seven relics

Lian Jiangyue was already so hungry that her chest was sticking to her back, so she didn't look into the auditorium anymore, and walked out together with Feng Xuwei.

Feng Xu looked at the time slightly, took off the mask, wiped his neck and hands, and said: "It's past four o'clock, it's so embarrassing, you can go eat shabu-shabu."

He drove and led Lian Jiangyue to Xicheng to eat shabu-shabu.The meat-boiled place is in a small alley, there is no signboard, and the name of the shop cannot be found. It looks like a residential building, with two square glass windows beside a small green door.On one side of the window, the words "Number 12" were pasted on a red paper strip.It was dark in the room.

Feng Xuwei took out his mobile phone, turned on the flashlight mode, and took a picture of the room. After a while, the door opened, and behind the door stood a bald man with thick eyebrows, fierce eyes, tight jaw, wearing a white vest. and khaki pants.He was taller than the door, and his body was wider than the door. The door frame seemed to be embedded in his strong body.The bald man bent over to look at Feng Xuwei, and suddenly clapped his hands together, showing a smile.But because of his ferocious face, he seemed to be smirking when he smiled, but he moved away and made a "please" gesture, which seemed extremely polite.

Feng Xu said slightly: "Master often brings me here to eat." He took Lian Jiangyue into the house.

This No. 12 looks like a butcher's shop. As soon as you enter the door, the first thing Lian Jiangyue sees is a five-foot-long, half-person-high wooden chopping board that cuts across the middle of the house.There were lamb heads, thighs and ribs hanging on the chopping board.There was half a sheep lying on the chopping board.A large kitchen knife was chopped at the corner of the chopping board.

The only other things in the room were three stacked folding tables next to the wall below the glass window, and several piles of high-stacked plastic stools scattered around the corners.

The bald man didn't speak, and went straight to a small door behind the chopping board.Feng Xuwei didn't speak, and followed him, and Lian Jiangyue followed silently at the end.

From the small door, you are outside the house, and there is a backyard outside.There are high walls on both sides, and a motionless lamb hangs upside down on a wooden crossbar in the yard.The bald man led them up a wooden staircase to the second floor.There is only one room on the second floor. When you enter, you will see a wooden table. The table is not small, and there are two plastic square stools on each side.There was another door in the western wall of the room, which was now closed.

The big man wiped down the table with his hands, and cleaned up the six stools beside the wooden table.Feng Xu nodded slightly towards him, and sat down face to face with Lian Jiangyue.The big man went out.Hearing the sound of his footsteps going downstairs, Lian Jiangyue said, "I changed to another hospital in the morning and took an X-ray, but still nothing came out."

Feng Xu said slightly: "It seems that you can't find that relic until you die, go to the temple and burn it." He raised his eyebrows, "No, is the Wuzangtong in your body now? He Will the six relics I swallowed be burned out too?"

Lian Jiangyue glanced at her own shadow on the ground, shook her head, unable to speak.

Feng Xuwei said again: "My master, you have also worshiped. When are you going to go to Que Temple to find monk Que to find out the grievances between Wuzangtong and your father? He must know a lot."

Lian Jiangyue also has the same intention, he is very willing to meet the monk again, and there are many questions he wants to ask him, but every time he thinks of going to see him, he feels unreasonable and a little timid, trying to escape, So I repeatedly dismissed this idea, and was not in such a hurry to visit Stone Village again.He said softly to Fengxu: "This is the first time I have come to Beijing." He took out his phone, took out the photo album and handed it to Fengxu: "I went to see the national flag raising in the morning, and there were so many people."

Feng Xuwei looked at the photo taken by Lian Jiangyue, and said lazily: "Whatever you want, you have nothing to worry about now, you don't even bother to care about the deposit in the bank, just live in the hotel and play around. .”

He glanced at the ground: "It seems that you and your shadow get along well."

Lian Jiangyue smiled and said, "It's so-so. It used to have a big temper, but now it probably knows that it's just my shadow, so it's pretty obedient."

His shadow was just sticking to the wooden floor right now, motionless, leaning against the shadow of the breeze, no different from ordinary shadows.

At this time, the big man came in with two sets of tableware, two bottles of beer, and a copper stove. He tied an apron around his waist and set the table. His hands smelled strongly of blood.

Feng Xu said slightly: "I went to the master's house to look again in the morning, but I still couldn't find anything related to pity, my hatred, I checked all the photo albums, and they were all acquaintances."

Lian Jiangyue asked, "Does your master keep a diary? Did you leave any letters?"

Feng Xu thought for a while and said, "It doesn't matter if I tell you about this."

The big man hadn't left yet, and was opening beer for them, Lian Jiangyue glanced at him.Feng Xu said slightly: "He is deaf and dumb."

He continued: "My master was born in poverty. There were five children in his family, and he was the second child. When he was very young, there was a famine, and the family couldn't support him. So he joined an opera troupe, learned martial arts and opera, and went to Baoding. After entering the Dehui class, Zhang Dehui hired a teacher for him. The master must have obstacles in reading and writing and failed to learn, but he can recognize his name and write it. Usually, he needs The writing assistance was done by a few of our apprentices. We also helped deal with letters and the like. In fact, many of them were letters from theater fans, and the rest were invitations to performances. I asked about it a long time ago. Brothers and sisters have never seen a letter from someone who calls me pity and hate." He paused and said, "There is no diary."

The big man went out again, and when he came in again, he was holding a large tray with one hand. Inside were two plates of dipping sauce, a bottle of vinegar, and a plate of mutton tendons outside. upper brain.

The table is full of mutton.Feng Xuwei took a plate of dipping sauce and added some vinegar to it.Lian Jiangyue didn't want to dip it in the sauce. When the pot of clear water soup with green onion and ginger was boiled, he ate the mutton tendon.Feng Xuwei boiled the three forks first, and the two of them ate several chopsticks of meat before stopping.Feng Xu said slightly: "In the morning, I borrowed the luggage from the master in the second box, and then talked about the Bian family. It's another version."

"What is this version?" Lian Jiangyue asked.

"Say you saw a good sword in Wuzangtong's hand, and you had evil thoughts in your heart. When Wuzangtong and Bian Rugou were fighting to the death, you grabbed the sword and ran away. Wuzangtong and Bian Rugou died together. , you ran down the mountain with a sword, killed a family of villagers offering the sword, and then disappeared."

Lian Jiangyue laughed loudly: "This is the fourth version now," he counted, "It is said that I am jealous of the senior sister, and paid a lot of money to find a legendary killer like Wuzangtong, and I want to assassinate Bian Rugou One family; someone said that I was trying to help Wuzangtong steal the master’s sword-making secrets, and my master was so angry that I was chased and intercepted by my senior sisters and younger brothers. I fled to the foot of the mountain, met a family of villagers, and killed them. I stole their motorcycle and fled down the mountain; some people said that I drugged the Bian family and wanted to steal the gold bars in the teacher's father's safe and go down the mountain to pay off the gambling debt. The villagers at the bottom of the mountain found out that I killed them. Anyway. , Bian Rugou was killed by me, and the family at the foot of the mountain was also killed by my sword."

Feng Xu said slightly: "I asked Xingshan, and the people down the mountain are living well, and the family I saw you is also fine, the child may have been frightened a little bit, and he was a little confused. Xingshan I don't know who spread the rumors, it's really hateful."

Lian Jiangyue didn't find it hateful, but just ridiculous, so he laughed, drank two mouthfuls of wine, and ate two mouthfuls of meat.

Feng Xu looked at him slightly, and said, "Bian Ru hooked up, you really don't want to go back and have a look?"

"I won't go back." Lian Jiangyue picked up a piece of chopsticks on the brain, scalded it in the boiling soup for three seconds, put it into her mouth, her dark right hand was shining brightly, and her voice sank, "Don't ask me again. gone."

Feng Xu said slightly: "Then don't regret it."

Lian Jiangyue was categorical: "I don't regret it."

Feng Xuwei listened, but fell silent, and the action of scalding the meat slowed down.Lian Jiangyue ironed some for him, gave it to him, and asked tentatively: "Isn't this meal expensive?"

Feng Xu rolled his eyes slightly: "Don't worry, I'll treat you to shabu-shabu three times a day, until you lose all your teeth and can't eat anymore, I still have leftovers."

Lian Jiangyue clicked her tongue: "How much money does your opera industry make?"

Feng Xu smiled slightly, drank half a glass of beer, put down the glass, and said: "I remember that my master likes to eat persimmons, and the persimmons are not in season. Today's display is a simulation, which is a pity."

Lian Jiangyue poured him wine and asked, "What does your master usually do at this point?"

Feng Xuwei looked straight at him, a little inexplicably: "Going to the zoo, what's the matter?"

"zoo?"

"Yes, he likes to go to the zoo. The zoo closes at five o'clock, and he goes home."

"How is he going?"

"Subway."

"Going back is also the subway?"

Feng Xu scratched his cheek slightly: "When he went back, he thought the subway was crowded, so he walked back."

When he said the word "go", his voice was obviously softer, as if he remembered something interesting, his facial features stretched, and he showed a smile.

Lian Jiangyue said: "I'm afraid his walking is not the same as that of ordinary people."

Feng Xu slightly raised his eyes, smiled deeper, and said: "He said it was exercise, and he also said that he climbed to a high place to see Beijing, as if he could see the Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven from anywhere, and crooked alleys under his feet. There are densely packed houses, tall and big jujube trees, persimmon trees, and pomegranate trees are planted in the courtyard. They are booming in summer, crisp and sweet in autumn, stepping on snow in winter, chasing the wind in spring, and feel like Beijing. It's still the same as before. Master's legs and feet are now more agile, I followed him a few times, and I almost couldn't keep up with him."

Lian Jiangyue said: "Is this called parkour?"

Feng Xu smiled and said: "Don't tell me, when he went to Berlin and Kyoto, he had to climb up and walk like this. Otherwise, he said he couldn't remember what these cities were like just walking on the street, walking on flat ground, and taking a car. , I feel that they are all the same, and if he is not allowed to take such a trip, he will feel regretful and angry."

Lian Jiangyue also laughed, and the two of them chatted like this. After drinking the beer and eating the meat on the table, they ordered two small three-fork, one cabbage, and two biscuits.After eating all, when paying the bill and leaving, it was getting dark, Feng Xu asked Lian Jiangyue slightly: "I will go back to Master and continue to pack things, how are you?"

Lian Jiangyue looked at the time: "Your brother and the others won't be here, right? If they're not, I'll go and help you."

Feng Xu said slightly: "I booked a banquet for the evening, to entertain Master's relatives and friends, to pay my respects, the banquet should have just started now."

Lian Jiangyue hurriedly asked: "Then why don't you go?"

Feng Xu snorted softly: "It's nothing more than crying and moaning scenes. I don't like to watch them. Master was killed by others, so the apprentice should avenge him. What's the use of doing this? You should remember the master's general Will remember."

Lian Jiangyue thought, not to mention whether Wuzangtong really entered his shadow, this person has disappeared without a trace, and Feng Xuwei's revenge is not considered complete.He suddenly felt a little apologetic, got into Feng Xuwei's car, buckled up his seat belt, didn't look at him, didn't talk to him, feeling a little depressed.

It was Feng Xu who started the conversation slightly, and said to him: "When senior brother told me about dealing with the things left by Master in the morning, he mentioned that Master bought the courtyard house in Beijing in the summer of [-] and only moved in in the fall. Yes, I have lived there until now. Your dad knows this address in Beijing, that is to say, he must have known my master after the fall of [-], right?"

Lian Jiangyue nodded, and asked, "Your master left so suddenly, what should he do with the things he left behind?"

Feng Xu said slightly: "Eldest brother is the adopted son of the master in name, so he will handle all these matters. He found a lawyer, the house plans to set up a training base, and the deposit will be set up as a charity fund to subsidize those poor families who learn opera. , and will also cooperate with some institutions that specialize in rehabilitation and rehabilitation. Many people in this industry have a lot of injuries, and their old age is not easy."

While speaking, the car had already arrived near the Temple of Heaven, and Feng Xuwei parked the car in the parking lot of Temple of Heaven Park.It was completely dark, Lian Jiangyue followed Feng Xuwei around, and walked into a dark alley.The alley is extremely narrow, one-way, and there is only one street lamp after ten steps or so. The street lamp glows with a dark yellow light. The two of them walked to a big mahogany door, and Feng Xu took the key to unlock the door.This is the courtyard house where Yu Xuandong lived.

The yard was strangely deserted, even a little lifeless. It wasn't until after entering the house in the backyard that Feng Xu turned on the light slightly, and the white light illuminated the photos, certificates, and trophies in the room, and it was considered to be a little alive.

In this room, in addition to countless honors and countless stage photos, you can also see a desk with many cardboard boxes piled up behind it.Some of the cartons had "Su Wu Shepherd" written on them, and some had "Nine Lotus Lanterns" written on them. Most of the boxes had nothing written on them.

Lian Jiangyue recognized the handwriting at a glance, and said, "Is this your handwriting?"

He walked to those cardboard boxes, touched the words on the top, and said, "It used to look like this, and it hasn't changed after so many years."

Feng Xuwei said: "There are some tapes in the box, all of them were recorded by Master before, some were recorded when he was making plays with everyone, some were recorded when he was practicing, and some were recorded for other masters. He is sorting out the tapes recently. These tapes, I want to find out if there are any plays that have been lost. We have heard the titles of the plays, and we have classified them into categories, and there are still many tapes that have not been listened to." He pointed to a cardboard box, "Take this Move it to the table, I heard about this one earlier."

Lian Jiangyue moved the cardboard box to the desk.Feng Xuwei took out a tape recorder from a cabinet displaying trophies, plugged it in, and said softly: "Your writing is not the same..."

Lian Jiangyue opened the cardboard box, took out a tape, there was nothing marked on it, he handed it to Feng Xuwei, and said: "Every time Xiaotuoluo goes to Bian's house, he can't leave you with three words, but he always Talk about you, I don't want to hear it."

Feng Xuwei put the cassette into the recorder, turned his face, glanced at him, looked at him with pity Jiangyue, and continued: "When I hear it, I am afraid of thinking of you, I am afraid of thinking of you, and when he mentions you, I will Get out of here quickly."

Feng Xu slightly motioned him to turn around, and Lian Jiangyue turned around, only to feel that Feng Xu slightly grabbed his hair, combed it with his hands, and tied his hair up with a rubber band.Lian Jiangyue turned back, Feng Xuwei had already walked away, he dragged two chairs over and put them beside the table.The two sat down, Lian Jiangyue's shadow swayed on the wall, and asked him: "What about the scar on your chin?"

Feng Xu smiled and said, "I'm wearing a mask, and I'm playing the Peking Opera version of "The Phantom of the Opera." He made a gesture of wearing a mask, Lian Jiangyue wanted to speak, Feng Xu made a gesture of silencing, and pressed the button Playing, I heard a male voice chanting Bai: "One day away from home, one day deeper, like a lonely wild goose in a cold forest."

Feng Xu slightly turned up the volume, his eyes sparkled, and he said, "Master's voice is so young, it's the opening scene of "Yin Yang River"."

He looked at Lian Jiangyue, and said in a soft voice, "You know what? We were invited to perform at a drama culture festival in the UK. Master liked that I wanted a play, and I wanted to make a new version of "Yin Yang River". Zhang Maoshen wanted I took Li Guilian away from the underworld, and wanted to add a scene from "Orpheus". The elder brother knew it, and scolded me bloody, saying that I was neither fish nor fowl, so he knew how to please foreigners. The master knew it, laughing Let’s just try it out, and it turned out not only to be very popular abroad, but also to perform well in China.”

Lian Jiangyue shook her head, looked at him closely, and said: "I don't know, I really want to see..." His shadow trembled, and the light in his eyes flickered: "I really regret wasting so much money in the past." How much time..."

Feng Xuwei said: "Don't worry, I won't starve to death if I don't go on stage, I'll just go behind the scenes and make some nondescript plays."

After hearing what he said, Lian Jiangyue felt even more guilty, and his shadow swayed wildly on the wall.Seeing this, Feng Xuwei patted the back of his hand lightly and said, "I'm really fine."

Feng Xuwei sounds so open-minded, when Lian Jiangyue looked at him, his eyes were indeed full of open-mindedness and relaxation, Lian Jiangyue looked deeper, and saw that Feng Xuwei's eyes were pulsating The warmth of the veins.

Lian Jiangyue's shadow settled down, stuck to the wall and did not move.

At this time, his mobile phone alarm rang, and it was 07:30. He said: "I have to go back to the hotel, maybe someone will come to see me."

Feng Xu nodded slightly and said, "Call me."

Lian Jiangyue left Yu Xuandong's house.He was walking in the alley, and originally wanted to go back to the street to take a taxi back to the hotel, but after walking a few steps, he saw no one around, and the surrounding was pitch black. , thinking of Yu Xuandong climbing up and down in the city of Beijing.Looking at Beijing from a high place, can you really see something different and unique to Beijing?

Lian Jiangyue held the mentality of giving it a try, bent his knees, stretched his calves, stretched his hands, and kicked a four-meter-high wall in front of him, but this time, his hands did not move. Reaching the wall, the person didn't jump much, and fell on all fours.Lian Jiangyue was so angry that she patted her trouser legs, only hated her own lack of ability on her feet, and muttered to herself: "It would be great if someone supported it."

Suddenly, he felt that the person went to a higher place, and when he looked at the ground, he saw that his whole body was floating in the air somehow.He tried to step on it, and he could step on some solid hard objects, like a huge boulder suddenly rising from the dark ground, and this boulder was still rising, lifting him to a high place.Lian Jiangyue stretched out her hand again, and easily climbed to the edge of the high wall. He jumped on the wall, walked a few steps, and encountered a lofty loft, a thin moonlight hit his feet, Lian Jiangyue Jiang Yue looked at the black shadow behind her and jumped up to the attic, thinking silently: Ask me to go up.I saw a big hand stretched out from the shadow, and lifted him up to the roof.

After walking a few more steps, I came across a narrow street with a few pedestrians walking on it. If I jumped down suddenly at this moment, I'm afraid it would scare these passers-by.Lian Jiangyue caught a glimpse of a pomegranate tree on the side of the road, and only then did she think of climbing the tree, when she saw a black rope flying out from behind him and burrowed into the branches of the pomegranate tree. After a while, Seeing that the black rope gradually became wider, Lian Jiangyue stepped on it, and the width of the rope was just enough to accommodate his feet, like a single-plank bridge between the roof and the pomegranate tree.He was overjoyed, leaning forward, walking lightly, with the help of the shadow, he climbed high and jumped all the way, avoiding the crowd, and headed north on tiles.

If he encounters a big road, he will find a time when there is no one around, get down, cross the road, find a deserted alley, and then climb up to a higher place. After adapting to the help of the shadow, he can climb up in one breath. It is a tall building with nearly twenty floors. Sometimes, when he looks up, he feels that he is very close to the moon and the sky. When he stretches out his hand, he can catch the wind and touch the sky with his hand.

When he squatted on the top of a [-]-storey building and looked down, he saw cars passing by on the wide road, and the red, yellow and yellow taillights of the cars formed one after another slender dragons, entrenched on the road. It stretched far, far away—he even thought he saw the Badaling and the Great Wall, and the car queue was almost touching the Great Wall.

Beijing is so big!There are so many cars in Beijing, and Beijing is really lively. There are always so many people walking on the road, and he can already see the dense crowd on the other side of the road.The further north you go, the less easy it is to find unmanned opportunities and unmanned alleys.It seemed that after crossing this road, he had to walk on the ground.

Lian Jiangyue sighed, and looked again, he saw the ***, and also saw a river.The shiny car lanes crawled slowly, the dark river was quiet, and the tall buildings towering into the clouds were like ribbons.

Another gust of wind brought the smell of food and the sound of talking and laughing. His hearing is also very good now, and he can even distinguish among these voices someone discussing a new movie, a new restaurant, someone celebrating a birthday, Anniversaries are celebrated.They are so happy and have so much hope for life.What Lian Jiangyue heard was also a burst of joy.He also heard some complaining voices—complaining about overtime, complaining about work, worrying about money, worrying about loneliness, worrying about carnival, worrying about life, but even these voices sounded so joyful.

Happiness and depression fill people's lives to the brim, and feeling life at such a close distance also makes him feel extremely full and fulfilled.He also wants to watch new movies, eat in new restaurants, celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, he also wants to be sad, cry...he wants to experience all kinds of tastes in life.

The shadows gathered around Lian Jiangyue, shrinking very small, Lian Jiangyue suddenly felt a little cold, and coughed.The wind died down and he couldn't hear anything.He looked down the building again, and the world was still under his feet.

So, he hated again, really hated himself for not devoting himself to this colorful world earlier.He is still so young, why did he retreat to the mountains?Why is it so hopeless?No, when he was on the mountain, he wasn't completely pure-hearted, aloof from the world, and looked down on the world of mortals. He also wanted to vent from time to time, and felt bored all the time, but his whole body and mind were oppressed by the teaching of respecting the teacher and respecting the way. To experience even a moment of comfort, not daring to feel even a moment of pleasure.Now, he is still young, he has to experience and feel!

Lian Jiangyue thought so, smiled, and looked at the time, it was seven fifty, and he flew down on a pine tree next to the tall building, and climbed down the trunk.After crossing the road, we returned to the hotel in a few steps.After entering the room, it was only 3 minutes before eight o'clock.He turned on the light, turned on the TV, unpacked the bag of potato chips, unpacked the shredded squid, opened a can of beer, sat on the bed and waited.