A crow in the desert

, and soon the dark coffin was revealed. Li Yue was courageous, not afraid of any taboos, pried off the nails, pushed the coffin away, and took a closer look, only to see layers of silk and satin jewels inside, and a bunch of black hair horizontally Lying in the middle, only Li Su's body could not be seen.

Li Yue stretched out his hands and pawed inside the coffin a few times to make sure that Li Su was not in the coffin. He was surprised and puzzled in his heart, and after a long pause, he closed the coffin again and covered it with loess.

He sat quietly in front of the grave for a long time, thinking: my eldest brother is not dead, it is a good thing, but if the crow knows that he is not dead, he will go looking for him desperately.I'm going to be very sad again.

When the sky was dark, Li Yue finally got up. He felt his hands and feet were numb and his whole body was cold. He returned to the city, ate a bowl of mutton steamed buns on the street, and bought a few sesame seed cakes before returning to the inn as if nothing had happened.

The young companion should quietly come over and report to him: "Your friend hasn't eaten all day. I call him, but he doesn't answer."

Li Yue nodded, went back to the room, and saw the crow sitting by the corner, his face was sallow and haggard.Li Yue came up, took out a stack of sesame seed cakes wrapped in kraft paper from his arms, put them in front of him, and said, "Don't just sit around like this all the time, whether you want to die or live, make up your mind as soon as possible." Dun said again: "You have known my eldest brother for only a few days. If you die for him, it is not worth it." Li Yue only chose some unimportant words to say, trying to separate the crow's mind, so as not to keep sad .

After talking like this for a long time, the crow's eyeballs suddenly moved, looked at Li Yue, and asked, "Is Li Su really dead?"

Li Yue nodded: "Dead."

"Have you seen his grave?"

Li Yue lowered his eyelids and said, "I see, it's a new tomb, it's quite gorgeously decorated, and there's a temple next to it, which is worthy of his status."

The crow remained silent for a long time, let out a long sigh of relief, lowered its eyelids, picked up the sesame seed cakes on the ground, and ate them in big mouthfuls.Li Yue was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "You can open it if you want, and I will serve you some noodle soup."

The crow devoured hungrily, with no expression on his face.Li Yue handed him the soup bowl, and just said: "Be careful it's hot." The crow picked up the bowl and drank it down, put down the soup bowl, and ate up dozens of sesame seed cakes, then stood up, Said: "I want to go out for a walk."

Li Yue hurriedly said, "I'll accompany you out."

Gaochang Kingdom was very lively at night, colorful fireworks were set off on the city walls, the common people walked down the street carrying lanterns, and some young men and women put Kongming lanterns on the city walls.The two of them went to the countryside to do as the Romans did, and they also took Kongming lanterns to set off. The night was dark blue, and hundreds of lanterns fluttered into the sky.The two looked side by side into the distance. Amidst the din of people, Li Yue said loudly in his ear: "Everything will be fine!"

The crow looked numb, and hummed.

When Li Yue held his palm, he felt a cold touch. When he raised his head again, he saw bright tear stains on the crow's face. It fell on the clothes and wet the skirt.

Li Yue stayed by his side quietly without saying a word, but thought in his heart: "I am willing to be with him forever, as long as I have this opportunity."

On the high mountain facing the city tower far away, there are also fireworks.The neighbors commented that it was a royal temple, and the temple enshrined a highly respected lama. A few days ago, a royal nobleman became a monk. King Gaochang rewarded a lot of gold and silver, so it was more lively than in previous years.

The crow suddenly said, "I want to visit the temple."

Li Yue said with a smile: "Then there is nothing to see, it is nothing more than a group of old monks."

The crow was silent.

Li Yue said again: "Okay then, let's go to the temple to offer incense tomorrow morning. But it is a royal temple, I don't know if we outsiders are allowed to enter." He thought, it would be good to relax with him.

The two went down the tower together, ate something on the street, and went back to the inn to sleep.The crow fell asleep without any abnormality.Li Yue gradually felt relieved, thinking: After all, he is a seven-foot-tall man, so he can't bear any setbacks.When he's in a good mood, we'll find a quiet place to live, um, the grassland is very nice, we'll go hunting and herding sheep.He paused and thought again, if Li Su hadn't died, where would he be right now?He was probably put under house arrest by King Gaochang.Bah, I care what he does,

The two of them got up early the next morning, and the shop just opened early on the street.The crow was not in any mood, and just ate a bowl of milk tea casually. Li Yue ordered a cage of mutton buns and a bowl of beef offal soup.The crow glanced at him lightly and said, "I have a good appetite."

Li Yue snorted and ate the buns, pursing his lips and smiling.

Crow lowered his eyelids and thought to himself, the relationship between the two brothers is indeed very weak.

After breakfast, the two walked side by side.Li Yue looked left and right, and said, "Today is a good day to fly a kite. Unfortunately, there are no kites sold locally. Can you make one for me?"

The crow turned away and looked at him intently.

Li Yue touched the back of his head and asked, "Look at what I'm doing, did I say something wrong?" After a pause, he pouted and said, "I want to make you happy."

The crow looked ahead and sighed softly: "So what if I'm happy, so what if I'm not happy?" There was an idea of ​​avoiding the world in his words.

Li Yue's heart sank, he peeked at him, and said in a light tone: "Crow, you don't want to become a monk, do you?"

The crow said blankly: "So what if you become a monk, so what if you don't become a monk?"

Seeing his dull expression, Li Yue didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he could only follow him silently.

go and go

The two walked for more than an hour, and came to the foot of the mountain. The mountain was full of red rocks, and there were many elm trees on the mountain. It was not very steep and steep. Occasionally, a few young lamas carried wooden buckets to fetch water down the mountain.The two walked to the gate of the temple and saw that it was written in Tibetan, but they didn't know what it meant.Many lamas in robes in the temple are either watering flowers and sweeping the floor, or meditating.Although outsiders entered, they did not look sideways.

Li Yue said: "The monks here are good. They don't curry favor with ordinary people, and don't ask for incense money." Then he said to the crow: "Do you want to become a monk here? But they all speak Tibetan, you don't understand."

The crow said softly, "I'm not here to become a monk."

Li Yue said: "Then you are going back to the Central Plains to become a monk, that is also very good, I will become a monk with you, we are brothers."

Crow could only smile a bit: "I'm not a monk."

Li Yue deliberately teased him, so he asked, "Then are you still looking for death?"

The crow said: "I don't want to die." After a while, he said: "I'm very tired." In fact, his physical strength has always been good, but since hearing the news of Li Su's death, he has lost interest in the outside world, even talking and walking All feel cumbersome.

Li Yue didn't understand what he meant, and said, "I'm tired after only two steps." Holding his arm, he walked into a guest room, sat on the futon, and said to the little lama at the door, "Please prepare some tea." Come."

The little lama looked at him blankly with a broom in his hand.

Li Yue went up and gestured for a long time, then yelled at him, the little lama slapped his head and ran away.Li Yue went back to the house again, sat behind the crow, raised his hand and kneaded his shoulder, and said softly: "I still have some silver on me, let's get out of here, find a clean and warm place, buy a house, and buy some land , or open a shop. I am young, I have plenty of strength, and I can do any job. When I was young, I always wanted to become famous and do a big business. Now I just want to have a family with you."

The crow tilted his head to look at him, and said in a low voice, "Don't tell me these things."

Li Yue looked embarrassed, smiled wryly, and said: "I know you are always thinking of him, if you can spare a second to think of me, even if I die at this moment, I will be happy."

Crow lowered his head and said slowly, "You are fine too."

Li Yue saw his soft and calm gaze, and unconsciously held his hand gently.Just as he was about to speak, a figure flashed at the door, Li Yue had no choice but to let him go, thinking it was a lama passing by, he couldn't help feeling annoyed, he got up and went out immediately, and was about to reprimand him, when he saw two lamas, one big and one small, standing at the bottom of the steps , the little lama is innocent and innocent, the big lama is dressed in a half-worn green robe, with a graceful figure, a clean face, and a pair of eyes that seem to be smiling but not smiling. It is Li Su.

Li Yue paused, turned around slowly, and said to the crow: "I'll go out for a while, wait for me."

Crow nodded casually.

Li Yue closed the door casually, walked down the steps slowly, glanced at Li Su, and raised his chin to the outside.Li Su sneered, and walked out first, and the little lama wanted to follow, but was pushed to the ground by Li Yue, and ran away clutching his broken front teeth.

Li Su and Li Yue left the temple one after the other, and came to an open space in the back mountain.Li Yue looked at him straight, and said, "I thought you were dead, but I was still disappointed for a while."

Li Su straightened his monk's robes, and said slowly: "I have a high prestige in the hearts of Loulan people. King Gaochang is very jealous of this, and he is unwilling to execute me, so he has to let me become a lama."

Li Yue gritted his teeth and said, "Then you just stay in the temple honestly and don't let him see it!"

Li Su smiled: "It's not my original intention to become a monk, I'd rather see him." After a pause, he raised his eyebrows again: "He seems to want to see me too."

Li Yue clenched his fists, squatted down tremblingly, and said loudly: "Why did you get him, I walked with him from north to south, and experienced so many things, but you didn't do anything!"

Li Su just lazily said, "This is fate."

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