Renew

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Dan Xuan seemed to be frightened, her face turned pale, her eyes dodged, she looked around, and raised a finger to her lips, as if she was afraid of being heard by someone.

Having heard some things from the old housekeeper earlier, Rongli can probably guess who Dan Xuan is waiting for and who he is afraid of.Xu who was waiting was the young master of the Zhou family, and the one who was afraid... was naturally Rong Changting.

Rong Changting was like thick clouds and black fog, covering Danxuan's head in a lifeless manner, making her unable to rest for a moment, even after she died, she was terrified.

Rong Li frowned, raised his sleeves to cover his lips and coughed, restrained his expression, lest Dan Xuan see through.She said: "Don't panic shopkeeper, I didn't see anyone when I came here, even before entering the inn, I didn't meet any strangers."

The black cat walked half a circle around her legs, and flicked its tufted tail slowly.

Hua Su snorted, "You're pretty good at talking. You want Danxuan to know that you haven't met the person she's waiting for, and you want her to know that Rong Changting is not here."

Rong Li's eyes were slightly bent after being told the truth.

Danxuan really breathed a sigh of relief, her flustered expression subsided a lot, "The person I'm waiting for, he..."

"I will never tell others what that person looks like, maybe I have seen it before." Rong Li spoke softly with a smile on his face.

Danxuan was silent for a long time, her eyes were shaking again, she hesitated to speak.

Seeing her hesitation, Rong Li said again: "Otherwise, the shopkeeper whispered in my ear, let's keep our voices quiet."

Danxuan glanced out of the window, and really approached her, whispering in her ear: "He has a pair of sword eyebrows, eyebrows are a little low, eyes are peach blossom, nose is high, lips are a little thin, and his stature is about... "

Her voice paused, as if she was stunned, her eyes were staring blankly at a certain place, her mouth was slightly opened when she spoke, and she could not continue speaking for a long time.

"What?" Rong Li asked immediately.

Danxuan shed two lines of tears silently, and said in a trembling voice, "I... can't remember his face clearly."

Rong Li pursed his lips, and asked again: "Then what kind of clothes is he wearing, and what is his temper like?"

Danxuan was very confused, frowned and said: "He often wears green clothes with bamboo leaf patterns, with double rings of white jade on his waist, he has a very gentle temper, he often laughs, and I, I have already..."

Rong Li hurriedly said: "When he comes, I will remember clearly."

Danxuan fell down on the stool in despair, covered her face and said: "But will he come? I wanted to send a letter to him, but I couldn't get it out at all. Later, I finally asked someone to send a letter, and he also He has come, but he is so distant, from other people, he learned that he is going to be engaged, and he has won the favor of those high-ranking officials and nobles in the imperial city, it can be said that... he is on the rise."

Seeing her helpless look, Rong Li's heart tightened suddenly, "Then what's his name?"

Danxuan suppressed her voice, as if she only wanted to hear it, and murmured, "Zhou Qinglin."

With a desolate look, she put down her hand covering her face, with tears on her palm, "He once said he wanted to marry me, but I failed to keep the appointment."

The reason why she couldn't keep the appointment was because the Shan family was framed, and she was forced to marry Rong Changting, and she couldn't return to the imperial city until she died.

"I glanced at him quietly, and then I was trapped elsewhere." Dan Xuan lowered her eyes, pale as if she had only half of her soul left, "He obviously saw me too, but he just nodded, and he didn't even... Did not hit."

Rong Li said cautiously: "Could it be that he misunderstood you."

Dan Xuan sighed softly: "I wanted to explain to him, but there is no chance. If he can come to see me again, I will definitely explain to him clearly. It's not that I don't want to go to the appointment, it's that I can't help myself."

Rong Li originally thought that Dan Xuan wanted to wait for the son of the Zhou family to pick her up, but unexpectedly, Dan Xuan was still looking forward to leaving, but just wanted to find an opportunity to explain.

She pondered for a moment, raised her eyes to look at Danxuan for a while, pinched the handkerchief to wipe away the tears on Danxuan's face, then took her hand back after thinking about it.

People live for a hundred years, some people can only meet once at most, and after that, the appearance in memory will become more and more blurred.

Rong Li looked at it for a while, turned his eyes away cruelly, and said softly: "I understand."

She shook out the painting in her sleeve pocket without any trace, and held it tightly in her hand, "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for anyone, so as the shopkeeper said, I will leave after I recover from illness."

Hua Su was silent for a long time, and then said suddenly: "When her knot is resolved, your current illness will be cured together."

Rong Li's eyelashes trembled, she knew about it naturally, that's why she didn't say that she would stay longer.

Danxuan said weakly, "That's fine."

Back in the room, Rongli sat at the table, holding the painting for a long time without saying a word, just staring at it, if this pen is a fierce eagle, she should be dumbfounded.

Hua Su was used to sitting in that lofty position, and it was quite difficult for her to look up at others.She jumped onto the table, and the cat's paw of the pendant bead lightly rested on the back of Rongli's hand.

"You want to see a flower on the painting?"

Rong Li opened his pale lips, and said after a while: "You think if I draw Zhou Qinglin, will she see it through?"

"You haven't seen that person before, is it possible that you can draw him with just a few words?" Hua Su teased.

Rong Li shook his head, "Of course I can't, but she has almost forgotten, how can she remember Zhou Qinglin's appearance clearly."

"You are right." Hua Su sneered, not wanting to argue with her.

Rong Li wanted to pull his hand out, but the soft cat's paw was still on the back of her hand, and he simply said: "She has waited for so long, just to wait for Zhou Qinglin, even if it is not Zhou Qinglin, she would rather he is , this knot is already deceiving herself and others, so what if she deceives herself again."

"Just try it." Hua Su didn't stop her.

Rong Li lowered his eyes, the light in his eyes was as moist as water, he softened his voice and said: "But I can't draw well, can you help me?"

Just like a fox, if you restrain your claws, you will only beg for mercy.

Hua Su couldn't say a word of rejection for a long while, she flicked her tail unnaturally, and said coldly, "Why are you crying?"

Where Rong Li wanted to cry, she kept silent, just opened her eyes and stared fixedly at the cat in front of her, Ren Huasu could think whatever she wanted, anyway, she...wouldn't refute.

Hua Su really liked her, and said in a cold voice, "Drawing a person is more difficult than drawing a thing, and a living thing can only last for half a moment. You have to find the right time, otherwise your work will be wasted."

She raised the cat's paw on the back of Rongli's hand, reluctantly: "Hold the pen."

Rong Li picked up the painting ghost, propped himself up on the table and stood up, not knowing where to start writing.

The lingering ghost mist floated up from Chuizhu's body, but it did not condense into a human form, but wrapped around Rongli's arm like a long branch of a vine.

Obviously the mist had wrapped around his arms, but Rong Li didn't feel much, his arms were light and light.

Hua Su's cold voice sounded in her ears, "I'll teach you how to draw once."

After finishing speaking, the thick black ghost mist suddenly condensed into an arm, and some fine ghost aura around it would not disperse, it was as black as Hua Su's black silk body.

The slender and straight five fingers covered the back of Rongli's hand, different from before, this hand was as black as ink smoke, and also colder.

Rong Li remained silent, Hua Su held her hand and she made a fortune.

Human beings are really difficult to draw, the hair must be carefully outlined, the face should not be too deep in ink, and the facial features should not be drawn flat, otherwise it will be like paper.

After drawing the outline of her face, the black mist covering the back of her hand pressed her wrist bones.

The ink was splashed on the bottom of Rongli's wrist, and the neck of the person in the painting came out naturally, under the neat skirt, the long gown embroidered with bamboo patterns.

This drawing is more detailed than the Skinner's new shell, even the lines on the fabric are drawn.

It is brocade embroidery, with a tight texture. I heard that the nobles in the imperial capital like to wear clothes made of this material.

Rong Li hangs his arms, he is a little tired after lifting his arms for a while, even his wrists tremble, and the tip of the painting pen trembles accordingly, if he continues to draw like this, he must make a mistake.

She was already exhausted when she was painting her hair, and now she was painting clothes, her arms were even more heavy.

Rong Li bit his lower lip, not wanting to ruin this puppet, he simply said: "I'm tired, can I take a rest?"

"You don't need to work hard." Hua Su whispered in her ear.

Rong Li really lowered her hand, and the black mist immediately held her hand up.She seemed to have become a puppet of the painting ghost, Ren Huasu was at the mercy of her, it was enough for her to just hold the pen, and she didn't need to move her mind.

Hua Su whispered in her ear, "Bend a little."

After a while, Hua Su said again: "Low down."

After finishing drawing the jade pendant with double rings on the belt, Hei Wu took her to draw the lower garment again.When it was time to draw the shoes, Rong Li simply moved a low stool and sat down, acting confidently as a fake puppet.

At the end of the painting, only the face remained blank.

Rong Li held the painting and stood up, only to realize that his forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn't know how many hours had passed.

"Why is this face blank?" Rong Li asked in surprise.

Hua Su said lightly, "Don't worry, you don't need to dot your eyes when you draw them, and dot them when you need to use them."

"Why?" Rongli was puzzled.

Hua Su said slowly: "When you close your eyes, you will come to life, and you will become a puppet."

"Then how should I draw the eyebrows, nose and mouth?" Rong Li was at a loss, looking at such an empty face, he couldn't do anything.

"Slow down, I won't write for you, you have to try it yourself, or let me teach you next time." Hua Su sneered.

After finishing speaking, the ghost aura wrapped around Rongli's arms dissipated immediately.

Rong Li had no choice but to bite the bullet and raised the pen, thinking about what Dan Xuan said earlier, he slowly drew a pair of sword eyebrows on this face.She was not good at drawing people, let alone men, it was even more difficult.

"Raise the eyebrows a little more, and extend it by half an inch." Hua Su said calmly.

When the puppet painting was finished, it was nearly dusk, and from the beginning to the end, Xiaoer knocked on the door to deliver meals.

In this huge inn, Danxuan has always been the only ghost, the mistress is a fake, and so is the chef who cooks.

The moment the painting was completed, the portrait in mid-air was no longer thin, and the body was no longer only black.From top to bottom, his hair suddenly flew up, and the jade hairpin became emerald green. Although his eyes were not closed, he looked very handsome.

Rong Li took a step back, holding the painting and staring blankly, she was exhausted from drawing the skinned ghost's shell earlier, if she painted this puppet all by herself, she didn't know how long it would take.

She mumbled, "Is this moving?"

"Naturally." Hua Su was careless.

The puppet in front of him looked like a living person, the only flaw was perhaps the lack of a pair of moving eyes.

"Zhou Qinglin"'s fluttering hair fell slowly, and the sleeves of his clothes for a ride also sank, standing quietly and motionless.

In a blink of an eye, it was all dark.

Hua Su said indifferently: "Do your eyes."

Rong Li raised his pen carefully, and drew pupils on this puppet.

The puppet's eyes suddenly became enlightened, and the hands hanging by his side suddenly lifted.

"Zhou Qinglin" cupped his hands, but did not speak.

Rong Li watched intently, she looked at the puppet, and the puppet was also looking at her.

Suddenly someone said outside the door: "Miss, the meal is ready." It was the waiter in the shop.

Rong Li hastily turned around, and said in a loud voice, "Thank you, I'll put it outside the door first, and I'll take it myself later." The moment she turned around, she saw from the corner of her eye that the puppet turned around with her, Even the width of the sides is the same.

Outside the door, Xiao Er responded, "The little one is left outside the door for the girl."

Rong Li turned around, and saw that the puppet also turned around, and his every move was exactly the same as hers.She couldn't speak for a while, and tentatively raised her hands to support her temples, and as expected, the puppet followed her to support her temples.

"This is a puppet." Hua Su said suddenly.

Rong Li hesitated to speak, lowered his hand touching his temples, and put the painting back into his sleeve pocket instead, she saw with her own eyes that this puppet's behavior was exactly the same as hers, except that there was no painting in his hand, so it was empty.

She wondered: "Is the puppet you drew also like this? Earlier you said that the puppet drawn by Cang Mingzun is no different from a living person, but why is my puppet..."

"It's still not ready." Hua Su said with a smile, and his voice didn't sound so deserted.

Rong Li looked at the puppet in front of him, he was originally a good man, but because he imitated her behavior, he became a little weaker and weaker than Fufeng for no reason, he looked very strange, "But if this is the case, wouldn't it be easy to reveal his secrets. "

"It's okay, once it's dark, you won't be able to see it." Hua Su didn't care.

Rong Li glanced out of the window, "The puppet is done, but how to let it out?"

"Since this is a puppet painted with ink, it can go out." The black cat said standing on the table.

Rong Li frowned, "Why?"

Hua Su sneered, "You can't cut off the water when you draw a knife, and the water can't be cut off, and the same goes for the ink."

Rong Li was skeptical, and went to bring in the food box outside the door, but when she took a step, the puppet followed, she only dared to open a crack in the door, so as not to be seen by Dan Xuan.She felt uncomfortable left and right, and after closing the door, she said again: "But now it's in my heart, there is such a puppet for no reason, she won't be aware of it."

The cat standing on the table took two steps, "This puppet is neither a ghost nor a living thing, how do you know?"

Late at night, there is only the sound of the wind outside the house, the night is starless, and the moonlight is flooding the courtyard.

The white-haired cat walked up to "Zhou Qinglin", and with only one breath, the puppet was blown out of the window like catkins.

Chuizhu stood on the window, looking down with a pair of blue eyes.

The door of the inn was knocked again, just like when they came, the door knocked for a long time but no one answered, then heavy footsteps sounded from the steps, it was the waiter walking slowly to open the door.

As soon as the door opened, the waiter was stunned for a moment, the red lantern outside the inn door was flickering, and the dim light shone on the face of the person outside the door.

That young master has a good appearance, with the side as bright as the moon and the jade tree facing the wind.A pair of sword eyebrows should have been sharp, but they happened to have a pair of peach blossom eyes, adding a bit of bookishness for no reason.He didn't speak, just cupped his hands and stood quietly outside the door.

Xiao Er looked at him without moving, and after looking at him for a long time, he asked: "Young Master, are you going to be a top student or staying in a hotel?"

"Zhou Qinglin" respectfully said: "Dare to ask Miss Danxuan is here?"

Xiaoer was slightly stunned, "I don't know where the young master came from, and where he is going."

"Zhou Qinglin" said: "Come from the imperial city, just went to Qi'an, wanted to find an old friend, but failed."

Xiao Er staggered back a few steps, "I hope you will wait for a while, and I will ask the shopkeeper to come down."

On the window sill upstairs, the black cat looked downstairs for a moment, but only half of the figure could be seen, but the voice could be heard clearly.She smiled lightly, smiling coldly, "She really can't remember."

After a while, Danxuan really came down from the upstairs, but she just stood inside the door, not daring to take a step outside, as stepping out would be a thousand cuts.She stared at the puppet for a long time, as if she was confirming something, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Zhou Qinglin" said suddenly: "Why didn't you come to the appointment that day? This period of time is easy for me to find."

As soon as these words came out, tears welled up in Danxuan's eyes, she put her hands on the door frame, she obviously wanted to step out, but she wanted to endure it.Her legs were trembling, and her whole body was trembling like rain hitting plantains, as if she was restraining even the strange meridians all over her body.

"Zhou Qinglin" said again: "Now you and I are married, but I still come here for you this time, I just want to ask for an explanation."

Dan Xuan spoke hoarsely...

The heavy rain poured down, crackling the roof tiles, and shattering this knot in my heart.

This puppet can only survive for half a moment. When the heavy rain falls, it suddenly turns into black smoke and dissipates in the mist, while Danxuan...

Danxuan fell to the ground, covering her face and weeping softly, as if she had exhausted all her strength just by sobbing.

The inn was razed to the ground in an instant, the roof tiles and beams dissipated like lightning, and the tables, chairs and beds disappeared without a trace.

Rong Li came back to her senses, her body swayed violently, and she fell from mid-air. Her body was light, and her clothes suddenly lifted up, like a butterfly.A wisp of black ghostly air rested on her back, which didn't hurt her.

And Xiaofu, Kong Qing, and Bai Liu were still asleep, and when they fell from mid-air, they were held upright by the ghost aura, but the ghost aura was very perfunctory when it came to them, and they all pulled away when they were about to reach the ground. The three girls plopped to the ground.

Rong Li stood up straight, and when he looked up, he saw the little black cat flying down, and hurriedly reached out to hold it.

The cat was so light that it was like a feather when it landed in her hands.

Danxuan fell to the ground, crying so much that she leaned forward and backward, as if she was about to faint.After a long time, she calmed down, "Girl, if the weather is fine tomorrow, then go to the imperial city earlier. The doctors in the imperial city are always better than Qi An's, and they will definitely be able to cure your illness."

"Thank you." Rong Li looked at her and said.

Seeing that Dan Xuan's figure suddenly became blurred, Rong Li frowned, vaguely feeling that this figure was thinner than the ghosts she had seen before, as if... only half a soul.

The soul didn't stay for long, it disappeared like smoke with a flick of a finger, and the heavy rain stopped immediately.

In this barren mountain and wild ridge, there is no inn, it is clearly a clump of weeds.

Rong Li's expression was in a trance, as if he had a dream, and he couldn't tell the truth when he woke up, so he asked confusedly, "Is that how she left?"

She lowered her eyes, only to see Hua Su staring at the place where Dan Xuan disappeared with her blue eyes open, as if she was thinking about something.

Hua Su didn't respond, her green eyes turned and stopped coldly on Rongli's face.

Rong Li's mood was a little flustered, when he met the chilly eyes, he didn't regain his composure for a moment, and asked dully: "What's wrong?"

"It's all right, since I have sent her soul away, I will hurry on my way earlier." Hua Su said.

Rong Li nodded, he seemed to be able to see Dan Xuan's face in front of his eyes, he did not expect to see Dan Xuan for the first time in two lifetimes.

The next morning, the three girls woke up one after another. When they woke up, they realized that they were in the carriage. They hurriedly raised the curtains, and saw their own girls sitting beside the groom.The three looked at each other, they were in the inn, why are they in the carriage again now.

Thinking about it is even more weird, where is the groom?

At this time, he had reached the outskirts of the imperial city, and there were many teahouses on the official road, the groom let out a cry, and the horse stopped immediately.

Rongli turned his head and said, "Take a rest here, and we will soon arrive at the imperial capital."

Xiao Fu was shocked, "This is the imperial capital?"

Bai Liu also had a dream, pinched himself hastily, "The imperial capital is clearly far away from Qi An."

How could Rong Li explain further, he carried the cat into the tea shop, watched the three maids follow her, and then secretly glanced at the carriage.

Hua Su whispered in her ear: "It's a fast pace, your girl would rather believe that she is dreaming than you."

Rong Li drank tea with his eyes downcast, his face was pale, and his gestures were very dignified, which attracted people in the tea shop to turn their heads frequently.

After resting for more than half a moment, Xiaofu walked out of the tea shop in a daze, looked around, as if struck by lightning.

Rong Li came out from behind her and patted her on the shoulder.

Xiaofu trembled, and asked in a low voice: "Girl, our carriage is still there, but where are the horse and groom?"

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