Yu Ye drank a jar of strong wine and became drunk.
Maybe it's because of touching the scenery, maybe it's because of feeling sad about things. Maybe he wanted to hide his inner uneasiness by being drunk.
Ever since he came to Beimang Village, saw a mother and daughter making wishes, and got acquainted with the virtuous sister-in-law Xiuzhen and the lovely Wan'er, his heart has been heavy. The joy and enthusiasm between mother and daughter made him even more uneasy. Just as he couldn't bear to see his beautiful expectations shattered, he also couldn't imagine the sadness of the mother and daughter after learning the bad news. He has been avoiding Xiuzhen's questions, but in the end he couldn't escape. So he made up a white lie with the help of alcohol, which also suddenly released the long-tangled emotions.
At that moment, he seemed to have returned to the mountains of Xingyuan Valley, throwing away his disguise, lowering his guard, and fell drunk into the fire of strong liquor...
When Yu Ye opened his eyes, the night stars twinkled
He was still lying on the ground.
Sitting next to him was a weak figure, with his head lowered, as if he was dozing off, but he was holding a cattail leaf fan and shaking it gently, helping him fan the cool breeze and drive away the heat of the summer night.
"sister in law--"
Yu Ye slowly sat up.
"Yeah, wake up..."
Xiuzhen suddenly raised her head, put down her cattail leaf fan and picked up a bowl of water.
"You're not good at drinking, so don't embarrass yourself!"
Concerned words are heart-warming.
The dishes and chopsticks on the stone table have been cleared away. Since Wan'er hasn't been seen yet, the little girl should go back to the house to sleep. There were five animal skin bags piled on the ground not far away. Those were the belongings he brought, but they were still intact.
Yu Ye took the water bowl and stood up. He felt dizzy and couldn't help but staggered two steps.
"Brother is still hungover, watch your step!"
Xiuzhen stood up and helped her.
Yu Ye shook his head, indicating that it was okay, and secretly started to use the technique, and the drunkenness disappeared. He took a sip of water and suddenly saw tears in the corners of Xiuzhen's eyes, and couldn't help but feel confused.
"Sister-in-law, what time is it now?"
"It's almost dawn!"
He actually slept on the ground all night, which also meant that Xiuzhen stayed with him all night.
Yu Ye put down the water bowl and said apologetically: "I have made my sister-in-law suffer! I have brought the message from Brother Feng and handed over the property to my sister-in-law in person. I..."
"Brother Yu is leaving?"
"Um!"
At this time, Xiuzhen did not have the joy of yesterday, but seemed extremely calm. She brushed the wild hair from her ears and whispered: "Brothers, please take the gold and silver away, my mother and I don't need it!"
Yu Ye said in surprise: "Sister-in-law, this is what Brother Feng asked..."
Xiuzhen shook her head and said, "Lao Qi is so confused. He is harming my mother and I!"
Yu Ye asked in confusion: "Sister-in-law, what do you mean?"
"Although my mother and I live in poverty, we still have enough food and clothing, and live in peace and harmony with our neighbors. Now that we have received a large sum of money, I am afraid that we will not be able to enjoy it. As the saying goes, ordinary people are not guilty, but they are guilty of having a jade. These five bags of yellow and white Aren’t these things the cause of disaster?”
This is a far-sighted woman who would rather live a life of poverty than bring trouble because of money.
Yu Ye thought for a while and said: "What my sister-in-law said is reasonable, I have my own reasons!"
He went to the woodshed, found a hoe, and dug under the tree next to the vegetable garden.
"Brother Yu, what are you...?"
"To prevent money from causing trouble, I buried it in the ground. If my sister-in-law needs it in the future, she can get it for herself. If she doesn't need it, just forget about it."
Xiuzhen couldn't stop her and had no choice but to give up.
Yu Ye's strength was extraordinary, he picked up the hoe and quickly dug a pit. He put four money bags into it, but put the remaining money bag into the storage ring.
"Sister-in-law, don't blame me for being greedy. Brother Feng promised me 20% of the remuneration, but I just used the money to do things. There are also some books, volumes and Taoist items that I have kept without permission!"
"I didn't expect that my brother Yu is so talented at such a young age. If you need these belongings, just take them all!"
Xiuzhen was sincere.
"That's enough!"
Yu Ye took out another box and looked at it with Xiuzhen. There were more than ten luminous pearls in it. He also left a few and put the rest into the pit. He then asked Xiuzhen to find an oilcloth to cover them, and then filled the pit and compacted it firmly.
Xiuzhen stopped talking and continued busy in silence.
Yu Ye put the hoe back into the woodshed, tidied up the surroundings, and put the bag of gold and silver left behind into the storage ring. Then he walked to the tree and untied the horse's reins, and said in a relaxed tone: "Sister-in-law Go back to the house and rest, I’m leaving!”
Xiuzhen came over, holding another bowl of water in her hand.
"My brother has suffered a lot for my family. My sister-in-law has nothing to repay, so she gives me this bowl of water to express her gratitude!"
"Sister-in-law, you are serious!"
Yu Ye took the water bowl with both hands.
Xiuzhen took out a handkerchief to help him wipe the dust off his body, and said softly: "Where is your brother Feng buried? You might as well tell your sister-in-law that when Wan'er grows up, she can go and take her father home!"
She treats her like her own brother, showing love and care in every move she makes.
But her soft words fell on Yu Ye's heart like thunder.
Yu Ye's hands trembled and the water in the bowl spilled out.
Xiuzhen was still suppressing her sadness, and tears were already falling down her cheeks. She turned her back and wiped it for a while, then continued to help Yu Ye smooth his clothes, and said to herself: "My sister-in-law had already made a guess when she first met you, but she didn't dare to reveal it in front of Wan'er!"
Yu Ye picked up the bowl and drank water silently. When the water enters your mouth, it burns your heart like strong wine.
He thought there were no flaws in his words and deeds, and he deliberately collected rewards just to let go of this relationship so that he could leave without any worries. And the most perfect lie in the world is vulnerable to kindness.
"The child is still young and cannot be frightened. But my sister-in-law can handle it, you tell me!"
With a choked voice, Xiuzhen took the water bowl from the fielder's hand, then took two steps back, pursed her lips, smiled with tears in her eyes, and nodded slightly.
Yu Ye was silent for a moment and whispered: "Both my father and mother died, and I understand the pain of bereavement. I really can't bear to see my sister-in-law and Wan'er sad, ugh..." He sighed, and then said: "Su Yanchuan, you have Yanjiazhuang. Two or three miles north of Yanjiazhuang, there is a mountain valley. A few months ago, I personally buried Brother Feng among the rocks in that mountain valley. "
"How did Lao Qi die?"
"sister in law……"
"Well, I already know it's useless, so why bother asking!"
"Brother Feng asked me to visit my sister-in-law and Wan'er before he died. Now that his last wish has been fulfilled, it's really time for me to leave. Otherwise, it will be hard for me to explain to Wan'er when she wakes up!"
"Brother Yu was a capable man. He took the trouble to come to report the funeral. He was a great kindness that I dare not forget. Xiuzhen knelt down on Wan'er's behalf to express his gratitude!"
Xiuzhen suddenly fell to her knees.
"Oh, sister-in-law——"
Yu Ye hurriedly stepped forward to help, but slowly retracted his hands.
Xiuzhen fell on the ground, shrugging her shoulders and crying. When all the expectations came to nothing, her thoughts were lost, and her silent sorrow had been suppressed for too long, this woman, who was weak on the outside but strong on the inside, could only express her inner sorrow in this way.
Yu Ye's heart also felt stabbing pains, the pain was so chaotic, the pain was so helpless, the pain was so painful that he had no way to escape. He turned around and walked to the stone table, took out two pieces of talisman paper, dipped some cinnabar in the wolf brush, and wrote Su Yanchuan, Yanjiazhuang, Yanshu, Yanchi, and Zhongjian. Although the handwriting is crooked, it is written with care. He also drew the place where Feng Laoqi was buried and marked it in detail.
Xiuzhen had stood up from the ground, her black hair was messy, her face was full of tears, and she still looked lost.
"Sister-in-law and Wan'er will move the spirit of Brother Feng in the future. Don't mention his name. Just say that your relative died of illness on the way, so as not to cause unnecessary disaster for you and your mother. Well, my reputation is not good, so sister-in-law will remember it. Yes. Yan Shu is the owner of Yanjiazhuang, and his nephew Yan Chi has an old relationship with me. Zhong Jian is a man of the world, and he is quite righteous. If we encounter trouble in the future, these two people may be of some use."
Yu Ye put the written talisman into Xiuzhen's hand, and then led the horse to follow the path.
He didn't look back.
He thought that he had experienced the suffering of the world and understood the pain of life and death, but he still did not understand the sadness of sister-in-law Xiuzhen, so that he did not dare to face it or think too much about it.
Because he can't change anything.
At this time, the rest of the night is over.
In the hazy morning light, Yu Ye led the horse slowly away.
Xiuzhen still stood silently in front of the court, her hair ruffled by the morning breeze, her face still stained with tears, as she watched the young man leave...
Walking through a field, the entrance to Beimang Village is in front of you.
From the village entrance to the north, passing through several valleys, you can reach Pingshui Town directly.
And after returning to Pingshui Town, where should we go?
Yu Ye lowered his head and thought about his thoughts.
With money, Xiuzhen and her children had no worries about food and clothing. From now on, she will find a good family to rely on, and the couple will still have hope for their future. But his life in the wild became increasingly difficult. He didn't know what to do in the future, and he didn't know where the road was going.
Bu Yi is gathering people from all over the world to hunt him down. Although Daze is large, it seems that there is no place for him to live in.
As Mo Can said, there must be a conspiracy hidden behind this that he didn't know about.
According to this inference, Bu Yi was definitely not just trying to kill him or snatch the Jiao Dan, but had other motives. What kind of conspiracy and trap is it?
At the entrance of the village, there is an old tree.
In the hazy morning mist, a figure stood under the tree, like an old man, holding a bamboo stick in his hand.
Yu Zhizhi glanced up absently.
In a daze, he seemed to have returned to the entrance of Yujia Village. From his childhood, he remembered that at the entrance of Yujia Village, there was an old man waiting for the sun to rise and set, and for spring to pass and autumn to come.
"Jiub——"
Yu Ye blurted out the old man's name.
But before we could get closer, the morning fog dispersed with the wind. It turned out to be a strange old man, holding a bamboo pole in his hand and driving some ducks away.
Yu Ye nodded sadly and hurried past the entrance of the village.
When he got on the horse, he couldn't help but look back.
The old man just now gradually disappeared into a patch of reeds. The old man is not Qiub, and there is no similarity between them. How could I admit the wrong person?
I remember Bai Zhi once said that Qiu Bo was not in his home village. She seemed to know where the old man was, but she was reluctant to tell him the truth. Now that I think about it, that woman was full of lies and didn't know the whereabouts of Qiub. She was just trying to deceive herself.
Another one, Qiu Bo was old and frail, lost his bamboo stick, and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow. How could he leave Xingyuan Valley?
That's right, although Qiu Bo is not in Yujia Village, he is still in Xingyuan Valley. It is not difficult to guess from his previous words and deeds that he was once a spiritual master and most likely came from overseas. As long as we find the old man, many mysteries will be revealed one by one.
Alas, it was a mediocre annoyance at first, but now I realize it later, and how much unnecessary confusion and trouble have been added in the meantime!
While Yu Ye blamed himself, he suddenly had a direction in his heart.
He wants to go back to Yujia Village...
