And at this moment, suddenly a gust of cold wind blew past, a tottering door on the left side of the street fell with a sound, smashed onto the ground, making a loud sound, reverberating in the empty street. Ghost Li and Xiao Hui both turned to look at the same time, behind the door, an arm fell powerlessly on the wooden board, motionless, at the same time there was a faint smell of blood in the air.
Ghost Li looked at that direction for a while and then turned and continued to walk, Xiao Hui crouched on Ghost Li's shoulder but occasionally turned back to look at that arm.
Ghost Li had been to SanFu Town a few times before so he knew a thing or two about the situation here. He walked slowly, was silent for a long time and then said, "I remember there is a tavern ahead, let's go there, maybe we can find something for you to eat."
Xiao Hui called out twice.
The sound of footsteps on the street, right now sounded especially loud, the cold wind blew wave after wave from their backs, very soon, following the street, they came to that tavern. The tavern's signboard had already fallen from the door, flipped over at the entrance, covered with a layer of dust. Ghost Li glanced at the nameless wooden signboard, stepped on it, leaving a footprint on it.
Suddenly, Xiao Hui made a low cry, staring into the tavern, Ghost Li's body also suddenly stopped. After a moment, a deep roar was heard from the tavern.
Was it the demon beast? This was Ghost Li's first reaction, just that the roar sounded somewhat familiar.
[Roar …]
Xiao Hui suddenly screamed, scuttled into the tavern. Ghost Li was shocked, did not know why Xiao Hui suddenly became agitated but Xiao Hui had always been extremely close to him, could be said to be his only companion, no matter what he could not let Xiao Hui face the mysterious thing in the tavern alone. Seeing that Xiao Hui was about to enter the tavern, Ghost Li's countenance changed, his figure swayed and had already chased in.
The next moment, he appeared in the tavern, when he saw clearly the things in the tavern, he could not help but was stunned.
The tavern was in a mess. Pots, bowls, ladles, and bowls were thrown everywhere. Broken pieces were piled up. The tables and chairs that were originally there were also messy. The few that were still intact had a thick layer of dust on them. But in such a dilapidated tavern, in the middle of the tavern, on a table that was still in good condition, there was a pot of wine and a few wine cups, sitting beside it was a young man dressed in bright silk clothes, and in the empty space between him and Ghost Li, a strange beast was confronting Xiao Hui, its appearance ferocious and terrifying, its deep roar carried a trace of shock, it was the evil beast, TaoTie.
It was the mysterious young man who met Ghost Li in the deep forest of the desolate mountains.
The TaoTie stretched out its long neck, stared at Xiao Hui with its four bell-sized huge eyes but Xiao Hui's expression was not as nervous as it was at the beginning, instead it looked happy, it called out twice, grinned and slowly walked forward, it wanted to use its hand to touch the TaoTie's head.
The TaoTie growled, obviously it was not used to Xiao Hui's action. Xiao Hui paused for a moment, its three eyes blinked, walked two rounds around the TaoTie's body, from left to right and again from right to left. The TaoTie's long neck turned, following Xiao Hui's body, it made a few low roars from time to time but the hostility seemed to have lessened, obviously it had a favourable impression of this Three-eyed Spiritual Monkey, just that it did not know if it was because it was rare to meet a fellow who was as gluttonous as it, that was why it viewed it in a different light …
At this moment that young man also saw Ghost Li, he sat and did not move but his expression seemed to be taken aback, obviously he did not expect to meet Ghost Li here. But he very quickly recovered, smiled and nodded to Ghost Li. The degree of shock in Ghost Li's heart was not less than that young man and right now he was even more puzzled about this mysterious young man's identity, to be able to appear in such a dead and quiet small town, without asking this person's background was already known, it was very strange.
Xiao Hui had already neared the TaoTie, suddenly laughed, stretched out its hand and patted the TaoTie's rough head. The TaoTie made a low growl, its four eyes stared at Xiao Hui, looking ferocious but Xiao Hui did not seem to be afraid at all, instead it looked like it was amusing, patted twice with its hand again, making a strange and slightly comical sound.
The TaoTie seemed to be helpless against the monkey, snorted and like a helpless snort, crouched down and no longer bothered with Xiao Hui. Xiao Hui instead seemed to like this strange beast very much, neared the TaoTie and moved around here and there, looking very affectionate.
That mysterious young man looked away from the two spiritual beasts, looked at Ghost Li, smiled and said, "Looks like they are not bad."
Ghost Li nodded his head and also smiled.
That young man patted the chair beside him and said, "Actually both of us can be considered to be fated, the Heaven and Earth are so big, to be able to meet here. Brother why don't you come over and sit, let's have a drink and chat a little. "
Ghost Li glanced at Xiao Hui and the TaoTie who were huddled together, saw that Xiao Hui's attention seemed to be on the TaoTie, he indifferently said, "Alright." After speaking, he unhurriedly walked over but did not sit beside that young man, instead took another chair and sat on the other side of the table.
That young man's handsome face had a faint smile, he took a clean cup and placed it in front of Ghost Li and then filled it up for him, smiled and said, "Brother has come to this deserted and desolate small town, I wonder for what reason?"
Ghost Li did not answer, looked at the young man, in a deep voice said, "Then what is your reason?"
The young man smiled and said, "I was just passing by this place and saw that there were still some leftover cups of wine here, so decided to rest here for a while and drink by myself."
Ghost Li turned and glanced at Xiao Hui, said, "If I say that I am also bringing this monkey here to look for wine to drink, will you believe me?"
That young man was surprised, glanced at Xiao Hui and suddenly laughed out loud, clapped his hands and said, "Believe, why not believe! Come come come, you and I drink a cup, life is originally lonely, it's rare that there is a fated person, at the ends of the earth in a desolate corner, let's look for wine to drink together. "
After speaking, he raised his cup to Ghost Li and then drained it in one gulp. Ghost Li looked deeply at him, his mouth slowly repeated that sentence, "Life is originally lonely, he he, life is originally lonely …"
He suddenly also laughed out, that smile was filled with vicissitudes of life, raised his cup and drank it in one gulp. A fiery taste of wine, flowed down from his throat to his stomach, the wine in this desolate small town, was actually quite powerful.
That young man smiled and said, "How is it?"
Ghost Li looked up, stretched out his hand to take the wine pot and added more wine for the two of them, said, "Good wine!"
That young man's smile deepened, slapped the table, laughed and said, "Good, it really is good wine." In the laughter, the young man's expression gradually became excited, suddenly loudly recited,
"Old times, the vicissitudes have passed,
Still remember, the heartbroken person.
White-haired withered lamp wandered the ends of the earth,
A night of loneliness in exchange for a hangover … "
Reciting till the end, his voice gradually turned desolate, his face also looked somewhat desolate. After reciting, he lowered his head and did not speak, Ghost Li quietly looked at him, drank the wine in his cup in one gulp.
In the night, the cold wind gradually blew, sounds of "wu wu" were heard in the desolate small town, as if someone was crying quietly from afar.
The night was deep, the darkness like a tide, drowning the earth. The monkey leaned on the TaoTie and fell asleep, that ferocious beast was also lying lazily on the ground. In the inn, it was a stretch of darkness, Ghost Li and that young man sat in the darkness, neither of them had the intention to get up to look for candles.
Maybe in the darkness, they seemed to feel more comfortable.
For the whole day, they just sat facing each other, occasionally saying a few unimportant words, occasionally drinking a few cups of wine, but most of the time, they seemed to have evoked each other's thoughts, silently pondering, recalling the past of their lives.
In such a cold night, at the ends of the earth in a desolate place, two strangers seemed to have known each other for a lifetime, indifferently interacting.
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