The villain is being forced to whitewash again

Open the lid of the wooden box made of pine and fir wood, dip some white powder from inside, face the bright brass mirror and apply it evenly on the already fair face, until the large area at the corner of the right eye is too obvious The cyan birthmark was completely covered and became as white as the rest.

Looking at his handsome self in the bright bronze mirror, Xu Wanyang couldn't help frowning, took the handkerchief on the table and casually wiped his powder-stained hands, turned his head around his neck, concentrating as hard as a hand The needle carved landscape pictures on the surface of the rice grains, which was obviously too perfect, but he stared at him for more than 10 minutes, still worried.

Coincidentally, he was not the only one in this simple house, and it was okay to help, so he turned his head, stretched out his hand and grabbed the handyman running past him, "Does it look okay to me? Is there any place?" Feel a little weird?"

Xiao Gong hummed suspiciously, retracted his left leg that had already been stepped out, and by the way put the wooden box piled with all kinds of messy things on the table next to him, and approached him, couldn't help but feel his heart pounding. Sigh, as a man, it doesn't matter if he is taller than himself, why is his skin so good!It's like a piece of soft tofu in vain, and it will bounce when you pick it up with chopsticks.

My heart hurts, he is now 27 or [-] years old, and it is difficult to find an unreliable wife, but every time this guy changes places, he will be shyly thrown by a group of good-looking girls who have not left the court The kid, he and other old boys were sourly leaning against the root grass in front of the wall next to it. The most annoying thing is that he has no interest in these girls, and there are a lot of girls posting them upside down. They are sour. It can be squeezed out to make a pot of hot and sour potato shreds.

Alas, people are more angry than people. He wiped away the bitter tears that didn't exist in the corners of his eyes in his fantasy. Although his heart was full of resentment, he still didn't forget what Xu Wanyang asked him to do, and began to study it seriously.

"...It's kind of weird."

Hearing what the other party said, he couldn't help becoming nervous, "What's wrong?"

Xiaogong snickered and said, "The strange thing is that he is so handsome that he doesn't look like an ordinary host who specializes in events at all, but rather like a lover secretly raised by some noble lady."

"..." Xu Wanyang said speechlessly, "I should have known earlier, I might as well ask the tortoise."

"Don't worry, what I'm saying is the truth. If you can remove the cyan mark next to your eyes, who dares to say that you are either a beautiful man or blind."

Xiaogong looked at Xu Wanyang, who took his words as wind in his ears, and turned his head to look at the bronze mirror worriedly. Xu Wanyang began to powder his face again. This person is like an orchid blowing away with the wind on the shore of a lake. Facing the mirror-clean water surface with emerald green leaves and bluish-purple petals hanging down, it is so quiet that it gives people a kind of spiritual peace. It is hard to imagine how this kind of temperament is cultivated, and those young ladies who have not left the cabinet can't compare He has both a good face and an excellent temperament.

Xiaogong rested his elbows on the table and rested his chin on the palm of his hand, and he couldn't help sighing, "Tell me, why does such a beautiful face have such ugly birthmarks? Although you can use white powder to cover the blemishes, the effect is not bad, but it is somewhat regrettable."

Xu Wanyang said nonchalantly: "What else can I blame, who was brought out of the mother's womb? I can only blame my bad luck, otherwise I can comfortably eat soft food with a good-looking face."

Xiaogong raised his eyebrows, "Would you like to eat soft food? Yeah, if you really have this intention, why don't you leave earlier instead of going all over the world with our group?"

Xu Wanyang said indifferently: "I'm lazy, I've been in this line of work for so long, it would be troublesome to change another job."

"Yeah... that's pretty decent, but it's actually for the man in the portrait, right?" Xiao Gong held a palm-sized portrait between his fingers and shook it in front of him.

Xu Wanyang looked down, only to realize that the portrait he had put in the book on the table had disappeared. He grabbed the small portrait that Xiaogong held between his fingers, checked it nervously, and checked it over and over again to confirm that it was not damaged. Hurt, a hanging heart finally let go, he gave the other party a stern look, "Don't make fun of this."

Xiao Gong raised his hand, "Okay, okay, I shouldn't make fun of your baby, but in fact, what I said earlier is not wrong, right? Since you joined the regiment when you were very young, you have been tightly Hold this portrait to your chest, and after so many years, you still don’t leave your body for a moment, who is the man in this portrait? It is worth your cherishing so much, could it be... is it your father?"

"That's not right, which father in the world would be so cruel that he would leave a child under six years old in the desert. If it wasn't for the desert that our regiment was going to pass through, you might have died of starvation, thirst, or cold. One piece!"

Xu Wanyang lowered his head and groped the facial features of the person in the portrait, "He is not my father, and if it wasn't for him, I might have died in the desert before I saw you."

Xiaogong asked puzzledly: "Then why did he send you to a place where there are people? Don't you know that the most indispensable thing in such a place of death is a corpse?"

Xu Wanyang shook his head, "...I think, at that time, he was concerned about other people around him, that's why he had to do this."

Xiao Gong suddenly thought of something and then frowned, "You don't want to find him to repay your kindness, so you stay in the regiment all the time, do you?"

Xu Wanyang didn't raise his head, he kept his head down and stroked the portrait. The appearance of the other party in his memory was blurred, and he could only vaguely remember the scene that happened at that time.

A small bowl of white sun hangs high in the sky without a single cloud, and the edges and corners of the desert are so smooth that it seems that there is no boundary line at all. Crimson and khaki, everything is solidified and motionless His frail neck was bound by heavy iron shackles, and he followed the iron chain until someone who was sitting on the camel held him. He pulled it impatiently, and threw himself into the sand, almost getting a few mouthfuls of red and yellow sand in his breath, like falling. Into the sea, the only difference is that the sea does not have the scorching heat that can burn the lungs.

The climate in the desert is always like the rain in June. The weather is clear one second, and the yellow sand is wild the next. There is no chance for you to react. Those people screamed in panic, and he barely Hearing the sandstorm, a few vague words came, the body was too tired to feel these things, but was forced to run quickly, I was so tired, I was coughing up blood in my throat, I tried my best but I still couldn’t He continued to move his legs, bent his knees, completely knelt down and fell into the hot sand, feeling his cheeks burnt into roast meat and smelling it.

"Run, run!" the one who jumped off the camel and whipped him on the back angrily, their arrogance placed so high above that he'd rather die of walking than be dragged on the camel's back Sit at the same height as them.

Maybe I’m going to die, I’ll smile weakly, that’s okay, so I don’t have to walk anymore, in my eyes, the boundless desert is like the sea with red and yellow waves floating, golden light, tinkling bells, a burst of metal The crisp sound of the collision sounded in the air and became louder and louder.

……what sound?He tried his best to squint his eyes, as if he suddenly saw a verdant oasis. In the high dust, black horses appeared one after another, wearing delicate blackout cloth and iron armor that could not see the color clearly. With the colorful light, people with their heads covered tightly riding those black horses rolled towards this side aggressively on the red and yellow sand.

The waves of heat rising from the ground made it difficult to breathe, and he began to doubt in a trance, whether it was because of the sunshine and cloud shadows that mirages appeared in front of his eyes, and the panicked chirping voices in his ears were still mixed in. Miscellaneous, followed by blood spilled camels and vague memories of the desert.

The sound of horseshoes kicking back and forth by his ears, dust flying, so much that the nasal cavity was almost full of large particles of sand, he had no strength to raise his head, with his eyes closed, a shadow shrouded his entire body, a rare clarity , In this boundless desert, he has not encountered a shade where he can inhabit for a long time, and even the sand that scalds his cheeks does not feel so painful.

But before he enjoyed it for a while, his neck was ruthlessly pulled up, and he was strangled in the air and had to half kneel. The short rest was over, and the iron chains that fettered his freedom just had another master.

"Take all the water away, this one is still alive, should I kill it? Or throw it away?"

Zhongyuan’s words, instead of the incomprehensible chirping and quacking like a frog, he finally recovered his senses and opened his eyes. There were many tall people riding on black horses, and the blood stained the large expanse of red and yellow sand under the horse’s hooves. The corpses of those who were lying in a mess, some in the east and some in the west, he could clearly smell the moist and slightly scarlet blood smell in the air, although it was a bit disgusting, but he still inevitably had his Adam's apple stuck in his throat Moving up and down, swallowing the poor saliva, hungry and thirsty.

Ha, he laughed at himself, has he reached such a desperate situation that he wants to devour human flesh?It's really disgusting, he lowered his eyes, who cares, he's about to die anyway, these guys kill people without blinking an eye, and they probably don't have any compassion for this little brat like himself.

"Throw it away." A cold and pleasant voice sounded, "Staining the blood of a weak person will only make the sword lose its original sharpness."

He was actually looked down upon, and his words showed disdain to kill him. He opened his eyes wide and raised his head to see who the bastard was with such a vicious mouth.

Only the lower half of his face was covered by a piece of cloth, and on the face covered by the hood, there was no emotion in those obsidian eyes, riding a black horse and staring at him as if Looking at an inanimate object is so indifferent that people feel fear in their hearts.

But he can feel that the other party wants him to live, are you stupid?He secretly scolded himself for what he thought just now, did he suddenly lose his mind?But when he was in a daze, those people whose origins were unknown had already disappeared into the rolled up dust on a black horse.

He struggled to get up from the ground, looked around and saw that there was still a desert without borders. He was discouraged and had no hope of living. After walking a few steps, his foot suddenly bumped into a hard lump. After realizing what it might be, he immediately fell down. Dig it with your hands, it's a water bladder!It was still full, he was at a loss, but didn't they take all the water away?Why is there still one...

The figure of the person who spoke sarcastically to him appeared in his mind, could it be...it was him?

He looked at the water bag in his hand and remained silent. After a while, he got up from the sand again and continued walking somewhere. The hot sand was like magma stepping on his feet and hurting. When the wind blew, his face was cut by a knife. , but he still walked forward as always, hugging the full kettle tightly, with his thin clothes flying behind his back...

Seeing that Xu Wanyang didn't speak, Xiaogong obviously acquiesced, so he had to ask: "Then do you know his name?"

Xu Wanyang, who was immersed in the memories, came to his senses, pursed his lips tightly, and shook his head slowly.

Xiaogong couldn't help but said in surprise: "You don't even know what his name is, but you still want to go to him to repay your favor? Oh god, I really don't know whether to say you are innocent or stupid."

Xu Wanyang's eyes showed persistent firmness, "I think, as long as you keep walking around, you might be able to meet him one day."

Xiaogong pointed at the portrait, showing a look of stupidity on his face, "Please, although he is wearing a mask, it is impossible to wear it every day. If he changes his appearance one day, you don't even know his true face, why?" Recognized in the vast crowd? Besides, you were only five years old at the time, and the age of that person was close to 18 at the youngest, right? It has been 38 years since that day, and everyone is [-]. I am sure that there will be no change at all. Whoever dares to ride a horse instead of a camel in the land of death is either in danger or seeks death. I don’t think he looks like a murder seeker but a dangerous person. Maybe he has been chased and killed by his enemies long ago, so why bother? He's so nervous."

"He won't die." Xu Wanyang pursed his lips, his eyes remained firm, as if he was willing to continue no matter what others said, "A lifetime is so long, I believe that he will be found."

Xiaogong said helplessly: "Okay, I can't say no to you."

At this moment, the cloth curtain hanging from the door was rolled up and a head poked in. It was the head of the regiment who came to greet them, "We are still whispering together, Xu Wanyang, don't bother with your face. The four quotas for this event are full, hurry up and host, by the way, the county magistrate of this place is also joining in the fun as a judge, so you have to be careful what you say during the whole process, and don't lose the chain and cause trouble for the group."

Xu Wanyang nodded, "Got it."

Upon receiving the reply, the leader's protruding head disappeared immediately, and the cloth curtain was scribbled down again.

Xiao Gong picked up the box, "Then I'm leaving, let's work hard."

Xu Wanyang said, "Yes."

The room was calm again. He turned his face to the bronze mirror, and after confirming that everything was ready, he left the table without hesitation. Before leaving, he put the portrait in the book again for protection, and opened the curtain Get out of this room.

The portrait is well preserved. Eighteen years later, the paper still looks brand new. The man in the painting is wearing a mask that covers the whole face. Although it is impossible to see what the face looks like under the mask, even the paper is The temperament that cannot be covered up gives people an extraordinary feeling, and the face must not be too bad.

It's just a little strange. At first glance, this style looks like a bat mask, but upon closer inspection, it seems...inexplicably like a...rabbit?

As expected, there was a lot of people outside, the sun was very bright, everything was so hot that it was indescribably dry, many black heads were shaking, and the brightly colored servants were mixed together like a school of fish. Swimming around in the not-so-big box, the blue sky was so clear that it was a little unreal, even after seeing an even more exaggerated number of people, Xu Wanyang was still just as nervous.

He cleared his throat to be mentally prepared, and stepped onto the stage steadily under the nods of other colleagues. A standard professional smile immediately bloomed on his face. He said calmly and enthusiastically to the hundreds of tourists standing below the stage. Out of the prologue.

"Welcome everyone to watch this quiz with prizes, and I would like to thank the three judges for their participation—the county magistrate Mr. Zheng, the editor-in-chief of the Wulin Express, and the beautiful Huang Qinshi. Wow, today is really hot. Because of the weather, everyone’s enthusiasm is equally high, how about a round of applause before the event starts?"

The crowd under the stage immediately responded with warm applause and whistles. Xu Wanyang smiled on the surface and thought calmly in his heart... The reaction on the scene was pretty good and continued, "Thank you for your support, then we will come now Take a look at the guests who participated in the event today, and ask them to introduce themselves briefly."

He turned his head with a pleasant smile, and when he saw the first person standing behind the high table on the left, the smile on his face froze suddenly, his mouth couldn't help but open wide, and only the other person was reflected in his pupils. The black eyes of any emotion are looking at each other like this. The distance between the two people is not far away, but it seems as if they have been separated by several years. He can't control his tongue and only hears a trembling voice in his ear saying: "How old are you?"

There was a little doubt on the expressionless face of the other party, as if he didn't understand the age, but he still said: "22."

As if falling into the icy water again in an instant, he stayed for a while, as if his soul was hooked away, he lowered his head with a long oh, and rubbed his hands against it as if he was dizzy and uncomfortable in the eyes of other people who didn't know it. Rubbed his eyes.

... Hey, Xu Wanyang, what's the matter with you?Ok?Colleagues lip-synthesize silently in the dark where no one in the audience can see.

He noticed the inquiry from his colleagues, straightened one hand behind his back, swung it left and right a few times and then straightened his five fingers, with the fingertips pointing upwards, then the thumb did not move, and the other four fingers bent a few times, telling them in sign language that he was fine. The colleagues who were frightened by the rare gaffe were relieved.

He tried his best to calm down the restless mood, and silently took a deep breath...yes, take a deep breath...and then spit it out slowly...the other party is only 22, it is impossible for him to grow as big as he remembered at the age of four, it's just a mistake. , you have to continue hosting the event.

After he calmed down in a short time, he raised his head and smiled mischievously, "I'm so sorry, this little brother is so handsome that even a rough guy like me couldn't help being dumbfounded, hey, no Do you know if there is an unmarried younger sister in your son's family? Can you... meet me?"

Qin Shi said calmly: "My little sister doesn't have one, but the old beggar has one. Do you have any intention?"

"..." Xu Wanyang's smile split instantly.