Far Mountain Black Dog

Back to the deserted hut, only flickering candlelight for company.Bu Qingjue was holding the book, but Hun'er had already flown to nowhere. If it wasn't for the sudden strong wind outside the house that blew out the candles, he might just sit there until the next day.

Bu Qingjue came back to his senses, it seemed that today he was not in the mood to read any more, so he had to rest early.

When he lay down, he couldn't fall asleep no matter what, and it was only in the middle of the night that he felt a little sleepy.

"Poor scholar!" A voice was faintly heard.

"Long breath?" Bu Qingjue immediately sat up from the bed, without his coat on, and went straight to the door, but the front of the door was bright and clear, and the shadows of trees danced in the spare room.It turned out to be an illusion...

He went back to bed and couldn't sleep all night, always waking up suddenly when he was about to fall asleep, his heart beating like a drum.

Bu Qingjue didn't cook any meals after a night of ignorance, and sat on the bed with an empty stomach in a daze.

I don't know if the long breath has reached home...

After two days and one night on the road, Changxi and his party have arrived at the nearest town to Yonglanyuan——Huailang Town.

"Second brother! Wait! Let's stay in Huailang for one night! There are so many novelties here!" Seeing that Changxi just finished his meal and went to lead the horse, Xiang Kong's playful nature couldn't be suppressed.

Take a long breath and turn on deaf ears: "This place is so close to Yonglan Courtyard, you usually come to play by yourself, brother is so anxious to find me back, we'd better leave quickly."

"Don't!" Xiang Kong hurriedly stopped him: "It's not that you don't know that elder brother generally doesn't allow me to leave Hanmen Mountain! I'm almost a hundred years old, and I haven't stayed in Huailang yet, and now I finally come out... ..." Realizing that he had slipped his tongue, Xiang Kong immediately stopped talking.

"So you didn't come out to find me?" Chang Xi pretended to be angry and patted Xiang Kong on the head, scratching his head and giggling.

Night Breeze came over and saw the two walking down the street: "Aren't you in a hurry to go back?"

"No, I want to wander around and start tomorrow."

Hearing this, Night Breeze glanced at Xiang Kong, who immediately pretended to look around.

Huailang is different from the towering city walls and multi-storey pavilions of Suiming. Its houses are low, but unique in style. The whole town is dominated by bamboo and green, with brick houses and wooden houses next to each other. silk cloth, so although the materials are quite different, they appear very harmonious.If Suiming City is compared to everyone's ladylike, elegant and generous, then Huailang Town is Xiaojiabiyu, gentle and reserved.

The street is bustling with people, and there are many vendors selling snacks and gadgets on the street. Xiang Kong’s excited owner touched the west house and looked at it. He was very busy, and he took a long breath to accompany him, wanting to take everything back. Open the eyes of that poor scholar.

"Huh? What is this little girl selling?" Walking around the corner, Xiang Kong found a barefoot little girl sitting under the shadow of the wall. Her face was dirty, and her clothes were faded from washing and covered in patches. , but the small bag in front of him is bright in color and made of high-quality materials.She opened her kitten-like eyes, watching the pedestrians coming and going timidly.

"Ah! It's a sachet!" Xiuyan picked up a yellow sachet as if she had found a treasure, and lifted it up happily: "Master Changxi, look, there are lotus flowers embroidered on it! The embroidery is really good!"

"Really! It feels good to the touch, brother, let's buy a few!"

Knowing that they wanted to help the little girl, Night Breeze didn't mind: "Then you choose."

Changxi also took one casually, and Night Breeze said, "You want it too?"

He raised his eyebrows: "It's not me who gave the money anyway."

When paying the bill, the girl said that the total was 150 Wen, but Xiang Kong abruptly raised it to [-] Wen. Night Breeze was not good at bargaining, so he was dumb for nothing, and everyone except Xiang Kong was secretly laughing.Seeing Night Breeze taking out the money with a grim expression, Xiangkong realized that he might never be able to leave the house again. He drooped his head and didn't look at the road. As a result, he bumped into an old man without paying attention.

"I'm sorry! Old man, are you okay?" Xiang Kong quickly apologized.

Instead of being angry, the old man took out a piece of paper from his pocket and said, "It's okay. You guys look unfamiliar, so they shouldn't be from this town, right?" His tone revealed expectation.

"No."

He opened the paper in his hand, on which a young woman's face was drawn: "Then have you seen this person in other places?"

The four of them leaned forward and looked carefully, but they all said they hadn't seen it.The old man smiled slightly regretfully.

"Is this your daughter?" Xiang Kong asked.

"No, she is my sweetheart." The old man answered without hesitation: "40 years ago, I met her in Huailang and fell in love with each other. I had to leave her because I moved to Chongzhou. We made an agreement that after I persuaded my family, I would go back to Huailang to marry her..." His smile faded: "But things didn't go as planned. My persuasion lasted eight years. When I went back to Huailang, things had already changed, and she was nowhere to be seen. I asked someone to draw her appearance, and asked from door to door, but no one knew where she had gone... In a blink of an eye, I was over fifty years old, and I don’t know How much time is left in this world, and whether we can meet again in this life..."

This story is too familiar, Night Breeze watched Changxi vigilantly, and as expected, he said, "Then old man... do you... regret it?"

"Regret? Of course I regret it!" The old man became emotional: "If I had known that the first farewell would be Yongnian, then I would definitely not leave Huailang! We can stay together for a few more days, even if it is only one day... that's fine... It's better than never seeing her again...I don't even know if she's still alive...I can only wait here..." After finishing speaking, the old man sighed deeply.

A person's life, compared with a fairy, is but a flash in the pan, so short, and it can never be recovered after passing away.Every day in the world, countless people die with regrets. After all, who can guarantee that every decision is correct when they are alive?

The old man gradually drifted away, looking at his back with a long breath, the lonely shadow was stretched out in the setting sun, and the people around him were coming and going, but they couldn't blend into it.In a trance, Changxi seemed to see Bu Qingjue. If he went back now, he would wait for the years to pass and sigh the vicissitudes of life. When we meet again, he will still be in his prime, but does that person have white hair and chicken skin, with unkempt hair and teeth?Alone, feeling sorry for yourself?

Perhaps, by then, he would no longer have the strength to argue with himself, no longer be able to say frank and touching stupid things.

Suddenly a wave of fear surged into his heart - don't go back again, let alone stay in old age?

Night Breeze saw through his thoughts and grabbed his wrist: "Did you forget what he said before you left?"

"How could I forget?" Chang Xi lowered his head, his eyes dazed by the blue hair blowing in the wind.

"But, I don't want to leave regrets anymore." He broke away from Night Breeze's hand: "Actually, Qingjue is not as selfish as he said, and he never abandoned me even in the poorest time... Guess what he said at the time What? He said he wanted me to share the chaff with him." Changxi laughed, his expression was soft, but his tone was extremely firm: "Brother, I know you are worried about me and don't want me to be sad... But, I never told Anyone, after Liu Rong passed away, I have been sluggish. It's not that I was overly sad because of her passing, but that at the last moment, I couldn't say goodbye to her personally... In my eyes, there is a distance between a demon and a human. There are many ravines, and we will never be able to understand each other...I didn't know until I met Qingjue that there are people who would trust and protect monsters. So, I want to walk with him and witness his changes. I want to see, pass After ten or 20 years, he will make a choice after being surrounded by rumors."

"If he can abandon you once, there will be a second time. In the end, you will be the one who will be bruised and bruised." Night Breeze watched Changxi quietly, and Changxi's expression remained unchanged, unwavering: "I don't regret it!"

"Second brother!" Xiang Kong inserted between the two of them: "What's so good about that shabby place? You still have to be a coolie when you go back! Come home with us!" Changxi patted his head: "When you grow up I understand." Then he said to Xiuyan, who was full of worry, "Xiuyan, your heart... I understand. But... I'm sorry, don't waste time on me anymore, your home, isn't it I."

As soon as the words fell, Xiuyan's eyes were wet, and she nodded with a forced smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Changxi, Xiuyan will...try to put down your..."

If it is really as easy as it is said, then it is not love.

"Take these." Seeing that Chang Xi had made up his mind, Night Breeze tossed him his own purse: "There's not much left, but it should last your life for a while."

"Thank you!" Changxi waved goodbye, whipped the horse, and returned in a hurry, leaving joy wherever the horse's hooves walked.

Xiuyan finally couldn't help it, she burst into tears, dyed with rouge.

"Xiuyan... I'm sorry, I apologize to you on behalf of my second brother." Only then did Night Breeze realize that no matter the second or third child, they were all plotters, and he had to deal with the aftermath every time.

Xiang Kong also comforted her in a hurry: "Stop crying, blame my second brother! Next time he comes back, I'll beat him up for you!"

Xiuyan choked and shook her head: "It's okay...it's none of Mr. Changxi's business...Emotional matters can't be forced..."

But...Master Changxi, please forgive Xiuyan for lying...Xiuyan will always wait for you...

Having been sleepless for many days, Bu Qingjue's body was almost out of conscious control. He lay on the bed day and night, delusional to fall into a deep sleep. He was also very sleepy, but he just couldn't fall asleep.

Probably because of the long-breathing cloak, not used to it, he thought.

"Bang bang bang!"

Someone... knocked on the door...?Aunt Zhu...?

Bu Qingjue got up in a daze, and froze after opening the door.

"Qingjue!" Changxi rushed to Hui County to return the horse non-stop, and galloped back as fast as he could. Now he was panting and holding on to the door frame, sweat dripping down the side of his face.

"Long... Breath...?" Bu Qingjue couldn't tell whether the person in front of him was real or not. He stretched out his hand and touched the edge of the cloak, and the soft touch filled his fingertips. Then he moved closer to Long Breath, and buried his face in the fur edge Li, rub it.

So comfortable...the long breath really came back...so sleepy...

Facing Bu Qingjue's sudden closeness, Changxi was caught off guard, but he couldn't restrain a smile on his face, and his heart was full of joy. As expected, Bu Qingjue still couldn't let him go.Holding Bu Qingjue lightly with a long breath, he whispered in his ear: "I thought about it over and over again on the road, you are stupid and poor, if you fail the exam, who will marry you?"

The shoulders were getting heavier and heavier, Changxi thought that Bu Qingjue was acting like a baby, so he smiled and increased the strength of his hands: "But at least you and I met once, I can't bear to see you die alone, so I would like to spend a long life with me, to be with you forever. You ... Are you moved?"

"..."

After a while, Bu Qingjue didn't respond.Long Xi was a little embarrassed.

"You..." As soon as Bu Qingjue let go, he slid down Changxi's shoulders, Changxi hugged him quickly, and heard slow and even breathing.

He actually... fell asleep? ?

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I changed it many times, but I still feel a little dissatisfied orz