Somewhere in a bamboo forest deep courtyard.

Xuanying was sitting on a chair in the middle of the room, leaning lazily on the back of the chair. He was only wearing a thin long gown, which slightly exposed his chest. There is a string of wooden Buddhist beads, with that pure-hearted and ascetic face, the whole person looks coquettish and holy.

Besides him, there were eight other people in the room, seven of them were talking about something, and a woman wearing a veil was sitting beside her, she was very quiet, staring at Xuanying without saying a word.

At this moment, a person suddenly broke in from the window.

And came straight to Xuanying!

This person's movement is very fast, the people in the room were shocked, and rushed to meet the enemy!

*

After leaving Jianjue Villa, Jiang Mu ran towards Xuanying's place, and what Grandpa You said made him alert.

Sometimes the world is so mysterious, looking at the flowers in the fog, the authorities are confused, and I don't know if it is a coincidence or a special arrangement of the heavens.

Following the special guidance between the two of them, he arrived at the bamboo forest smoothly, which was also the hideout of rebellious officials and thieves that Yan Jie couldn't find in his books.

Jiang Mu actually didn't want to see Xuanying, at least for a while. He still remembered the image of the holy monk he saw for the first time, and he still admired Xuanying like that, not the one who had fallen into a demon now man.

But now he had to ask the other person a question.

Jiang Mu broke in through the window, and at a glance he saw the lazy monk sitting on the chair, who was about to grab him out, when the masked woman stood in front of Xuan Ying in an instant.

He frowned slightly, flicking his sleeves and intending to knock the opponent away, the woman's eyes moved, and the surrounding scene immediately began to change.

Jiang Mu knew in his heart that this person was the mysterious woman Shi Liu mentioned, who could not see her face clearly, and also the female leader of "Xuan", Qin Leshuang.

But her trick is okay for others, but it doesn't work for Jiang Mu.

Just as he was about to make a move, Xuan Ying took the lead to stop Qin Leshuang's behavior, turned around and joked to Jiang Mu: "The little girl can't stand Master Jiang's blow from you."

Jiang Mu withdrew his hand and glanced at him lightly: "I won't hurt her, but you have to be careful."

Xuan Ying nodded following his words: "The poor monk must be careful, and be careful when sailing for thousands of years."

*

Somewhere under the eaves of a remote corridor.

There is a distance from the house just now, no one will disturb, and no one dares to disturb.

The sky was very gloomy today, as soon as the two of them arrived at the eaves of the porch, the drizzle began to fall, making the bamboo leaves rustle.

"Why did Mr. Jiang pay you a sudden visit? Could it be that if you don't see each other every day, it's like three autumns? Then you and I haven't seen each other for a long time."

Xuan Ying laughed lightly and teased him, the thin clothes were draped over her body, revealing something faintly, the scene looked particularly unserious.

Jiang Mu frowned slightly, his gaze deviated and he didn't want to look at him, Xuan Ying lazily leaned on the side pillar like a boneless person and continued: "Your appearance just now startled the poor monk, I thought you finally decided to stand on Yan Jieshu is planning to come over to arrest the poor monk and bring him to justice, but now it seems that it is not the case, and the poor monk is a little curious about what Mr. Jiang is doing here this time?"

Going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, Jiang Mu, Xuan Ying also knew that the other party didn't want to see her, why did she suddenly come here now, could something have happened?

Jiang Mu wanted to ask if there was a little red flower on his lower back, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't open his mouth for some reason, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

It was a bit funny for Xuan Ying to see that he knew what the other party was struggling with like this, but Jiang Mu didn't say anything, he had something to say.

"The poor monk cooked the previous table of food for quite a long time, and some of them went to learn the dishes specially. I wanted to please you, but I didn't expect that you would not even accept a bite. Alas, I am afraid that you are already bored according to your temperament. Get through me."

He was complaining, but his expression was only teasing, and he didn't really care that Jiang Mu didn't eat.

"I'm really tired of you." Jiang Mu replied.

Xuan Ying smiled: "Then since you are tired of me, why did you come to see me again? Mr. Jiang has different opinions, interesting, interesting."

This monk is the best at showing off his tongue. Jiang Mu was worried about something at first, but at this time he really didn't bother to get involved with him, so he went straight to the point: "Do you have a red flower birthmark on your lower back?"

"Back waist? Birthmark?" Xuan Ying tilted her head slightly and squinted her eyes slightly. The loose clothes on her body swayed gently with the wind, but she couldn't see that position. "Oh, Mr. Jiang was interested in the poor monk's body today. It’s rare, so why don’t you open it up and take a look yourself.”

The tone was slightly raised, as if it was an invitation.

How can a man, to a man, speak like a pedant?

Jiang Mu frowned and took a step back, seeing Xuan Ying's behavior, he knew that there must be no birthmark, and this man wanted to tease him again.

It's just that at this moment, I can't tell whether it's luck or disappointment. There is no birthmark, so it has nothing to do with what Mr. You said.

Jiang Mu planned to leave directly. Anyway, there was no red flower, so he didn't need to talk to him, but just as he left, Xuan Ying stopped him, stood in front of him, and said condescendingly: "How can I just leave, Master Jiang? Didn't make it clear."

Jiang Mudao: "Since you don't have a birthmark, it doesn't make much sense whether you say it or not. You have so many sins on your body, why add another one."

Xuan Ying lowered her head and smiled, "Is there any conflict between me and you? Could it be that Mr. Jiang just came here to appease the poor monk?"

He stood in front of Jiang Mu, refusing to give way, his eyes reflected Jiang Mu's face, the two stalemate for a while, Jiang Mu finally opened his mouth to tell each other about Mr. You.

*

Outside the eaves of the corridor, the sound of rain is getting louder and louder.

Under the eaves of the corridor, it became more and more quiet.

*

Xuan Ying listened expressionlessly to Jiang Mu talking about the encounter with Yu Lian'er, his visit to Jianjue Villa, his encounter with An Village, and seeing an old man who survived the hands of male and female demons.

After a while, he chuckled in a low voice: "So that's why Mr. Jiang came here for this kind of thing."

His laughter was full of contempt, Jiang Mu didn't know whether Xuan Ying was laughing at his innocence, or at his boredom from traveling thousands of miles away, but he didn't care, what the other party liked to think.

He passed Xuan Ying and was about to fly away when he suddenly heard the sound of clothes falling from behind him.

Jiang Mu glanced sideways subconsciously, and was stunned.

The white and thin back came into view, and there were more than a dozen faint scars on it, criss-crossing, and there was indeed a delicate red flower birthmark on the back waist.

This birthmark... really exists? !Isn't that...

Xuan Ying slowly turned around towards him, her gaze was no longer languid just now, but full of coldness and ferocity, just as Jiang Mu wanted to open his mouth, he instantly grabbed Jiang Mu's wrist and pulled him in, and the two got close at once. within easy reach.

"Master Jiang, did you deliberately tease me?"

He lowered his head and said with gnashing of teeth, vaguely seeming to be filled with hatred, Jiang Mu didn't know what to say for a while.

*

Xuanying didn't believe what Jiang Mu said, Mr. You, the village in Gyeongju was massacred, he wandered in this world for so long, and struggled for so long, he had already resigned to his fate.

The first place in 58 items is still not recognized by De Ning, isn't it because he has a pair of devil parents?

His parents are demon lords, and Xuanjue's parents are heroes against demons.

This is the most fundamental difference!

But tell him now that he is a child of an innocent family.

absurd!

ridiculous!

Then everything he insisted on before is meaningless?

*

Jiang Mu knew that Xuanying couldn't accept it, so he tried to hide it from Heaven, and used secret techniques to bring Xuanying secretly to Ancun from the crack in space, and then used illusion to let Xuanying experience Grandpa You's past memories in person.

That period of time was very short, from the birth of Sun's daughter-in-law to Tucun, the world in the dream was very, very short, but after Xuanying woke up, she was very quiet, without any paranoid emotions.

After a while, he started laughing, belly laughing.

No grief or anger, just laughter.

Like seeing or hearing something really funny.

Haha laughed, leaning forward and backward with laughter, forgetting about it.

Laughed until tears flowed, clutching my stomach and yelling.

There is only laughter left in his world, especially pure laughter.

I don't know whether to laugh at the absurdity of this world, or his own absurdity.

*

On the way back, neither of them spoke.

It was already dark, but the city was quite lively.

The lights of thousands of houses are gorgeous and dazzling, and there is a lot of traffic and bustling.

They walked across the street, across the stone bridge, and beside a river embankment, Xuan Ying said, "Jiang Mu, can you accompany me to set off the river lantern again."

*

It's not the time to release the river lanterns now, but Jiang Mu bought a bunch of materials and sat on the stone steps quietly folding the river lanterns.

He doesn't like Xuan Ying, who is troublesome and difficult, but sometimes he is willing to cooperate with him, although Xuan Ying said that this is because of his superior sense of pity.

*

"When I first returned to the Buddhist sect with De Ning, I was not acclimated to the climate and was sick all day long. He tried his best to help me recuperate. In the end, I was still the same as when I came here. He lost more than ten or twenty catties. He was not the same as he is now, he was a fat monk, and I tried my best to hide him."

……

"Buddhist sect is not as indifferent to the world as it thinks from the outside. There are always competitions between disciples. I am not welcome when I first come. Small fights are inevitable, but soon those troubles are gone. Strength is better than anything else. Convincing."

……

"I don't like thunder. It's because my parents practice magic arts and are irritable. Thunder affects their emotions. I will always suffer unreasonable disasters. But De Ning thought that I was afraid of thunderstorms. When I was a child, every time there was a thunderstorm, he let me Taking me to read scriptures and visit Buddha, I thought I did it quietly, but now that I think about it, it’s really funny.”

……

"The disciples of the Buddhist sect have a special place to stay, but when I first came here, I had injuries on my body. Those scars are not easy for others to see, so I have been living with Dening. At that time, there were children's bedtime reading books outside, and the young monks in the temple Naturally I also like to listen to it. I am not interested in those things, but De Ning keeps it in my heart and thinks that everyone likes it. Sometimes I can’t sleep because of the pain of my injury, but he thinks I am boring and insists on telling me stories. It’s just that he How can those things, in the end, they still talk about Buddha, the content is boring and boring, I feel pain and feel boring, and finally I really fell asleep."

……

"When the river lantern was eight years old, the river lanterns were being released all the way down the mountain, and there were river lantern competitions. Many people from the Buddhist sect also went to release them. Some expressed their love, and some remembered their relatives. Because De Ning was going, I could only follow. He got me two river lanterns, and my parents were written on them. It was really rebellious. I actually knew what he meant, but the two river lanterns all sank in the end. It’s God’s will.”

……

"I didn't want to take part in the Buddhist Sect assessment. The position of suzerain didn't appeal to me, and I didn't want him to make things difficult, but he gave me the name. I thought he wanted me to take over. I thought he didn't care about those things anymore. Yes... On the day when the results were announced, I stood at the front, but he never looked at me. My name was written on the first place on the list, but he didn't say a word to me. He chose Xuanjue in public. I asked him why, and he replied with four words - you, it's not suitable."

……

"Before the retreat, I approached him privately, but he closed the door on me. I asked him if he didn't choose me because of my background, but I got nothing. I don't know what he thought of me, but that day When he gave my name, I really thought about how to take on the burden, but obviously I was being sentimental."

……

When Jiangmu stacked the river lights, Xuan Ying intermittently talked about the past, her tone was very flat, as flat as a gray-haired old man, exhausting all her mind.

Jiang Mudao: "He thinks you are cold-hearted, and your indifference is also so superior."

Xuan Ying turned her head to look at him, and for some reason suddenly chuckled: "So that's the case, then you and I are somewhat alike."

"You still want to do that?"

"Ah."

Jiang Mu has seen this kind of thing a lot, but it is really rare to be sober and never turn back. The other party has already decided, so he didn't say anything, and handed the finished river lantern to Xuan Ying.

The candles flickered and drifted away along the water, one after another they rowed to the distance.

Xuan Ying clasped his hands together and closed his eyes to make a wish, while Jiang Mu still stared at He Deng Piao Yuan calmly as before, without any fluctuation on his face.

"The poor monk promised that the things he planned were successful."

Jiang Mu looked down at him: "Then you can continue to make a wish."

Xuan Ying smiled lightly: "It's natural."

Jiang Mu continued: "Although heaven and earth will not let you succeed."

His current plan basically needs to mobilize the foundation of luck. It is impossible for the heavens in this world to develop freely. In the end, Xuanying is bound to fail. This is a certainty.

Xuan Ying did not refute this answer, he looked at Jiang Mu quietly and asked, "What are you planning in the underworld?"

Jiang Mu's eyes dimmed: "It has nothing to do with you."

"What if I disrupt your plan when I arrive in the underworld?"

"you wanna die."

Xuan Ying laughed and said: "Hehe, that's not certain. Alas, this hell is no different from the world, but it's very interesting to have you here. The poor monk really wants to take a look quickly."

Jiang Mu said coldly: "I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic."

Xuan Ying responded: "This is the nature of poor monks."

Jiang Mu didn't pay attention to him anymore, Xuan Ying then asked: "Why? Master Jiang still hates the poor monk so much? I have analyzed so many things with you, will Master Jiang be willing to lead me back?"

"I don't want to."

"Hehe, that's not up to Master Jiang to think."

*

The paths of the two are different, Xuan Ying still chooses to go back, Jiang Mu continues to stand by, both sides are waiting for time.

When they were separated, Xuan Ying suddenly turned around while walking and looked at him again. There was a small river between the two of them, but at this time it was as long as the Milky Way.

"Whether you believe it or not, during the time when I was traveling with you, I had a very relaxed life. It is ridiculous to say that I was obviously in trouble, but I was deeply involved in it at the time, lying to the point of deceiving myself... I Sometimes I think it would be nice if time could stay there.”

Jiang Mu said slowly: "You don't want to stay at that time, a fake will always be a fake."

"...Maybe so."

Xuan Ying lowered her head and smiled, then turned around and walked towards the distance step by step, her back gradually disappearing into the darkness.

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