Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

The extremely ugly girl Mu Qingxue set out on her journey in the drizzle, but she had a wine barrel on her head, because that was her idea. She wanted to transform the person she was looking for - Ji Yichen, into the wine barrel she liked!

Shen Yichen would never guess that what Mu Qingxue said, "My man is a wine barrel!", came from such an ordinary little shop on the side of the road, and it was a very accidental shelter from the rain!

Mu Qingxue and Sun Bo were finally kicked out because it was getting dark!

People say:

"I'd rather spend the night in a grave than in an empty old house!"

But the ugly girl Mu Qingxue and Sun Bo were not ordinary people, so of course they didn't care. Before dark, they walked into an empty house, and it was indeed an old house, but there were already people inside, probably people who were trying to take shelter from the rain!

This is an old house that has been abandoned for many years. It is obviously a mansion of a famous family. I don’t know why it was abandoned. Now it is overgrown with weeds, broken walls and mottled shadows! In the rain at night, there is a gloomy and creepy feeling!

This courtyard is a quadrangle, and there are three characters engraved on the front gate: Weng Ai Ju. This name is also strange! How can you name your courtyard "Ai"? Of course, the ugly girl Mu Qingxue didn't notice it, but Sun Bo took a look and was very confused!

In the yard, there was a circular pool, which was already dry. There was a tree in the pool, but it was still alive. In the dark night and rain, no one could tell what kind of tree it was. The two side rooms on the left and right were pitch black. The ugly girl Mu Qingxue and Sun Bo went straight into the main hall because there was fire there.

In the main hall, everyone looked up when they saw two people coming in. No one said anything, but a child about ten years old stood up and imitated some movements.

The ugly girl Mu Qingxue saw at a glance in the light of the fire that the child was imitating her action of holding the wine barrel on her head, but he didn't care. He found an empty space and sat on the wine barrel. Sun Bo was embarrassed instead. He didn't hold the wine barrel. They were ordinary people now, so there was no reason for young people to sit. So he directly pulled Mu Qingxue up and said:

"You'd better sit on the ground. Uncle's waist hurts and his legs are tired!"

Without waiting for Mu Qingxue's consent, he sat on it. Mu Qingxue was stunned for a moment, but she reacted immediately. She sat on the ground, leaned on Sun Bo's thigh, and secretly pinched Sun Bo's thigh!

It hurts Sun Bo, and he cursed in his heart:

"Girl, why are you pinching my thigh? It hurts!"

There's no way. Uncle Sun has meat only on his thighs, and no meat anywhere else. He's too thin!

After the two sat down, the ugly girl Mu Qingxue looked around quietly. There were three groups of people sitting by a bonfire, including her, Sun Bo, a family of four, and two old men!

Mu Qingxue couldn't tell whether the others were cultivators or not. What pleased her most was that they didn't react because she was ugly! And the child kept grinning at her! Mu Qingxue always felt that there was something wrong with the child. He looked like a fool and really stupid!

There was a statue in the main hall, very strange! It was not a Buddha, not a Taoist, not an immortal, Mu Qingxue didn't recognize it, and there was no words or paintings to refer to! She just felt that there was a star-shaped thing between the eyebrows of the statue! But it was just a guess, it was too old, and it couldn't be seen clearly!

What about the family of four? There is a stupid kid and an old man who must have a problem with his legs because one of his legs has been lying on the ground without moving. A normal person would have been numb long ago! I don't know about the other two people. They look like a couple. The child's mother has been holding the stupid kid to prevent him from running around, but the effect is not very good. The child is always eager to try and wants to come to Mu Qingxue.

The other two old men, who were not sure what they were doing, were looking at the campfire with a smile, one sipping tea and the other drinking wine!

When it was completely dark outside, the rain was getting heavier. The ugly girl Mu Qingxue and Sun Bo sat quietly, not saying a word, with their eyes squinted. The people around them were all normal people. They were not nervous at all and looked very relaxed!

I don't know if it was because he was bored on a rainy night or because he was drunk, but his face was flushed. He took out a clapper from his waist, stood up, staggered, and said:

"Dear guests, I will perform a little allegro for you to relieve your boredom!"

Mu Qingxue and the others didn't say anything, nor did they try to stop them.

After a burst of cheerful allegro music, the drunk old man shook his head and said:

"The dark clouds rolled in, the wind was strong, and the rain came pouring down suddenly.

There was a loud crack of thunder and a flash of lightning! "

The child went straight into his mother's arms. A loud thunder interrupted the old man's words and lightning illuminated the house. Mu Qingxue was shocked because the star-like thing on the top of the statue was an eye. It seemed to move just now, but after the lightning, it returned to the shape of a star. Mu Qingxue thought she was dazzled.

After the thunder, the old man burped and continued:

"Ahead is a long ancient road.

On both sides of this road, the peaks are like long swords and the ridges are like horizontal knives.

Ancient trees are towering, withered vines entwined, and there are countless mountain spirits and wild monsters.

Don't enter any caves, cross any bridges over water, and don't walk on the overgrown path.

Ghosts are crying and wolves are howling, so don't be afraid!

He walks his own Yangguan Road, and you walk your own single-plank bridge!

Their faces were calm, their hearts weren't beating fast, and they didn't interfere with each other as they walked along the winding path.

After saying that, the old man burped again, and the smell of alcohol was really strong!

Ugly girl Mu Qingxue and Sun Bo were stunned when they heard this. How could this be like showing them the way? Could there really be a narrow ancient path ahead?

"Dear guests, don't take it personally. I'm drunk, so don't mind me! If you don't mind, I'll give you a light Erhu song. How about that? It's a long night, and I'm bored."

The old man drinking tea did not wait for the others to respond. He played the erhu and gave an opening speech:

"A string of Erhu, inside and outside, plays all the bitterness and sweetness of the world.

Don't praise me for my song, just enjoy the sadness and joy of life."

He took a sip of tea and said:

"I'm going to sing a piece of 'Hujia Ming' for you. I just learned it outside the domain. Everyone, please listen and take a rest!"

Accompanied by the sad tune of the erhu, the old man sang softly:

"When I was born, the Han Dynasty was in decline. Heaven is unkind and has sent chaos and separation, and the earth is unkind and has made me live in this time. Wars are coming one after another and the roads are dangerous. People are fleeing and mourning together. Dust covers the fields and the barbarians are in great numbers. My true intentions are gone and my integrity is lost. I am not suitable for dealing with different customs. When I am insulted, who should I tell? The sound of the flute and the beat of the zither make me angry and resentful, but no one knows...

……

The geese fly south to send their voices to the border, and the geese fly north to get the sound of Han. The geese fly high and are hard to find, and my heart is broken with longing. I frown and look at the moon while playing the qin, and the five beats are cold and my feelings are deep...

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At dusk, the wind is sad and the border sounds are everywhere. I don’t know who to tell my sorrow to. The wilderness is desolate and the war is thousands of miles away. The vulgar despise the old and the weak, and the young and the strong are beautiful...

The sky is boundless, the earth is limitless, and so is my sorrow. Life is fleeting, like a white horse passing by, but I cannot enjoy my prime years. I want to complain to the heavens, but the sky is vast and I have no chance to go up. I look up and see nothing but empty clouds and smoke...

……

My resentment is so great that it is as vast as the sky; even though the universe is vast, it cannot contain it. "

The ugly girl Mu Qingxue had heard this song "Eighteen Beats of the Hujia" before, because it was a famous song from overseas, but it was always sung by women. But today, it was an old man who was singing it on the rainy night. His unfortunate heart was even more miserable, and the sound of suffering was even more touching!

The mournful sound of the erhu and the tear-jerking "Hujia Ming" made the ugly girl Mu Qingxue actually cry!

Sun Bo looked at the tearful Mu Qingxue and sighed in his heart:

"Girl with a soft heart, have you ever thought that this might be your fate? If there really is such a person as Ji Yichen, then you and Ji Yichen would be the protagonists of another "Eighteen Beats of the Hujia"! Good and evil cannot coexist. The Ji and Mu families have been waiting for a thousand years, just for a battle in the future!"

Sun Bo seemed to have seen Mu Qingxue's future path, but he didn't know whether he was right or wrong!

Where is Mu Qingxue? How could she have thought of these things? However, she was sure of one thing, that the child was a fool, because he ran over to wipe Mu Qingxue's tears, laughing as he wiped them, and after wiping them, he also made a spanking gesture, meaning:

"Crybaby, spank!"

The two old men, one spoke in a quick rhythm and the other sang a song "Hujia Ming". The rainy night was already half over, and the few of them fell into a sound sleep!

A peaceful night, a tranquil night.

In the early morning, the ugly girl Mu Qingxue was awakened by that silly boy, who pointed outside to her, meaning that he was leaving!

"You go first, my sister will be leaving soon!"

Mu Qingxue was quite nice to this silly boy.

The family of four left first, and then Uncle Sun said:

"A hemp rope breaks at the thinnest part, and misfortune only favors the unfortunate. This family of four has one lame, one dumb, one deaf, and one dumb! Ah, life is so real!"

The ugly girl Mu Qingxue felt a sinking feeling in her heart, and felt a little uncomfortable!

"Little girl, would you like some tea?"

"Little girl, do you want to drink?"

The two old men looked at Mu Qingxue who had woken up and called her!

Mu Qingxue was stunned when she heard that. Along the way, everyone had been avoiding her, but today was really strange. Someone even took the initiative to invite her to drink tea and wine!

She looked up at Uncle Sun and seeing that he didn't try to stop her, she walked straight over. However, she didn't get to drink either the wine or the tea, and the two old men started arguing!

The old man who drinks tea won't let her drink, and the old man who drinks won't let her drink tea! Neither of them will give in!

One said tea disturbs the mind, the other said alcohol harms the body.

One said tea brings loneliness, the other said wine brings intoxication.

One says tea is bland, the other says wine is wild.

One says tea nourishes temperament, the other says wine nourishes talent.

One said that drinking tea can help you understand Zen, and the other said that drinking wine can help you understand Taoism.

One who talks about tasting tea refers to himself, while the other who talks about drinking wine refers to his confidant.

The two people argued back and forth, their faces red!

Mu Qingxue took the tea with her left hand and the wine with her right hand and drank them together! Result:

"Cough cough cough... cough cough cough..."

"You, you, what did you two give me to drink?"

Mu Qingxue had drunk wine and tasted tea before, but the tea and wine she just took a sip obviously tasted wrong!

The tea is so bitter!

The taste of alcohol, spicy and stimulating!

She didn't care anymore and ran to the yard, scooping up rain water from the round pond with her hands and rinsing her mouth.

Mu Qingxue's mouth tasted half bitter and half spicy! Her body was half cold as ice and half hot as the sun. She hurriedly sat on the ground, circulating her true energy, and a magical aura emerged around her body, trying to suppress the two auras in her body, one cold and one hot.

"Little girl, you can't suppress it. You have to absorb it. As for how much you absorb, it depends on your luck!"

The two old men walked out of the main hall, and Sun Bo's aura surged, and he said to them:

"Who are you? What did you give my lady to drink?"

The two old men were not afraid of Uncle Sun.

The tea drinker said:

"She stole my tea!"

The drinker said:

"She stole my wine!"

Sun Bo was stunned when he heard this, and said to himself:

"What the hell is this?"

Asked again:

"What did you give my lady to drink?"

"A cup of tea!"

"A glass of wine!"

Sun Bo locked the two of them with his true qi, and looked back at Mu Qingxue. At this moment, she really absorbed the two auras in her body, and stood up, feeling a little confused! She couldn't figure out what was going on!

Looking at the two old men, he asked:

"Two seniors, who are you?"

"Is the tea delicious?"

"Is the wine good?"

"Two seniors, I don't know you two. What did you give me to drink?"

"A cup of tea!"

"A glass of wine!"

"roll!"

Mu Qingxue looked at the two old men who were laughing and was so angry that she started to scold them. Who cares! The main thing was that it was really difficult for her to speak!

But she added:

"Forget it, let's go!"

After saying that, the ugly girl Mu Qingxue really left and shouted:

"Uncle Sun, let's go, along the narrow ancient road..."