Chapter 8 Life
On the way back to my guest house, my head suddenly woke up. Unconsciously, there is some kind of power in control when he walks into his bedroom, not my will. However, it doesn't matter whether it's my will or not. Whether you see it or not, this is an indisputable fact. What you don't want to think about doesn't mean that they don't exist.
The feeling he gave me was getting closer and farther away. When I wanted to give up, he approached; when I reached out to grab it, he drifted away again. This is not where I should stay. He and his descendants are interdependent.
Grandpa Wen also told me that I have arrived in the nameless city. If the master is in the city, he will naturally contact me. If there is no news from the master, go back to Xianyu Mountain after completing the task. According to his words, it is certainly easier for the master to find me than for him. I have been in the city for so long. Since the master hasn't contacted me, it's time to go back. I plan to go back to Xianyu Mountain to discuss with Grandpa Wen first, and then see if there are any other clues to find the master.
Before dawn, I played a small spell to change into a young man's dress and slipped out of the mansion smoothly.
No name, I'm leaving. Take care of yourself.
I took a deep breath, and finally looked at the mansion and turned around and left. At this time, the corners of my eyes were wet, but I didn't let a tear fall. I picked a path at random and hurried on the road.
I decided to leave the town first, stay away from him, and then find out where to get out of the city. I don't remember how I got into the city at the beginning. I felt like I slept. When I woke up, I stayed in the room they had prepared for a day, and then I was taken to see their king. I'm afraid it's more difficult to go back to find the second priest. I didn't see him in the palace, let alone outside the palace wall now.
I was thinking about walking, but I didn't know how long I had been walking, and my stomach began to coo. I was far away and sighed: After all, it's a human. So, I slowed down, chose a luxurious restaurant, chose a window seat, ordered their best wine dishes, and had a delicious meal.
After I was full of wine and food, I secretly recited a curse, and a lot of silver taels appeared in my hand. Grandpa Wen said that people are in a hurry, and they are in a hurry if they don't have money. So, he taught me how to make silver in the air, and told me thousands of times that I must find the most expensive and luxurious place to fill my stomach. When the silver coins disappear, the big restaurant will not be affected by the small money. Haha, Grandpa's trick is amazing, so I always have endless money. At the beginning, I took over the work of this unknown city, mainly because I wanted to find someone familiar with it to take me into the city smoothly. Unexpectedly, after all these toss, I really didn't know how to raise money with the two priests.
"Faun, I can also do this trick." The voice of the shopkeeper poured down from his head like a basin of cold water.
I looked at him in a frin. He swd, and the table was full of silver and glittering. I cried in my heart: Grandpa, you have hurt me this time. It suddenly occurred to me that this is the place where demons and demons live together. I'm afraid my little spell is...
"Brother." I immediately changed my look and said sadly, "I forgot to bring silver today. Do you think you can..."
He interrupted me and motioned me to look out of the window. When I looked at it, I fell from my seat in horror. A corpse was hanging by the window. But what I just saw was the bustling street scene. How did it become a dark and horrible corpse?
He smiled and said, "No money? There is also an empty hook outside, which is specially reserved for those who don't pay.
"Brother, do you want to do chores? I can do anything! Wash the dishes, wipe the floor, close the table..." I grabbed his cuff and begged bitterly.
He looked at me and said with a professional smile on his face, "Don't be a handyman. There is still a lack of a daughter-in-law."
"Good!" I answered by the way, and then suddenly woke up and responded sadly, "Brother, don't be kidding. I'm a man..."
Before the words stopped, the spell on his body failed, revealing the original maidservant's clothing. Grandpa's air-space creation can only be a blindfold. Before I came out, I really couldn't find any other clothes to change, so I had to keep this maid's clothes.
"It turns out that he is still from the palace." He laughed shallowly again, "It's just right that I have experience in serving people."
I glanced around for help, but no one noticed us. I'm afraid they're used to it. This is really not a place for ordinary people to stay.
"You see, I was also forced to enter the palace, and I finally escaped. Just be kind-hearted. When I make money, I will pay you back twice. I said pitifully, and tears flowed cooperatively.
"Forget it, your little brother, don't embarrass a weak woman." A low voice came.
I was overjoyed. Looking at the sound, I saw a boy with a slightly better face calming me up. I rushed over, grabbed his cuffs like a life-saving straw, and said sadly, "Brother, I can't help it. My grandfather gave birth to ten daughters, and I was the only one alive who was sent to the palace. Grandpa is dying, and I just want to be filial!"
The prince looked at me, frowned, and said lightly, "You should be referring to your mother, right? You shouldn't be called grandpa, should I?"
My face turned red.
He looked at my messy table and whispered, "Well, I'm missing a maid. It's up to you whether to be his daughter-in-law or my maid.
I chose the maid without saying a word. So he paid for my wine and vegetables, so I had to go with him. He is also a reasonable person, saying that when I return his money, he can regain his freedom. I don't think he is very gorgeous, but he doesn't look like a person who lacks money. He asked me to call him the "master". I answered "master".
Along the way, I was very dedicated to his maid, but I was thinking about how to make a little money. He was also good to me, at least three meals a day, full of wine and food, and gave me an ordinary book boy's dress, saying that the book boy is not easy to get into trouble. He told me that he was just a businessman. This time he went out for a walk mainly to see what business he could do. I think it's just to make money, such as selling art on the street, playing game up the mountain and selling it. Every time I say these money-making ideas, he always smiles and doesn't say anything. Finally, I couldn't help trying it myself. As a result, the street changed its spell, and a pigeon was just released out of thin air, and the onlookers said, "Cut! ~~" With a sound, it all dispersed. He stood aside and looked at me gloatingly. I crawled out to play game in the middle of the night, but I couldn't even see the shadow of an animal. Well, it's not easy to make money these days.
He gave me the most loyal evaluation, "The ability to live is too poor." I thought, do I still need to think about money when I get out of this city?
"Master, do you know where the gate is?" One day, I couldn't help asking.
At this time, we are filling our stomachs in a small restaurant.
"City Gate?" He seemed surprised.
"The gate is the place to go out and enter the city." I think he may have read too much and is a little confused.
"Is there a gate in this city?" He looked at me blankly, "Why have I never thought about it?"
I laughed and asked him if he could order a few more pots of wine. He nodded, and Xiao Er sent a few pots of good wine. He and I drank a good time. When he was in a daze, I quietly read the dream formula. Sure enough, there was no memory of the city gate in his dream. Who sealed this memory? If the people in this city don't even have the concept of entering and leaving the city, they will not know the world outside the city in their lives.
I'm puzzled. I remember that Grandpa Wen told me that the nameless city is a chaotic land for demons, but ordinary mortals in this city can freely enter and exit. Therefore, Grandpa Wen did not stop me from taking over the task of the Unknown City, and he must have felt that there would be no danger. I suddenly feel that there is something wrong. What's wrong and I can't say? According to Grandpa Wen, if the master is in the city, he will definitely contact me. And in those days, the master hasn't taken the initiative to contact me? I didn't even show up when I was dying.
I'm a little scared. Who can seal the memory of the whole city? Is it their king or their master? Where is the master again? Am I going to be trapped here and end my life?
He woke up very quickly. I followed him in a daze as if I was drunk and didn't wake up, thinking about what to do next. He carefully supported me all the way and kept shaking his head, complaining that he shouldn't have given me so much. Suddenly, a carriage sped past us, and he hugged me and flashed aside in a hurry. I laughed in his arms and thought this man was so deceitful and more stupid than me. He looked at me and suddenly woke up. He threw the burden on his shoulder at me and muttered, "So I woke up early."
My heart suddenly trembled, and I felt as if a sharp look swept over us. I shook my head vigorously and felt that I was really a little drunk. It's been a few days since I came out. The city is so calm that there is no wind at all. Their king may have forgotten my existence for a long time.
We continued to walk again, and I asked him where he was going. He said he would do business. After walking for a while, we saw a lot of people gathered outside a mansion. He squeezed into the crowd curiously, and I watched from a distance. I thought of Grandpa Wen's words in my heart: The master wanted me to grow up naturally, but it was a mortal life. If I find a mortal to marry, will I go out with my father-in-law like today? Instead of "go out for a walk" in the eyes of his royal family?
After that, I saw him come out of the crowd happily. I asked him what happened? He said it was okay, just a wish. I suddenly asked him, should I be paid to be a bookboy? I've been a book boy for so long that I should have been able to pay for that meal. He said that our contract is to be a book boy for free until we can pay back the money. I feel like I've been fooled again. Therefore, I cruelly decided to sell a singer or accompany a drink or something, and I must pay his debt in exchange for freedom. He said yes. So, he took me to the theater. As soon as I started singing, the air was full of unknown things, and the table was smashed into a mess. He also lost a lot of money happily. I'm going to have a drink when I'm angry. He said yes. So, he stood in front of the old man in the brothel with me, and it turned out that he didn't want me. His women's dress is so charming that even I am willing to lose. Later, he comforted me that it was not that I was not beautiful enough, but that he made two big steamed buns and put them on his chest.
I completely convinced him. It turns out that there are such lovely men in the world.
He said that when he finished the business, he would prepare some meals for me as a reward, and then I can go wherever I want. I agreed after thinking about it. Later, he finally told me that he was going to the priest's temple. Their family is in the cloth business. For hundreds of years, the cloth in the priest's temple in the palace has been provided by their family. Every year, he goes to the priest's temple to record their requests in detail. If you do business with the powerful, you can't make any mistakes. As soon as my eyes lit up, I immediately asked him if he had met the second priest? He thought that the second priest might have a way out of the city. He thought about it and said that he didn't see it every time. If I want to see the second priest, he can try it. So, I lit up my hope of leaving the city.
We walked another way. He stopped in front of a big house and said that he had to prepare some entanglement on the road. So I followed him in. Young master, you're back." Along the way, the domestic maids respected him as the young master.
He turned his head and smiled at me and said, "This is a cold house."
It seems that their family's business is doing well. Those servants alone spend a lot of money on food and clothing. Thinking about my meal, why does he care about it? He called some maids and took me to groom and change clothes. It seems that he has something to say that they dressed me up like a rich lady. Then, I followed him through one courtyard after another, and then met a bunch of people. His parents, brothers and sisters, little aunt, uncle and aunt, cousin and sister-in-law, and so on. Everyone seems to be waiting for him to come back.
This is a big family, lively. Sometimes I even wonder if this is the master's arrangement? If it's the master's will, wouldn't it be bad for me to get married like this? Isn't it?
The city is still so quiet. And what am I looking forward to? Are you looking forward to their king posting my portraits everywhere and sending people to look for them? Or, this is also his wish. After all, I am a mortal, and this is my world?
Nameless, even if I want to live in a mortal way, I will be in a place where you can't see.
"What, are you thinking about?" His voice came. I looked up and saw him leaning against the door. Although he was not as charming as Animous, he was also the best.
I stood up and said slowly, "Do I still need to call you master?"
He smiled and said softly, "My name is Chu Yifan. You can call me whatever you like."
"Brother Chu." I thought it was quite smooth, so I decided to call him big brother and send my name on it.
He read silently several times. Qingyu, a good name.
In the following days, he responded to my request, but he refused to tell me when to go to the priest's temple. According to his words, the road is far away, and you have to be fully prepared to go on the road. Think about it, I followed the royal team out at that time, and it took me a long time to walk and stop. Besides, I ask for help, and of course I have to take care of other people's ideas.
Another day later, I was taken to see his mother, a middle-aged old woman. When she saw me, she enthusiastically asked questions. When I told her that I had no father or mother, I was on a mountain and a one. Oh, no, when the two old men grew up, she almost fainted by the tea. I finally couldn't help telling her that I was at least 2,000 years old. After that, there were often parties in the yard, so I called them to sit with me. Zhang Yuanwai's daughter, Liu Caizhu's granddaughter, and so on. All of them are in the form of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I wonder if they have found the wrong partner. Isn't it a pity for these beautiful women to let me accompany them?
"Qingyu, tell everyone, what are you best at?" Chu Yifan's mother paid attention to me today.
After all, I'm a guest, and I always have to respond politely: "Madam Hui, I can only dream."
Waves of reserved laughter spread all over the yard. I also laughed and said lightly, "It's true. If you don't believe it, I'll show it to you."
I stood up and pointed to a woman in red who smiled the most happily. I waved my hand gently, "Go to sleep."
She fell into a deep sleep. In a short time, she gasped, sweated profusely, and kept pulling her clothes. All the women blushed.
I shrugged my shoulders and deliberately asked in surprise, "Huh? What's wrong with her? Did you have a dream that you shouldn't have?"
I thought fiercely in my heart that it was worthy of you not to put the nameless shadow in. If you let him know that you are dreaming of him like this, you won't know how you died!
She finally woke up, looked at us in fear, and then ran out crying. From then on, their party never called me again.
I'm happy to be leisurely. It's too leisurely for me to walk in the yard. As he walked, a quarrel came from the side courtyard:
"She is not a human!" I know this is Chu Yifan's mother.
"I don't care, she, I'm married." Chu Yifan's voice came. I was stunned. Who is he going to marry?
"I picked it up in the restaurant. I don't want to be a girl! You have to marry her unless I die. His mother's voice was not weak at all.
What about me? I said to myself in my heart, it's a joke. I'm the one who married as you say. I left slowly and didn't bother to join their war. I decided that if he didn't move again, I would go by myself.
But I haven't seen Chu Yifan for the next few days. He is mysterious these days. What's more strange is that I always want to say goodbye to him. If I can't see him, I can't bear to leave. That night, I was waiting in the yard. Then, I saw him holding a woman and coming back drunk. At that moment, I actually had a feeling of heartbreak and rushed up to "Pang!" The ground was a slap in the woman's face. She looked at me in a slinze, and I also looked at her in a slin. I don't know what's wrong with me. I just feel that the idea of leaving him has faded day after day.
After a few days, Chu Yifan finally took the initiative to come to me. He looks a little haggard.
He said, "Would you like to marry me?"
I nodded without thinking about it. His face suddenly became bright.
On the wedding day, the whole family came, and his parents seemed to be possessed, surprisingly happy. The courtyard is full of guests and bustling. I sat quietly in the new house, with the red cover hanging heavily on my head, and the beating red candle was faintly visible. I think, is this a dream? The life of a mortal? Chu Yifan's voice sounded in his mind again: You have to give birth to a lot of children for me. Otherwise, this wealth will be robbed by the eldest brother.
Suddenly, the door was gently pushed open, and I saw a figure coming towards me in the blur, and I unconsciously clenched the little soul. Suddenly, there was a voice in my heart. The moment the red cover was lifted, who did you want to see?
Nameless - I was shocked that the name came out by myself without going through my brain.
A big hand instantly grasped my hand holding the little soul more tightly. My whole body was brought into a person's arms, and then a strong kiss occupied my lips. The red cover is still hanging heavily on the head. I tried to struggle, and then my whole body softened in his kiss. This breath is so familiar, so warm, so domineering, and so gentle. Apart from my namelessness, who can make me feel this way?
How can he come now?
I cried but kept responding to his kiss and let go of the little soul-eating hand. His hand also loosened and gently pulled off the red cap on my head. After a long time, he let go of my lips and looked at me with a smile. His fingers gently wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes.
"Well, it seems that you really miss me." He said softly, and my thin hair with tears on my face went around the back of my ear.
"What are you doing in my new house?" I looked at him a little unconvinced.
"Come and pick up my bride." He bent down and bit my earlobe, and the itchy numbness spread all over his body.
"I..." I wanted to push him away, but I couldn't force it. This deadly **, I am doomed to die in his arms.
"Brother Chu is your illusion?" I finally squeezed out a few words and gave up pushing him away.
His voice came softly in his ear: "Not this time. Also, don't call me Brother Chu in the future.
"Oh." I was a little sad and said, "Since it's not, why did you come now?"
He held my face in his hands, caught my sight, and said calmly, "I accidentally let you see something that I didn't want you to see. So let you be free for a while." I know he meant the lingering that I bumped into him and him that night.
"I think I'm quite generous. Didn't I give him a chance to hug you?" He still looked down at me. He must have pointed out that we were avoiding the carriage on the street.
"Hmm. Originally, I wanted to be more generous. I wanted to come back again after the wedding night. Then, he smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that there was a gust of wind just now, and I accidentally blew it down."
"Do you think I will believe it? Am I so easy to cheat? I looked at him and smiled lightly. In fact, I'm really easy to cheat. I don't even have the courage to be angry when I see him.
He gently leaned my head on his chest and said slowly, "Actually, I want you to see your heart clearly. If it was Chu Yifan who you hoped to raise the cover just now, he is Chu Yifan, and he will guarantee your wealth and glory in your life.
"I'm glad that you are thinking about me. But after all, I can't afford to give you such a mortal life. His voice continued from above his head, "If you want to live such a life, I can also erase this moment."
I didn't say anything. Is the life of a calm mortal really what I want?
His palms touched my cheek, and his voice suddenly became sad: "They tested me again at the banquet that day. If I protect you, it will bring you more danger. I can't let you be the second Linglan.
I suddenly hugged him tightly. How could I not know that I am his cartilage. He wants to leave the palace. If he doesn't take me with him, anyone can kill me. If he takes me openly, he will expose his weakness. So he could only hide me so carefully among the hundreds of maidservant who accompanied him. But they still smelled his difference to me. He gave me time to see my heart clearly. However, are I really happy without him?
"Actually, I don't want to marry him, but..."
"I'll show you something." He interrupted me, imprinted a kiss on my forehead, and then pulled me out. What you see later is not a fantasy. His voice rang in his ear.
Later, I saw the messy wedding banquet scene.
Is there anyone making a scene? I looked at him, and he nodded. Your people? I looked at him again, and he shook his head.
After that, I saw Chu Yifan in a wedding dress kneeling in front of the spiritual throne of their family, and an old man was staring at him angrily. I instinctively squatted down and looked left and right. He handed me a short branch, and I grabbed it in my hand and tried to show only two eyes, looking at them with no gasp.
Suddenly, Chu Yifan's voice came: "Why did he do it!! Thousands of people's wishes have come true. Why didn't he give me!"
Wish? I looked at the nameless beside me. He shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly, "He wants you to promise to marry him. This is beyond my control. Of course, I can't realize his wish."
The nameless trip is mainly to satisfy the people's wishes. Is it to win people's hearts? They got rid of the second priest. Who will be next? I thought.
"So, you go against your conscience to make a deal with those demons?" The man roared angrily, "They are not human!! Why did I raise you, an unfilial son!!"
"I, I didn't do anything!" Chu Yifan defended, "They just want me to participate in their gambling game. I just bet on winning the pill.
Pills? I looked at the nameless again. He didn't raise his head, but pointed his finger at my stomach. When did I feed the pills? Is it the ordinary three meals a day? It's all eaten at his house. There is really no free one in the world--I suddenly noticed that he was lying in a chair and reading leisurely. The surrounding area is obviously dark at night, but his book is bright.
"Oh, we are in the boundary. They can't see us." He smiled and said, "I think you wanted a tree to cover your face just now, so I gave it to you."
I am speechless.
"How many times did you bet? Do you know that you have suppressed the whole ancestral business? His father was furious.
"From the palace, from the priest's temple, those cloths can't be taken out. Do you know what the consequences are?" He continued, "One word, die!! We are all going to die!!"
"Now that you marry her, everyone will die with her tomorrow!!" His father began to cry.
"I don't care!" Chu Yifan stood up and said, "I'm going to marry her. I'm going to the bridal chamber now!"
"You stop!! Do you have any conscience? Hundreds of people in the whole family can't beat one of her!" His father tried to catch him.
"Gone go of me! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!" Chu Yifan stared at his father fiercely.
His father burst into tears, but in the end, he couldn't stop him and pushed him to the ground heavily. It suddenly occurred to me that the bridal chamber, and I was not there. What would happen to him? So, I looked forward to it again. He raised his head this time, looked at me, frowned and said, "Do you want to go back - bridal room with him?"
"I, I just want to see that he can't see me. I don't know what will happen?" I feel a little guilty. After all, I also stayed at his house for that day's three meals. I don't know if it's a deception of his feelings?
"You will know later." His uncold voice came.
Soon, Chu Yifan rushed back, holding a knife in his hand, and roaring loudly: "Where did you hide her?! Where did you hide it?!" Then, he slashed his father with a knife without reason. The noise attracted many families and servants. He was as crazy. He cut at people when he saw them. Suddenly, his flesh and blood flew everywhere.
I was so anxious that I wanted to rush over to stop him and kept saying, "Can you save him? Can you save him?"
"Don't go there!" He said namelessly, "He is no longer a human being. If the word love is barely crossed, it will be easy to be used and become a demon.
"I'm also wrong. I've been relying on him for three meals that day for so long." Thinking that when we first met, Chu Yifan was also a lovely person. How can mortals have such a strong will to control themselves?
"His motivation to save you was not pure." The nameless cold voice came.
I looked at the nameless and thought to myself: What's your motivation for saving me so many times?
The nameless finally stood up, waved his hand, the seat and the book disappeared, and then said softly, "Let's go."
I stood still in a trench and didn't want to leave, because I really didn't want to see Chu Yifan become like that. It's too cruel to a mortal.
"Light feather?" Chu Yifan's voice suddenly came from behind. I felt cold behind my back and almost fainted.
"Chu, Chu-Da-Brother-" I squeezed out a wry smile and turned to look at him reluctantly. He was covered with blood, and a smile flashed on his face when he saw me. The smile of his muscles was extremely horrible.
"I finally found you!" He cried with joy, "Let's go to the bridal chamber."
I hurriedly looked at the nameless. He spread his hands innocently, as if to say: It was you who said you wanted to save him, not me.
"Okay, okay, calm down first!" I turned my head and looked at Chu Yifan in a hurry. My voice trembled a little. I was really afraid that he would rush to me on an impulse, and I was finished.
"He! Who is he?" Chu Yifan's voice was suddenly gloomy and horrible. The knife in his hand suddenly cut at me and roared, "For you, I have nothing now!" You actually carried me to steal..."
When he didn't finish speaking, a shadow of the sword appeared. Chu Yifan, with two halves of his identity, disappeared in an instant.
"See clearly before you speak. I am your king." He said fiercely without a name. The unspoken "man" in the back seemed to be a blow to him.
I came to my senses, shook my head, and sighed in my heart: If you gave your heart to the devil, what can you do to love your wife?
"It can also be regarded as saving the rest of the family." Nameless gently took me by the waist and took me away from the bleeding Chu family compound.
"If you dare to pinch my figure and put it in whose spring dream, you won't know how to survive." His voice sounded in my ear again, and I also heard his teeth cackling.
There was a burst of joy in my heart. It turned out that he would also be childish with me.