Strange Tale

Back in Yancheng, Si Ren went to treat Ji Shuangqi's injury first, and then went home to eat, take a shower and change clothes.It was already evening when he coaxed Huan'er to leave Buji Pavilion and arrive at the General's Mansion.

The guard at the gate swung his gun across and stopped Si Ren.

"I want to see your general."

In fact, almost all the guards have known him since Si Ren helped Jin Ji steal her soul and made a disturbance in the General's Mansion.Moreover, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and He Ziming brought to Xucheng not only the security team, but also people from the General's Mansion.

The two guards didn't want to have any dispute with him. They looked back and forth, and seeing no one else, they put their guns on their backs again, "Mr. Si, the general has an order: If you come, you can't go in."

"Oh, that's right." Si Ren turned to leave.

"Mr. Si!" One of them stopped him.

"What's wrong?" Si Ren turned his head, "Didn't you let me in?"

"Well... the general asked Grandma Dudu to set up a barrier, so you can't use invisibility."

Being guessed right, Si Ren turned and walked back in front of them, "Then let me in."

"It's really not possible, the general specifically ordered it."

Si Ren turned cold, "Do you think you can stop me if I want to enter?"

The two showed embarrassment, "You can't make us too embarrassed."

Think about it too: rushing in is probably counterproductive.

After hesitating for a moment, Si Ren took a few steps back and sat on the ground, "Then I'll sit here and wait for him to come out."

"Mr. Si..."

"Don't worry about me, you stand on your posts."

"But……"

"Did he also say not to let me sit here?"

The two guards had no choice but to watch Si Ren whisper something to each other, one of them turned and ran away.

After a while, Si Ren heard a strange sound of footsteps, he raised his head: Ye Chang appeared at the door with a cane.

Si Ren felt that something was wrong.

I also often talk, "It turns out that Mr. Si can not only predict good and bad luck, exorcise ghosts and demons, but also stalk and make trouble for no reason."

Si Ren knew what was wrong: if Long Jiu's blood could really heal and save people like Tu Shanli's heart, then Chang's leg injury should have healed by now.

"Your legs..." Si Ren stood up.

"It's okay, it will be fine in a while. Thank you, Mr. Si, for your concern."

"I want to see Long Jiu."

"He doesn't want to see you."

"I found Tu Shanli's heart, I..."

"It's not because of that that he didn't see you."

"Well...you weren't here this morning, so you probably don't know what happened."

"I know."

"Okay, I want to see Long Jiu and explain to him face to face."

"I said, it's not because of what happened this morning that he doesn't want to see you."

"What's that for?"

"because……"

"Often."

Long Jiu walked behind Ye Chang at some point.

Si Ren wished he could rush over immediately, but he stood still and didn't move.

Ye Chang didn't look back, stared at Si Ren for a while, and then he turned around and walked away with a cane.

Long Jiu stepped out of the gate and stood not far from Si Ren.The two guards hid in the door knowingly and avoided it.

"I'm sorry." Si Ren opened his mouth, "It's Qilin..."

"I know. Ziming sent someone to send me a letter, saying that Ji Shuangqi's recovery is fine."

"Are you still mad at me?"

"Although I was very angry at the time, if I were you, I'm afraid I would think the same way."

"Then why won't you see me?"

"There is no need to continue with things that know that there will be no good results."

"How do you know it won't turn out well?"

Long Jiu didn't answer.

Si Ren thought for a while, "Are you afraid that what you are going to do will implicate me? Are you afraid that I will be in danger?"

Long Jiu was noncommittal.

Si Ren continued to talk to himself, "Okay, I admit, maybe in the eyes of you and Dudu Wan, I'm just an extremely ordinary little mage, but I'm really not as vulnerable as you think. With When Tu Shanli fought, even if you didn't show up, I still had a way to deal with him. Otherwise, at worst, I promise you: in the future, no matter whether you want to find someone or find your real body, you can do whatever you want I won't stop you, and I will definitely protect myself and never drag you down. Is this okay?"

Although Si Ren felt that it was a bit useless to say that, but now as long as Long Jiu can stop treating him with such a repulsive attitude, he will say anything.

But after listening to Si Ren's words, Long Jiu's gloomy expression did not change.After a moment of silence, he shook his head.

"How many years can you live?"

"Huh?" Si Ren was taken aback.

"How many years can you stay with me?"

"..."

"You will grow old, and I will always be like this, how long can you endure?"

"..."

"Even if you don't care that I look like your son or grandson in 30 or [-] years, have you ever thought about: What will I do after you die?"

Si Ren looked into Long Jiu's eyes and was speechless for a moment.

Long Jiu avoided his gaze and looked at the ground, "...After you die, you can pass Wangchuan and drink Mengpo soup and forget everything, what about me? I have to live forever, even if I feel like I can't live without you. If I don’t go on, I still have to live forever. As Jin Ji said: No one can accompany me forever. Dudu and Chang are no exception, they are just the people who have accompanied me the longest so far. So no matter what you pay No matter the price, I will do my best to let them live longer. Do you understand? Not only you, no matter what kind of relationship, I will not let it happen between me and an ordinary person. Can go away It’s so easy to die directly, and it’s painful to stay alone, and I can’t afford to accompany you. This is the real reason why I don’t want to see you again. Let’s go, take Qilin and Huan’er and leave Yancheng, far away from me before it’s too late A little bit, the farther the better. Forget me, it shouldn't be difficult now. I too... will try my best to forget you. "

Long Jiu turned around and walked back.

Si Ren watched the two gates of the General's Mansion close behind him, completely dumbfounded.

On the way back to Buji Pavilion, just in time to see the sun sinking into the mountains, Si Ren felt that his heart also sank.

What Long Jiu said was something he never thought of.From ancient times to the present, from ordinary people to emperors and generals, being able to live forever has always been the dream of many people. Why do they have to endure so many unknown distress...

If two people can grow old together, of course they can be honest with each other.But if one is really wrinkled and wrinkled, the other is still young and beautiful... how many people can really accept it...

If you really care about someone, how can you bear to let him be sad alone after a hundred years...

In the end how to do it?

……

"Small blade? Small blade?!"

Si Ren was taken aback, and Qilin's big head was poking in front of his eyes, "What are you thinking?! As soon as I came back, I just sat here with my eyes fixed on me."

"Ah?" Si Ren looked around, "Have I returned yet?"

"Are you stupid?! How about going to the General's Mansion? Did Long Jiu forgive you?"

"Well...he's not mad at me."

"Oh, so it's all right?"

Si Ren stood up, "Are you hungry? I'll cook."

"Hi!" Qilin called him.

Si Ren went straight into the kitchen.

Qilin scratched his head: Why do you still look dead when you're fine?

The meal was ready, Si Ren ate silently, tasteless.Qilin and Huan'er started to fight again, and they stuck their chopsticks into a chicken leg together.

"You've already eaten one, and you're still grabbing it from me?!"

"People haven't eaten enough!"

"The chicken was originally made for me, don't you have meatballs? Why do you always grab mine?!"

"I don't care! I just want to eat!"

"If you eat any more, you will turn into a pig, fat girl!"

"Anyway, I'm fat, it's a good thing if I don't eat!"

"Xiao Ren! You can't control this damn girl?!"

Si Ren pulled the ring over, "What did you just say?"

Huan'er was taken aback, "Anyway...you're fat anyway, it's a shame if you don't eat... Xiaoren, are you angry?"

Si Ren dropped Huan'er, stood up and ran outside.

Qilin yelled several times from behind, but he didn't respond.

Huan'er was stunned for a while, held her mouth shut, and cried, "Xiao Ren is angry... woo woo woo... I didn't mean it... woo woo..."

Qilin picked up the chicken leg and stuffed it into her mouth, "Don't cry, it's not because of you."

No appetite, Long Jiu didn't eat dinner.Walking alone in the garden for a while, he unknowingly came to the place where Shi Da'en was asked to bury Jin Ji.

"...You disgusting monster, no one can accompany you to never die, you just live on alone, forever alone, forever..."

Jin Ji's words were still in his ears, Long Jiu squatted down.A thin grass grew on the stale soil.He touched the blade of grass with his hand: If the current 'I' was killed by you with the divine dagger at that time, would I be able to get rid of the shackles and not have to do anything?No more looking for him, no more killing him, no more...

Suddenly feeling someone approaching from behind, Long Jiu suddenly stood up and turned around, before he could see who it was, that person had already hugged him into his arms.

"How did you get in?" Long Jiu didn't struggle, but just looked up at Si Ren.

"If I wanted to come in, I could never come in."

"I thought you understood what I told you this afternoon."

"I understand, but Huan'er told me another truth."

"Huan'er?" Long Jiu frowned.

"Yeah." Si Ren lowered his head and buried his face in Long Jiu's hair, sticking it to his ear, "Anyway, you are fat, and you will suffer if you don't eat. You have to live anyway, don't you lose anything? ? If I really leave like this, will you feel better? People can’t let themselves get it because they are afraid of losing it. What do you think? Besides, how do you know that I can’t be with you all the time? At worst, I won’t reincarnate if I die , I will be a lonely ghost and follow you forever. Or if I don’t drink Mengpo soup when I get to Naihe Bridge, I will still look for you in the next life, and I will look for you after death and reincarnation. I will look for you in every life, as long as you don’t get bored. No matter what So, how can you draw conclusions about things that haven’t happened yet? That’s unfair, very unfair to me. Why don’t we go down and have a look together, see what will happen in the future, and see what will happen... huh? Do you think this is good?"

The stiff body slowly relaxed, and Long Jiu raised his hand through Si Ren's armpit and hugged his back instead.

On the way back to Buji Pavilion again, it was the bright moon rising into the sky, and Si Ren felt that his heart was also floating into the sky.

Arriving home soon, Si Ren hummed a little tune and opened the door, stunned for a moment, "Master...Master?!"