Faraway Wanderers

Wen Kexing seemed to be smiling, and also seemed to have a little indescribable sadness on his body: "Is there anyone who recognizes his sword skills nowadays?"

Zhou Zishu was silent for a moment, even if the skylight was full of loopholes, otherwise he would not be able to escape. Qiu Mingjian retired, it was probably more than 20 years ago, and until now, no one knows where the couple went , what happened again.

He looked at Wen Kexing silently——Wen Kexing was sitting by the fire, with his shoulders slightly bowed, and his eyes were distant and quiet watching Zhang Chengling clumsily practicing the sword skills his father had taught him back then. There was a bit of indescribable peace and tranquility, and it really overlapped with what Zhou Zishu imagined Wen Ruyu should be like.

Wen Kexing suddenly opened his mouth and sang: "The other millet is lili, the seedling of the other millet. The walking is sloppy, and the center is shaking. Those who know me say that I am worried, and those who don't know me say what I want. The heavens! Who is this? ? The millet is separated, the ears of the millet..."

His voice was extremely low, slightly hoarse, muffled, and chaotic with inarticulate words. Every word seemed to come from his chest, lingering in his throat, lingering refused to come out.

The raging fire burned the firewood, and there was a "cracking" sound. Zhang Chengling had a move that he couldn't figure out. He wanted to come over and ask, but he heard the singing not far away. For some reason, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

When King Ping moved away and his family was in turmoil, it is said that Dr. Zhou passed Zong Zhou Haojing on his way, and saw that the old ancestral temple and palace were all dilapidated, the beauty was lonely, and the weeds were long and the millet was luxuriant. this sad song.

I am sad about the dead chaos in the prosperous age, and I am sad about the past life that cannot be left behind yesterday.

What is Zhang Chengling thinking when he hears the song and moves his mind?He is only a child, but he is afraid that in his whole life, he will never have the courage to go back and take a look at the Zhang family in the south of the Yangtze River. The place that once carried so much of his happy childhood, now, there are not many broken tiles and rotten houses left. The red mud must be carried by him for the rest of his life.

Zhou Zishu narrowed his eyes, reached out to touch the hip flask from his waist, raised his head and took a sip, the spicy taste hit his head, almost choking him to tears.

Those who know me say I am worried, those who don't know me say what I want...

Wen Kexing seemed to have a little bit of self-mockery, humming these two lines repeatedly, the corners of his eyes slowly curled up, as if showing a little smile.

What is he asking for?

I don't know how long it took, no one spoke anymore, Wen Kexing's humming gradually subsided, Zhang Chengling hugged the casually folded branch, as carefully as if he was holding a peerless sword, he was already on one side, falling asleep I don't know what I dreamed, the corners of my mouth are slightly raised, but my brows are tightly tangled together, and I don't want to open it.

Zhou Zishu got up, took off his outer robe, covered him lightly, then sighed lowly, and said, "My father's Eighteen Styles of Qiuming are said to be rampant in martial arts, and you only taught him three moves. Look, none of the moves are from those eighteen moves, but when you think about it carefully, the eighteen moves of Qiuming are ever-changing, but they all come from these three moves. Brother Wen...you really come out of blue.”

Wen Kexing also lowered his voice, and said calmly: "His swordsmanship is definitely far inferior to mine, but I don't know anything about his medical skills. I can only bandage a wound, and I just sweat when I know I have a cold."

Then he turned his head and looked at Zhou Zishu: "You know his sword skills so well, what else do you know?"

Zhou Zishu sat with him around the fire, rolled up his collar, tucked half of his hand into his sleeve, warmed his fingertips on the fire, and said slowly: "In the Jianghu, there are mysterious witch doctors who can't distinguish between medicine and poison. Gu, there is also Gu, the genius doctor who saves the dying and heals the wounded, and hangs the pot to help the world. I heard that the genius doctor Gu is not good at martial arts, but no one provokes them easily. A beautiful woman, and then suddenly news came out that she got married, and I don't know how many people's hearts were hurt."

Wen Kexing laughed softly when he heard the words, and joked: "You old man, why do you know all kinds of trivial things? You have nothing to do all day long, so you actually inquired about such things?"

Zhou Zishu also smiled and said, "Isn't that right, that's all I can do."

The two were silent for a while, and then Wen Kexing said in a low voice: "It all happened many years ago..."

Perhaps it was because they had some inexplicable resemblance. When Zhou Zishu heard his singing and sighing, as if he could understand something, he couldn't help but whispered something to comfort him: "My father and your kindness are very rare good people. They are couples of gods and immortals, traveling in the rivers and lakes, and then living in seclusion together. If I can have such a life, I will die tomorrow, and I am willing."

Wen Kexing smiled very lightly: "Good guy?"

I don't know if it was because the night was too quiet, but his expression was a little confused, and he said in a low voice: "I can't think that after so many years, there are still people who remember them, and some people say hello to them. What do you think... what is a good person? Why should you be a good person?"

Just as Zhou Zishu was about to speak, he suddenly heard a little movement from Zhang Chengling's side. The boy's breathing stagnated, and then the frequency changed.Zhou Zishu didn't look back, and knew that he was having another nightmare and woke up suddenly.

Zhang Chengling didn't say anything, just nestled there silently, hugging Zhou Zishu's robe and the broken branch, listening.

In this way, Zhou Zishu swallowed the words that came to his lips, thought carefully for a while, and then said calmly: "Not everyone in this world is a good person, but most people are also good people." Those who are willing to be a good person, even if they are really not a good person, will try their best to pretend to be a good person."

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "As for why... I think it may be because only when you treat others well, do not want to harm others in your heart, and do good deeds, others will treat you well. Only by being a good person can you There will be friends, relatives, and lovers, and there will be many people who are willing to be with you and treat you well. You think, if a person has only himself for a lifetime, he is always on guard against everyone except himself anytime, anywhere. No kiss, no relationship with anyone, can only love yourself, isn't that too pitiful? It's too hard to be a bad person. "

Wen Kexing was almost stunned when he heard it, and after a long while, he smiled and shook his head.

Zhou Zishu said nothing, just adding firewood to the fire.Wen Kexing lowered his head, stared at the jumping flames, and shook his head again, but his movements became slower and slower.

Finally, he crossed his hands, put them behind his head, lay down on his back, faced the starry night sky, let out a long breath, and said almost inaudibly: "You are right...Ah Xu, you are right Makes sense."

Zhou Zishu smiled.

Wen Kexing asked again as if talking to himself: "A hateful person... must have something to be pitiful about?"

Zhou Zishu said: "Not bad."

Wen Kexing didn't care whether he could see it or not, just nodded, and then commented solemnly: "Axu, I found that even if you are not a beauty, you are more and more attractive to me."

Zhou Zishu knew that he had been serious for a while, and was going to be cute again, so the corner of his mouth twitched, and he ignored him.

Wen Kexing propped up one elbow, looked up at Zhou Zishu with a smile on his face, and said, "I don't think you need to envy that pair of old man and old woman anymore, just follow me from now on, and you can swim in rivers and lakes too, I don’t mind making do with you if I don’t have to die tomorrow, what do you think?”

Zhou Zishu said expressionlessly: "I'm sorry, I don't mind, brother Wen, you think too highly of me."

Wen Kexing just laughed, and then in the obscene tune of "Why are you covering your face, my brother, I can't hide my anxiety", watching Zhou Zishu so angry that he broke the wooden stick in his hand for pulling firewood, and couldn't help but lose his temper , had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.Unscrupulously putting one's own happiness on the anger of others without guilt, one feels extremely happy.

Early the next morning, Zhang Chengling came over with Zhou Zishu's robe in his arms, handed it to him, and whispered, "Thank you, Master."

Zhou Zishu took it and put it on, glanced at him, and said, "Let's go back to Gaojiazhuang."

Zhang Chengling paused, but still followed in silence, like an angry child bride.

Wen Kexing looked on coldly, and comforted him: "Your master has already decided to hang out with the heroes of the world. He has become a nest of snakes and rats, and now he lives in Gaojiazhuang. You might as well stay with Zhao Daxia, and you can go to him at any time." he."

Then he quickly added: "Of course you can come to me anytime."

Zhou Zishu walked ahead, turned around and said, "When did I say that I would stay and mix with this group of people?"

Wen Kexing rubbed his chin with his hand, and asked with a smile, "Are you going to stay?"

Zhou Zishu frowned and said, "No."

Wen Kexing glanced at Zhang Chengling, and asked again: "Are you sure you don't want to stay?"

"Do not……"

Zhou Zishu subconsciously followed him to glance at Zhang Chengling, and saw that young boy was staring at him without blinking, his eyes were like a little rabbit trembling with anticipation, but he didn't dare to be too obvious. Zhou Zishu looked over, quickly pursed his lips, and made a face of determination, Zhou Zishu's next words automatically fell silent, snorted, turned around and walked forward in big strides.

Wen Kexing patted Zhang Chengling's head in fear of chaos, and said with emotion: "Axu, do you think we are like a family of three?"

Zhou Zishu walked even faster.

Wen Kexing really regarded himself as a father, and said to Zhang Chengling with a kind face: "There is nothing left and right, the road is still long, let me tell you a story?"

Zhang Chengling nodded obediently, then listened to Wen Kexing's triumphant nonsense: "It is said that under the Five Elements Mountain, there is a demon boy named Hong Haier, who lives with a group of demons and goblins. Of course, he actually looks down on him very much." This group of things, I just feel that they make a lot of trouble all day long, which is very annoying..."

He seemed to be quite proficient in this way. Zhou Zishu was walking in front, and when he heard Wen Kexing's cadence and eloquence, he even coaxed Zhang Chengling, that foolish boy, to be startled.I found that this bastard surnamed Wen was a bit like a storyteller walking around with his mouth.

"...The red boy only knew that his background was very extraordinary. His mother was a big white snake spirit, known as the White Lady. Because she descended to the world privately and had an affair with ordinary people, she was discovered by an old monk named Fahai, and she was suppressed. Under Huashan..."

Zhou Zishu tripped over a stone suddenly and almost fell to the ground.

"...Red Boy wanted to split the mountain to save his mother, but the old monk Fahai contacted a group of gods to stop him, and was defeated one by one by him, but who knew that all the fairies in the original cave also turned against him and wanted to put him to death."

Zhou Zishu didn't know what to say, but Zhang Chengling was nervous and asked, "Then why?"

Wen Kexing then said: "This is actually a secret. The White Snake was not originally a white snake, but just a mortal with a little sense of morality. For some reason, she was misrepresented and was regarded as a goblin and suppressed under Mount Hua. Think about it, If she is released, wouldn't Hong Haier's parents become mortals, and wouldn't he be a mortal himself?"

Zhang Chengling listened stupidly: "Oh, mortal... I still don't understand..."

Wen Kexing laughed and said: "You are stupid, you are not of my race, so your heart must be different."

Zhou Zishu's heart moved when he heard this, as if he had a vague idea, but before he could grasp it, it flashed away quickly.I only heard Zhang Chengling ask: "Is the red boy dead? Has the mountain been split?"

Wen Kexing thought for a while, and then asked, "I haven't made it there yet, what do you think?"

Zhang Chengling said firmly: "He must have defeated a group of goblins, rescued his mother, and finally became an omnipotent hero!"

Wen Kexing added: "Well... that's okay, but it seems a bit too boring. Nine out of ten scriptures say this, so... it's better to let the red boy become a mortal from now on, and never be able to ride the clouds again." right?"

Zhang Chengling let out an "ah", feeling that the ending was a bit regrettable, but he couldn't tell what regret it was. He raised his head and glanced at Wen Kexing, and felt that this senior was very kind and easy to talk, so he felt close and tried Said: "Senior, tell me another story?"

Wen Kexing finally found a loyal audience, and felt that this kid was very face-saving and upright, so he opened up the chatterbox and talked successively about "The Owl and a Bowl of Red Water", "Jiang Ziya vs. Bone Essence", "Cui Yingying Sinks the Treasure Box in Anger", etc. A series of novel and interesting stories returned to Gaojiazhuang in Dongting just like that.

When the three arrived, they bumped into Cao Weining, who was stunned for a moment when he saw Zhang Chengling, and yelled, "Oh, young master, where did you go with these two masters, Hero Zhao is going crazy looking for you!"

Zhou Zishu said: "We saw this kid running out by himself by chance, so we chased him, left without saying goodbye, and..."

Before he finished speaking, Cao Weining pulled him away and said, "You have missed the big news, hurry up, the heads of the people over there are almost smashed into dog heads!"