Reality and Games of Ancient Swords

Ji Yan sobbed and put the lantern in his hand into the river.

Seeing her beside her, Feng Qingxue wiped her tears from time to time and asked concerned: "Why are you crying? Is there something sad?"

Ji Yan sniffed, put another lantern on the river, and said, "I'm so touched." With a brother friend like Xie Yi, Ji Yan couldn't be more moved.

Feng Qingxue tilted her head, with a puzzled look on her face: "..." What moved you?

Xie Yi coughed lightly, and Baili Tusu, who was sitting next to him, asked, "Sir?"

Xie Yi shook his head and said, "No problem."

Opposite them sat Ouyang Shaogong who was playing the piano. The tune was very nice, and Baili Tusu had a familiar feeling as if he had heard it somewhere before, but he had indeed heard this tune before.It wasn't just Baili Tusu who felt familiar, even Xie Yi felt that the song was very familiar, as if he had heard it before.If Ji Yan on the other side of the river listened carefully to the vaguely passed tune, she would be able to hear this tune, which she also knew. It was the one that Prince Changqin played all the time, and it was also the one she always remembered.

It's late at night, but the lantern festival has not dissipated, and there are still so many people putting up lanterns on the shore.

Baili Tusu couldn't sleep, so he sat outside with Xie Yi and Ouyang Shaogong watching the lanterns floating on the river.The lanterns are like lotus flowers blooming in clusters in the river, one after another, carrying the best wishes of the world, and drifting to the unknown distance together.

After putting down the lamp at hand, Ji Yan looked towards the boat, saw that Xie Yi and Baili Tusu were looking at her, so she raised her hands and waved to them both.

Seeing this, Xie Yi also raised his hand and waved towards her.

At this time, Ouyang Shaogong, who had stopped the music, happened to look up. At the same time, Feng Qingxue also finished setting off the lanterns. She also looked at the people on board, stood up, raised her hands, and waved towards them. .

Baili Tusu didn't show any expression, but silently shifted his gaze from Feng Qingxue to Ji Yan.

Ouyang Shaogong smiled slightly and said: "Miss Ji and Miss Qingxue are quite interesting. Among women, it is rare to see such a generous and free-spirited woman. It is a pity that ancient and modern sages are like illusions and dreams. Can't resist the shadow of the sun flying away, what is there in this world that lasts forever?"

Xie Yi did not agree with this statement, he said slowly: "You can't say that, if there is anything in this world that can last forever, if you really count it, it might be an attachment... Mr. Ouyang, this Not everything in the world is permanent, everything depends on the heart."

Baili Tusu looked at Xie Yi, then at Ouyang Shaogong, and slowly lowered his eyes, thinking deeply.

Ouyang Shaogong smiled and said: "Perhaps. It's such a distaste for me. Every time I see prosperity, I feel withered. Mr. Xie, don't blame Baili Shaoxia."

Baili Tusu raised his eyes, looked at Xie Yi and asked, "Mr. Xie and sister have known each other for a long time?"

Xie Yi nodded, and said, "It's been a long time after all the calculations." He didn't know how long they had known each other, but Baili Tusu knew that he and Ji Yan must have known each other for more than a hundred years.Baili Tusu still remembers that one year, he asked Ji Yan how old she was, and when Ji Yan told him with a smile that she was thousands of years old, he was surprised for a long time.Later, the master told him that Ji Yan was an immortal, a god who had been immortal longer than the master.

Baili Tusu asked: "Did you come to find sister for something?" In fact, Baili Tusu wanted to ask him why sister was crying in her arms just now, which made him unable to let go.

Xie Yi turned to his side, pulled the wind-wrinkled robe for the Yanjia man, and said: "I came here to ask Ah Yan to bury someone."

"The mortuary? Who?" Baili Tusu frowned slightly.

Xie Yi didn't answer quickly, but paused for a while before replying: "I'm here."

Baili Tusu: "...!?"

Ouyang Shaogong was stunned for a moment, then regained his composure, he looked straight at Xie Yi, and said in a deep voice after a while: "Mr. Xie's joke is not funny."

Xie Yi said with a smile: "I am not joking, I planned to go back to Qinglong Town first, and then write to her, asking her to come back to bury me. Who would have thought that I would meet here by chance, so I would not have to write a letter."

A look of disbelief flashed across Baili Tusu's eyes, and he said, "Mr. Xie, you..."

Xie Yi said calmly: "My life is about to end, and the time should be about right. In this world, I have indeed lived long enough. In fact, it would be cruel for her to ask Ah Yan to bury me. In her life, she has personally buried too many people. Friends, lovers...everyone, almost all of them were buried by her." At this point, he slowly looked at Ji Yan on the other side of the river, I don't know what Feng Qingxue said to her to make her laugh so happily. "Ah Yan is much happier than in the past. Although she has lost part of her memory, she is far happier now than she was in the past...Occasionally she will be sad, but those sorrows are far from the level of hatred..." Looking at The current Ji Yan, Xie Yi couldn't help but think of Ji Yan at that time, the scene where she rushed up to Liuyue City, killed Huayue, and stabbed Shen Ye in the heart with a cold look full of suppressed hatred It seemed to reappear in front of his eyes again. Although he didn't personally experience that year, every time he heard Shen Ye mentioning it, he also clearly understood that Ah Yan is better now than in the past.

"Baili Shaoxia... don't make her sad... Ah Yan, I've been hurt enough..." Experienced their life and death again and again.

Baili Tusu closed his eyes, thinking about the years when Ji Yan was by his side in Tianyong City, seeing her smiling every day, it was hard to imagine how she endured the pain of losing her relatives, friends and lovers.

Frowning tightly, Baili Tusu said: "I will protect Sister." After finishing speaking, his brows were furrowed again, and he said, "Mr. Xie, why did you ask Sister to bury you?"

Xie Yi smiled lightly: "Ah Yan proposed this, she said that this is the only thing she can do for us."

Baili Tusu was taken aback.

Ouyang Shaogong looked at Ji Yan on the other side of the river. The young woman was wearing a purple shirt, her eyebrows were curved, and she was giggling happily, without the sadness of just now.

Is a rare strong man.

Looking at Ji Yan, there was a gentle smile on his always modest face that he didn't even notice.

"Mr. Xie."

"Ok?"

"Thank you, I have been friends with Sister all these years..."

Xie Yi smiled and said: "It is my honor to be friends with Ah Yan." After speaking, he frowned and coughed lightly.Looking at him, Baili Tusu said hastily, "Mr. Xie might as well go in and rest."

Xie Yi nodded, and said: "It seems that this is the only way to go." His physical condition no longer allowed him to fall asleep too late.

He got up, and with the support of the Yanjia people nearby, Xie Yi went into the boat house to rest.

After Xie Yi left, Baili Tusu got up and sat down beside Ouyang Shaogong, and said, "Sir, you seem to know a lot about life and death?"

Ouyang Shaogong seemed to be hesitant, but he still said slowly: "Because I have read the classics in the Qingyu Altar, I naturally know a little bit, but only those old things, as a disciple, I can't forget why the Qingyu Altar fell. But the matter of the soul is vague after all, you can't see the underworld even if you live in this world, young heroes should not take the lies about reincarnation and rebirth in Fanyunzhai to heart."

Ouyang Shaogong's words reminded Baili Tusu of what Ji Yan had said to him when he was young, but no matter what, Ouyang Shaogong's actions in the Fanyunzhai alchemy room made him feel a little lucky. "Then why did you refine the medicine for bringing the dead back to life for the purpose of curing diseases and saving lives?"

Ouyang Shaogong said: "It is said that when a person dies and the lamp goes out, it is like this lantern festival, which will have its end. Isn't life just like sailing a boat at night, in the darkness, sometimes the eyes are full of brilliance, and sometimes you can't see your fingers, but the lamp will go out and the boat will stop. Age and life and death are things that mortals can't think about, there is nothing they can do, and they are too respectful and overwhelmed, thinking about going against the sky, let's see what the situation will be like for mortals if one day they surpass life and death?"

These words were really beautiful, and they really touched Baili Tusu's heart. "...Mr. Gao Zhi. It's no wonder that there is a hidden image of a dragon chant in the piano music."

Ouyang Shaogong smiled lightly and said: "The young man also understands rhythm?"

Baili Tusu shook his head, and said: "Although they are different, Master once said that the qin is made by a sage.

"and?"

Baili Tusu said: "The song that Mr. played, I heard my sister play it when I was young."

"Miss Ji?"

"My sister doesn't understand the rhythm of the piano, and most of the songs she plays are jerky, but the sound of the music is somewhat similar to the one played by Mr. today."

Ouyang Shaogong smiled slightly and said: "If there is a chance, I would like to listen to Miss Ji's piano music."

This time, Baili Tusu didn't speak, but quietly looked at Ji Yan and Feng Qingxue on the other side of the river.

That night, Ji Yan did not stay on the boat, but went back to the inn to rest.

Because Xiangling was at the inn, and she had to go to the government office to collect the reward the next day, so she didn't stay on Ouyang Shaogong's houseboat to rest.

On the second day, Ji Yan and Xiangling got up early, and she took Xiangling to the government office to get money. When Jia Dadan and Wu Yong saw Ji Yan, they were as frightened as frosted eggplants. Not much.

After receiving the reward, Ji Yan smiled and waved goodbye to the tearful Jia Dadan and Wu Yong, as well as the Fuya master with blue veins on his forehead.

Coming downstairs to the agreed Qinchuan Gate, Ji Yan pointed to Xiangling, and after explaining her intention and identity, she said to Baili Tusu: "This girl, come with us."

Baili Tusu frowned, and said: "This trip is not a child's play, and besides, people and demons are not on the same road."

Xiangling shrank her neck, hid behind Ji Yan, and said timidly: "Xiangling won't cause trouble, Brother Tu Su, don't dislike Xiangling, Xiangling is very well-behaved." She still didn't forget to tease Ji Yan sleeve, begged in a low voice: "Sister Yan, Xiangling wants to be with you."

Ouyang Shaogong looked at Xiangling, and felt that Baili Tusu's concerns were right, he said: "This trip is definitely not for fun, and the difficulties and obstacles along the way cannot be exhausted. Xiangling is a little girl, she really shouldn't be troubled by going with her. .”

Xiangling poked out half of her head from behind Ji Yan, and said, "I'm not afraid! Xiangling knows that you have important matters to deal with, and I, I can help too! If you don't believe me, look, it's getting better today, without showing your ears and tail. !” Saying that, he jumped out from behind Ji Yan and turned around in a big circle by himself.

Ouyang Shaogong couldn't help laughing, the smile in his eyes deepened, he didn't say anything, but looked at Baili Tusu.

Baili Tusu still frowned, seemingly disapproving.

Ji Yan stretched out his hand and poked Baili Tusu's shoulder, saying: "Since she has this kind of intention, why refuse? As long as she is not afraid, let her go on the road with us."

Although Baili Tusu disagreed, he still nodded. "It's my sister who is asking for mercy, so let's go on the road together."

When Xiangling heard this, she said happily, "Hey, sister Yan is the best~~"

Ji Yan looked around and saw that Feng Qingxue was not there, so she asked curiously, "Where is that girl Feng from last night?"

Ouyang Shaogong and Xie Yi looked at each other and shook their heads.

Then, Ouyang Shaogong said: "I didn't see her early in the morning, but this girl Qingxue is not on the same path as us. Even so, we don't need to wait for her, let's go."

This made a lot of sense, so the five of them, one Yanjiaren and one Ah Xiang, set off on the road together without wasting any more time.

After about a stick of incense, Feng Qingxue returned to the boat, looked at the empty boat, touched her nose, and murmured: "It's strange, why are they all gone?"