That Person In That River and Lake

  Chapter 253 Twenty years later, here I come

Chang'an City is a city with no shortcomings, except that in summer, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and the scorching heat covers the streets and alleys. Occasionally, there is wind, which is also a disgusting warm breath, blowing away the green and plump leaves. .

  In a teahouse in Beicheng, it was rarely cool.

The tea master is a woman. Hot water makes tea, but it turns into herbal tea when served. The corners of her wrinkled eyes look very vicissitudes, but she is also full of indifference. She put the tea on the table and said softly: "Today It's hot, no one wants to drink tea, so my teahouse is a bit deserted, but the world is so ignorant, it's hot that people should come to drink tea."

  Sit down on the ground, picked up the teacup and drank it down, said: "Uncle Shi, this disciple has been in Chang'an for many days, and has never been disturbed. I take the liberty of today, and I have something to ask for advice."

The tea master refilled Luo Yang's cup again, and said, "Don't call me uncle, I wasn't a disciple of Cihang Jianzhai twenty years ago, and now I'm just an ordinary woman who sells tea, and I can't teach you anything. question."

   "No," Luo Yang said, "I have met Master Tan Ji, and he told me that only you can solve my doubts."

  The tea master's hand that was sticking to the tea leaves suddenly trembled, and after a long while, he said, "Then you ask, and if I can answer, I will tell you."

Luo Yang held the ceremony and said: "The Buddha said that all living beings are equal, and the disciple once believed it. However, since the disciple went down the mountain, what he saw and heard, he found that this world is not what the Buddhist scriptures said. I saw some people laughing and some people laughing. Crying, some people are afraid, some are fearless, some are well-clothed and well-fed, some are hungry, some are diligent but achieve nothing, some sit and eat but achieve everything, all these are too many, the disciples do not see equality, the disciples only see The people in the world are struggling, but some people look at the people and feel happy. Is this what the disciples read wrong, or the Buddha said wrong?"

The tea master raised his head slowly, and said calmly: "I asked the Lord Buddha about this question twenty years ago, but the so-called Buddha forced me to exterminate hundreds of people in Mingjian Villa. Because the Buddha in your mouth said that Mingjian Villa is a demon, so they died, so I want to serve the demon with my body, and then kill the demon!"

   "Master Uncle," Luo Yang was stunned for a moment, and said, "Famous Sword Villa practices magic arts, and takes human life as the basis of practice. Aren't they demons?"

The tea master shook his head and said: "So, I went to ask Lord Buddha. I stayed in Mingjian Villa for a year. I didn't see the devil that Buddha said, but I saw a group of truly righteous people. But, Why did Lord Buddha say they are demons? They should all die?"

   After being silent for a long time, Luo Yang got up slowly, respectfully performed the salute, and said: "Thank you, Master Uncle, for clarifying the confusion, disciple understands, let me leave!"

  …

   I don’t know when, the door of the teahouse was pushed open again, and a woman in a red robe came in, with two knives hanging on her waist, as if she would be unsheathed at any time.

  The tea master raised his head again, looked at the woman who pushed the door and entered, with a faint smile on his face, and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

  Mu Lixian looked at the tea master and said, "Er Niang, I haven't seen you in twenty years, you are already old."

"You have grown up." The tea master stood up and said slowly: "A few days ago I heard that there was a heir to Mingjian Villa, and I was thinking about who it is. I didn't expect it to be you, but, you What happened, why this outfit?"

  Mu Lixian took a step forward, and said coldly: "Isn't this all thanks to you? You ruined Mingjian Villa, and you also ruined me."

   "I'm sorry." The tea master said.

Mu Lixian said slowly: "You are sorry to many people. My name is Jianshanzhuang. I go up to the owner, down to the coachman and servants. Hundreds of people, including thousands of people who live on the famous Jianshanzhuang, are all because of you. , the death of death, the death of death."

   "Are you here to avenge them today?" said the tea master.

"Yes."

Mu Lixian turned around slowly and closed the door of the teahouse, and said, "It's been twenty years, and I haven't had a good night's sleep. Every time I close my eyes, I see many, many people. It's blood, standing in front of me, there is my father, the old housekeeper, the elder sister who takes care of me, and the nanny who hugs me to get up every day."

   "They were all laughing at me because I survived, they were all waiting for me to avenge them, waiting for me to let them rest in peace."

The tea master sighed softly, and said: "It's been so many years, you don't have to worry about it for a while, just sit down and have a cup of tea. Erniang has been making tea for more than 20 years. At that time, your father liked to drink it." Now, he has never had the chance to drink the tea I made for him in twenty years, so why not let you drink it for him!"

The tea master held a long spoon, filled a spoonful of hot water from the charcoal stove, and slowly poured it into the teapot on the table. After a while, there was a cup of cool tea. She slowly pushed it in front of Mu Lixian, and said : "This is herbal tea. I remember you always asked me to make it for you when you were a child. You said that the herbal tea I made is as good as the iced tea your mother gave you when she was alive."

Mu Lixian looked at the cup of herbal tea for a long time, but did not move, and said lightly: "At that time, I liked it, and I still like it now, but I dare not drink it anymore. I can't forget that night when hundreds of people fell On the ground, I can't even hold a weapon, and I look like I'm being slaughtered."

  The tea master took a deep breath and sighed, "How old were you at that time!"

"Yes," Mu Lixian said with cold eyes, but two tears slowly rolled out, "I was just a child at that time, and I killed several children who played with me with a knife in order to survive. Partners, and then blocked me with their corpses, that night, blood flowed all over my body, and I watched those who claimed to be Buddha slaughtered my relatives who could not resist with sword after sword."

"Later, in order to survive, I became a beggar, but God made fun of me. She gave me a woman's face. More and more beggars began to look at me strangely. Finally, one day, a few beggars tied me up. Get up, destroy me, from now on I can't be a man, and I was imprisoned by them as a tool to vent, it was a full three years, a dark time."

  The tea master's eyes flashed a strong look of distress, and his whole body began to twitch, choked up and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you have been wronged too much...I don't know..."

There was a look of coldness on Mu Lixian's face, a bit of self-deprecation, a bit of pain, and he said slowly: "Many times, I want to die, but when I am about to commit suicide, I remember that there are so many dead souls waiting for you." Let me avenge them, I dare not die, I am afraid that if I die, there will really be no one to avenge them, and they will really die in vain."

  The tea master was silent for a long while, and then slowly said: "You have too many enemies, can you kill them all? They are so powerful, can you avenge them? You will put yourself in it, kid!"

Mu Lixian shook his head and said: "I am not a man now, nor a woman. I don't need to live. The only belief that can support my life is revenge. I will go to those people one by one. Look, Erniang, this time it's you!"

Mu Lixian drew out a knife and said, "Twenty years ago, my father kindly took you in at Mingjian Villa. Later, in order to stand out for you, he even married you as his wife and treated you wholeheartedly. , everyone sincerely regards you as the owner's wife, but in the end you have a ulterior motive, lured wolves into the house, let the Gu God Sect poison my Mingjian Villa, and finally led Cihang Jianzhai to exterminate the demons, haha, what a destroyer Demon, tell me, what is the demon in Mingjian Villa?"

  Tears flowed from the corner of the tea master's eyes, and after a long while, he said slowly: "In the past twenty years, I have long understood that I am the devil!"

   "If that's the case, then go to **** to atone for your sins!"

  The dagger hummed slightly, turning into a dark trail of light, passing the tea master's throat, and a smear of blood slowly flowed out.

Mu Lixian was slightly surprised. She suddenly felt a little unreal. The enemy she had been looking for for so many years died so easily in front of her. There was no crazy struggle or begging for mercy as she imagined, but a smile on her face He fell down, as if he had been greatly relieved.

Mu Lixian took out a piece of oil paper from her bosom, on which many names were densely written, and most of them were drawn out. This time, she hung up a name again. This action has been going on for many years. Even if he dropped a name, he felt less burdened and relaxed.

Every time she used the knife, she didn't consider whether she would kill the opponent, she only knew that she should kill this person, to avenge the wronged souls in Jianshanzhuang, and to use the lives of these people to pay homage to those relatives who died with regret .

  The tea master fell down, his eyes slowly closed, but there was a smile on his face, an indescribable smile.

  Mu Lixian looked at this person whom he had called Erniang for several years, and hated him for an unknown number of years, and died in front of him. He was so quiet!

   "Uncle, Senior Sister Luoyang let me tell you that there is someone in Mingjian Villa..."

  The door was suddenly opened again, and a disciple of Cihang Jianzhai came in. As soon as he entered, he saw Mu Lixian holding a short knife with blood on the tip.

   "Who are you?" The disciple of Cihang Jianzhai immediately drew out his long sword and asked.

   "Cihang Jianzhai!"

Mu Lixian snorted coldly, with killing intent, his right hand came out through his sleeve, his body slanted, the blade was icy cold, and pierced the woman's throat. disciple's throat.

  Another corpse fell down, unwillingly.

With the dagger back in its sheath, Mu Lixian left quickly. He couldn't stay here for long. After all, this place was Chang'an City, and no one could escape easily by killing someone in Chang'an City, at least except for a very few people, but these people definitely did not include even Mu Lixian, who was not gifted.

  So, before the imperial guards came, she had to rush to Lantian County as soon as possible.

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  (end of this chapter)