The nine-story building was quiet, and the painters all left the Mogao Grottoes. It was the end of the year, and they got on the motorcade one after another, and drove to Hexi to go home for the New Year.
In the evening, Li Jinglong was still the one who woke up first, while Hong Jun was in a deep sleep, unconsciously hugging Li Jinglong. With the sound of footsteps outside, Mo Zhigen stepped in quickly and gestured to Li Jinglong. Li Jinglong squinted his eyes, knowing that there was something important, so he got up lightly.
"How is it?" Mo Zhigen asked in a low voice.
"We'll talk after he wakes up." Li Jinglong replied, "Why?"
"The ghost king is leaving." Mo Zhigen replied.
Li Jinglong walked out of the nine-story building quickly, and the ghost king and his guards were waiting outside the door, saying goodbye to him.
"There is still something I haven't asked for advice, please be sure to stay for a few more days." Li Jinglong said hastily.
But the ghost king seemed to have guessed what Li Jinglong wanted to ask, and replied: "I don't know what the phoenix in Yaojin Palace means, but it must be that the light of my heart is on you, and it can't be accidental."
Li Jinglong: "!!!"
The Ghost King put one hand on Li Jinglong's shoulder and said, "Xie Prison is still alive, and Liu Fei's great revenge has not been avenged, but it is still unknown whether the Heavenly Demon will be resurrected."
Li Jinglong seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and asked, "Can the demon in Hongjun's body be suppressed?"
The Ghost King spread his hands and replied, "I can't answer this question for you."
Li Jinglong pondered for a moment, and the ghost king said again: "Humans and demons have different paths after all. As me, I can't provide you with much help. But you and I can make an exchange temporarily."
Li Jinglong raised his eyes and looked at the ghost king. The ghost king replied: "The ghouls who died in this battle are afflicting the world. Although they are controlled by the white deer demon, Liu Fei and I cannot escape the blame."
Li Jinglong replied: "The crime is on the jail, not on you."
"But when you return to the human court, how should you explain?" Ghost King said, "Will the border guards guarding the human world let the 200,000 ghouls sleeping in Yadan be ignored?"
Li Jinglong pondered for a moment, and then said: "Liu Fei is dead, he has made atonement."
The Ghost King nodded, and Li Jinglong said again: "As for Yadan, I have my own way to ensure that no one will disturb your sleep. Your Majesty once promised me a fief, and I chose Yadan, and invited Hongjun's uncle to Yumen Pass The former guard, naturally no one will come again."
"That's it." Ghost King said, "You keep it."
The ghost king handed Li Jinglong a rusty piece of iron armor, and said: "I will help you with all my strength in the revenge of the prison. In addition, you can also drive my army once to fight for you."
Li Jinglong took off the iron armor and hurriedly clasped his fists to express his thanks. The ghost king got on his horse and left without saying a word, disappearing into the sunset with his guards.
When Li Jinglong returned to the ninth floor, everyone woke up and yawned.
Li Jinglong glanced at everyone and said, "There are so many people."
Even he himself was a little surprised, Qiu Yongsi lazily leaned on the side of the couch, and said: "I came here to help my brothers fight when I was a Chinese New Year. Do you think I am easy?"
Li Jinglong remembered that today is the end of the year, so he said: "Okay, I don't care about other things, cook, and celebrate the New Year!"
Artest laughed and said, "The last time you celebrated your New Year was five years ago, do you have any wine?"
Li Jinglong had already arranged it, so he assigned tasks to everyone. At this time, Lu Xu came, and everyone looked at him.
Lu Xu looked at Li Jinglong uneasily, and Mo Zhigen patted his side and motioned him to sit down.
"He's fine." When Lu Xu saw Li Jinglong, he knew that he wanted to ask Hong Jun, and replied, "If you have something to ask him in person, it's better than asking me."
Li Jinglong nodded and said, "I'm going to kill the chicken, and I'll wake up Hongjun later and let him sleep more."
Immediately the exorcist started to move, and Artest went to meet Ashinaqiong for a meal at the end of the year and a tooth sacrifice. Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu sat in the yard peeling chestnuts, preparing to make a chestnut roast chicken. Li Jinglong went to kill the chicken, while Qiu Yongsi and the carp demon were responsible for counting out the bowls and chopsticks.
"Hey, why are a group of elders coming to celebrate the New Year in this place where birds don't lay eggs." Qiu Yongsi couldn't laugh or cry, and said to the carp demon, "I really can't think about it."
The carp demon replied: "That's right, not a single fish."
After being reminded like this, Qiu Yongsi remembered, and asked, "That's right? What if there are fish every year?"
Carp demon: "..."
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu sat opposite each other, and both of them were silent. Mo Zhigen had a strong hand, and when he pressed the chestnut with his fingers, the shell cracked, and then threw it to Lu Xu, who peeled it open.
"Lu Xu." Mo Zhigen said, "Are you still angry with me?"
After hearing Hongjun's account in the painting, Mo Zhigen knew that Lu Xu followed him all the way and begged him to come and save him. At some point, the wolf became the last hope of Lu Xu who was trapped in the painting.
"I made an oath before." Lu Xu said casually, "I went to Amitabha Pure Land Transformation while they were not paying attention."
"What wish did you make?" Mo Zhigen looked up at him.
"The promise is, whoever rescues me, I will follow him all my life." Lu Xu lowered his head, looked at the white chestnut in his hand, and threw it into the basket casually.
Mo Zhigen: "..."
Lu Xu raised his eyes, looked at Mo Zhigen, and said nothing.
"I didn't know at that time." Mo Zhigen said.
"Now you know." Lu Xu replied.
Mo Zhigen whispered: "Lu Xu, my mission in this life is to find you."
Lu Xu said: "I don't care what your fucking mission is, anyway, you didn't come in the end."
Mo Zhigen replied: "It's not fair for you to say that! I didn't know it was you!"
"How does Hong Jun know?" Lu Xu asked back.
Mo Zhigen squeezed the chestnut so loudly that he frowned and said, "It's not fair!"
Lu Xu said again: "You only came to me because I was the reincarnation of the White Deer, didn't you? I am the White Deer, and whoever is the White Deer is actually the same to you."
Mo Zhigen said: "It's different, it's different, Lu Xu!"
Looking at Lu Xu, Mo Zhigen felt that he was full of things to say, but for some reason, the words came to his lips, but he couldn't say them.
Mo Zhigen: "I thought Bailu was a beautiful girl."
"I'm neither beautiful nor a girl." Lu Xu replied.
Mo Zhigen said: "I think, maybe she doesn't know that she is a white deer, and then I come, I will love her well and take care of her..."
Lu Xu raised his eyebrows, signaling to Mo Rigen to open the chestnuts quickly, he had been waiting for a long time. Mo Zhigen had no choice but to throw the chestnuts to him, and said: "... But along the way, all this happened so quickly that I didn't have time to think clearly. I never thought that we would... both be men, and I didn't expect that you are just a white man." deer."
"What do you want to say?" Lu Xu asked.
"We are destined to be together!" Mo Zhigen finally said that sentence.
"Why don't I know?" Lu Xu looked at Mo Rigen and said, "Who is destined to be with you!"
Mo Zhigen said: "Otherwise, why did you go to Yulin to find me?"
"I was dizzy at that time!" Lu Xu said, "Can I wake up now?"
Mo Zhigen finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "What do you mean? I also risked my life to save you. You can't just..."
"Hey, you two peel so many chestnuts, how many dishes are you going to make?" Ashinaqiong said, looking at the whole barrel of chestnuts in front of them, with hands full of flour.
"Shut up!" Lu Xu and Mo Rigen said in unison, and Lu Xu got up and left.
Hong Jun fell asleep halfway, and was woken up by the desperately struggling chicken outside. Li Jinglong had never killed a chicken. He cut the neck of the chicken and let the blood out, but he didn't cut the right place, causing the chicken to scream wildly and flap its wings. , with half of his head tilted, dragging blood all over the floor and running around.
Hong Jun roared violently: "Can you be quiet?!"
He opened his eyes, went to the fence sleepily, and saw Li Jinglong chasing the chicken on the next floor, and immediately threw a knife over, the chicken fell to the ground with a "cuckoo", and the world finally became quiet.
Li Jinglong's hands were bloody, and he immediately raised his head and said, "Hongjun!"
Hong Jun disappeared on the third floor, Li Jinglong hurried up, but Hong Jun went down to the second floor, picked up the chicken, and Li Jinglong followed down again. The two looked at each other, and Li Jinglong was a little embarrassed.
"What?" Hong Jun frowned.
"It's Chinese New Year." Li Jinglong replied.
Hong Jun nodded without saying a word. Li Jinglong boiled water and plucked chicken feathers one by one in the courtyard on the side of the ninth floor.
Li Jinglong's right hand was always trembling a little. It seemed that he was bitten by Xie Prison last night and left a wound, but it was in the meridian. Hong Jun thought over and over again, but finally didn't ask.
He couldn't help looking at Li Jinglong. These days, Li Jinglong seemed to be aware of his estrangement from him, and now, Li Jinglong has become a little cautious, as if he was afraid of getting angry at anything.
There were still bruises on his eye sockets from being beaten by Hong Jun, and Hong Jun suddenly felt a little sorry.
"Still angry with me?" Li Jinglong buried his head in plucking chicken feathers and said.
After hearing this, Hong Jun suddenly felt sad.
Li Jinglong said again: "I am useless, are you still uncomfortable?"
Li Jinglong looked up at Hong Jun, and Hong Jun replied: "It's not uncomfortable, what are you so worried about me for? Why don't you worry about yourself."
Li Jinglong turned the chicken over and continued to pluck the hair: "Is it okay to care about you?"
Hong Jun said: "I can take care of myself."
Li Jinglong said suddenly: "I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable, but you don't say anything to me, even to Mo Zhigen, to Tigra, if I guess correctly, when you see Yongsi later, you will talk more than you do now. "As he spoke, he looked up at Hong Jun again, and said, "Even if it is Lu Xu, you are willing to talk to him. I don't understand, what did I do wrong?"
Hong Jun stared blankly at Li Jinglong. At that moment, he had the urge to tell him. But what is the use of speaking out? Li Jinglong has forgotten the past, will he feel guilty after knowing it? What should he say
"Lu Xu and I actually knew each other a long time ago." Hong Jun replied.
"He told me." Li Jinglong said lightly, "That's good." Then he turned the chicken over, and the two looked at the stripped chicken in Li Jinglong's hand together.
"Since you woke up that time," Li Jinglong said again, "you have been angry with me because I kept it from you, right?"
"No." Hong Jun replied.
Li Jinglong pointed to his bruised eye sockets, turned his head, and said, "I'll give you another punch here? My brother just doesn't want you to be afraid, and I don't want you to feel that it's causing trouble for everyone."
"Really not." Hong Jun insisted.
Li Jinglong said solemnly: "Then what is the reason?"
Hong Jun remained silent again, Li Jinglong plucked his chicken feathers, lowered his gaze, and said, "Hong Jun, do you think I'm smart?"
"Very smart." Hong Jun replied, "You are the smartest person I have ever met."
"But I can't guess why you are angry with me." Li Jinglong raised his eyes and looked at Hong Jun, with a sad blankness in his eyes.
"I'm not angry with you." Hong Jun replied.
"Yes." Li Jinglong said, "Since you woke up, you have become different. I admit that I am useless. Since the day in Liangzhou City, I have made one wrong step and one step at a time. I wish I could let you Go back in time, back to that night, I shouldn't have gone out."
Hong Jun was silent for a moment, then said, "I'm leaving."
"Where are you going?" Li Jinglong replied.
Hong Jun replied: "Go home."
Li Jinglong: "I promised you, I will accompany you to Yaojin Palace."
Hong Jun wanted to reject him, he really couldn't let go of the scene in his memory, but he couldn't open his mouth either, so he could only keep silent.
"Yo." Ashinaqiong looked down on the second floor and said, "Surnamed Li, how long will you have to pluck your chicken feathers? It's cleaner than your noble concubine's face."
Li Jinglong: "..."
Hong Jun stood up and left, Li Jinglong almost wanted to fight Ashinaqiong.
Qiu Yongsi and the carp demon sat side by side in front of a glacier, a hole was dug in the river, each holding a pole, fishing in the ice hole.
The carp demon said: "Why do I come to fish even if I am a fish?"
Qiu Yongsi said: "Otherwise, what should I do? There is no fish for the New Year's Eve dinner. It's just bad luck. I can't cook you?"
The carp demon had no choice but to keep silent.
That night, Li Jinglong set up the table, fearing that the Bodhisattva would be offended by the wine and food served in the Mogao Grottoes, so he moved to the farthest place, where the New Year's Eve dinner was held in a side hall where the painters usually gather.
"How is it?" Mo Zhigen asked Li Jinglong, stepped forward to help him, and moved the case up. Li Jinglong's right hand was still shaking a little.
"Still angry." Li Jinglong said, "I can't ask, what about you?"
Mo Zhigen said: "I haven't figured it out yet."
When Lu Xu was talking, he entered the room, glanced at the two of them, and they immediately stopped talking.
Hong Jun smelled the fragrance. He hadn't eaten for a day and a night. He was so hungry that his heart was on his back. What kind of monsters, nightmares, and monsters were all forgotten, and he sat down quickly. Qiu Yongsi laughed loudly, and stepped forward to ride on Hong Jun's shoulders. Hong Jun yelled and pressed him to beat him.
"You miss me!" Qiu Yongsi laughed.
Hong Jun said: "You have arrived too!"
Qiu Yongsi patted Hongjun on the back, hugged him affectionately, and said, "Fortunately, he came in time." Then he leaned into his ear and whispered something.
"Don't be afraid, no matter what happens, everyone will be with you."
Hongjun: "..."
Hong Jun looked up at Qiu Yongsi, Qiu Yongsi showed a warm smile, turned around and sat down in front of another desk. Artest and Ashinaqiong also came in, Artai gave Hongjun an ambiguous look, and Hongjun laughed.
Everyone tactfully did not mention the matter about the demon species, while Lu Xu sat next to Hong Jun. Li Jinglong said: "Today, I have cooked a lot of dishes, so I can't divide them up. Let's put the cases together and let everyone get what they need." .
"Where's Zhao Zilong?" Hong Jun asked.
"Here." On the plate on the table, the carp demon replied.
Everyone: "..."
The carp demon lay on the plate, wagging its tail, and spread some onion, ginger and garlic on its body, but it was not steamed.
"There is more than every year, and it should be a scene."