for evil

In the days that followed, Tan Yuan always accompanied the young scholar, either living in peace or traveling all over the world.They have been to the far north of Mobei, where they have seen the scenery of yellow sand all over the sky; they have also been to the banks of the East China Sea, and they have been moved by the ocean; they have also visited the rumored Mount Zhuoguang, where they have seen strange beasts that they have never seen before...

The little scholar sighed: "If you keep doing this, you will be worth dying if you see all the scenery of Kyushu."

Tan Yuan said: "The world is so big, how can I see it all?"

The little scholar smiled: "Then let's try to live a few more years and watch what we want to see."

Tan Yuan looked at the little scholar quietly, yes, it's still early, if you want to do it, you can do it, why bother with those details, why should you wrong yourself?Pure and free, that's fine...

Eating, drinking, wandering around, it was seven years in the blink of an eye.

The night before the seventh trip, the little scholar tossed and turned, staring at the roof with those shining eyes.

Tan Yuan sensed his strangeness, and said in a low voice: "What? I'm about to set off soon, so excited that I can't sleep? I haven't seen you like this before."

The little scholar said: "It's not because of this..."

Tan Yuan asked, "Why is that?"

The little scholar rubbed his eyes, and said earnestly: "Today a wandering businessman came to the village, I bought a book from him, and learned that there is a place called Guixu in the book, which is the end of all things. That place is in the wild..."

Tan Yuan said, "Want to go?"

The little scholar said: "Just thinking about it, who knows if that place really exists?"

Tan Yuan said: "En."

After a moment of silence, the little scholar's voice sounded again: "I... have heard of the place called Guixu since I was a child. I heard it from my father. I heard from the neighbors that my father also has an uncontrollable personality. I ran out all day, so I died early... Only my mother was left to pull me hard... So my father didn't have a deep impression in my mind, but what he kept telling me, the place called Guixu, I But never forget it.”

The imprints of youth are like tea stains in a teacup, even after several rounds of washing with water, the ones that can't be faded away still can't be faded away, and it has become a certain obsession in my heart.It's hard to put it down when it's mentioned lightly.

Tan Yuan said: "If you want to go, go, it's good to look for it, so as not to leave regrets."

The little scholar shook his head: "I just mentioned it casually. The book says that there are a lot of wild monsters. Don't come back with your life when the time comes, and drag you down."

Tan Yuan said: "So many places have come back, don't be afraid of those that haven't happened yet."

"Then..." The little scholar hesitated.

Tan Yuan said: "You still have a year to think about it. Tomorrow we will go to southern Xinjiang as planned. Next year, if you still can't let it go, we will look for the Guixu you mentioned."

The little scholar was stunned, looked into Tan Yuan's deep eyes, and nodded seriously.

That night, neither of the two who had their own concerns fell asleep.

The little scholar suddenly asked Tan Yuan: "Will you always be with me like now?"

"As long as you don't drive me away, I won't leave."

The little scholar bent his mouth, showing his white teeth: "I will never drive you away..."

The trip to Nanman was not as good as imagined. Not only were poisonous insects everywhere, but also encountered a rainy season. It rained for ten days without stopping.

The little scholar couldn't stand it, he had a fever, hid in the simple hut they built and shivered, looked at the continuous waterfall-like jade pillars, and said pitifully: "I want to go home."

Tan Yuan moved closer to the young scholar, took off his clothes, and carefully protected him: "We will go back when the rain stops."

As a result, the continuous rain column seemed to sense it, and slowly stopped on the second day.

The little scholar was lying on the back of a skinny horse soaked in rain for ten days, and he missed the clean and tidy bed at home...

The journey back was full of twists and turns, and the two were accidentally injured: when they were riding through the wet rainforest on their weak and thin horses, a snake with venomous fangs slowly approached the frail little scholar, and quickly licked his thin wrist. I took a sip.

Even though Tan Yuan moved swiftly and split the short-eyed eye in half, it didn't stop the area around the tooth marks on the little scholar's wrist from quickly turning black.

The little scholar stared blankly at his rapidly spreading wound, opened his mouth, couldn't make a sound, and raised his head with all his strength, the frightened Tan Yuan was reflected in his eyes, he wanted to comfort that person, "Tan Yuan, I'm fine." ", but no more strength, and then the whole person softened and fell off the horse's back...

When the little scholar woke up, the feeling of powerlessness and wetness in his body disappeared. He opened his eyes and found himself lying in a clean room, warm, and beside the bed, sat a pale sandalwood man. deep.

Seeing him wake up, Tan Yuan's frown eased: "Are you awake? How do you feel?"

The little scholar sat up, stretched out his hand and looked at his wrist, it was as clean as ever: "Why... am I not dead?"

Tan Yuan leaned against the head of the bed: "You are lucky."

The little scholar said: "But it's a seven-step snake... how is it possible?"

Tan Yuan raised the corner of his pale mouth: "So you are lucky to meet a miracle doctor."

The little scholar stared blankly at his wrist, still doubtful, and noticed something was wrong with Tan Yuan, so he got up and grabbed him: "What's wrong with you?"

Tan Yuan closed his eyes, leaned against the head of the bed, and said in a weak voice, "It's nothing, I'm just tired of taking care of you..."

The two finally returned to Tianyu Village without any danger.And when I went back, it was just in time for the Hungry Ghost Festival, when river lanterns were set off and paper ingots were burned.

In the evening, river lanterns of various colors floated on the river with great momentum.

"It is rumored that if you put something you want to say to your deceased relatives in the river lantern, the river lantern will eventually float along the river to the underworld, and pass it on to the souls waiting on the banks of the Wangchuan River. Then you can reincarnate with peace of mind." The little scholar let go of his hand and watched his river lantern drifting into the distance along the water.

Tan Yuan stood aside with folded arms, and asked quietly: "Then what did you write in the river lantern for your relatives?"

The little scholar's face was a little red under the candlelight of the lanterns all over the sky: "I told them that I met a very good person, and I have lived a very happy life these days, so they can rest assured."

Looking at the side face of the little scholar, Tan Yuan felt a lingering warmth in his heart...

If it is said that Luo Han's human story books brought him the first fantasy about the human world, then it is because of the little scholar that Tan Yuan began to truly love the human world...