The first time the master saw him, he said that this boy would become a great talent in the future.
Of course, too rigid is easy to break.
Gu Xingzhai thought that this was to persuade himself not to be competitive.
So he began to cultivate himself, talk less and do more, and practice hard, but the master shook his head, saying that he hadn't understood it thoroughly.This "rigidness" does not only refer to the way of doing things, but also his character - deep love does not last long, and wisdom is bound to hurt. Such a person will always live too tired.
But on this point, Gu Xingzhai did not agree with Master's words.
In his opinion, daring to love and hate is not a bad thing.Since his father passed away, he has given up even the idea of starting a family. He is going to take his juniors to roam the rivers and lakes and revive the sect. It doesn't matter if there is no one under his knees after a hundred years. Anyway, the juniors will always marry wives and have children, so don't worry. At that time, no one will give him a pension.
But all his plans were disrupted by that monster named Lin Xiaodong.
At first, Gu Xingzhai suspected that he was the murderer who killed his father, so he was more on guard against him and watched him all the time, but the young man didn't seem to feel it, and continued to live his life as usual.Going out to free clinics every day, visiting the amusement park, and occasionally going to the town market to buy some new gadgets, life is very colorful.
However, just like other residents of Qingxie Town, Gu Xingzhai found that his eyes gradually couldn't move away from him.
Even if he wanted to stay away in embarrassment, that slim figure in cheongsam would always inadvertently appear in his mind and linger.There are also the way the young man smiles, the slender arms that are white in the sun, the focused and affectionate eyes when he stares at himself - it is undeniable that Gu Xingzhai is happy with all of these.
He has traveled all over the years, and has seen many beauties. The famous Jiangnan prostitutes who were praised by wealthy businessmen even personally invited him to go on a painting boat. It's just a passing cloud.
Lin Xiaodong is different from them.
The youth is presumptuous and bold, dares to challenge his authority, and is not stingy to express his love. Being with him is like dancing on the edge of a knife, and there will always be endless fun.So much so that when Gu Xingzhai found out that he was actually a man, he didn't feel any displeasure at being offended by the deception. Instead, he immediately thought that he could take this opportunity to tease him.
Of course, the result was that not only was he completely defeated because of that tear, but he was also almost scared out of his wits by the appearance of the young man committing suicide.
Naturally, there are benefits: he finally passed the hurdle in his heart, and confirmed that Lin Xiaodong and himself are in love with each other.
Next, he spent the happiest time in his life in Qingxie Town.
Whenever Gu Xingzhai put his arms around the young man's waist, the thought of "why is it so thin" would always pop up in his mind, as if it would break if he folded it.He willingly peeled crabs for Lin Xiaodong, took him on a boat trip on the lake, and went to the market to buy together—although Lin Xiaodong bought in the front and he carried the bag in the back, but just looking at the young man's back, he felt Sweet as sweet.
Occasionally, Gu Xingzhai would think of his mother, because she left too early, the woman's appearance has long been blurred in his memory, and he only vaguely remembered the cold and soft hand in front of the hospital bed, the moment when he touched his face seemed like eternity.
But what Master said back then was like a thorn, deeply rooted in his life.
When he heard that Lin Xiaodong went to the town for a free clinic, but was splashed with black blood by the ignorant townspeople, for the first time in his life, Gu Xingzhai had the idea of killing innocent people indiscriminately—even though he felt that those people were not innocent.
That night, he stayed up all night.
Gu Xingzhai sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the desolate vegetation, seemingly thinking, but in fact he was just in a daze.So much so that when Lin Xiaodong walked up to him and sat down beside him covered in a blanket, he only reacted.
"It's so cold, go back to your room and rest." He frowned.
But the young man just leaned on his shoulder with a tired face, humming a little song softly, Gu Xingzhai listened carefully for a while, and found that he was singing the song "Void Ning Mei" in "A Dream of Red Mansions".
He thought that Lin Xiaodong was hurt by the townspeople today, so he comforted the young man not to take this matter to heart, but Lin Xiaodong suddenly asked him that the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass came to repay the tears, so it came Reincarnation, if a person has been entangled with another person for several lifetimes, what is the reason?
This question stumped Gu Xingzhai for a moment.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Lin Xiaodong smiled, changed the subject tactfully, and began to sing "SpongeBob SquarePants" to Yue Gao.
...Although Gu Xingzhai didn't know what it was.
After leaving Qingxie Town, they went north all the way, and met Xiaoliu on the way.To be honest, when he saw Lin Xiaodong and Xiao Liu chatting in the carriage, and Xiao Liu was always blushing because of his uneasy words, even if he knew that Lin Xiaodong couldn't mean that to Xiao Liu, Gu Xingzhai still couldn't help it. The sourness flooding in my heart made me want to build a wall between the two of them on the spot to separate them.
After finally arriving in the capital, Xiao Liu, that stinky boy, made trouble again in the middle of the night—fortunately, the arrows had already been shot, otherwise Gu Xingzhai would have beaten him to death.Although it is not warm and fragrant, but holding the young man with a warm body in his arms, no matter how difficult the world outside is, he always has a feeling that the years are quiet and my heart is at ease.
The plan of getting his juniors to support him in the old age had been thrown into a corner by him on the first day he met Xiao Liu. Gu Xingzhai couldn't bear the fact that those brats came to disturb his and Lin Xiaodong's two-person world every day. What happened to Xiao Liu a few times ago, he didn't guarantee that he would be able to control his temper and not drive them out of the division.
Perhaps, after they have traveled all over the world, they can adopt one or two clever orphans.Anyway, in this era, there are many children abandoned by their parents, and Gu Xingzhai doesn't ask them to be more promising, as long as they can take good care of Lin Xiaodong for him after his hundred years.
The lifespan of Yaomei is generally extended by humans, but so far, none of Yaomei can live to die of old age naturally.
Some people say that this is a curse from the heavens on these evil beasts, but Gu Xingzhai doesn't believe this.
Because Lin Xiaodong has the kindest and most upright heart he has ever seen in his life. Maybe the young man doesn't admit it, but his actions show it in every way.It's ridiculous to say that in this era, demons have benevolence to save sentient beings, but people have ghosts in their hearts to kill their own kind, and it's unknown who is the real demon.
Therefore, Gu Xingzhai firmly believed that if God really had the virtue of loving life, he would surely live a long life.
He didn't know why the imperial court thought that as long as they ate the demon's heart, they could live forever. This group of people obviously did all kinds of bad things to corrupt their virtues, but they still arrogantly thought of enjoying the world's glory and wealth for thousands of years, and even did not hesitate to do so. Changing fate against the sky, caused many innocent people to die in the land of dragon veins.The master's words circled in his mind again, Gu Xingzhai forced himself to swallow this breath, because he still has his junior brother and Lin Xiaodong, so he can't act willfully, he has to endure.
The tolerable result was that several juniors were captured and seriously injured. In order to save them, Lin Xiaodong did not hesitate to use himself as a bargaining chip in exchange, and fell into prison, facing a kind of tiger, leopard and jackal who wanted to cut their hearts and kidneys by themselves.
After forcibly "sending away" a group of juniors who were unwilling to return to the capital, Gu Xingzhai returned to the capital alone. For a few days, he also searched outside the sky prison almost non-stop to find out when the guards changed shifts. The location of the sentry post, and various backup plans in case of last resort—he exchanged the bottle of elixir that his master left him to save his life, and invited a demon slayer to help him outside. Send it out safely.
But what made Gu Xingzhai suspicious was that he basically rescued the person without any effort.
He knew that the old emperor attached great importance to Lin Xiaodong. After all, starting from Emperor Qin, every emperor had a fanatical passion for immortality.For this reason, they didn't hesitate to sacrifice everything, and the poor soldier Qian Wu also wanted to get it. How could he let him bring him out alone, without any injuries?
"Why do you always look back," the young man lying on his back said weakly, "Don't worry, there are no pursuers behind."
Gu Xingzhai came back to his senses, he took the young man to the place where he had prepared, wiped his body with hot water, cooked some rice porridge, and fed him spoonful by spoonful.But it may be because of the weak stomach, Lin Xiaodong vomited out after drinking half of it, Gu Xingzhai wished to tear up those dog officials.
"Since you can't eat, let's rest first." He put his hands on the young man's sweat-soaked forehead, and gently wiped the sweat off his face with a towel, "Have a good sleep, don't worry, I'm by your side. "
But Lin Xiaodong who was lying on the bed just stared at him quietly with those beautiful phoenix eyes, his expression seemed hesitant to speak.
"We're safe now," Gu Xingzhai thought he was afraid, so he grabbed the young man's hand and said patiently, "This is the outskirts of Beijing, as long as we stay away from the capital, and the sky is far away from the emperor, even those dog officials can't do anything to us gone."
"What about Little Six and the others?"
"They are recovering from their injuries. When you feel better in two days, we will meet them on the road."
Lin Xiaodong grabbed the quilt and shook his head.
"Let's go tomorrow," he said hoarsely. "If they don't see me, they probably won't be able to rest in peace."
"But..." Gu Xingzhai frowned tightly, really worried about letting him go on the road like this.What should I do if the root cause of the disease falls?
"Don't worry," Lin Xiaodong twitched his lips, "I was just hanged like a salted fish for a few days, and my muscles were atrophied due to my inability to move. It will be better if I walk more."
Under his repeated persuasion, Gu Xingzhai reluctantly agreed.
The demon slayer prepared a carriage for them for free, because he felt a little guilty because he felt that he hadn't done much in the rescue.Lin Xiaodong had a private conversation with him. When Gu Xingzhai was kicked out of the room, he still felt a little suffocated. When the man came out, he was about to ask him sideways, but saw that the man used a very complicated Looking at himself, his eyes gave him an ominous premonition.
"What did Xiaodong ask you to say?" He asked.
The man just shook his head and refused to answer.
But before leaving, he hesitated again and again, and said: "If you come to the capital again in the future, please come to me first."
Gu Xingzhai thought it was just a polite remark, so he responded with a smile.
At that time, he only thought in his heart that he might never return to this place in this life, and even if he did, it would be a very old age.
The wheels were rolling, the breeze was blowing, looking at the sleeping young man lying in the carriage, Gu Xingzhai only felt that the sky and the earth are big, and the two of them have been together since then, and nothing can separate them.He even made up his mind that when he saw his juniors, he would send these brats to prepare wedding gifts, red cloth, etc., pick a good day to get married, and then give the master and the old man a set of gifts. A cloaked tomb, tell him the good news, so that he can rest in peace even under the nine springs.
But he didn't expect that there would be more than one grave to be built in the end.
From the second day they set off on the road, Lin Xiaodong's body began to deteriorate. From coughing up blood at the beginning to vomiting blood profusely, the young man's frail body became more and more disfigured. Gu Xingzhai didn't know why the human body Can spit out so much blood.He frantically went to the doctor, and even thought about returning to the capital to get the antidote for him, but Lin Xiaodong stopped him one by one.
"I'm a doctor, have you forgotten?" The young man lay on the bed wrapped in a thick blanket, his voice was as soft as a mosquito, "This medicine took effect a little faster than I thought...but it's good, there's still time .”
Gu Xingzhai didn't want to think about what he said "it's still too late", he just wanted to know what method he should use to save him.
He even hated himself for not being a demon, for not having a heart that can make people live forever, otherwise even if he had to cut out a heart on the spot, Gu Xingzhai would be willing.
He firmly grasped Lin Xiaodong's hand and hugged him in his arms. Outside were several juniors who came from other places with injuries after hearing the news, and the sound of crying made him almost upset.Lin Xiaodong coughed twice and trembled all over - the doctor said that the poison would make people feel unbearable pain all over the body, but the young man never yelled at him in pain, but he couldn't sleep all night, weakly in his arms. curl up into a ball.
"In the next life," he lay in his arms, the last words he said to himself were this, "remember to come to me early, otherwise..."
Lin Xiaodong couldn't finish speaking.
At this time, Gu Xingzhai's eyes were already red and his canthus were tearing apart.
On the day of the burial, the juniors stood behind him, crying loudly, and the fourth child cried the loudest, obviously he was the one who disliked Lin Xiaodong the most.But Gu Xingzhai stood at the forefront in a black suit, but his eyes were so dry that he didn't even have a single tear in his eyes.
Father, master, Xiaodong... In just over two years, the three most important people in his life left him one after another.
Deep love does not last long, wisdom will hurt, Gu Xingzhai finally understood this sentence at this moment.
And he ended up with nothing.
After setting up the tombs for Xiaodong and his master, Gu Xingzhai went back to the house to pack up the clothes left by the young man, and went to the nearest market to buy a few feet of red cloth and two sets of men's wedding clothes. .Under the hesitant eyes of his juniors, he decorated his home exactly like the wedding scene, and then he calculated a good day, changed into a wedding dress, held the clothes, and walked into the lobby.
"Worship the heavens and the earth-"
The world is not benevolent, but Gu Xingzhai is still grateful to God for allowing him to meet the love of his life.
"Second worship high hall-"
My parents have passed away, and Xingzhai is not filial, so I can't always be with you in this life.But I also ask the second elder to take care of Xiaodong for me by the Naihe Bridge.
"Husband and wife greet each other—"
Gu Xingzhai paused for a moment, and gently stroked the clothes left by the young man with his fingertips. It seemed that the fragrance of lotus leaves still lingered on them.
In a daze, he returned to the courtyard in Qingxie Town. The lotus pond was under the moonlight and the breeze was blowing. He was peeling crabs for the young man, looking at the pair of phoenix eyes, his heart was full of happiness.
"Senior brother," the second child who presided over the wedding stood beside him, and said in a trembling voice, "The auspicious time has come, you should..."
He burst into tears and couldn't go on.
Gu Xingzhai came back to his senses, hummed, and walked into the room under the watchful eyes of all his juniors.
The next morning, under the urging of other juniors, the second child boldly knocked on the door: "Brother, are you up yet?"
"Brother?"
But when they knocked open the door, they found that the building was already empty.The room was empty, the beds were neatly made, no one had slept at all, and the fruit plate on the table was also the same, only the red candle tears flowed all over the floor.
Gu Xingzhai left them a note, which read:
"I've returned to Beijing, so I don't want to ask any more questions. Second child, I've entrusted you with the important responsibility of the master, and I will apologize to the master myself."
The younger brothers were overwhelmed on the spot, and they all went to the capital to find the senior brother to advance and retreat together, but the second brother stopped them all with red eyes.
"No one is allowed to leave this gate!" He sternly said, "The eunuch Xie and Mu Kongxuan are both dead, don't you guys understand what brother is going to Beijing for?"
"There will be troubled times, when wars will break out and the people will suffer." The second child took a deep breath and said to the grieving and angry juniors, "I want to join the army, but I am not an officer and soldier of the imperial court, but the army of the people - who of you would like to join the army?" Come with me?"
"Me!" "I'm going too!" "And me!"
Everyone at the scene agreed with one voice, but the second child said to Xiao Liu alone: "Master wanted to send you to study abroad in the first place. You are the most talented among us, and you should not be buried in the chaos of war. Brother Gu also said , with the bravery of one enemy against one hundred, you can come back to save the country and save the people after you learn new ideas. Xiao Liu, would you like to go?"
Xiao Liu was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.
"Okay then," the second child finally showed a smile, he stretched out his hand, and said to the juniors, "We have an agreement, even if we will be separated in the future, we will have a ten-year reunion here - seniors will be reunited here with flesh and blood." The body has opened the way for us, and I am willing to serve the country with this body, although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!"
"A word is settled!"
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According to later records, among the six Taoist disciples of the Beijing School, except for the eldest brother who disappeared a year before the dynasty collapsed, the other four all led the army and became famous patriotic generals.
Three of them died on the battlefield, shrouded in horse leather, and one became a famous general in history, witnessing the birth of a new era.
There is also a man who returned to China after studying abroad for seven years, wrote a book and set up a biography, and became a master figure of a generation of enlightenment thoughts, praised by countless people in later generations.He lived to be one hundred and eight years old, and until his death, he still insisted on coming to a courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing every year to sweep the seven tombs with his own hands—but when the students around him were puzzled, they asked the Beijing School Xuan There are six masters and apprentices, why when there are seven graves, he just shook his head and didn't answer.Before he died, he also asked his descendants to bury themselves here, so that they could reunite after a hundred years.
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Of course, too rigid is easy to break.
Gu Xingzhai thought that this was to persuade himself not to be competitive.
So he began to cultivate himself, talk less and do more, and practice hard, but the master shook his head, saying that he hadn't understood it thoroughly.This "rigidness" does not only refer to the way of doing things, but also his character - deep love does not last long, and wisdom is bound to hurt. Such a person will always live too tired.
But on this point, Gu Xingzhai did not agree with Master's words.
In his opinion, daring to love and hate is not a bad thing.Since his father passed away, he has given up even the idea of starting a family. He is going to take his juniors to roam the rivers and lakes and revive the sect. It doesn't matter if there is no one under his knees after a hundred years. Anyway, the juniors will always marry wives and have children, so don't worry. At that time, no one will give him a pension.
But all his plans were disrupted by that monster named Lin Xiaodong.
At first, Gu Xingzhai suspected that he was the murderer who killed his father, so he was more on guard against him and watched him all the time, but the young man didn't seem to feel it, and continued to live his life as usual.Going out to free clinics every day, visiting the amusement park, and occasionally going to the town market to buy some new gadgets, life is very colorful.
However, just like other residents of Qingxie Town, Gu Xingzhai found that his eyes gradually couldn't move away from him.
Even if he wanted to stay away in embarrassment, that slim figure in cheongsam would always inadvertently appear in his mind and linger.There are also the way the young man smiles, the slender arms that are white in the sun, the focused and affectionate eyes when he stares at himself - it is undeniable that Gu Xingzhai is happy with all of these.
He has traveled all over the years, and has seen many beauties. The famous Jiangnan prostitutes who were praised by wealthy businessmen even personally invited him to go on a painting boat. It's just a passing cloud.
Lin Xiaodong is different from them.
The youth is presumptuous and bold, dares to challenge his authority, and is not stingy to express his love. Being with him is like dancing on the edge of a knife, and there will always be endless fun.So much so that when Gu Xingzhai found out that he was actually a man, he didn't feel any displeasure at being offended by the deception. Instead, he immediately thought that he could take this opportunity to tease him.
Of course, the result was that not only was he completely defeated because of that tear, but he was also almost scared out of his wits by the appearance of the young man committing suicide.
Naturally, there are benefits: he finally passed the hurdle in his heart, and confirmed that Lin Xiaodong and himself are in love with each other.
Next, he spent the happiest time in his life in Qingxie Town.
Whenever Gu Xingzhai put his arms around the young man's waist, the thought of "why is it so thin" would always pop up in his mind, as if it would break if he folded it.He willingly peeled crabs for Lin Xiaodong, took him on a boat trip on the lake, and went to the market to buy together—although Lin Xiaodong bought in the front and he carried the bag in the back, but just looking at the young man's back, he felt Sweet as sweet.
Occasionally, Gu Xingzhai would think of his mother, because she left too early, the woman's appearance has long been blurred in his memory, and he only vaguely remembered the cold and soft hand in front of the hospital bed, the moment when he touched his face seemed like eternity.
But what Master said back then was like a thorn, deeply rooted in his life.
When he heard that Lin Xiaodong went to the town for a free clinic, but was splashed with black blood by the ignorant townspeople, for the first time in his life, Gu Xingzhai had the idea of killing innocent people indiscriminately—even though he felt that those people were not innocent.
That night, he stayed up all night.
Gu Xingzhai sat alone in the courtyard, looking at the desolate vegetation, seemingly thinking, but in fact he was just in a daze.So much so that when Lin Xiaodong walked up to him and sat down beside him covered in a blanket, he only reacted.
"It's so cold, go back to your room and rest." He frowned.
But the young man just leaned on his shoulder with a tired face, humming a little song softly, Gu Xingzhai listened carefully for a while, and found that he was singing the song "Void Ning Mei" in "A Dream of Red Mansions".
He thought that Lin Xiaodong was hurt by the townspeople today, so he comforted the young man not to take this matter to heart, but Lin Xiaodong suddenly asked him that the Crimson Pearl Immortal Grass came to repay the tears, so it came Reincarnation, if a person has been entangled with another person for several lifetimes, what is the reason?
This question stumped Gu Xingzhai for a moment.
Seeing that he didn't answer, Lin Xiaodong smiled, changed the subject tactfully, and began to sing "SpongeBob SquarePants" to Yue Gao.
...Although Gu Xingzhai didn't know what it was.
After leaving Qingxie Town, they went north all the way, and met Xiaoliu on the way.To be honest, when he saw Lin Xiaodong and Xiao Liu chatting in the carriage, and Xiao Liu was always blushing because of his uneasy words, even if he knew that Lin Xiaodong couldn't mean that to Xiao Liu, Gu Xingzhai still couldn't help it. The sourness flooding in my heart made me want to build a wall between the two of them on the spot to separate them.
After finally arriving in the capital, Xiao Liu, that stinky boy, made trouble again in the middle of the night—fortunately, the arrows had already been shot, otherwise Gu Xingzhai would have beaten him to death.Although it is not warm and fragrant, but holding the young man with a warm body in his arms, no matter how difficult the world outside is, he always has a feeling that the years are quiet and my heart is at ease.
The plan of getting his juniors to support him in the old age had been thrown into a corner by him on the first day he met Xiao Liu. Gu Xingzhai couldn't bear the fact that those brats came to disturb his and Lin Xiaodong's two-person world every day. What happened to Xiao Liu a few times ago, he didn't guarantee that he would be able to control his temper and not drive them out of the division.
Perhaps, after they have traveled all over the world, they can adopt one or two clever orphans.Anyway, in this era, there are many children abandoned by their parents, and Gu Xingzhai doesn't ask them to be more promising, as long as they can take good care of Lin Xiaodong for him after his hundred years.
The lifespan of Yaomei is generally extended by humans, but so far, none of Yaomei can live to die of old age naturally.
Some people say that this is a curse from the heavens on these evil beasts, but Gu Xingzhai doesn't believe this.
Because Lin Xiaodong has the kindest and most upright heart he has ever seen in his life. Maybe the young man doesn't admit it, but his actions show it in every way.It's ridiculous to say that in this era, demons have benevolence to save sentient beings, but people have ghosts in their hearts to kill their own kind, and it's unknown who is the real demon.
Therefore, Gu Xingzhai firmly believed that if God really had the virtue of loving life, he would surely live a long life.
He didn't know why the imperial court thought that as long as they ate the demon's heart, they could live forever. This group of people obviously did all kinds of bad things to corrupt their virtues, but they still arrogantly thought of enjoying the world's glory and wealth for thousands of years, and even did not hesitate to do so. Changing fate against the sky, caused many innocent people to die in the land of dragon veins.The master's words circled in his mind again, Gu Xingzhai forced himself to swallow this breath, because he still has his junior brother and Lin Xiaodong, so he can't act willfully, he has to endure.
The tolerable result was that several juniors were captured and seriously injured. In order to save them, Lin Xiaodong did not hesitate to use himself as a bargaining chip in exchange, and fell into prison, facing a kind of tiger, leopard and jackal who wanted to cut their hearts and kidneys by themselves.
After forcibly "sending away" a group of juniors who were unwilling to return to the capital, Gu Xingzhai returned to the capital alone. For a few days, he also searched outside the sky prison almost non-stop to find out when the guards changed shifts. The location of the sentry post, and various backup plans in case of last resort—he exchanged the bottle of elixir that his master left him to save his life, and invited a demon slayer to help him outside. Send it out safely.
But what made Gu Xingzhai suspicious was that he basically rescued the person without any effort.
He knew that the old emperor attached great importance to Lin Xiaodong. After all, starting from Emperor Qin, every emperor had a fanatical passion for immortality.For this reason, they didn't hesitate to sacrifice everything, and the poor soldier Qian Wu also wanted to get it. How could he let him bring him out alone, without any injuries?
"Why do you always look back," the young man lying on his back said weakly, "Don't worry, there are no pursuers behind."
Gu Xingzhai came back to his senses, he took the young man to the place where he had prepared, wiped his body with hot water, cooked some rice porridge, and fed him spoonful by spoonful.But it may be because of the weak stomach, Lin Xiaodong vomited out after drinking half of it, Gu Xingzhai wished to tear up those dog officials.
"Since you can't eat, let's rest first." He put his hands on the young man's sweat-soaked forehead, and gently wiped the sweat off his face with a towel, "Have a good sleep, don't worry, I'm by your side. "
But Lin Xiaodong who was lying on the bed just stared at him quietly with those beautiful phoenix eyes, his expression seemed hesitant to speak.
"We're safe now," Gu Xingzhai thought he was afraid, so he grabbed the young man's hand and said patiently, "This is the outskirts of Beijing, as long as we stay away from the capital, and the sky is far away from the emperor, even those dog officials can't do anything to us gone."
"What about Little Six and the others?"
"They are recovering from their injuries. When you feel better in two days, we will meet them on the road."
Lin Xiaodong grabbed the quilt and shook his head.
"Let's go tomorrow," he said hoarsely. "If they don't see me, they probably won't be able to rest in peace."
"But..." Gu Xingzhai frowned tightly, really worried about letting him go on the road like this.What should I do if the root cause of the disease falls?
"Don't worry," Lin Xiaodong twitched his lips, "I was just hanged like a salted fish for a few days, and my muscles were atrophied due to my inability to move. It will be better if I walk more."
Under his repeated persuasion, Gu Xingzhai reluctantly agreed.
The demon slayer prepared a carriage for them for free, because he felt a little guilty because he felt that he hadn't done much in the rescue.Lin Xiaodong had a private conversation with him. When Gu Xingzhai was kicked out of the room, he still felt a little suffocated. When the man came out, he was about to ask him sideways, but saw that the man used a very complicated Looking at himself, his eyes gave him an ominous premonition.
"What did Xiaodong ask you to say?" He asked.
The man just shook his head and refused to answer.
But before leaving, he hesitated again and again, and said: "If you come to the capital again in the future, please come to me first."
Gu Xingzhai thought it was just a polite remark, so he responded with a smile.
At that time, he only thought in his heart that he might never return to this place in this life, and even if he did, it would be a very old age.
The wheels were rolling, the breeze was blowing, looking at the sleeping young man lying in the carriage, Gu Xingzhai only felt that the sky and the earth are big, and the two of them have been together since then, and nothing can separate them.He even made up his mind that when he saw his juniors, he would send these brats to prepare wedding gifts, red cloth, etc., pick a good day to get married, and then give the master and the old man a set of gifts. A cloaked tomb, tell him the good news, so that he can rest in peace even under the nine springs.
But he didn't expect that there would be more than one grave to be built in the end.
From the second day they set off on the road, Lin Xiaodong's body began to deteriorate. From coughing up blood at the beginning to vomiting blood profusely, the young man's frail body became more and more disfigured. Gu Xingzhai didn't know why the human body Can spit out so much blood.He frantically went to the doctor, and even thought about returning to the capital to get the antidote for him, but Lin Xiaodong stopped him one by one.
"I'm a doctor, have you forgotten?" The young man lay on the bed wrapped in a thick blanket, his voice was as soft as a mosquito, "This medicine took effect a little faster than I thought...but it's good, there's still time .”
Gu Xingzhai didn't want to think about what he said "it's still too late", he just wanted to know what method he should use to save him.
He even hated himself for not being a demon, for not having a heart that can make people live forever, otherwise even if he had to cut out a heart on the spot, Gu Xingzhai would be willing.
He firmly grasped Lin Xiaodong's hand and hugged him in his arms. Outside were several juniors who came from other places with injuries after hearing the news, and the sound of crying made him almost upset.Lin Xiaodong coughed twice and trembled all over - the doctor said that the poison would make people feel unbearable pain all over the body, but the young man never yelled at him in pain, but he couldn't sleep all night, weakly in his arms. curl up into a ball.
"In the next life," he lay in his arms, the last words he said to himself were this, "remember to come to me early, otherwise..."
Lin Xiaodong couldn't finish speaking.
At this time, Gu Xingzhai's eyes were already red and his canthus were tearing apart.
On the day of the burial, the juniors stood behind him, crying loudly, and the fourth child cried the loudest, obviously he was the one who disliked Lin Xiaodong the most.But Gu Xingzhai stood at the forefront in a black suit, but his eyes were so dry that he didn't even have a single tear in his eyes.
Father, master, Xiaodong... In just over two years, the three most important people in his life left him one after another.
Deep love does not last long, wisdom will hurt, Gu Xingzhai finally understood this sentence at this moment.
And he ended up with nothing.
After setting up the tombs for Xiaodong and his master, Gu Xingzhai went back to the house to pack up the clothes left by the young man, and went to the nearest market to buy a few feet of red cloth and two sets of men's wedding clothes. .Under the hesitant eyes of his juniors, he decorated his home exactly like the wedding scene, and then he calculated a good day, changed into a wedding dress, held the clothes, and walked into the lobby.
"Worship the heavens and the earth-"
The world is not benevolent, but Gu Xingzhai is still grateful to God for allowing him to meet the love of his life.
"Second worship high hall-"
My parents have passed away, and Xingzhai is not filial, so I can't always be with you in this life.But I also ask the second elder to take care of Xiaodong for me by the Naihe Bridge.
"Husband and wife greet each other—"
Gu Xingzhai paused for a moment, and gently stroked the clothes left by the young man with his fingertips. It seemed that the fragrance of lotus leaves still lingered on them.
In a daze, he returned to the courtyard in Qingxie Town. The lotus pond was under the moonlight and the breeze was blowing. He was peeling crabs for the young man, looking at the pair of phoenix eyes, his heart was full of happiness.
"Senior brother," the second child who presided over the wedding stood beside him, and said in a trembling voice, "The auspicious time has come, you should..."
He burst into tears and couldn't go on.
Gu Xingzhai came back to his senses, hummed, and walked into the room under the watchful eyes of all his juniors.
The next morning, under the urging of other juniors, the second child boldly knocked on the door: "Brother, are you up yet?"
"Brother?"
But when they knocked open the door, they found that the building was already empty.The room was empty, the beds were neatly made, no one had slept at all, and the fruit plate on the table was also the same, only the red candle tears flowed all over the floor.
Gu Xingzhai left them a note, which read:
"I've returned to Beijing, so I don't want to ask any more questions. Second child, I've entrusted you with the important responsibility of the master, and I will apologize to the master myself."
The younger brothers were overwhelmed on the spot, and they all went to the capital to find the senior brother to advance and retreat together, but the second brother stopped them all with red eyes.
"No one is allowed to leave this gate!" He sternly said, "The eunuch Xie and Mu Kongxuan are both dead, don't you guys understand what brother is going to Beijing for?"
"There will be troubled times, when wars will break out and the people will suffer." The second child took a deep breath and said to the grieving and angry juniors, "I want to join the army, but I am not an officer and soldier of the imperial court, but the army of the people - who of you would like to join the army?" Come with me?"
"Me!" "I'm going too!" "And me!"
Everyone at the scene agreed with one voice, but the second child said to Xiao Liu alone: "Master wanted to send you to study abroad in the first place. You are the most talented among us, and you should not be buried in the chaos of war. Brother Gu also said , with the bravery of one enemy against one hundred, you can come back to save the country and save the people after you learn new ideas. Xiao Liu, would you like to go?"
Xiao Liu was silent for a moment, then nodded heavily.
"Okay then," the second child finally showed a smile, he stretched out his hand, and said to the juniors, "We have an agreement, even if we will be separated in the future, we will have a ten-year reunion here - seniors will be reunited here with flesh and blood." The body has opened the way for us, and I am willing to serve the country with this body, although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go!"
"A word is settled!"
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According to later records, among the six Taoist disciples of the Beijing School, except for the eldest brother who disappeared a year before the dynasty collapsed, the other four all led the army and became famous patriotic generals.
Three of them died on the battlefield, shrouded in horse leather, and one became a famous general in history, witnessing the birth of a new era.
There is also a man who returned to China after studying abroad for seven years, wrote a book and set up a biography, and became a master figure of a generation of enlightenment thoughts, praised by countless people in later generations.He lived to be one hundred and eight years old, and until his death, he still insisted on coming to a courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing every year to sweep the seven tombs with his own hands—but when the students around him were puzzled, they asked the Beijing School Xuan There are six masters and apprentices, why when there are seven graves, he just shook his head and didn't answer.Before he died, he also asked his descendants to bury themselves here, so that they could reunite after a hundred years.
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Sorry for being late, I ran out of paper at home, I went out to buy a pack.You remember to save some use, don't learn from me.
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