Chapter 28: Crying in the Moonlit Night

What exactly happened to the previous Nanzhou Town City God, and whether he was still in this world, he did not know, but it was a heart disease of his.

"Prefect... let's go!"

Although he could see Su Yuanshan's reluctance to leave this place, the little white fox still urged him. Compared to this dilapidated Town Chenghuang Temple that no one asked about, the Huangliang County Chenghuang Temple clearly had a greater attraction for it. It must be prosperous with incense, making it feel a bright future, although it was only as a subordinate god of the City God.

So its state of mind was completely different from Su Yuanshan's, full of joy and curiosity.

"Prefect... don't be sad. My mother once told me that when she first left Qingqiu with her grandmother, she was also very sad, but later she understood a truth!"

Su Yuanshan smiled slightly, his white clothes out of the dust.

"Oh, what truth?"

The little white fox answered seriously.

"There is no banquet in the world that doesn't end, and we can't control our own destiny. Only by following the situation, drifting like catkins in the wind, and looking back at the hill where we were born at the moment of death, is the greatest comfort!"

Quiet, the surroundings were surprisingly quiet. Seeming to realize that Su Yuanshan was unusually silent, the little white fox was a bit uneasy, thinking it had said the wrong thing and made the City God unhappy.

Unexpectedly, Su Yuanshan opened his mouth. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky, and said lightly.

"This lord never believes in fate! My fate is decided by myself! My fate is up to me, not heaven! This is this lord's motto!"

His voice was not high-pitched, and his words were very plain, but saying them out had a sense of heroism.

The little white fox looked at him with shining eyes, full of admiration.

Sure enough, the Prefect is the Prefect, different from ordinary people.

Although looking up at the sky, Su Yuanshan was thinking about other things in his heart.

Qingqiu, this little white fox's mother actually came from Qingqiu? No wonder, no wonder this little fox is so special. Its future achievements will definitely be limitless. It seems this subordinate god... I chose right!

"Let's go!"

One person and one fox walked down the mountain along the mountain path, gradually disappearing into the colorful autumn mountains.......

The bright moon was like a jade plate, shining alone on the lonely shadow by the river.

The river water formed waves, washing the pebbles on the shore again and again, sometimes submerging and sometimes revealing, and the water surface reflected fish-scale-like ripples, swaying endlessly.

Small fish and crabs followed the water spray, sometimes washed to the shallow water on the shore, sometimes taken back to the deep water.

Under a tall willow tree by the shore, there was a lonely figure. He was dressed as a scholar, carrying a book box, holding a scripture, but looking lost and miserable at the river water, his face full of sorrow. He sometimes looked up at the moon, sometimes looked down at the surging river water, chanting in a low voice, the chanting full of hatred and sorrow.

【Tears flow secretly by the river of injustice, turning into the river water green and long!

Mother, wife, and children seen in dreams, flesh and blood separated, ambition hard to achieve!】

When chanting to the sad place, he could not help but burst into tears, covering his face and crying bitterly!

However, as the man cried, he suddenly heard a sound.

"Where is the brother from, why are you crying bitterly by the river in the middle of the night?"

Hearing this, the man seemed a bit surprised. He wiped away his tears embarrassedly and looked up. He saw that under the bright moon, beside the willow tree, there was an extra person and a fox at some point.

The person looked like a dragon and phoenix, white clothes better than snow.

The fox looked like an immortal spirit, as white as jade.

The visitor was precisely Su Yuanshan and the little white fox.

Seeing him ask, the man seemed a bit surprised and cupped his hands to answer.

"Little brother is from Chuyuan Township, Huangliang County, surnamed Mei, named Luo, courtesy name Yi'an, nickname Silang. I originally wanted to go to Nanzhou County to participate in the child examination, but I didn't want to be stranded here. I can't participate in the child examination to win a future and bring glory to my ancestors, and I can't return to my hometown to be filial to my parents and raise my wife and children. Thinking of the sad place, I cried bitterly!"

Su Yuanshan nodded slightly.

"So that's it!"

The man bowed to Su Yuanshan and said with emotion.

"Little brother has been wandering here for more than a month. I have begged for help from passersby countless times, but unfortunately, no one paid any attention to me. You are the first one to talk to little brother!"

In his words, he seemed to have a sense of desolation.

Glancing behind him, Su Yuanshan could not see half a shadow, so he understood in his heart.

He saw him cough lightly and said as gently as possible.

"Mei brother, although Su doesn't have the heart to point it out, I think you should already understand the reason for this. Perhaps you just don't want to believe it, am I right? If you don't believe it, look at your feet!"

Taking two steps back, standing for a long time, Mei Silang never looked at his feet, just looking at the bright moon and the river water.

He was not unable, but did not have the courage to look.

With a bitter smile, lost and soul-less, he finally opened his mouth after a long time.

"Brother is right. How could I not feel my own abnormality?

I actually.... have long been out of the world, just that I have always refused to believe it, refused to believe it!

I have an eighty-year-old mother who needs care, and a young child who needs to be raised.... I...... I really can't..... can't abandon them...., I can't do it.... really can't do it......"

His emotions were a bit agitated, his face full of tears.

Su Yuanshan did not answer directly, but looked into the distance with his hands behind his back.

"I can understand your mood, but life and death have boundaries, humans and ghosts are on different paths. Even if you have a hundred unwillingness and a thousand helplessness, what is the use? Although the bright moon has defects, it does not hinder its beauty. Even if white jade has flaws, it cannot cover its warmth and crystal clarity. Sometimes admitting the truth is also a great wisdom, don't you think?"

After a long time, Mei Silang let out a "Sigh" and said with tears in his eyes.

"I understand the truth you said, but.... my great hatred has not been reported, my wishes have not been fulfilled, I die with my eyes open!"

Su Yuanshan raised his eyebrows slightly, gave a light "Oh," and said lightly.

"What injustice do you have, why don't you say it and let me hear?"

However, Mei Silang looked at the surging river water in a daze and answered.

"Even if I said it, what is the use? I understand very well in my heart, no one can help me.... no one....."

His voice became lower and lower, and finally he fell to the ground in pain, looking very helpless.

Su Yuanshan took out a jar of fine wine and two wine bowls from the Spirit Void Ring like a magic trick.

The fine wine was contained in a pottery jar with brown glaze, and a piece of red paper was pasted on it with the three characters "Xinghua Village." The wine bowl was a shallow-bottomed thin bowl, also with brown coarse glaze.

Placing the wine bowl under the big willow tree by the river, Su Yuanshan smiled and greeted Mei Silang.

"The so-called one drunkenness solves a thousand worries, can Mei brother accompany me for two bowls?"

Mei Silang hesitated for a moment, and finally took off his book box, put it aside, and sat down cross-legged in front of Su Yuanshan.

"Although the sage says, color is a bone-scraping steel knife, and wine is a poison that pierces the intestines, but now.... it doesn't matter! Little brother will accompany brother for two bowls, but.......!"

He looked at the wine bowl and smiled bitterly.

"Brother and I are separated by yin and yang, can I drink this jar of fine wine?"

Su Yuanshan laughed loudly.

"What's difficult about this?"

He saw him take out a talisman from the Spirit Void Ring. This talisman was bought from the Crab Monk. The yellow talisman paper glowed with a faint green light in the moonlight.

Lighting the talisman with fire and throwing it into the wine jar, this operation made Mei Silang dumbfounded and click his tongue in wonder.

"Brother, these tricks are magical. Forgive little brother for being blunt, are you a wandering artist?" ===== CHAPTER 29 =====