Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

The wind of sorrow blew to Frost Elm Mountain!

Last night, on the rooftop of Fulu Bainiang Building, the old beggar and the white-headed dwarf made some kind of deal. No one knows what it was exactly, but a deal was definitely reached because the white-headed dwarf changed his itinerary. He returned to the heart of Yingzhou and headed towards Jianying City. He had originally planned to go to Manghuang!

Murong Ruoxi and the others left the mortal world after lunch. The reason was that Murong Ruoxi got drunk last night. She hadn't met the fool in her dream for a long time, but this time she was drunk and failed to meet him. She slept for a long time and didn't dream!

When Murong Ruoxi woke up, she said something that made Mu Wanqian feel very confused!

"You stupid idiot, don't you remember where I am? You've touched me, you've looked at me, but you don't even come to see me!"

But what is very strange is that the old beggar actually had a dream. He was lying on the bed of an old friend, the bed of the woman who had waited for him all his life. However, the person he dreamed of was not Xiuying's mother, but the person he loved and the person he owed all his life!

When the old beggar woke up, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and sighed inwardly:

"You really can't force feelings! Otherwise, if two people are together but are thinking about someone else, wouldn't that make people even more sad!"

Xiuying and Yaer accompanied Murong Ruoxi and the others out of Ganlu Town.

First, she wanted to take the old beggar to see her mother. Xiuying didn't hate the old beggar, but she felt it was not worth it for her mother! But what could she do? The person her mother was thinking about until her death was still the old beggar!

Secondly, Yaer insisted on sending Xiao Yingxu off, and the two of them played together for a night and half a day, and they were inseparable. Yaer can be considered Xiao Yingxu’s first friend!

The Shuangyu Mountains are a natural dividing line between Manghuang and Yingzhou. It borders the Hanhai Desert to the west and extends to the northern part of Shangguanjia to the east. The mountain range is called the Shuangyu Mountains, but Shuangyu Mountain is just north of Ganlu Town. It got its name because the mountain is covered with elm trees. When frost falls in winter, the white elm branches all over the mountain are spectacular!

Everyone came in a horse-drawn carriage, and Xiao Yingxu and Yaer had tears in their eyes along the way!

"Xiao Yingxu, why don't you stay in Ganlu Town and play with Yaer!"

Lu Jiayao teased the young master she carried on her back yesterday!

Xiao Yingxu shook his head and said:

"Ya'er, when I find the Stargazing Mountain, I will come to find you, okay?"

"Brother Yingxu, you must keep your word. Please don't let me end up like grandma. I don't want to stay in the mundane world my whole life!"

Deep down, Yaer wanted to leave with Yingxu, but she couldn't bear to leave her mother!

"I am a normal person, not an immortal. Don't worry, you are my first friend after I came down the mountain. I will come to find you!"

Xiao Yingxu said it with great confidence!

"Mom, how about we bury the old man in the empty grave next to grandma's grave? Let Brother Yingxu see the consequences of not coming to find me!"

Adults really can’t guess what’s in a child’s mind!

Everyone in the carriage laughed!

The old beggar was a little embarrassed! He seemed to have been teased by Xiao Yingxu all the way! He cursed in his heart:

"How could the Daoyuan Sect teach such a naughty little Taoist priest and let him go down the mountain to torture people!"

The old beggar seems to have forgotten that he was like this when he was a child! It has been so long that he probably has no memory of it!

"Sister Xiuying, can what you taught me tie down my idiot?"

Murong Ruoxi seemed to be drunk and still not sober. She really spoke without thinking! There was a man in the car! Although he was her master, but, but he was a man after all!

"Sister Xixi, there is nothing in the world that can hold a man's heart forever! All we can do is make him reluctant to leave us, but after a long time, men will always get tired of you, so you have to learn, grow, and always make him feel fresh about you!"

The atmosphere in the narrow carriage became very strange!

The old beggar coughed twice and said:

"I, I'm going to go out for some fresh air and drink some wine!"

"No! Old man, you are so perverted, why don't you teach Sister Xixi some?"

After Lu Jiayao finished speaking, her face turned red! Like burning coals!

Mu Wanqian kicked the old beggar and cursed:

"Get out of here!"

Murong Ruoxi was a little confused. Mu Wanqian and Lu Jiayao had been saying that her master was abnormal. She had always thought it was because he wore savage clothes and women's underwear. But she always felt that something was wrong, so she said:

"Master, are you hiding something? I am your only disciple, teach me everything!"

Mu Wanqian was speechless! She felt that her young lady was about to fall! She regretted not forcibly stopping her young lady from going to the mortal world yesterday!

Mu Wanqian cursed in her heart:

"What a mess this is!"

Of course, some things need to be learned, but for a woman who has never married, it is really too difficult for people to accept! But Murong Ruoxi doesn't think so, because she seems to have a rival in love, and she doesn't want to be a passerby of the fool!

The place where Xiuying's mother lies is really picturesque and the scenery is pleasant! The ancient elm tree behind the grave alone is really a beautiful scenery, swaying in the autumn wind!

Looking at this picturesque place, Murong Ruoxi teased his master:

"Stinky old man, someone has prepared a grave for you before you die! I, your disciple, save you the trouble!"

The old beggar was really sad! Not because of the grave, but because of the old elm tree!

The old beggar was sleeping on the ancient elm tree and saved Xiuying's mother who had escaped under the tree. Of course he guessed the location of the grave, but when he saw the grave overgrown with weeds under the ancient elm tree, his heart still trembled!

The old beggar said to himself:

"Luyin, tell me, why are you doing this?"

Xiuying was alone at her mother's grave, paying homage, mumbling to herself, but no one knew what she was saying!

Yaer and Xiao Yingxu ran to the ancient elm tree to play!

"Old man, aren't you going to pay your respects? That's too heartless!"

Lu Jiayao was very surprised. The old beggar was obviously moved, but he didn't go to worship!

The old beggar ignored Lu Jiayao and turned to look at Murong Ruoxi and said:

"You little bitch, your future must not be like this!"

"Shut up, old man. Idiot likes my lady. Besides, Idiot is not as heartless as you!"

Mu Wanqian was a little angry!

"Hey, little girl, there are some things you may not know. What I am worried about right now is not the feelings of the idiot, but your feelings!"

The old beggar looked at his apprentice Murong Ruoxi with some regret. He learned something very unexpected last night. It was the white-haired dwarf who told him!

Murong Ruoxi was stunned when she heard this, wondering why the old beggar would say that! She asked:

"What do you mean, old man? Explain yourself clearly!"

Xiuying stood up at this time, turned around and shouted:

"Come here, my mother wants to see you!"

This sentence stunned Murong Ruoxi and the others! You looked at me, I looked at you, and we all shook our heads to show that we didn't know what it meant!

Only Xiuying and the old beggar knew that there was an unwritten custom in Ganlu Town, that is, after a person dies, only relatives can worship the dead person, and strangers are not allowed, unless the deceased person allows it! Of course, this permission is conveyed by the deceased person's relatives.

"Luyin, we met again after we parted ways, but we are now separated by the Yin and Yang! I'm sorry!"

The old beggar bowed and said nothing more. Perhaps if he said more, it would be disrespectful to the green grass!

"I want to put my mother's and your paintings in that empty grave, to tell my mother that someone is with her now!"

Xiuying wiped her tears and whispered to the old beggar! She brought the two paintings from the purple boudoir.

"Xiuying, forget it! Don't disturb your mother. Our encounter under the ancient elm tree was just a chance encounter between her and me, but your mother has made it her whole life. I am not worthy of lying under the ancient elm tree with her!"

Xiuying did not force it. She respected the old beggar's decision. However, she also knew at this time that the old beggar really had never loved her mother. Some things really cannot be forced!

Under the ancient elm tree, in front of two graves, everyone said goodbye, the autumn wind was a little bleak!

Looking at Murong Ruoxi and the others getting farther and farther away, the mother and daughter leaning against each other under the ancient elm tree were already in tears!

"Mom, will Brother Yingxu really come to see me?"

"Yes, he will definitely come to find Yaer!"

After Xiuying finished speaking, she sighed inwardly:

"So what if he comes? I don't know when!"

Xiuying was very sad! Because not only was her mother waiting, but she was also waiting. She was also waiting for the person in her heart in the world, but she didn't want her daughter to be like this!

"Ya'er, I will send you to Tianji Pavilion! After you finish your studies, you can go out into the world to find your brother Yingxu and your future!"

Xiuying wanted to change, to change her daughter's fate, even though she couldn't bear it and didn't want to be separated from her daughter! But she seemed to have figured it out. Instead of waiting, it's better to go find her!

"Mom, I'm going. I'm going to Tianji Pavilion! I want to face everything alone, just like Brother Yingxu!"

Under the old elm tree, in the autumn wind, beside two graves, the mother and daughter in the mortal world stood for a long, long time...