【Xue Xiao】Desolate City Crossing

Xiao Xingchen's heart sank heavily, powerless and guilty, how could he not know that it's too late to make amends now?

However, there was another person beside him, he was not as obedient as Xiao Xingchen, on the contrary, it was his strong point to go against other people's wishes to achieve his own goals.

Snapped----!

In the silence, Xue Yang abruptly raised his hand and slapped Xiaojie hard on the back of the head. He was never gentle with others, and his strikes were not serious. With this slap, Xiaojie took a step forward and almost fell down.Xiaojie clutched the back of his head and turned around in a daze, and heard Xue Yang say fiercely:

"Stinky boy! You know what it means to be really too late! Say it quickly! If there is anything you want to do, you can't come out during the day, think about what you can do at night!"

Xiaojie was stunned, he couldn't tell whether Xue Yang had a good intention or a bad temper, so he said submissively, "I can't think of..."

After all, he was still a child, and he had always been timid. He was full of resentment and dissipated after taking revenge. Xiaojie was quite afraid of Xue Yang's way of killing people while talking and laughing.

Xiao Xingchen naturally couldn't see it, so he stopped him: "Xue Yang! Don't force him!"

Xue Yang ignored it, and slowly clenched Xiaojie's hand, tyrannically threatening: "If you can't think of it, think about it, hurry up!"

His wrist was in pain, Xiaojie's eyebrows were twisted, he wanted to shake off Xue Yang, but his strength was weak, his thin wrist was pinched by Xue Yang, and he didn't move at all. The fierce look in his eyes was really scary. In anxiety, he had no choice but to grab the first thought that floated through his mind and said loudly:

"Lantern Festival!...I want to visit the Lantern Festival!"

"Lantern Festival?" Xiao Xingchen repeated passionately as if grasping at a straw, "Do you really want to go to the Lantern Festival?"

"Well," Xiaojie anxiously pressed Xue Yang's hand that had lost all strength, fearing that the four fingers would be forced again, and tried to be sincere: "When I was very young, my grandparents took me to the lantern festival. I haven't been around either."

After saying this, Xiaojie himself realized that he really missed those warm moments. In his long memory, his grandparents were still there, holding his hand, buying him toys and snacks at the lantern festival... At that time He is innocent and ignorant, and he is also a child loved by his family. Like all children, he loves festivals and excitement.

"That's right, why are you pretending to be deep?" Xue Yang put away his fierce face and nodded in satisfaction, "Daoist, did you hear that, this kid wants to watch the lantern festival, you can think of a way?"

The Lantern Festival is the custom of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed, where can there be a Lantern Festival?

Xiao Xingchen felt embarrassed, but couldn't bear to let Xiaojie down.

No matter what choice Xiaojie will make when facing reincarnation in the end, Xiao Xingchen is willing to help him create some good memories of this life.

Even though there are all kinds of darkness in this world, there must be something worth nostalgic for, right?

What Xiao Xingchen wanted to persuade was not only Xiaojie, but also himself.In short, he finally complied with the request and made up his mind to create a lantern festival for Xiaojie tomorrow night.

***

Lian Zichen also participated in helping a child realize his last wish.

Zichen is always like this. Although his personality is quite different from Xiao Xingchen's, and he is not as considerate and thoughtful as Xiao Xingchen in dealing with people and things, but most of his friends silently support what they want to do.

He also knew that he was not as good as Xiao Xingchen in being close to others, so he took the initiative to do errands and went to a nearby village to inform everyone that there would be a blessing lantern festival in Xifu Town tonight, so that more people could come and participate in the lantern festival. Add more excitement; as for the task of persuading the people in Xifu Town, leave it to Xiao Xingchen himself.

Zichen's reason was: "Your words are more persuasive. It seems that no matter what you say, everyone is willing to believe you."

Before dawn, Zichen set off with Yu Jian.

Pray for blessings, this is the reason agreed upon by the two of them after discussion.

Xiao Xingchen is responsible for persuading the people in Xifu Town to hold a blessing lantern festival tonight.

As the sky was getting brighter, the sound of cocks crowing and dogs barking gradually resounded in the town.

Xiao Xingchen walked out from Yue's house, still thinking about how to speak, the scene outside the door made him startled.I saw a pair of lanterns hung on the lintels of every household. The street where he was located was as deserted as in the usual morning, but the main road in Xifu Town next door sounded bustling and busy, as if a large number of people from the town had gathered.

Xiao Xingchen walked along the place where the voices were the busiest, turned around and came to the beginning of the main road in Xifu Town, saw a group of young and strong men gathered together, Xiao Xingchen recognized the tallest figure among them, his voice was The largest and most powerful, standing on a wooden platform directing a group of people to build a wooden frame higher than the house, behind them, is a whole busy street, people come and go with big bags, Shouting and shouting, it was completely a festive scene.

Seeing the fairy dressed in white scurrying towards him, led by carpenter Li Yong, the people immediately put down their work and came over to say hello enthusiastically. They surrounded him with three floors inside and three floors outside, and finally couldn't move an inch.

"Immortal head! Have you got rid of the ghost of the Yue family?"

"Immortal! Tonight we will hold a lantern festival, you must stay and participate!"

"Heavenly Immortal! We all had the same dream last night, can you explain to us what's going on?"

As the crowd spoke to each other, Xiao Xingchen gradually figured out why this untimely busy morning started.

People said that they had a strange dream last night. In the dream, a ghost with a severed arm threatened them. If a lively and grand lantern festival was not held tomorrow night, the town would suffer disaster.

It’s fine if it’s just one person’s dream, but when we talked with each other, we found that most of them had the same threatened dream last night. Even the ghosts in the dreams had the same appearance, the same black clothes, and the same broken arm.Everyone knew that Yue Zhai was haunted by ghosts, but now people panicked, and everyone believed that the ghost words in the dream were not empty words.

"Xianchang, is it true that we in Xifu Town are being targeted by evil spirits?"

Everyone was very disturbed.

With such a method, only Xue Yang could figure it out. Who else could that evil ghost with the broken arm be?Xiao Xingchen smiled helplessly. He didn't want everyone to be driven by fear, so he hurriedly explained and comforted:

"The matter of Yuejia is over, it is absolutely true. However, if we hold a blessing lantern show to show the prosperity of the town, the effect of exorcising ghosts will be doubled, and the evil spirits and demons within a hundred miles will not dare to stir up trouble."

He worried that the mention of ghosts wanting to visit lanterns would make simple people jealous, so he kept the matter hidden. However, praying for blessings at lantern festivals can scare ghosts, and they dare not make mistakes easily in the world. This is also the truth. Since ancient times, when yin prevails, yang decline, and vice versa.

Xiao Xingchen's gentle and elegant temperament can naturally make people feel at ease. Standing in the crowd in a clean white dress is respectable and amiable, and he answers every question of people with sincerity and humility, without leaking water, which makes people have to believe it. People must be the gods who came to help the town overcome the catastrophe. With him, there is nothing to be afraid of. With his comfort, everyone dispelled their worries and continued to prepare for the lantern festival with great enthusiasm.

Everyone dispersed, only Li Yong who had a conversation with yesterday remained where he was, as if he had something different to ask.

"Did you and Taotao have the same dream?" Xiao Xingchen asked him proactively.

Li Yong smiled with emotion: "I didn't have a dream, it was my Taotao who dreamed, but what she dreamed about was not some ghost with a broken arm, but Xiaojie, who said that he wanted to eat Taotao at the lantern festival to make a dream." Tangyuan, so Taotao went to prepare the ingredients for making glutinous rice balls early this morning."

"Have you told others about Taotao's dream?"

"No, we don't want to attract people's attention. Others said that they dreamed about ghosts with broken arms, so we followed suit."

What a kind and wise couple, Xiao Xingchen nodded approvingly that he did the right thing, and said: "Tell Taotao that I will bring Xiaojie to eat glutinous rice balls at night."

Li Yong was slightly surprised, but finally agreed happily.

Xiao Xingchen shuttled among the busy crowd. He wanted to help everyone do things together, but he didn't know how to make lanterns, and people who worked hard and physically were even less willing to assign it to him. It happened that the Zhao family, which was in charge of making colorful boats every year, was too busy. , and handed over the job of coloring the painting of the colorful boats to Xiao Xingchen.

Growing up in the deserted mountains with his master since childhood, Xiao Xingchen has never participated in such a lively event. During the three years of living in Yicheng, and due to the sparse population in the city, he could not hold such activities.

People are impatient of loneliness, and even masters like Baoshan Sanren, a master who hides from the world, will occasionally sigh with emotion: "The world of mortals is actually very good, the ancient ways of the rivers and lakes are warm, the immortals are open, the carnival crowd, the chivalrous My young man... Xingchen, if you want to enter the world, I will not stop you as a teacher, but you have to remember that where there are people, there are shadows, and you must not be swallowed by those shadows. It will become a ray of light in everyone's hearts."

But I hope there is still a chance to live up to the expectations of the master.

Holding a large brush, Xiao Xingchen dipped in goose yellow primroses, blushing red willows and greens, and painted them on the colored boats. As the original white boats were filled with paint, lifelike cranes in the clouds and dragons in the waves appeared on the boats. Everyone was amazed and applauded, and his heart was dyed like a colorful boat, and he suddenly remembered that before he committed suicide and broke his soul, he also deeply loved this secular fireworks.

The author has something to say: the atmosphere is finally a little more relaxed, Xiao Xingchen's world-weary mentality has just eased, I hope Yang Yang will stop stimulating the stars~~