[Gu Jian II] [Xie Le] Sincere love

Le Wuyi and Xie Yi arrived in Chang'an, informed him with the talisman left by Yichen, and started wandering around.There are many people on the main street, and the lights are like daylight.The entire Chang'an city is lit up with lanterns everywhere, from high-ranking officials and nobles to ordinary people, they all spend a lot of effort to pray for the happiness of marriage and marriage for their families and children.On this once-a-year love eve, I don’t know how many beauties are looking forward to forming a good relationship with the scholar, and how many men are waiting to make an appointment with the person they like, and make a good story come true.

From Dongshi to the canal pier, it is full of tourists and lanterns.The bright and beautiful lamps in front of the merchants compete for beauty and beauty, and the ups and downs follow each other, not only attracting ordinary business, but also selling some small things that are suitable for the occasion.Most of the people who play together are couples, and there are also friends and girlfriends.The passing ladies covered their lips with fans and smiled, and the ignorant young shopkeepers couldn't understand the beauties' wishes, and they couldn't choose the right color of rouge.Children carrying lanterns rushed through the crowd, laughing and playing with their childhood sweethearts, betting on whose family's boy could trick their daughter into kissing.

Le Wuyi was holding a bag of sugar snowballs. Every time the gluttonous chicken pecked at it, it would tremble with sourness, but it couldn't help but want to eat it, so it had to stay in the snack bag and jump up and down.The crowds in the market are bustling, the lights are bright and warm, and the whole night is filled with tenderness from every wick.Xie Yi held Le Wuyi's hand under his wide sleeves, and the young man being dragged by him looked around, and from time to time saw the cute-looking lamp again.

"Master, look at this horse, why are its ears so long?"

Xie Yi raised his eyes to look, and couldn't help but laugh: "This painting shows Zhang Guolao riding a donkey upside down."

Le Wuyi smiled: "Really?" He bent over and turned around, and sure enough there were Han Xiangzi and Lu Dongbin.

The old man who hung the lamp lit a pipe and looked at them laughing. There was a small stall in front of him selling sundries and walnuts.Le Wuyi greeted him: "Old man, why do you want to hang the Eight Immortals on Qingxi?"

The old man slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke, squinted his eyes and smiled at him: "The Eight Immortals have males and females, some are rich and poor. This lamp means that fate and love do not distinguish between rich and poor."

Le Wuyi thought about it for a while, thought it made sense, and nodded with a smile.Greedy Chicken popped a fluffy head out of the snack bag and looked at them curiously.The old man said: "Yo." Then he stood up with a smile, waving his fingers in front of the gluttonous chicken, taking advantage of its dark eyes to follow, flicking its head.

"Chirp chirp!!!"

Le Wuyi quickly appeases it.The old man was so happy that he closed his mouth from ear to ear, and picked up a few wooden marbles: "Here, here, give your little bird to play."

Le Wuyi couldn't move his hand to take it, Xie Yi thanked him and took it, his fingers paused, he grabbed one of them, and gently pinched it.The extremely subtle sound of the machine was concealed in the crowd, Xie Yi quickly stopped, looked into the old man's old and energetic eyes, smiled slightly, and didn't say much.

The old gentleman was very surprised and looked at him with great interest.He threw away the pipe and bent down to find a box: "Come here, this is for you."

Xie Yi was forcibly sold, so he didn't feel annoyed, and paid the price with a smile.The old gentleman asked with great interest: "What's your name?"

Xie Yi said: "Traveler passing by, no address."

The old man reached out to put the box back and waved his hand.Xie Yi was curious about his box, seeing that he wanted to take it back again, he could only say, "I'm Xie Yi."

"Hey, I should be able to think of it." The old man narrowed his eyes, and handed him a box pressed in the bottom of the bamboo box, "The old method, lost... I sold it to you."

The two master and apprentice got a box by chance, walked another street in a serious manner, out of the sight of the old man, immediately found an empty corner and squatted down to study it with great interest.It took Xie Yi a moment to undo the seal outside.The box was sealed in two layers, and the second layer was replaced by Le Wuyi, who squatted on his head and grabbed his hair so that the owner would not raise his head suddenly and throw it down.

"Okay!" Le Wuyi carefully unscrewed the twist lock and lifted the inner layer.A wooden mechanism doll meditates inside the box, with a lifelike face and hair.Xie Yi tapped on its feet, and the mechanism puppet stood up suddenly, and hit the ground with a long stick the size of a toothpick.Le Wuyi's heart skipped a beat, he closed the box, and exchanged a glance with Master.Both of them thought of the heavy organ man guarding the tomb in the Qin Mausoleum.Le Wuyi swallowed his saliva, a little excited, he has always been curious about the mechanism technique, and he can really study it.The master and apprentice are like-minded and have similar hobbies. Now nestled on the corner of the street, their hands are a little itchy, and they wish they could dismantle the box immediately.Xie Yi raised his eyes and looked at the same, both of them saw each other's eyes, immediately understood and laughed at each other.

"No, don't! We agreed to go to the Lantern Festival!" Le Wuyi glanced at the box again, pulling his eyes away from the new toy with difficulty.

"Little apprentice, you are promising, it is clear that you are more tempted."

The two of them scolded each other, laughed for a long time, and finally threw the box into Taoyuanju, and played with it later when they had time.Le Wuyi dragged Master to continue shopping, specially going to crowded places to join in the fun.The lights along the way are prosperous and warm, and the lanterns are exquisite and beautiful, making people dazzled.

The two passed by the noodle stall and ordered two bowls of noodle soup. The fragrant noodle soup made people move their index fingers.The gluttonous chicken squatted next to the Le Wuyi bowl and ate noodles. It grabbed the noodles without breaking them, pulled it up and sucked it up with its head up, and the cute bird's beak swallowed a piece of noodles.

From time to time, Le Wuyi gave it two sticks, so that the fluffy round bird could pull out the noodles more smoothly.Le Wuyi chatted with Master while eating noodles, happily discussing the lights he saw on the road.He has a hearty and handsome smile, and his noodle-eating bird is also very eye-catching.Xie Yi's expression was calm, he just acted as if he didn't know that he was being watched, and let the little apprentice just look at him stupidly at the lantern festival where beauties from all walks of life gave him a lot of glances.The delicious noodle soup took up too much appetite, and most of the snacks that the little apprentice bought later went into the belly of the greedy chicken.Maybe it was because he had eaten too much, and he was so sleepy that he dozed off, so Le Wuyi put it away and went to sleep.The two strolled leisurely, carefully studying each uniquely shaped lamp, watching its beautiful shape through the dim light, and speculating on the wooden bone structure inside.

The master's skills are profound, and he can almost switch his eyes within a few seconds.Indifferently and solemnly, he declined all kinds of invitations and allusions of affection such as throwing himself into his arms and returning the lost handkerchief to the young apprentice.But every time Le Wuyi, who didn't feel it, called him:

"Hey, Master, look over there."

"Master, is this edible?"

"Master's very high-hanging lamps are so beautiful after being dragged down in such a long string!"

... Xie Yi looked at him, and he had a gentle look again: "Indeed. This is probably unique to Chang'an, and kites strung together in a string are also prevalent here. Is it true that you have never seen it before?"

"Master, the lanterns sold over there are in the shape of lotus flowers...Master?"

Le Wuyi followed Xie Yi's gaze and saw a little girl sitting in a corner crying beside the road full of tourists.Le Wuyi walked over, squatted in front of the girl, and saw a lantern lying on the ground.

Xie Yi sighed: "Whose child, why are you crying here?"

Le Wuyi was slightly taken aback, and suddenly felt flustered.He quickly picked up the lantern to check, and the skeleton patch that he had just seen jokingly passed in his mind like a lantern. He only turned his fingers in a few directions, and he touched three collapsed wooden bones.

The little girl raised her head, her big eyes were filled with tears, she stared blankly at the two master and apprentice who came suddenly.

Xie Yi's heart softened, he smiled slightly, and said calmly, "Son, what's wrong with your lamp?"

The little girl sobbed and said, "It's not mine...it's made by little black brother A Niang. She has been making it for several days and is going to sell it to young ladies and young masters to change their homes. I...I don't know why, I just bumped into it." Once it breaks..."

"So you just sit here and cry?" Le Wuyi looked brisk, "What's the big deal... I'll help you..."

Before he finished speaking, the little girl burst into tears and was very sad.She gasped and choked on hiccups: "I, my mother gave me... the lantern to accompany him, I... dare not go home... Mother is so hard..."

Le Wuyi was at a loss and wanted to help her wipe away her tears.He raised his finger and retracted it, his heart skipped a beat.He didn't know what was wrong with him, he was obviously worried about the little girl and got the upper hand, but there was a trace of inexplicable uneasiness in it.Until he told himself: Master is mine.Only then did I touch the tool with my slightly cool fingers, and calmly cut off the side lining of the sticker, strengthened the broken lamp bone, and sealed the lamp surface again.

Xie Yi didn't know what kind of turbulent waves the little disciple squatted on the ground experienced and returned to calm.He just naturally comforted the child with a deep voice, and told her with a smile that the big brother next to him could fix her lamp in just a short while.

The little girl was skeptical, stopped her tears, and looked at Le Wuyi eagerly.

Xie Yi also turned his gaze, but accidentally found that Wuyi's fingers were a little stiff, not as soft as usual.Outsiders may not be able to see any difference at all, but he is a master who is no different, but he can accurately perceive even the slightest difference.

"No difference?"

"Yeah." Le Wuyi said, "Immediately, immediately."

Xie Yi said, "Are you jealous?"

Le Wuyi looked up in a daze.He stopped his fingers hastily, paused, and almost scratched his hand.Xie Yi quickly squatted down, took the lantern, held his fingers to check, and the little apprentice quickly said: "No, it's all right."

His terrified look of being punctured made Xie Yi feel a little angry.He squeezed Le Wuyi's fingers, and he didn't speak for a long time, his heart was blocked for a long time, and then he recovered.

If Le Wuyi is jealous of a beautiful woman, he is probably more amused than angry.But this little thing is clearly frightened at this time, afraid that he will fall in love with someone's child again.What's even more exasperating is that he was so worried that his fingers were cold, and he didn't say anything.Even if he really asked to take an apprentice, Le Wuyi would not argue with him. No matter how sad he is when he is alone, he may even have nightmares.

Xie Yi was silent for too long, Le Wuyi vaguely knew that he must be angry.

"Master...how could I be with..." He compared the height of the little girl and wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know what else to say.

Xie Yi finally let go of his fingers.The little girl looked at them stupidly, not knowing what happened.Xie Yi looked into his eyes, the divine light was unfathomable, reflecting the moving lights of the bustling city.He said slowly: "It's no different. This little girl is very agile, and I would like to give some pointers as a teacher."

A hint of obsession flashed across Le Wuyi's amber pupils.He nodded slowly, a faint 'yes' stuck in his throat, unable to say anything.He exhaled a little, his mind was in a mess, and he stared at Master blankly.Crazy thoughts that came out of nowhere finally took over his reason, and he whispered:

"Master does not accept apprentices."

His feeble protest was answered by the master.

"Why?" Xie Yi regained his mood slightly, but subtly did not let go.

Le Wuyi thought sadly, there is no reason, because I love you, because I want to monopolize the title of 'Master' forever.

He was short of breath, but did not speak.He lowered his head and closed his eyes tightly.

"Why not?"

Le Wuyi was cornered by him, and finally murmured: "Master is mine." He looked aggrieved, and his whole body was devoid of energy. His beautiful amber pupils were not full of energy, only A little bit of gentle and stubborn wave light.His admiration, reverence, and the tenderness of his mind for an unknown number of years after he grew up were all given to this person in front of him. The word "why" is light and light, but how could there be any other answer.

Xie Yi said: "So you know."

Le Wuyi looked up at Master, Xie Yi looked helpless and gentle, and gave him the lantern in his hand:

"Fix it quickly. As a teacher, it's just not written: no apprentices, as long as it's the same. Since you know... then remember it well."

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