Chapter 36: As seen for the first time, autumn wind sad painting fan 6
"Gest Officer, Guest Officer, Maofeng City has arrived." The dim carriage was suddenly illuminated by light, and Wei Tanyi woke up sleepily.
The carriage had stopped at the door of the post station, and the groom was pulling up the curtain and leaning into him.
"Hmm." He slowly got out of the carriage, shook his wrinkled gown and asked, "How much is it?"
The groom smiled and said, "A penny of silver."
Is it so expensive? Because he didn't know how far he had gone, Wei Tanyi was a little surprised by the price, but he still took off the burden and was ready to pay.
There were a lot of people coming in and out of the post station. Halfway through the burden, they were filled with a man who hurried out of the post station, and a bag of things scattered all over the ground.
"Sorry, sorry! Are you all right, son?" The young man who hit the man was also reasonable. While apologizing, he helped him pick up the things on the ground.
There are a lot of things, but one of them is damaged.
The young man held a carved fan with a few broken fan bones, frowned for a long time, and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry that I broke it. How much is this fan worth? I'll pay for it according to the price.
Wei Tanyi took over the fan and unfolded it, and more than a dozen flower fragrances floated out in turn, as if there was aura. The young man was surprised to know that this thing was valuable and his face was bitter.
"This fragrant fan is a peerless treasure made by the King of Housu Chen to please the favorite concubine Li Ji. If you want to pay the price, I'm afraid you can't pay for it," Wei Tanyi said with an indifferent look. "However, although this thing is worth a lot, it is useless for me. You can make a price casually. Just take it away."
The ghost still took out the fan. Isn't this a good opportunity to get rid of it? Since you want to leave, you have to go cleanly. Don't want anything related to that place and those people. He thought happily.
The young man was stunned, took the fan and looked at it again. He still felt that the fragrance was strange and strange: "What an extraordinary thing! The prince is really a master, and he carries such a precious thing with him. Well, I have a silver ticket of 500 taels on my body, and there is also a token. The prince can go to the capital or Maofeng's Jieji Yinzhuang at will. As long as he shows this thing, he will ask for it within 1,000 taels. With that, he untied the fan hanging from his waist and handed it over with the silver ticket.
Wei Tanyi took it and put it into the bag. He didn't bother to be polite. He bowed slightly and left.
"Hey! You haven't paid for the car yet!" The groom shouted quickly.
"I'll pay for him." The young man quickly took out a piece of silver and handed it over.
And Wei Tanyi did not stop from beginning to end, as if he wanted to say goodbye to what happened in the past forever, and walked towards the gate of Maofeng without looking back.
***
After the soul returned to his body, Mr. Xie slowly woke up and looked at the three strangers, his eyes were full of curiosity.
After that, Wei Tanyi walked alone in the garden with him, and the other two were expelled to the door, accompanied by the worried old housekeeper.
"The words were interrupted just now," Han Ruqi pricked up his ears and couldn't hear any movement inside, so he turned to the old housekeeper in disreh, "Why was the little son alienated by his family?"
The old housekeeper sat on the stone bench and sighed, "You can't blame the young master. Since he fell from the list, there have always been servants who said that he saw him talking to an empty place, or lying in a rattan chair, but saying something unclear. At first, he seemed to have told his wife that he heard many girls laughing in the garden. Later, everyone was afraid of him, so he said less.
Girl's laughter? Han Ru couldn't help looking at the truth. She couldn't see it. She didn't know if there were really so many people in the garden. Looking at his doubts, she shook her head slightly, and then looked into the garden through the leaky window, looking worried.
"The master and the second young master have talked to the young master and said that they don't have to insist on taking the merit test - adults should also know that the Xie family has no expectation to be an official," the old housekeeper chattered, "It's really involved. The uncle is also a capable person. It's because of who died is not so comfortable. . "
Not long after, Wei Tanyi came out happily, but he did not follow the little prince.
"Have you made it clear?" Han Ruxu has a lot of doubts, and it is not convenient to raise them in front of the old housekeeper.
"It's all figured out - the only thing that surprised me is probably this." Wei Tanyi seemed to be in a good mood, with a smile on his face, and his sleeves shook to light up something in his hand.
The three of them came up to have a look. They saw that he was holding a wooden bone carved fan in his hand, and it was still dripping. Obviously, it had just been picked up from the pool. Old man, this was originally the property of any young master in your family, right? Wei Tanyi asked.
The old housekeeper thought for a moment and replied, "I have never seen such elegant things, but I'm afraid it may only belong to the second young master." "Is the second son in the house at this moment?" Coincidentally, I just came back the day before yesterday, and it's time to go on the road after lunch.
Wei Tanyi nodded and did not explain. He strode towards the door, and the three had to catch up quickly.
When he rushed to the door, he saw Song Xiao and his wife and another young man coming out of the hall talking and laughing. Seeing the three of them again, Song Xiao showed a slightly unhappy look.
"Is this the lost property of the second son?" Wei Tanyi didn't look at Song Xiao and went straight to the third person.
"How do you find this...?" The second young master Xie was overjoyed, took it and wiped it gently with his sleeves repeatedly, and asked gratefully.
Wei Tanyi smiled faintly: "If you have lost it, why do you have to ask more?" The young master Xie Er looked at him in a stingle, but did not recognize who he was. He only said, "Thank you very much!"
After saying goodbye to knowing his family and Song Xiao, the three of them returned to the post station to rent a horse and return to the capital.
"Shouldn't you explain what happened?" Wei Tanyi didn't say a word all the way. Han Ruxu finally couldn't calm down and asked, "Are we just running around with you and don't even have the right to know?"
Wei Tanyi raised his eyebrows and said, "If it's about the ghost in the middle of the night, haven't you already made it clear last night? It's so simple to solve the little prince's soul and go to the capital to find me."
This time, even Si Si was not happy: "It's never that simple. Master, it's too much for me not to tell you."
"That's right... Then go back to the store and sit down and talk about it slowly."
***
For more than an hour after Wei Tanyi left, Mr. Xie still sat in the garden and did not leave.
- It turned out that you had been separated for so long before you came to Beijing to find me, which was really amazing.
The man said that the reason why he heard the laughter of those girls was that he had a strong desire in his heart, wanted someone to accompany him, someone admired him, and wanted to get out of the shadow of falling.
- No one can understand your pain, and you can't get rid of it and slowly walk into another world.
Mr. Xie couldn't help looking up at the garden. He once regarded them as people and the only person who could understand and comfort him when he was frustrated. The soul left the body, heard the voice it wanted to hear, and saw the person it wanted to see.
And that fan.
-I still think who can pretend to be me. It turns out that this thing is just playing tricks.
- No matter what it is, after listening to the owner's too many things, it is inevitable to get angry. It seems that it's better not to talk about some things.
"But what does he mean by 'it's better not to say'?" Mr. Xie hugged his head.
On the other hand, in the month of Ramadan, the three people who have been running around for a day are each with tea cups and preparing to listen to the story.
"The fan was a gift from my master at that time - or compensate me for a more valuable treasure in order to make up for the fault of breaking the ivory. At that time, I was young and vigorous. After going down the mountain, I took it easy and changed some money to be free in Maofeng City.
Wei Tanyi never raised his eyes, as if he were talking about other people's stories: "In those years, I had a problem that I couldn't sleep without holding things in my hand. Although I didn't like it, I still accepted it. Most of my dreams in the middle of the night were listened to by the fan, and somehow it became a resentment. If I had nothing to do, I would be scared. To people."
"So, what Xie Xiaozi saw was just an illusion, but it shouldn't be!" Han Ruqi said in confusion.
"Of course, ordinary people can't see such hallucinations, and even if they see it, they can't be elusive," Wei Tanyi explained. "The reason why he can see it is - you have noticed it before. After he wakes up, he doesn't recognize us at all. That is to say, he can see the hallucinations on the fan is just his soul."
quenching Si suddenly realized and clapped his hands: "So, that is, one ghost meets another ghost, and they are all people without entities, so it feels like real."
"That's it."
"I still don't understand," Han Ruqi waved his hand. "Why does your fan say that you are dead? Aren't you still alive?"
Wei Tanyi smiled and did not answer. Han Ruxu was more confused. The more confused he was, the brighter the smile was. Finally, he had to raise his hand and surrender: "Ok, your love is a person, love is a ghost or a ghost. Don't tell me."
"Lord Han," the inhuman and ghost shopkeeper suddenly smiled gloomically, "How do you distinguish between life and death? Are you sure you are still alive? Just like Mr. Xie didn't know that his soul was separated from his body, maybe you had already died, but you didn't know that you lived under my spell.
Han Ruxu's lips trembled, and then squeezed it tightly. He angrily put down the cup and grabbed the door and ran away. No matter how much, she laughed, she could hear it on the street.
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The word dyeing fan comes from the writer's short story of the same name, but the objects and stories depicted are different. If you are interested, you can search for it. Xiaosi likes Fengda's novels very much~