword. He really had a bad temper. Liu Rugong said a few words. He estimated that he would carry a long knife and simply stand behind Liu Rugong as a murderous door god.
Sword spirits have no body in the first place, and Lin Rufei's ability to see them was purely accidental, so what they want to become is almost entirely based on their hearts, but Liu Rugong couldn't see them.
Lin Rufei, who was hit so hard, didn't sleep much in the second half of the night. After sending the invitation to Liu Mansion early the next day, she found Liu Rugong to say goodbye, saying that she planned to leave Gusu City in the next few days.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Liu Rugong persuaded him a few words but did not force it, but there was a slight hesitation in his expression, as if he wanted to say something.
Lin Rufei knew that she and Liu Rugong had parted now and didn't know when they would meet, so she calmly said, "What do you want to say, Young Master Liu?"
Liu Rugong hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Young Master Lin, I have an unkind request..."
Lin Rufei said, "You talk about it first?"
Liu Rugong coughed lightly: "I wonder if Young Master Lin, can you draw me a portrait of Luoshen?"
Lin Rufei asked strangely, "What do you want this portrait for?"
Liu Rugong said with a smile, "I just want to leave a memory." He took the events of that night as a story in the book, but the story is easy to forget after a long time. If he doesn't leave something behind, he worries that one day he will Will really forget, it will certainly be a bit regretful.
Lin Rufei thought for a moment, and at Liu Rugong's request, he told him to give him a few days before sending the portrait to Liu Rugong.
Liu Rugong was very happy to see that Lin Rufei agreed so readily, and said that he would never mention Lin Rufei's ripping off his clothes in the future. Lin Rufei said sincerely that it doesn't matter, after all, it's not herself who is embarrassed. Liu Rugong was speechless for a moment, and his face was ashen.
After leaving Liu Mansion, Lin Rufei stopped by to buy materials for the painting, and planned to spend some time painting the appearance of Luoshen.
Although he did not practice swordsmanship, he was good at painting, calligraphy, chess, and painting. Lin Rufei didn't find it troublesome to put such a unique beauty like Luoshen on paper.
However, when he returned to the inn and laid out the drawing paper, he did not write.
Seeing his frowning appearance, Gu Xuan asked suspiciously, "Why don't you paint?"
Lin Rufei raised her head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "As soon as I recall Luoshen, what comes to mind is the appearance of the big bearded man—"
Gu Xuandu laughed directly.
Lin Rufei was very unhappy with his schadenfreude, she sighed and pinched the corners of her eyes, her face full of sadness: "What can I do?"
Gu Xuandu rolled his eyes and said, "Do you really want to paint?"
Lin Rufei said, "I promised Liu Rugong."
Gu Xuandu said, "Then let me help you." After he finished speaking, he shook his long sleeves, and his figure suddenly changed, turning into the appearance of Luoshen.
Lin Rufei was stunned: "Senior..."
"What's your name, senior?" Gu Xuandu, who turned into a Luoshen, smiled sweetly, and the charm was a bit more enchanting than the real Luoshen. to remember."
Lin Rufei: "..." Senior, you really know how to play.
Seeing Lin Rufei's frightened appearance, Gu Xuan laughed, then changed back and tapped the drawing paper on the table with his finger: "Do you remember?"
Lin Rufei said obediently, "Remember."
He drew with a pen.
This painting took five days. During this period, Lin Rufei didn't even open the door of the inn. Fuhua Yurui and Fuhua Yurui had already started to lose their hair. They even privately asked the innkeeper if there were any reliable temples nearby. You can say goodbye and see if your son is fascinated by some glamorous fairy. Fortunately, Liu Rugong came over halfway through and said that Lin Rufei painted a friend he knew, and Fuhua Yurui was relieved.
After the scroll was finished, Lin Rufei personally sent it to Liu Mansion.
Liu Rugong was very happy to see the scroll, but just after taking it, he felt a little strange and asked, "Young Master Lin, why are there two scrolls?"
Lin Rufei explained calmly, "I saw Luoshen again a few days ago."
Liu Rugong didn't understand: "So?"
Lin Rufei said, "Her appearance has changed a little bit, so I drew both appearances...all of them."
Liu Rugong's eyes lit up and he was very surprised: "So it is!"
Lin Rufei let out a long sigh, and patted Liu Rugong's shoulder with a heavy hand, with a heavy voice that Liu Rugong could not understand: "Brother, happy wedding." This picture scroll was regarded as a wedding gift he gave to Liu Rugong Bar.
Liu Rugong didn't realize it, thinking that Lin Rufei was just joking with herself, and smiled and said thank you. Then Lin Rufei got up and left without hesitation, not even waiting for Liu Rugong to open the two paintings.
Liu Rugong was not in a hurry, so he sent Lin Rufei away first, and then returned to the house, carefully unfolding the picture scroll Lin Rufei gave him. A beautiful woman in Tsing Yi, vividly on the paper, with bright eyes and white teeth, she really shines, like the Luoshen described in ancient poems.
When Liu Rugong saw the picture scroll, a faint smile appeared on his eyebrows, and then he opened the second picture. However, after seeing the characters on the second scroll, the smile on his face solidified, turning into confusion, doubt, and finally stunned...
The second picture is of a long-bearded man dressed in Tsing Yi, with red complexion, burning eyes, murderous aura, and standing with a knife, which is very shocking.
Liu Rugong was indeed shocked, but what shocked him was not the appearance of the painting, but what Lin Rufei said.
Lin Rufei said, "I saw Luoshen again a few days ago, and her appearance has changed a little bit." - The meaning of this sentence is so obvious, even if Liu Rugong wants to pretend not to understand.
This is what Luo Shen looks like now.
Liu Rugong lowered his head expressionlessly and looked at the sword on his waist.
The saber hummed, not giving Liu Rugong any face.
As expected of his sword, Liu Rugong thought, it really has a personality... Thinking so, Liu Rugong smiled and put away the two scrolls.
Many years later, when his descendants of Liu family inherited Liu Rugong's private property and learned that these were Liu Rugong's two favorite people, he carefully took out a pair and opened it.
Then, they saw the big man on the scroll glaring glaringly, as if he was about to kill with a knife in the next moment. The Liu clan was shocked, thinking that the hobby of their ancestors was really special. In the end, they did not dare to open the second picture, but carefully sealed them all.
Lin Rufei quickly left Liu Mansion, for fear that Liu Rugong, who had reacted, would trouble him.
Gu Xuandu laughed heartily beside him, and said, Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu, what the hell are you thinking.
Lin Rufei was packing her luggage while coughing, and did not forget to explain to Gu Xuan, but she said helplessly that he didn't want to do it, but the appearance of a big bearded man really lingered in his mind, after hesitation, Finally, I picked up a pen and drew the appearance of Luoshen. As for Liu Rugong's reaction when he saw the painting, it was not within his scope of consideration.
Lin Rufei packed her luggage and called Fuhua Yurui to get on the carriage. With the sound of hooves, several people drove out of Gusu City together.
The next destination was another town thousands of miles away from the city of Gusu. There was a powerful swordsman in that town. He was not a son of an aristocratic family, but he was quite famous in the rivers and lakes. This time, Kunlun's invitation also has him.
The weather was getting hotter and hotter, and Fu Hua deliberately put a lot of ice cubes in the carriage to cool down. Lin Rufei ate the iced lotus seed soup made by Yurui and looked at the scorching sun outside the carriage.
At this moment, Yu Rui was staring at her, and Lin Rufei was not good at feeding Gu Xuandu. Gu Xuandu stared at Lin Rufei with a resentful expression, and Lin Rufei, who was so embarrassed, became embarrassed.
I have to look at my nose and my heart, pretending not to see
After leaving Gusu City and walking a hundred miles further, the scenery gradually became desolate. After walking for more than ten days, the neat buildings around were gradually turned into low and dilapidated mud houses, and the roads were surrounded by green wheat waves. The figure of the merchants on the road gradually decreased a lot.
The summer wind was hot and dry, blowing away the only coolness left in the shade. But the child with bare feet didn't care at all, the skin was charred from the sun, but he still ran and played on both sides of the road under the scorching sun. Their carriage happened to hit a fork in the road, and Fu Hua stopped the carriage, wanting to find a random child to ask for directions.
Unexpectedly, when the children saw the carriage, they all showed panic and fled in all directions, but only a thin child remained in place. Seeing this, Fu Hua hurried forward, squatted down and stopped him.
This child was born thin, but his eyes were surprisingly large, staring blankly at the floating flowers.
"Children, which way is to Fujiazhuang?" Fuhua asked.
The child's expression was a little dumb, as if he couldn't understand Fu Hua's words. It wasn't until Fu Hua patiently asked three times that he hesitantly stretched out his hand and pointed out a way.
Seeing this, Fu Hua was a little worried that the child was referring indiscriminately, so she wanted to ask a few more questions.
Fu Hua was helpless, so she took out a candy and stuffed it into the child's hand, intending to find another one to ask.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the candy in her hand was sent out, other children gathered around. Seeing this, the skinny child hurriedly stuffed the candy in her hand directly into her mouth. She didn't even dare to chew it, so she swallowed it whole. The candy was so big that it stuck in his throat. Seeing that his cheeks started to turn blue and purple due to lack of oxygen, Fu Hua exclaimed in fright, and quickly picked up the child and slapped his cheeks hard. On the back, the child coughed hard twice before coughing the candy out of his throat.
There were tears in his eyes, but he didn't dare to cry. The next action was to reach out to pick up the candy that fell on the soil. However, the other children moved one step faster than him. After grabbing the candy, they didn't care about the dirt on it, so they hurriedly ate it into their mouths, with a gobbling expression that was as if they were hugging the floating flowers. This little kid is exactly the same.
Fu Hua was so frightened by this situation that she pinched the child's face and said angrily, "How can I eat like this, what should I do if I get choked?"
The child did not cry when his face was pinched by the floating flower, but his eyes fell on the crowd vying for the candy. Tears began to accumulate in his eyes until he saw that the candy was shared by the older children. The child cried, and suddenly became more in a hurry.
Lin Rufei also noticed the situation outside in the car, lifted the curtain of the car and saw Fu Hua and the child, he hesitated for a moment, then waved to Fu Hua, motioning her to bring the child into the carriage. Fu Hua picked up the child, turned around and got into the carriage. The child was extremely thin, with bones all over her body. She couldn't move in her arms, like a poor baby made of straw.
"What happened?" Lin Rufei asked.
Fu Hua hurriedly repeated the story of asking for directions and the child's candy stuck in her throat. Lin Rufei looked at the child in her arms with tears on her face, and said warmly, "My child, is there any discomfort?" The child is small, and the candy block is very likely to hurt his throat.
The child's response was slow, and it took a while to shake his head.
Lin Rufei did not urge, but asked Yurui to take out a wet towel and wipe the child's embarrassed face.
The child's mood gradually calmed down, hiding in Fu Hua's arms and motionless. Lin Rufei asked him a few questions, and he answered all of them mixedly.
"What should I do?" Fu Hua frowned, "If my parents see this, they might blame us." Although she gave the candy with good intentions, she didn't take into account the child's small throat. Fortunately, nothing happened...
Lin Rufei said, "Are the children outside gone?"
Fu Hua went out to have a look, but said helplessly: "I ran away early." The group of children swarmed away after eating the candy, and now they don't know where they went.
Lin Rufei thought about it for a while, and then put her eyes on the child in front of her. He stretched out his hand and motioned to Fu Hua to hand the child to him.
The child was obviously a little scared, but he didn't dare to struggle. He fell into Lin Rufei's arms, as stiff as a rock. Lin Rufei did not expect the child to be so light, almost like a skin wrapped around a bone shelf. The swarthy eyes were terrifyingly large, and at this moment they were shrinking down, not daring to meet Lin Rufei's eyes.
Lin Rufei said, "Little boy, where are your parents?"
The child does not speak.
Lin Rufei asked again, "Do you know how to get to Fujiazhuang?"
The child nodded.
Lin Rufei said, "Are you going to the left or to the right?"
"Left..." The child said vaguely.
According to this method, Lin Rufei asked patiently for a long time, and finally managed to figure out the situation of the child. His home is in Fujiazhuang, and his parents are unknown. Fei asked him if he wanted to go back to Fujiazhuang, and he kept nodding. Lin Rufei hesitated when he saw it, "Why don't we take him back? He should be from Fujiazhuang."
Floating Flower nodded.
So the carriage drove out again, only this time, there was a dazed little doll in the carriage.
The author has something to say: Gu Xuandu: I have everything you like
Lin Rufei: Senior, you are so rude
Gu Xuandu: If you want to pursue excitement, then pursue it to the end.