Bird Reimu Dance · Returning Night

One year later, Xuanwen five years, early spring.

Yanmen Pass, Ruyi Building.

This is the most prestigious brothel in Yongbei, and it is a gentle town where countless heroes, chivalrous men and romantic scholars must go when passing through Yanmen.It is rumored that Murongyan, Emperor Yanling, often came to visit it when he was still King Xiang.

This is what I heard from my mother Liu Shi (see the second Chapter 2) in Ruyilou.

Liu's is very different from those middle-aged and fat old bustards I met in Jizhou before. Although she is nearly forty years old, she still has a charm. She has never heard her speak harshly or treat anyone harshly. She must have been young when she was young. Also a gentle and pleasant woman.

Thanks to her, I was able to have an extra place to live—to return to my old profession, and I could treat girls in a brothel.

I later found out that the reason why she took in a third-rate quack like me who couldn't even do the most basic acupuncture treatment was because when she saw me for the first time, she felt that my temperament Much like a person.

Once, she herself had a cold and a fever, and in a daze, she grabbed my hand on her pulse, stared at me in a daze, and called out "Your Highness" in a low voice.

"It's just a bit like it at first glance... Maybe it's because you were wearing a white robe at that time... But that person is much more handsome than you, and also more capable than you..." After Liu Shi woke up explained.

When I heard this sentence, I was also a little dazed, because it seemed a long time ago...someone said something similar to me.

But I didn't answer, just smiled lightly, then lowered my head and continued to write the prescription crookedly with slightly trembling hands.

A white robe...Yes, I should have been wearing a white...mourning dress the day I met Mrs. Liu.

I have a well-known habit of treating patients in Ruyilou, that is, I only practice medicine during the day, and once it is getting late, I have to go home unshakably and never stay.

"I didn't expect Mr. Lin to be such a well-behaved and honest man at such a young age."

Mrs. Liu stared at me, and asked half-jokingly, "Don't you know that the Ruyi Tower in the night is the real Ruyi Tower? It's a long night, such a beautiful day, why don't you try to have a drink with the girls in the building before you leave?" Walk?"

I glanced at the sky outside, quickly started to tidy up the medicine box, and shook my head, "Sorry, there are still people in Lin's family who need to be taken care of."

"What? Could it be that you have already married?"

I smiled shyly at her, picked up the medicine box and pushed the door away, quickly descending the steps.

In the long corridor, I frowned and hurriedly passed by the guests who were hugging the woman and laughing loudly. The woman was holding a red flower with her fingers, and the men used the name of smelling the flower to get close to the woman without any scruples. Smell the fragrance of their chests.

Hey, in this world, there are some people who think about it until they die, and there are people who spend their days in chaos...just as there are some people who live and die but don't die until their gray hair grows old Just for safety...

Recently, I have often wondered whether this should be a question that a small person like me should think about, but in the end, it turned into a wry smile. The path of life is chosen by myself, and now I can't even take care of the path I choose Right or wrong, how can you take care of others?

But suddenly, I stopped and looked back at the backs of those men and women playing.

After being stunned for a while, I almost jumped up and rushed out, and went straight to Ruyi Building's □□, where a plum blossom was planted not long ago, but today it finally bloomed full of red plum blossoms.

I stood on tiptoe and jumped several times before picking off the plump and brightest red plum and carefully putting it in the medicine box.

When I turned my head, I saw Mrs. Liu leaning on the window sill and looking at me thoughtfully.

I nodded slightly to her, then turned and ran away without looking back.

It's getting dark... I have to go back quickly... The night at Yanmen Pass always seems to come sooner than expected...

I live in a very remote place. Although I kept walking all the way, when I ran back to the thatched cottage, the sky was completely dark.

Looking at the dark house, I rushed in without wiping the sweat off my forehead.

I walked quickly through the outer room, lifted the curtains of the inner room, and accidentally bumped my knee when I walked around the table, but I still endured the pain and went straight to the foot of the bed.

In the darkness, a woman was curled up in a corner, her long blue hair hung down like seaweed on her slender arms, she seemed to be very frightened, she kept her eyes tightly closed and hugged herself vigorously, but her body still couldn't stop. Shaking all the time.

I quickly squatted down and hugged her tightly, "Yingying...I'm sorry...I came back late..."

She opened her eyes in a daze, and when she realized it was me, she carefully stretched out her arms to hug me, put her chin on my shoulder, and sobbed softly, "It's getting dark...you haven't come back yet... .I thought you didn't want me..."

"Absolutely not..." I involuntarily held her tighter and repeated firmly in a low voice, "Absolutely not."

After lighting the candle, I took out the red plum that I just picked today from the medicine box, and handed it to her with a blushing face, "I picked a flower on the road today, that's why I delayed...I'll give it to you."

Only then did she wipe away the tears, took it over happily, and sniffed lightly on the tip of her nose.

Flickering by the candlelight, she had long eyelashes, her cheeks were flushed, and she smiled at me and asked, "Can you put it on for me?"

"Of course." I picked up the flowers in her palm, pressed my trembling right hand slightly with my left hand, and inserted it in her hair gently.

When I approached her, she showed a shy and innocent expression again, and smiled softly at me.

At this moment, I can't think of anything that can make me happier than now, but staring at the beautiful picture of red plums and white snow in front of me, my eyes suddenly became hot, and tears wanted to burst out of my eyes.

When did I become so sentimental?

"You...what's the matter with you? Could it be that I don't look good in it?" She also noticed my strangeness, and nervously wanted to remove the red plum in her hair.

"No...it's very beautiful...it's very beautiful." I quickly raised my hand to stop her, and said with a tearful smile, "It's because it's so beautiful...that's why I'm so happy..."

I think this is what she should have looked like?No longer desolate and cold, no more sadness and despair, she who has lost all her memory and past, is the real her?

But why do I want to cry so much when I look at her like this?

"Don't cry, don't cry... If you cry...I want to cry too...Didn't you say...we are together...we don't ask for anything...just to be good every day Do you want to laugh every day?" She frantically wiped away the tears that were still streaming down my face, and her eyes gradually turned red.

"Yeah...we're all going to live happily...live well...especially you..."

I hugged her tightly, closed my eyes and tried hard to stop the tears, but in the obscure darkness with tears in my eyes, I saw a half-stained face with a smile on the lips, and stretched out the bloody hand towards me with difficulty. :

"Lin Mu, can you promise me...you must let Yinger return to her original appearance...she shouldn't be in such pain...she should have stayed away from this place at her most beautiful age All in all... she's actually a girl who loves to laugh..."

I hurriedly shook my head, desperately trying to get that bloody pale figure out of my mind, I shouldn't recall these things...

"You...why are you still crying..." She raised her head in my arms, stretched out her fingers and flicked my forehead lightly.

"It's my fault...it's my fault..." I quickly grinned and forced a grimace at her.

She stared at me for a while, then suddenly lowered her eyebrows and sighed softly.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked nervously.

"Lin Mu, I don't know why...I always feel that you actually know me and my past, right?" She bit her lip and asked softly.

My body froze, and then I immediately smiled, "How come? You're overthinking."

I guiltyly avoided her gaze, wondering if I should say something more to hide it from her...

At this time, she stretched out her arms to hug my waist, and pressed her cheek against my chest, so that I couldn't see the expression on her face clearly, and whispered very softly, "Yes, I think I was thinking too much , it's okay if you can't remember the past...as long as you don't come back so late...I really can't bear the darkness and cold by myself...It's too cold at night...It's too cold It's..."

In the middle of the night, she and I were lying on the bed side by side, staring at the beams in a daze, and it was really hard to fall asleep.

Because as soon as I close my eyes, I will see that blood-stained face and the bloody sword:

"Son, let me tell you a secret about this knife... If it's you... maybe there is a chance... start over..."

start over...

I turned around, looked at her beautiful and peaceful sleeping profile, and involuntarily picked up a lock of her soft hair, and put it to my lips to kiss.

How beautiful she looks now... even her hair is so warm...

Everything in the past has passed by like a cloud of smoke to her, leaving no trace.

Murong Ying...I will forget with you and start again...

I held her hair hard, and said this to her in my heart, and said this to myself.

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Soon, a major event happened in Ruyi Building.

Le Xinwei, the courtesan of Sewulou, who is well-known in Beijing and Hebei, will be a guest in Yongbei and perform dances in the building.

When this news came out, it is no exaggeration to say that the entire Yanmen Pass erupted in excitement, from the prefect of Yongzhou down to the beggars on the street, all flocked to Ruyi Tower, wanting to see this mysterious Seraph... Oiran dance demeanor.

But when I heard this name, I was slightly stunned for a moment, and my heart felt inexplicably like a dream.

I can't help but think back to when I heard this name for the first time... I was still living a heartless life in Jizhou City every day, and everyone back then... was still what I imagined... In fact, I wanted to I think...the so-called 'year' was just a year and a half ago.But for me, it seems that a whole life has passed, and now I seem to be a completely different person.

"Oh, Mr. Lin, you are really proud of yourself."

Today, as soon as I stepped into the gate of Ruyi Building, I was dragged into her room by Mrs. Liu, "Miss Le, I called to see you by name! She also said that I was an old acquaintance with you!" She looked her up and down. My thin body smiled meaningfully at me, "Young Master Lin... I really can't tell... How did you make such a beauty never forget you?"

"It's an old acquaintance... I don't think it should be considered..." I scratched my hair a little helplessly, thinking that I had never really met her before, so I laughed helplessly, "Heh. .However, it is a little surprising that the oiran sister still hasn't forgotten to see me, Mr. Lin... Could it be that she admitted her mistake..."

"I'm not like you, I won't forget."

A somewhat familiar female voice suddenly came from behind the screen, interrupting me crisply.

I froze for a moment and was stunned.

A water-blue skirt stepped out from behind the screen. I raised my eyes in astonishment, looking at the stunning woman in front of me who had become more radiant and glamorous than a year ago, and said blankly, "Wei... Xinyue. ..?"

I haven't seen her for a year, but the moment I called out her name, I finally understood, "Wait...Wei Xinyue...Le Xinwei..." I muttered these two words... name, staring at her, "So it's you..."

She nodded.

I was dumbfounded for a moment, but I couldn’t be more surprised in my heart. If it was in the past, I would definitely be horrified at why a young lady from a noble family pretended to be a brothel girl, but now... the faint voice that I have always wanted to forget is coming again It sounded in my ears from far and near:

"Lin Mu...if you can still see that child Xinyue...please don't let her get stuck in my story anymore...she should have her own story...and the protagonist in that story It shouldn't be me..."

"It seems that the two of you are old acquaintances, so you should catch up here." Liu's voice brought back my thoughts, she looked back and forth between the two of us, and quickly left with interest.

There were only the two of us left in the room, and it was extremely quiet for a while.

I haven't seen you for so long, but I don't know what to say.

And she just stared at me quietly, with a bit of exhaustion and sadness in her eyes that resembled Queen Mother Leng.

After a long time, I still couldn't help breaking this uncomfortable silence, shrugged my shoulders pretending to be natural, and greeted, "Long time no see... What a surprise... I didn't expect Sewu Huakui to be Wei My daughter...I didn't expect you and I to meet here..."

"To me, it's not a surprise." She stared at me and said seriously, "Because what you think is accidental is inevitable after all my hard work. Aunt Liu and I are also old acquaintances. "

"Uh...you...what are you working so hard for...?" I asked with some difficulty.

She glanced at me with a desolate look, turned her face away to look out of the window, and said faintly, "I told you...I like you..."

Hearing this sentence, my palms trembled subconsciously, and I wanted to run away a little. Now I have no way to respond to her words of liking.So I opened my mouth, just about to say what virtue and ability I have, but suddenly I saw the clear light in her eyes when she stared blankly at the distant sky.

All the words were swallowed back at once, because at that moment, I seemed to suddenly understand.

"No...you don't really like me...you're just deceiving yourself..." I sighed and said deeply, "If you have to say you like me...you just like what you see from me That shadow is just... right?"

Her shoulders trembled visibly, and I continued, "But I'm sorry... I'm not that person... and I'm completely different from that person... I'm just a small person... Now I just want to be peaceful Life..."

She bit her lip and fell silent.

After a long time, she turned her eyes and stared at me with red eyes, "A peaceful life... It seems that you have completely chosen to forget... I didn't want to bother you... But I can't help it...Because that person chose you for the last section of the road instead of others...So you are our last hope..." She paused, stepped forward and grabbed my sleeve Robe, "Lin Mu, follow me back to save Princess Chang'an..."

I was slightly taken aback, and asked involuntarily, "What's wrong with her? I heard that the Empress Dowager still used the last method Princess Changle left behind. Lingmei's eyes should have recovered, right?"

"No...it's not the eyes this time...it's her heart that can't see...hope..." Wei Xinyue lowered her eyebrows and lowered her voice, "For the past year, Princess Chang'an has been living every day. Amidst self-blame... I locked myself in the Zhaolan Palace and didn't see anyone... I kept saying that I killed Master..."

I was taken aback, "Why would she say that?"

"She said... she shouldn't have called Master 'Father Huang' that day... It was her own words of 'Father Huang' that killed her..."

I felt a sore nose when I heard this, and suddenly felt extremely sad and extremely sad.

That day...I really don't want to think about that day...the blood spread to my feet...like the blood spit by a poisonous snake...

In fact, it wasn't just the 'Father' who killed her... Thinking about it now, I'm afraid that everyone who was present that day was the 'murderer' who killed her.

After being silent for a long time, I finally shook my head and said to her calmly, "Even so... I'm sorry... I'm afraid I won't be able to go back with you... Princess Chang'an suffers from heart disease... I'm just a It’s nothing more than a quack who is not good at learning... Even if I go back, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do anything..."

"You can cure her! It depends on whether you want to!"

When she heard my refusal, she suddenly became emotional, stepped forward and grabbed my arm tightly, and said hurriedly, "As long as you are willing to go back with me, I can do it... I can dress you up as a master. ..as long as you talk to her..."

"Enough..." When I heard this, my eyelids twitched, and when I looked up, I saw the bloody figure from behind her again, and I couldn't help but take a step back.

But she was still holding on to my arm, with a paranoid light in her eyes, "Lin Mu... What did Master tell you before he died... She must have told you something, right? Right? ?You gotta tell me... please tell me..."

Every time she asked a question, I saw the blood shadow behind her staggeringly approaching me a step, and I could only stagger back a step.

step.

"... Lin Mu... why are you the only one left..."

In a trance, that bloody hand wiped the bright red color on my face.

"...can you understand me...can you understand me?"

His back was slammed against the wall, and there was no way to retreat... When did that person...became my demon?

With a sound of 'chi la', I pulled her away, but the sleeve robe was also torn apart. My chest heaved violently and yelled at her, "Enough! Enough!"

She didn't seem to expect my reaction to be so intense, and she froze for a moment.

"I've already forgotten about that person...I also forgot what I experienced in Yanjing...Why do you keep bringing it up? Can't you let us stay away from everything in the Murong family and start our lives again?" I With red eyes, he stared at her and asked in a hoarse voice.

She met my eyes and was speechless for a long time.

After an unknown amount of time, she took a step back and gave me a deep bow. When she got up again, a line of tears rolled down her eyes, and she smiled choked up, "I'm sorry...Xiao Mu'er... After all, my sister is too strong...I told you before...I have nothing else to ask for...I just want to see this story to the end...but I always feel...this The end of the story shouldn't be like this...it really shouldn't be like this..." At the end, she covered her lips with sobs.

Seeing her like this, I really wanted to cry, but for some reason, I just couldn't cry.

After a long time, I gritted my teeth and grabbed her wrist, "Follow me."

I opened the door of the room, and coldly pushed open the door to the busy people on the inner, third and outer floors who did not know when, tugged half of my sleeves, and left Ruyi Building with Xinyue.

In the fence in front of the thatched hut, the warm afternoon sun shone on a woman in coarse hairpin clothes, casting a faint warm light on her whole body, making her look extraordinarily soft and gentle. With a calm smile, she was sitting on a stone bench and was concentrating on grinding the medicinal materials. The breeze blew her hair, and she could see a crimson plum blossom fluttering in the wind in the black hair, which was so bright that it couldn't be seen.

"She...she...she is Princess Changle?" Wei Xinyue's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief, and she was completely stunned.

"Princess Changle is dead. What you see now is the sweetheart I want to take care of for the rest of my life. Her name is Yingying. She is just an ordinary person just like me." I looked at Murong Ying without looking sideways. "This is me. The reason why I can’t agree to go back with you, as you can see, this is my end.”

She didn't speak, just followed my gaze and stared at her blankly.

After a long time, Wei Xinyue let out a long sigh, "I understand...I'm sorry...I was too naive..."

"Don't say I'm sorry... I should ask you to forgive me...forgive my selfishness and cowardice..." I whispered with guilt.

She shook her head and said with a forced smile, "No, it's all human nature... Indeed... Now that I've left... why go back... In this world... isn't everyone Everyone can be so stupid..."

She turned around slowly, and said softly, "I'm leaving... I will dance in the Ruyi Building tonight, if you are interested, please take her to have a look... I will leave Yanmen tomorrow morning Closed...will not disturb your life anymore..."

Looking at her shaky back, I couldn't help calling out, "Xinyue...I'll see you off..."

She faltered, and looked back, "No need, you'd better stay with her... I'm fine... After all, in this world..."

She paused, raised her hand and brushed the messy hair that fell on her cheeks behind her ears, suddenly smiled at me, and then said a meaningful sentence:

"In this world, it is true that not everyone is that stupid... But there are always some stupid things that need to be done, and some fools need to be remembered... Otherwise... there is really no hope at all. "