Bird Reimu Dance · Returning Night

After all, the knife did not swing down cruelly.

Because her gaze was always fixed on the shocking dark red scar on Lin Mubai's fair wrist, and she could no longer shift it away.

After a long time, Chu Xiati finally put down the precious blade in her hand silently, and then raised her hand to remove the black veil on her cheeks - revealing that beautiful face that is bright and bright but full of tears.

Tears flowed silently, and she said faintly, "I was like you... I did not hesitate to risk my life to save a person... All I hope is that she will only love me... Take it easy She only loves me... She obviously promised me... But why is it so difficult... Why do I save her again and again... But she has to come back here again and again to die? "

I don't know how long these words have been held in her heart, and she has never spoken to humanity, but now when she speaks out, she can't help crying.

Chu Xiati felt extremely wronged and exhausted. For a long time, the expectation in her heart always had a strong sense of uneasiness that was clearly close at hand but could never be firmly grasped.

This feeling of powerlessness and restlessness followed her everywhere, tormenting her endlessly.

She didn't know what she should do in order to obtain true happiness.

All she wants is to spend the rest of her life in peace with the person she loves like most couples in the world, without worrying about politics and world affairs.

But Chu Xiati also understands that the person she loves always hides so many secrets and burdens in her heart.

Sometimes when I lean in her arms, I can even hear her preoccupied and inaudible sighs.

She finally realized that that person's heart would never be able to store only her own.

Looking at Lin Mu, who was similar in stature to the person she was thinking of, with tears in her eyes, she lay blankly beside her, then stretched out her palm to rub her cheek in a trance, and murmured softly, "If you can Just like this, always quietly by my side... How good it would be. I don't want to go to a place where I don't know anyone, so that's fine, we don't go anywhere... That's fine. "

When she said these words, her voice was as soft as silk, and her eyes were as lingering as spring rain.

"Murong..."

At this time, Lin Mu, who was in a coma, suddenly heard a muffled sound.

Her hands trembled suddenly, and she seemed to wake up from a dream.

"Murong..ying..ying.."

When uttering this name, she clearly saw a very gentle smile on the lips of this bloodied child.

Chu Xiati's eyes gradually cleared up, she stood up slowly, with an indescribable complexity on her face, and said sadly, "It turns out that you also fell in love with the person you shouldn't fall in love with..."

She wiped away her tears, and finally left silently. Before leaving, she gently stuffed the precious blade in Lin Mu's palm.

She walked in a daze, did not leave the palace, but walked to a bluestone in the backyard of Changyang Hall and sat down.

The night was cold and steep, the bluestone was icy cold, and the cold air slowly spread up, making her body stiff, but she still sat motionless, and no one knew what was going on in her heart.

In the darkness, a sneaky figure quietly poked his head out from behind the pillars, and slowly fixed his gaze on Chu Xiati.

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At the same time, in an unremarkable dilapidated wine shop on the outskirts of the city, there were still many drinkers who hadn't enjoyed themselves yet.

This is a small tavern, and the regular customers are not high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Beijing, but mainly businessmen who leave their hometown to do small business in Yanjing for cheap, and down-and-out craftsmen from all corners of the country.Tonight, a group of travel-weary but wealthy businessmen came. They thought they had just made a deal, so they were in a good mood and invited everyone in the shop to drink a pot of hot wine.Taking advantage of the hustle and bustle, the shopkeeper also set up freshly boiled mutton in the middle. The delicious smell and strong smell of alcohol aroused everyone's enthusiasm.A blind old barbarian man was sitting in a corner holding a konghou, and began to sing a tune that is difficult for people in the Central Plains to understand.

Amidst the noise, a bearded beggar-like man was leaning on a low couch by the window, holding a wine gourd in his hand, watching all this lazily with a smile on his lips.When he came in, he told the waiter in the shop that he would wait for an old friend, but half the night passed, and the opposite side of him was always empty.

"This is a rare peaceful scene, isn't it?" His fingers followed the beat of the old man's harp, as if he was talking to himself.

Suddenly there was a sound of carriage wheels coming from the door, and then the cotton curtain hanging in front of the store moved, and the cold wind came in with a dark fragrance.The scene turned cold unconsciously, and everyone was taken aback for a moment, watching in amazement a tall and elegant woman in a black dress with a hood walked in, then bowed her head and walked straight to the bearded beggar opposite.

Women rarely come here, especially when it's late.

Duan Wuyou also seemed very surprised, because this woman was not the one he was waiting for tonight, but he still sat up straight quickly, and hurriedly jumped off the low couch, his tone was a little flustered, "Why are you here?" ? Let's go outside and say, this is not the place for you."

"No need." The woman's voice was cold and clear, "This place is fine."

While speaking, the woman sat down.

The oil lamp on the table was dim, casting two indistinct figures on the board wall.

Duan Wuyou stared at the quiet woman for a long while, then sighed, and said to the waiter in the shop, "Make us a pot of tea."

The little second hand nimbly carried a pot of rough porcelain hot clay pot from the shopkeeper and placed it on the small wooden table between the two of them.When he left, he took a sneak peek at the woman and froze in place.That was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.

"Get out!" Duan Wuyou stretched out his foot and kicked the waiter with a headache.

"Yes...yes..." Xiao Er staggered away, but he kept turning his head, and the shopkeeper stuttered and spoke incoherently when he asked him, causing more people to turn their heads towards the woman. look.

Duan Wuyou stared at the crowd, shrugged helplessly, wiped his dirty hands on his body, then wrapped a piece of clothes around the hot pot handle and poured the woman a cup of steaming coarse tea, There is nothing suitable for you in a small place in the mountains... I have to ask you to settle down."

"Thank you." The woman raised her slender white hand, picked up the rough teacup, and took a sip without showing any unnaturalness on her face.She raised her head and said straight to the point, "Did you find anything about the matter I asked you before?"

Duan Wuyou scratched his head and sighed, "That person is very vigilant. Our people followed him several times, but he was discovered. We haven't found any cheats yet."

"Really..." The woman lowered her eyebrows and lowered her voice, "The emperor still insists on making him prime minister, I'm very worried..."

"The people I sent to Lingnan are coming back soon, I hope to find something by then." Duan Wuyou said,

"Well, I always feel that the timing of Shen Xu's appearance is too coincidental." The woman nodded and said in a low voice.

The Shen family was convicted and exiled to Lingnan as early as Emperor Jing's time. After Emperor Hou Ling succeeded to the throne, due to the gap with the Shen family, Shen Xu, the only descendant of the Shen family, was never summoned back to the capital. The little official asked him to go to Yunzhou to serve as the governor of the Salt Transportation Department.However, not long after the death of Emperor Yan Ling, Shen Xu, who had been staying in Yunzhou in Lingnan all year round, was intercepted by a group of bandits in Beijing, and he happened to be rescued by the emperor who was out hunting.And this group of gangsters all hanged themselves in prison in the end, and none of them survived.

"Two years ago, I didn't think much about it. After all, the emperor still listened to me at that time, and he didn't reuse the members of the Shen family...but now...Compared to my mother, the emperor now trusts him more. I have to summon him every day, and even treat him as my father..." Thinking of Shen Xu's face that resembles Emperor Yan Jing, and the way he always stares at her, Leng Lange couldn't help but clenched his hands tightly. The thick cup made her palm ache.

"I've been really uneasy recently, and I always feel that something is wrong." She frowned and said.

There was a sound of wind outside, with a faint whistling sound, making the lights more flickering and dimming, and the harp pulled by the old barbarian suddenly became a little desolate and desolate.

Duan Wuyou looked at the increasingly slender and beautiful woman in front of him. To be honest, if he was a normal man, he would definitely put on a coat for this woman at this time, or give her some support.

But really, unfortunately, he wasn't.

So he could only add some hot tea to her, and comforted her, "Please don't push yourself too hard."

Leng Lange raised his eyes, and shook his head lightly at Duan Wuyou.

There was a sudden silence between the two.

For a long time, I only heard Leng Lange whispering, "I really don't know what happened recently..." She slowly raised her hand and pressed it on her chest, "I dreamed about that person." She continued to mutter, "I haven't had a dream like this for a long time."

Duan Wuyou knew who she was talking about, but he didn't answer, but just took a sip of the wine in his gourd silently.

"I'm sorry, why did I suddenly mention this to you..." Leng Lange forced a smile, then stood up, "I hope you can find out next time, there are very few capable and trustworthy people in the imperial court, so I just Been bothering Mr.

"You speak too seriously." Duan Wuyou met her eyes and saw that there seemed to be a layer of indescribable mist in her beautiful pupils, "Duan drank too much, please forgive the grassroots for not being able to send him away."

"No need." Leng Lange shook his head lightly, lifted the corner of his skirt, and went out by himself.

"Wait." Duan Wuyou stared at her thin back and shouted suddenly.

Leng Lange paused and turned around.

Duan Wuyou opened his mouth, seemed to hesitate to speak, and finally sighed after a long time, "Please, take care of yourself."

"I will."

Leng Lange raised his head and smiled faintly, and then never looked back.

Although it was only for a short moment, it still amazed many people who saw this astonishing color.

"What a beauty, why don't you keep it?" The shopkeeper leaned towards Duan Wuyou in shock.

Duan Wuyou stretched out his foot and kicked the shopkeeper, and scolded with a smile, "Get out, how can I do this."

He took a gulp of nine, then stood up abruptly, walked in front of the blind barbarian old man, "Brother, borrow it." While speaking, Duan Wuyou took his konghou, before the old man could react, He pulled up the harp and sang with a kind of sorrowful drunkenness, "Don't you see the joys and sorrows of the past and the present, and everything is empty in an instant! Don't you see Tang Yuxun three cups of wine, Tang Wu conquered a game of chess! Don't you see the past Where does the old man go, the beauty weeps and no one sings!"

Everyone was shocked, they didn't expect this man with the appearance of a mad beggar to be so energetic and talented.But no one noticed that there was a silhouette of a person on the window paper that had been shimmering.A black-clothed and silver-masked man stood quietly outside the window, as if pasted on the window paper, and seemed to be far away.

The sound of the string suddenly reached a very high level, with a bang!Then all the voices faded away, leaving only a broken lingering sound.Duan Wuyou looked down and saw that the string was broken.

He raised his eyes, smiled at the black figure on the window paper, "Since you are late, please help me pay for this harp."