white porcelain lamp

A little pull.Hearing the movement, he raised his head and said with a smile: "I'm going to call you. Sit down - I don't usually cook by myself, and I don't have much food at home... Ah yes, there is a possibility Not good news."

Lu Qingshang looked at a large pot of cabbage tofu soup in front of him, and was very greedy, "Huh?"

"The people at the station just said that the train that stopped last time will only be available in the day after tomorrow."

"Puff, cough, cough, cough... Ah, it's okay, it's just right, I want to go around town more," Lu Qingshang almost spit out the soup in his mouth, and quickly pulled out a piece of paper Covering her mouth, "It's good, I just came out to relax."

"That's good. I thought Mr. Lu was in a hurry at work." Bai Ci scooped up a spoonful of soup and poured it into a bowl, and stirred it with rice for a long time, eating with relish.

What else can Lu Qingshang say?It was probably the first time for Mr. Lu himself to feel this kind of frustration of being speechless.

But the food was surprisingly delicious.

After dinner, Lu Qingshang had already formulated a strategy to avoid chatting with Bai Ci for the next day or so.

"Go to the back mountain?" Bai Ci showed a rare worried look, "The back mountain is thick with fog and the terrain is not good. It's easy to get lost."

Lu Qingshang waved his hand, "It's okay, I won't go deep, and I'll be back soon." After finishing speaking, regardless of Bai Ci's hesitation and dissuading eyes, he pushed open the door.

He didn't turn his head until he was far away, and saw that the wooden door had been closed.

The mountain, like being separated from the world forever by a green barrier, is brilliant and secret, warm and cool, reality and dream.Flying insects, birds and beasts are all peeping at this outsider who has never met in the mottled time and space, carefully avoiding and approaching carefully.

Lu Qingshang climbed up to a large protruding rock on the top of the mountain and sat down.The gray casual clothes on his body were already dirty, and there were even a few leaves on the hat.

He looked at the bustling market, saw the sparkling water on the lake and river, mallard ducks flying up and down in flocks, and the burning white clouds glowing golden red, covering the endless sky for a moment.

At that moment, light also shone into his eyes, dispelling the depression that had been suppressed in his heart these days.Lu Qingshang has never felt as free and carefree as he is today.He walked in the mountains as he wished, watching whatever he wanted, like a wild child who didn't have to worry about getting his clothes dirty and getting scolded at home.He was in a trance back to the sophomore year when he was crazy and fantasized about saving the world, and he no longer stuffed these wild ideas into a place in his heart that needs to be protected from others-he can tell everyone as much as he wants, even with this body " "Indecent" appears in the dance, reception and business field of whatever level he is.

Lu Qingshang suddenly thought of his ex-wife who might have left his homeland with his first love. Even though he was the one who was hurt, Lu Qingshang was still shocked by that woman's recklessness when she made a choice.

It's obviously a commercial marriage with an impure purpose, so naturally they won't just break it off.But even so, she brought it up.

A woman who is brave only for what she loves.

Lu Qingshang sighed.I don't know if I should thank her, those simple blurted words deeply drew a dazzling fork in his trajectory, from then on, like drops of water to a thirsty flower, luring him every second - that's why he "Missing", only to be dropped by the train, and then see the light.

that lamp.

Lu Qingshang regained his senses, turned around, and looked for the old house at the foot of the mountain.

At the end of the sunset, the lamp was lit suddenly, and his wandering eyes found their destination.

For a moment, he fantasized unrealistically in his head that the little bean-sized candle would burn the cover and scorched everything he could see.

Then, he saw the person under the lamp.

Lu Qingshang's eyesight was not good enough to see Bai Ci's face clearly from such a distance, but he knew that Bai Ci must be looking at him too.The young man with an inexhaustible sincere smile and a sense of counterintuitiveness, was illuminated by a light in the darkening streets and alleys, very small and eye-catching.

He must be laughing, laughing at me for being a silly boy now - is he waiting for me to go back?Lu Qingshang thought.

The wind brushed over his habitually cold face, grinding away the edges and corners.

three

"Mr. Bai, I want to hear the story about that lamp." Lu Qingshang thought about it all night, and decided to find a topic to ease the overwhelming embarrassment.

Bai Ci didn't expect that Lu Qingshang might use this as an excuse to pass the last day.But he accepted, for no other reason than that someone wanted to hear it.

"Okay, it just so happens that I don't have any farewell gifts for Mr. Lu."

But——Bai Ci looked at Lu Qingshang gently wrapping his finger that was cut by accidentally cutting vegetables with gauze, and said with a headache: "Mr. Lu, you really don't need to wrap it, it will be fine in two days."

Lu Qingshang rejected it with one vote, and kept moving his hands, "After all, it's for making me breakfast, and I don't want to owe others." That's right, the two are not owed, and there will be no date in the future.

Bai Ci was a little helpless, probably because he had never seen anything like this after living for so long.

"Mr. Bai, let's tell the story first. I have to go to bed early today. The train tomorrow will be in the early morning."

Bai Ci lowered his eyes, sighed insignificantly, then raised his head, leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes flew far to the pond outside the door, and said slowly: "Now, what do you think of a man who was once in prison? human?"

Lu Qingshang didn't raise his head, "I don't really want to see you."

The words are clear, "It is always...it is only fair for the guilty to repay the debt owed a thousand times. He is that kind of person, although he didn't ask what the crime was, after all, the tattoo on his face He has already been sentenced to life imprisonment for the symbol, so it is not easy for us to expose his scars."

The young man pulled his finger out of Lu Qingshang's hand with some embarrassment, "It's ok--after he finally escaped from the iron cage, he learned that his wife disappeared in a barbarian raid and never came back. The eldest son joined the army on an expedition. The youngest son wandered around the rivers and lakes, and he never heard from him. He never dared to go out of his hiding hole in the daytime—he felt that when the light shone on his face, the piercing pain would come out from the cracks in his bones at the moment of tattooing, and the pain made him unable to stand upright. .

"So he went out day and night, living a life of ghosts and ghosts, and set out from the bitter cold border, step by step, eating and sleeping in the open, intending to find the only youngest son who might still be alive to see. Before he met that person, he had already Walked to a place only a few miles away from the capital.

"According to the regulations at that time, criminals are not allowed to enter the imperial city, and others cannot help criminals enter the imperial city. But the capital city is also the most likely place for his youngest son. But again, unless he finds someone to change his face, otherwise No one would be willing to take him into the city. He wandered outside the capital for many days and thought of many ways - all without success. He had to change his habit of going out at night and stop everyone passing by, looking for anyone Would-be people looked for ways to get into the city, and were turned down time and time again.

"Just when he was about to despair, he met that person. Can you understand that feeling? When everything is bleak and the whole person is lowered into the dust, someone is willing to give you a hard hand—that person, he He said that he would completely remove the imprint of life imprisonment, and from then on, there would no longer be a criminal who wandered around in the world, but only a father who was struggling to find his son.

"Of course he agreed. So he watched the man frankly peel off his own flesh and apply the black medicine. The wound was very painful, but he looked at the brightly lit street through a city gate every day, imagining himself One day you can walk in with the sun on your head, and maybe a guy in his twenties will see him and give him a hug.

"Another month later, that man took off the gauze on his face, gave him a bamboo hat, disguised him as his old servant, and walked into that majestic city. The officers and soldiers didn't stop them because his face was already bruised. Not a trace left.

"The man left quietly after sending him into the city—maybe he didn't want to cause trouble for himself if he was discovered, or maybe there was something really wrong, but he left anyway. People probably didn't care whether this skinny man could To find the son I have been thinking about, I just want to test whether I am proficient in the medical skills I learned from the teacher.

"I don't really know what happened in the meantime. Anyway, one day half a year later, when that person settled down in a small teahouse, they met again by fate—it was so magical. Fate always finds each other. All kinds of accidents are making fun and trouble for you, that's why Mr. Lu met me so inexplicably, and he is still sitting here listening to a—”

"Going off topic." Lu Qingshang had to interrupt the person who went off topic.

Bai Ci was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "Yes, yes, yes... Where did it go? Oh yes, yes, when he met that person again in a small teahouse, he had already killed two brothers from the capital city. Son, because those two sons killed his son. To put it bluntly, he is already a fugitive. The families of the two sons have laid a net to wait for him in the town ahead. He came to the teahouse to have a meal on the way. "

Lu Qingshang automatically brought in the common plot of the novel, "He was not caught because that person saved him again."

"Correct."

"Why?" Sure enough, he guessed right.

"It doesn't matter why. There are many things in the world that can't be explained. Most of them are done on the spur of the moment. Anyway, there is no loss."

Lu Qingshang thought of himself.When he looked at Bai Ci again, he was shocked by the deep whirlpool in his eyes.At that moment, he was no longer obsessed with the authenticity of the story—maybe subconsciously convinced that the story was true.

"That person took him and disappeared under the eyes of all officers, soldiers and killers, and never appeared again