Night Tales

The moonrise was late today, and the mist in the morning did not dissipate until evening.At this time, the sky was still bright, and the hazy moonlight barely reached her eyes through layers of mist.

"Today is the first quarter moon." Fan Yi sat under the tree, chatting with the big tree behind him.

"I have witnessed countless first-quarter moons. This day is too bleak. I raise some flowers and plants all day long, translate some messy scriptures, and comprehend things that I don't need. Why do these things? You also It's boring, isn't it?"

He flipped through the "Wonders of the World" in his hand again.This book has been turned so shabby by her that she can memorize even a page with a corner missing.No matter how beautiful the scenery is, what's the point if you can't experience it personally?

She blew out the lantern beside her, got up, picked a leaf and put it in her sleeve, and said, "Let me take you to see the outside world."

Yunxiu Mountain, one of the Nine Mountains in the Dragon Vessel.Because there are a large number of forming spirit mines hidden in the mountain, the whole mountain range is extraordinarily ethereal and beautiful, and even the rolling clouds in the mountains have the color of jade.

The most magnificent spectacle of Yunxiu Mountain is also the sea of ​​clouds between the mountains.

Climbing to the top, there is nothing else to be seen within a thousand miles except for the vast sea of ​​mist churning like waves.

Affected by the mountain peaks, the sea of ​​clouds sometimes spirals up layer upon layer, and sometimes changes unpredictablely to show the various forms of the world.

Sometimes the market is surging, sometimes the flames of war are raging, sometimes whales leap over the sea, and sometimes the maple forest is late in autumn.

Fan also stepped on the clouds, feeling that he was smaller than that wisp of cloud.Unconsciously, the sun was setting, the sea of ​​fire was churning, and waves rose up to the sky.Fan also opened his arms to welcome the holy baptism of the sun.

In the distance, several strange beasts shuttled among them, coming and going freely.She didn't bother them, just watched Yaoyao from a distance.

The sun never rises and the moon rises, Fan also had a great time, so he went down the mountain to find another wonderful scene.

There is a farmland under the surrounding mountains.In the distance, a few small villages were sparsely lit with a few lights.Another family is still smoking.Fan also looked at these tiny villages under the sky and was a little lost. A wisp of cooking smoke was like a dream, and the thoughts that carried it flew higher and higher.

People here work at sunrise and rest at sunset, without greed, without contention, and without knowing the passing years.She began to imagine what it would be like if she lived in such a village.

Dixue probably lived in such a village too!Thinking of that child, a trace of warmth surged in Fan Yi's heart.

She ate wild fruits casually, and fell asleep on a big tree trunk on a hillside.

After Luo Ying and the others left, Luo Mu still went to the field to tell the little workers to do things, and Luo Fei lay on the bed to rest.Cicada would communicate with Fuyu once a month.Every time Fuyu talked about a lot, how many babies were born in Yuque this year, what policies were formulated, how many troops there are now, the unicorn was found on the Tibetan Jade Mountain last month, and so on.But every time Cicada chats is very small, only some household chores, Luo Ying and the elder sister quarrel again, Tan Xue is always bullied by Luo Qinghuan, Luo Fei is getting fatter and so on.He only mentioned a few words about the thing that worried him most and made him anxious.

He stopped writing and wandered in the courtyard.

The older Tan Xue was, the more valuable her life was, and the more valuable her life was, the more dangerous it was.A six-year-old Lingyuan is enough for countless people to risk their lives for her.Moreover, Tanxue is now in good health, free from disease and injury, so it is not impossible to arrest her and imprison her for a few years before killing her.This world is too scary, he is afraid that he will not be able to protect his child, and he doesn't know what to do.

He sealed the envelope, went out and summoned a void carrier pigeon, tied the letter to the carrier pigeon's leg, and let it fly.A pure white carrier pigeon flew into the air, as it flew higher and higher, its body began to emit a faint spiritual light. The cicada chanted a tactic, and the carrier pigeon's body began to fade away, and it was about to disappear in place. Suddenly, a burst of energy shot out, The carrier pigeon fell like a kite that had lost momentum.A figure suddenly appeared and caught the carrier pigeon.

Cicada was startled, and watched helplessly as the man landed in front of him with a pigeon in his hand, his footsteps were weak, and his mind went blank.Ever since Fan Yi was scared out of his wits, once he felt scared, his legs would go weak, his heart would beat suddenly, and his limbs would become numb.He secretly scolded himself for being worthless countless times, but he couldn't control himself.Another person stood in front of him, but he couldn't speak.

"Devil? Take your life!" The man holding the carrier pigeon shouted, and was about to attack, but the people around him suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute, Xuanwei." Then he asked Cicada: "Where are the others?"

Cicada wanted to speak, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his teeth began to chatter up and down. He turned his head with difficulty, looked at the person who asked him, his pupils began to shrink because of fear, and he felt that the question was coming from the sky.

Seeing that the cicada didn't respond, Luoyang went into the house, searched around, and only saw a woman lying in the bedroom.He vaguely felt that it should be his youngest daughter Luo Fei, but he dared not recognize her.Luo Fei hasn't seen her father for many years, and every time she thinks about it, she is overwhelmed by the boundless sea of ​​fear, so she doesn't want to recall all kinds of things related to him.Now this face that she thought she had forgotten but hid in her mind reappeared, and everything from the past swarmed in. Her fear was deeper than the cicada. It was the demon that had haunted her for many years. How could she forget it?

"Cicada!" Luo Fei called out in alarm.

Cicada heard his wife's cry for help, but his feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move.He wanted to tell her that he was there, but when he opened his mouth, no sound came out.

"Fei'er?" Luo Yang called out uncertainly.

"Father...Father." Luo Fei couldn't help shaking when she saw Luoyang.The cruel images in the secret room came to her mind, and what she saw was not her father, but a devil.

"Where are your mother and your sister?" Luo Yang asked again.

"She...they went out."

"Where did you go? Why did you mix with the demons?" Luo Yang stepped forward and asked forcefully.

"Cicada...where is he?"

"I'm here, Fei'er, don't be afraid." He said silently in his heart, but still couldn't make a sound, it began to hate itself, for being cowardly and incompetent, for being inferior to a woman.

"Fei'er..." He called again in his heart.

"He's outside. Today, if you don't explain the kid's background clearly, he won't be able to live in this world." Luo Yang said.

"I... I don't know his origin."

"Presumptuous, you dare to marry him without knowing the origin! I heard that you have a child, where is the brat?"

Luo Yang's anger made Luo Fei even more terrified, and she was so trembling that she couldn't even speak.

I can finally move!The cicada stepped on her foot hard, but the foot was obedient, but the other parts were not. Before the cicada could stand still, it knelt down.

He directed and moved his fingers, unconscious.

When Luo Mu came back and saw the man kneeling on the ground, an inexplicable fear came to her heart.

"What are you going to do?" Luo Fei asked Luo Yang.

"Where's the cub?"

"She is your granddaughter!"

"Brother Yang?" Luo Yang turned his head, his wife was standing behind him, looking at him.

"Ah Hua!" Luo Yang also called out, "How are you doing recently?"

Li Xuanwei stood beside Luoyang, and hadn't said a word since entering the room.

"It's bad to see you." Luo Mu said.

"Anyway, you and I used to be husband and wife, and I, Luoyang, have never done anything wrong to you. Why bother to treat me like this?"

"Haven't you ever done anything sorry to me?" Luo Mu's voice suddenly increased by three points: "Whose descendants are so many children in the secret room!"

"Ah Hua!" Luo Yang sternly said, there are outsiders here, he doesn't want to discuss this issue with her: "I said that the secret room has nothing to do with me, do you believe me?"

"I don't believe it. What do you want to do to Fei'er and that kid?"

"How? Don't you know what the crime of colluding with the demons is?"

"So you are here to kill relatives righteously?"

Luo Yang turned his face away, not looking at her, and said: "The whole Tiangong knows about Fei'er and that kid, how many pairs of eyes are staring at me now. If I can't give them a satisfactory result, not only me, but also Xuanwei will be implicated."

"Xuanwei will also be implicated? When did Li Xuanwei's life become more important than your own daughter and granddaughter? Brother Yang, when did you start to change? You were not like this before. At that time, Luoyang, although kung fu You are weak, but you are willing to stand in front of me to protect me regardless of your life. At that time, Luoyang was full of vigor and high-spirited, and he guarded a Xiashan Mountain alone. He was a hero in my heart. I also know that what you said and did at that time, all It's true. Since when did you change, become selfish, and focus on fame?"

"Ahua, you don't understand me, and I can't explain it to you. Since ancient times, people who have made big things don't care about small things. Kindness and justice can't change this increasingly corrupt world. I'm just trying to do something to it in my own way. A change. Ah Hua, I believe that when you know my purpose and my pursuit, you will understand."

"I won't, I know what's going to happen. And I will never forgive a person who kills relatives and treacherously. Luoyang, fulfill your ambition, do it!" Luo Mu said, stretching her heart and neck, and going to die .

"Xuanwei, I'm sorry to trouble you." Luoyang said.Li Xuan nodded slightly.Call out the sword.

"Don't... mother!" Luo Fei cried out.

Cicada finally made up his mind, he can move!He stumbled into the house, trying to prevent what was about to happen.But Luo Mu shouted: "What are you doing here, go! Go find A Ying and the others."

Cicada just came back to his senses and was about to leave. How could Li Xuanwei allow him to run away. Cicada was frightened, and was unable to move and was sluggish. heart.

As night fell, the number of people on the street gradually increased.On the banks of the Linhe River, there are crowded figures and brightly lit lights.Villagers from all directions gathered in this small town, and the festive atmosphere was heightened to the extreme.

Luo Qinghuan and Tan Xue bouncing ahead, pointing fingers at the lotus lanterns passing by, and the three adults followed behind, smiling like flowers.

Luo Ying and Xiao Fannian were two women walking in front and whispering, Lu Chengxi followed behind them, dressed in golden crowns, face like pearls, holding a folding fan, with tassels on the waist.He thought that his outfit today was extremely elegant, but the woman didn't keep her eyes on him for more than a second.

Eh!He sighed secretly in his heart, looking around as if nothing had happened.When Luo Ying turned his head, he stared at the beautiful woman passing by indifferently, with a smile on his lips.

Luo Ying turned her head away, and then shifted her gaze to Xiao Fannian. This woman's demeanor quietly changed at some point.Back then Xiao Fannian was tall and tall, with a serious face, sharp eyes, ignorant and stubborn.A few years passed in a blink of an eye, and that young girl has matured now, with a trace of indifference and tranquility on her body, and her edges and corners are no longer so sharp.She seems to be a little interested in everything, but it seems that nothing can enter her heart.I can talk about everything, but it seems that I can't talk about anything deeply.Her heart is like a wild crane floating at an altitude of a thousand meters, detached from the world.

Lu Chengxi walked up, side by side with Xiao Fannian, and asked: "A Nian, have you ever regretted it?"

"Regret what?"

"Regret to be dragged down by a child for a lifetime."

Xiao Fannian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Wherever you go, you are wandering, stopping and wandering, what is the difference between me and me?"

"Haven't you thought about what kind of life you want to live?"

"Have you thought about it again?"

"I thought about it, but then everything changed."

"So what's the difference if you want to or not?"

"Hehe, Ah Nian, I found that your heart is like an old woman's."

"He's over 200 years old."

"My family has a 1000-year-old boy, but he looks like a child."

"Aunt Ying, I want this." The two of them were chatting when Xiao Tanxue stopped and pointed to a lotus lantern and said to Luo Ying. Lotus Lantern, a big ferocious beast, if you let it go, the ghosts and ghosts will not dare to come again."

Lu Chengxi walked over to pick up the lotus lantern and looked at it, only to see a lotus flower blooming, and a strange mutated unicorn stood on the lotus pod, opened the unicorn's buttocks, and the lamp inside could be seen.Lu Chengxi asked: "What does this thing have to do with the Sky Core?"

"Hey, this is what the sky core looks like!"

Luo Ying laughed "poof" behind him.

"Have you seen it?" Lu Chengxi asked again.

"I can't see it, but it is said that the sky core looks like this. Look at this bloody mouth. Only such a big mouth can do such a big evil."

Lu Chengxi put the lamp back, held up a pig-shaped lamp and said to Tan Xue: "I think this pig is more suitable for you."

"I want that." Dixue still pointed at it.

"It's not that you haven't seen Sky Core, don't you know what she looks like?"

"What does it look like?" Dixue didn't remember seeing this thing before.When the peddler heard this, he looked at the group of them in surprise.

"You don't remember? The one you pester every day."

Tan Xue shook her head, she couldn't remember who she pestered every day.

"Well, how much is this?" Lu Chengxi asked the peddler.

"Hey, it's not expensive, fifty cents."

"Which one do you like, Huan'er?" Lu Chengxi asked Luo Qinghuan again.

"This piggy." Luo Qinghuan hugged the pig-shaped lamp.Lu Chengxi picked one for each of the three adults, paid the money, and went to find a place to put the lotus lantern together.

The night was getting darker, but the river in front of me was brightly lit.There was a long queue on the shore where there were places where lights could be placed. Several people walked around, but there was no suitable place.Lu Chengxi led them to the city wall, where a small boat was parked, and a boatman was sitting on the bank drinking.From time to time, he hummed a few tunes.Lu Chengxi greeted: "Uncle He."

"Master Lu, you're here." The boatman hurriedly stood up and greeted Lu Chengxi.

"Uncle He has worked hard, take this little money to drink. I will drive the boat to the old place." Lu Chengxi gave the boatman a piece of silver, and the boatman hurriedly took it, said some polite words, and walked away excitedly up.

"You rented this boat a long time ago?" Luo Ying asked.

"Come here right after lunch, or we'll wait until midnight to set off the lotus lanterns?" Before Lu Chengxi could finish speaking, the two children jumped onto the boat cleverly, holding the unlit lanterns in the boat chase.The three adults also boarded the boat. Lu Chengxi stood at the stern of the boat, with the bamboo pole a little bit, the boat left the bank and drifted towards the center of the river.

"Huan'er, Tanxue stop making trouble, come here and light the lamp." Luo Ying said.The two children played and came to Luo Ying's side again.Luo Ying took the lanterns from their hands, recited a formula, lit the lotus lantern, and handed it back to the two of them, saying: "Before you put the lantern, make a wish."

Luo Qinghuan knelt on the side of the boat, held the lamp in both hands, closed her eyes and said, "I hope my mother won't keep yelling at me, Huan'er is very good." Then he put the lamp into Hanoi, watching the little pig float Far.Tanxue also imitated her and said: "I hope my mother's illness will get better soon, and Tanxue is also very good." Put the lamp into Hanoi.Luo Ying leaned down and kissed Luo Qinghuan and Tan Xue's heads respectively, and said with a smile: "I didn't realize that the two little fellows are so filial, the first thing they want is their mother."

"Who made my mother so fierce." Luo Qinghuan said.

"My mother is not fierce, but my father is fierce." Tan Xue echoed.

"Mother, where is my father?" Luo Qinghuan asked.

"Your father has gone far away. When you grow up, we will look for him."

"Then why can't he come to us?"

"Because he has very important things to do, and this thing is very big, and it will take a lifetime to complete." Luo Ying said softly, putting her hand on her daughter's head.Luo Qinghuan watched the two lotus lanterns floating farther and farther away, connecting with other lotus lanterns, forming a splendid night scene in the town, and reflecting the stars in the sky, Luo Qinghuan couldn't help asking: "Mother, what are these lanterns? Where are the lights going?"

"Floating far away, a place you can't see. It will quietly fulfill your wish in that place."

"A place far away." Tan Xue repeated, and asked to herself, "Will it float to her place?"

"Who?" Luo Ying asked.However, Tanxue stopped talking, staring at the lotus lantern drifting further and further away, her expression suddenly became silent.

"Let's put the lights on too." Lu Chengxi said.Putting down the pole, asked Luo Ying for a fire, lit it and put it in Hanoi.Said: "I don't have any wishes, just pray for the harmony of the world and the harmony of all things."

Luo Ying and Xiao Fannian also turned on the lights, but they didn't see any wishes, maybe they kept them in their hearts so that no one would know.The boat floated along the river. At first, there were only a few lights on the river. The boat drifted towards the lively place. There were more people on both sides of the river, and there were more lights on the river.When the boat passed by, people on the shore could be heard talking about them, about the blessings of three wives and four concubines.Lu Chengxi lamented that it would be better if the beauties and lovely children on the boat belonged to him.

The boat sailed downstream again, the people gradually decreased, and many lights on the river went out.The lamp they let go has long since disappeared, only the one of Di Xue has been floating in front of them, and the lamp has always been on.Tan Xue stared at the lamp and walked all the way, always feeling that there was something on the display lamp.

The boat continued to walk, but there was no one on the shore. People had had enough of the festival and dispersed one after another.The lights in the small river have been extinguished, only the one in the snow is still on.

Suddenly, Tanxue saw Luo Fei standing on the lotus lantern and smiling at her. Luo Fei stretched out her hand, motioning for Tanxue to go over.

"Mother." Dixue called, and was about to move forward.Luo Ying hurriedly grabbed her and said, "Tanxue!" Are you hallucinating?

Tanxue wanted to break away from Luo Ying, but with all her strength, she got out of Luo Ying's arms, but stepped on the side of the slanted boat, and was about to fall down, Luo Ying quickly grabbed her with his hands.

"Tanxue!" Luo Ying called out again, and Tanxue stood firm, and looked at the lotus lamp again, Luo Fei's body had begun to slack, she saw Luo Fei was crying, calling her name.

"Mother!" Tan Xue called loudly, but Luo Fei's body suddenly disappeared, a gust of wind blew in, and the lights went out.

"Mother!" Tanxue yelled and cried, desperately rushing towards the place where Luo Fei disappeared, Luo Ying hugged her, thinking that Tanxue was bewitched.However, Lu Chengxi could see clearly that it was Luo Fei's soul. Before leaving, Luo Fei couldn't forget her child, so she came back and took a look.

"Mother is dead!" Tan Xue said, crying even louder.

"You brat, how could you curse your mother like that."

"Wow... Mother." Tanxue didn't care what Luo Ying said, she just cried to herself, no matter how much Luo Ying tried to persuade her, it was useless, she couldn't be persuaded anymore, and called Lu Chengxi to the shore.Lu Chengxi parked the boat at the spot agreed with the boatman, several people got off the boat, and found an inn. Tanxue was still crying, so Xiao Fannian had a good temper, so he guarded her all night, and finally lay down on Xiao Xiao's bed sobbing. Fan Nian fell asleep in his arms.