Chapter 41 Glass change

The desert is lonely. The Gobi beyond Yumen Pass stretches as far as the eye can see.Except for a few withered grasses swaying in the wind under the scorching sun, there was nothing alive.It seems that since the beginning of the primordial, everything has remained static.The old man in Tsing Yi was leaning on a big knife, standing still, as if he was adjusting his breath, he had just fought a fierce battle, and it probably hurt his muscles and bones.The dark red blood slowly slid down the blade, soaked into the yellow sand and disappeared. The corpses all over the place were all dressed in red and green, beaming with joy.

She was still crouching under the overturned float, too lazy to move, silently looking at the silhouette with fluttering white beard, just smiling wryly. The nanny's strong body was lying horizontally under the wheel, with a big knife on her belly.An hour ago, she was still nestling in that warm and broad chest.Listening to her words of comfort, it seems that the hometown of spring flowers is still by my side.It was stabbed in with a knife, and it must have been very painful when he died. What is Jindao Village?have no idea.She learned weaving at the thirteenth, tailoring at the fourteenth, playing the harp at fifteen, and reciting poems and books at the sixteenth. She was originally a girl from a good family.Even Niang may not be clear about it, the wedding procession is mighty, with countless dowries, but there is not a strong hand in the guards.When the dark cloud rose from the horizon, everyone panicked for a moment.She asked the nanny to ask Chi Feng.Although the old man looked wretched and weak with his back bent, after all, he was a person who lived in the desert for many years, so he might have a solution.Chi Feng was sweating all over his head, he hummed and said nothing, the nanny became a little anxious, you are the person from Liulibao who came to greet you, if there is something wrong with the young lady, how can you explain it to your master.

Before the two of them had finished discussing, the horse thief arrived.At least Chi Feng leaned forward and purred a few times, and the leader of the man in black kicked him back before he could finish listening.His forehead hit the shaft of her car, bleeding out.She was about to say a few words of comfort when she heard a few swishing sounds.I thought it was the wind, but the wind is not so fast, and it will not bring lightning.It turned out that the heads of the two coachmen had been chopped off.Not daring to look at the dead man's face, she closed the curtain with a bang.I can't control my heart, it's beating so hard.The terrified nanny rushed back to the car, and the two hid together.She just hugged the baby in her arms tightly.

Can a curtain hold it?Vicious shouts, desperate groans, the sound of swords and swords, and the sound of blood splattered rain could be heard outside. Her family members were trampled to death like grass.Crash——a piece of red seemed to burst out from a person's neck veins, splashing onto the thin curtain, as bright as a peach blossom.Not knowing where the idea came from, she suddenly pulled down the curtain. "Stop fighting." Is this his own voice? It's so calm that it doesn't mix dross. As soon as the bright red wedding dress appeared, the horse thieves stopped their swords.A dozen or twenty faces were photographed in unison.Zao Tan heard that it was a wedding ceremony, and he didn't want the bride to show her face. She was so beautiful and lovely, and she couldn't easily see it after living outside the customs for a long time.She also looked at those faces, some of them were wrinkled, some of them were scarred, and they were all different.But the same evil spirit and greed are clearly written on the face, which is disgusting.She lowered her head involuntarily, and saw the old man Chifeng hiding beside the wheel, with a white beard trembling, it was very sad.

"It's up to you if you want money or things, don't kill people." She said hard. The horse thieves let out a strange laugh.People who are in the hands of life and death really make them feel funny when they say this kind of argument, even she feels it herself.As if to deliberately mock her, several more knives flew up and fell around.Those knives were so beautiful and extraordinary, so the servants on her side died completely, and only the unscrupulous laughter of the horse thieves remained in the wilderness. Her heart seemed to be twitched by that laughter a few times, and her mind suddenly brightened up, remembering the strange stories about Jianghu, those tragic stories, she also vaguely knew a little bit.A few horse thieves have slowly approached, even if she has never seen it before, she knows what those eyes represent.It doesn't matter, she quietly reached into her hair and pulled out a hairpin.The treasure was tucked in the placket, and it was hard on the chest.Her heart suddenly felt sad - she couldn't get there, as if even death was worse than this.

The horse thief squinted at the girl and said, "There are still two immortals left, so it's fine if you don't kill them. But we can do whatever you want." She was startled. "Miss—" the nanny couldn't help crying. With a wry smile, the hairpin slipped from his hand.The horse thief stretched out his hand, is this fate? When he was picked up, he felt dizzy, as if he was flying.She just felt that the clothes slipped away, and the treasure fell down like that, and then her heart also fell to pieces. He fell heavily to the ground, followed by the bloody severed arm of a horse thief.She was shocked when she opened her eyes.

Who is that?Precious swords crisscrossed, wind and thunder pierced the sky——for a while, the weather seemed to have changed. Just at the moment when it landed from mid-air, three horse thieves were knocked down and died in a puddle of mud. Just now it was still scorching sun, dry and thirsty, but now it was stormy with wind and thunder, torrential rain, like quicksand over wind, stormy sea.The horse thieves changed their faces, knowing that it was a master who attacked.They retreated a few steps in a hurry, adjusted the lineup, whistled, and slowly moved over. Those two dazzling treasured swords stood proudly in the air and lightly rubbed against each other.There was a humming sound, which lasted for a long time.

"It's the sun—" An old horse thief realized something, suddenly turned pale, turned around and ran away. "scare!" The double sword strikes again, and the wind blows away.With a snap, the connecting rod of the Golden Sword Banner snapped and stuck upside down on the dark red sand.As the strong wind passed by, layers of red waves rose, and the ghostly screams of the horse thieves were chopped to pieces. She stared blankly. Dressed in Tsing Yi, it still vaguely belongs to Chifeng.But that irresistible momentum, is it also him? "Climb under the car and hide!" It was Chi Feng's voice that was so loud.

She just hid.The sound outside was crackling, killing people like chopping vegetables.The horse thieves couldn't beat Chifeng, and they died one by one.Looking up, all I saw were the corpses of my family members. My heart sank and sank, and tears came out.People should not be judged by their appearance, Chifeng's martial arts is very good.A master of martial arts, he can also cook these many horse thieves, he is really a person by his appearance.She watched Chi Feng's every move without moving.I don't know martial arts, but I can guess that it is the martial arts of the past and the present, and it still has a faint strange atmosphere. Is this the martial arts of a person who refines colored glaze?

It's very quiet in the desert. Only Chifeng panted slightly, he was still old after all. She finally got out from under the car, pulled out the knife from the nanny's belly, looked at it, but didn't hand it over, and held it tightly by herself. "Why did you even kill her?" Chi Feng turned his head and sneered at her: "You're so timid, what's the use of keeping it?" She was so angry that she finally couldn't help shouting: "You are obviously very skilled in martial arts, but you only act after seeing our people die. What do you mean!"

The old man said coldly: "I will welcome a bride for Liuli Castle, as long as I can welcome you. The rest are superfluous!" She was suffering in her heart, those were her family members, they were all connected to her hometown, yet they were all allowed to die.She hated it and stared at the old man. "So, if there are no horse thieves, you will find a chance to kill them yourself? Or are you looking for these horse thieves?" Chi Feng ignored her, and bent down to search the corpses of the horse thieves. Without thinking, she raised the sword in her hand and swung it at the old man's back.Chi Feng didn't even move his body, but grabbed the back of the knife with his backhand.She only felt a numbness in her wrist, and then let go. "I can't see that you are still very brave." Chi Feng sneered, and untied a water bag from the horse thief's waist. There was a sound of water shaking, and he was very happy, but threw it to her: "Drink a little, it's hard to find water outside the pass." .” She was not polite to him, and drank vigorously, as if angry. Chi Feng continued: "So it's not good to have too many horses, not even enough water—don't stare at me, of course I didn't find the horse thief! Don't forget, if you don't have me, you will be finished too." "Follow me well, there are still seven days to go to Liulibao, it's all desert." Hearing these two words, her heart sank and she looked over there.Even in the misery of the blood and yellow sand, there is still the peerless brilliance of colored glaze. She ran over and picked it up, but it was still intact. It is said that glass is fragile, isn't this a miracle? "Long Xiangshou", hugged tightly in his arms.Just like at the beginning, when I first saw it, I just stared at the masterpiece in front of me. The glazed mirror table refined in the vast sea, the intertwined thousand-year-old tree and ten-year-old vine are tightly intertwined.Ambilight, like a dream. Jinger, no matter where you wander, that little persistence and patience will not change.Just like colored glaze, it is gorgeous but cold, fragile and fierce, even if it is buried in the barren sands of the vast sea, it cannot hide its spiritual brilliance. Gold in Zhangye, silver in Wuwei, and jade in Jiuquan.And Liulibao is still west of Jiuquan, in the desert beyond Yumen Pass.In the minds of the Central Plains people, it is a legend of producing rare colored glaze products.The colored glaze refining process in the Central Plains is mediocre, and those amazing masterpieces that were rushed to be collected by princes and ministers and presented to the palace all came from the mysterious colored glaze castle outside the pass, and each piece was priceless.So although few people have actually been to Liulibao, everyone believes that it is a rich town paved with gold and jade, a villa of the gods in mythology.When Chifeng was in Hangzhou, he told her and her mother the same way, saying that in Liulibao, everything from the tiles on the house to the dishes on the table, chairs and tea tables, and vases are all made of glaze.What a fascinating world that is! Right now there is no one else, just two faint figures in the desert, one old and one young.The wind, sand and scorching sun are boundless, and the Jiangnan girl who is as delicate as a flower has to endure it quietly.There wasn't much water left in the skin pouch, and Chifeng didn't touch a drop, leaving it all to Jing'er.But beyond that, not a word.Since the Battle of Yumen Pass, the old man has transformed into a different person. He used to be eloquent, but now he has become a gourd with a jagged mouth, completely unreasonable.Jing'er was also silent.Only then did she know Chifeng's martial arts, not only know martial arts, but also have such scheming.Then the so-called Liulibao may have something to do with the "Jianghu".Jing'er really wanted to ask, but obviously Chi Feng didn't intend to talk about it.He took good care of her and effectively gagged her. "My family married me, the sky is one side, and the king of Wusun lives in a foreign country. The dome is covered, the felt is the wall, the meat is the clothes, and the cheese is the pulp. Long thinking of the Han soil, and the heart is hurt, and I am willing to return to my hometown for the yellow swan. " Where did this sad ancient song come from?A trace of pulling people's hearts. ——The old man is in Hangzhou, what are you talking about with your mother? "Well, Mrs. Wang, I'm telling you the truth. My son is 20 years old, and he hasn't discussed his relationship yet. This old man came out this time to find a lady from the south of the Yangtze River to bring back. The Liuli mirror table is the dowry gift. I think Ling'ai loves Liuli so much. , as a predestined person..." I really love it. When I saw the mirror named Chang Xiangshou, Jing'er went crazy.From the depths of the mirror stand, there is a distant brilliance, the unique charm of colored glaze, and the fragrance of lavender.What kind of person can build such a mirror stand? As a mother, she has no idea. She doesn't know what her family background is like, what her personality is... Jing'er is seventeen years old, and she is considered outstanding in Hangzhou, where there are so many beautiful women.The matchmakers who proposed marriage this year all broke the threshold.Could it be that in the end, she married far away outside the customs where not even a blade of grass grew?The old man left with a sneer.Then she became ill until the old man came back with the mirror.That day, it was as if her heart and soul had flown out, and she was deeply immersed in that strange light, inseparable. —is that you? That's how I made up my mind.Many people don't believe the madman's statement, but she does. "Nie Yuan!" The mother sighed when she kissed her, and put "Long Xiangshou" back into her cage, because of her lingering eyes.The mother was very sad when she sent her off: "Take it. It's all these things..." If the mother knew the current situation, she would probably complain and feel distressed, but the mother would never hear from her again. What expectations can she have for the future?What kind of world is that?Chi Feng is a master, so his son also knows martial arts?He is not the King of Wusun, Chi Feng said faintly, he is a Han Chinese, also from the far south of the Yangtze River.What kind of person would that be?I can't guess... A trace of melancholy is endless, leaving home, leaving home and mother, what is the reason?Is it because of Liuli... or the phantom behind Liuli? Don't think about it anymore, it's useless to think about it, just go forward.She tightened her arms tightly again. It's still the "Long Xiangshou". The euphemistic branches and leaves are entangled, and the scorching brilliance is agile, as if sticking to the heart of a person. "It's here, Miss." Chi Feng said coldly. Jing'er was startled, she rubbed her eyes and got up from the camel's back. Did she hear wrong? "Where are you?" "Glass Castle." I don't believe it, even my eyes and ears don't believe it!There is nothing in front of me except the long yellow sand as always.Liulibao, where is Liulibao? "look up!" That's right, on the top of that high sand dune, there is a low wooden house hidden - or a wooden shed is more appropriate.Because there are indeed only a few pieces of broken wooden boards pieced together, narrowly pushing towards the fiery zenith. This—is Liulibao,—the legendary treasure palace, her lifelong destination?Jiang Nan's heart trembled slightly. Tired, there was still a wry smile on his lips.Seeing it, Chi Feng smiled gloatingly and said, "Miss, are you disappointed?" Jing'er gritted her teeth and said, "You said that there will be a lot of colored glaze." Chi Feng snorted, and suddenly grabbed her belt.Before he could scream, his body flew up.The old man stepped on the rustling yellow sand, like climbing the eighteen plateaus of Mount Tai, and with a few swishes, he rubbed against the top of the sand dunes. With a "bang", she was pushed into a room, and the door closed behind her: "From now on, you will live here!" Never been treated like this before.My mind was buzzing, I was a little dizzy from flying just now.She slowly got up from the bed, feeling that all the bones in her body were hurting, and her heart was indescribably exhausted.A little tear slipped out of the eye socket. Suddenly, the drop of tears swirled on the floor and slid away like a lotus leaf.She was so surprised, she looked up and was drunk for a moment. It's really colored glaze, colored glaze all over the room, colored glaze all over the world! She covered her face, for fear of being dazzled.After calming down his emotions a little, he peeped quietly through his fingers again.It was silver flowers, purple trees, green snow, blue moon, carmine waterfowls perched on the waves, and red leaves in ancient golden jars that radiated autumn coolness.Who has such a wonderful idea?Far away, but also close to the side, every line, every ray of light is a talking elf.Endless stories, endless thoughts.Liuli is as wonderful as a dream! The dinner is very simple, but it also has the flavor of Jiangnan. I really don't know where they got it.Jing'er ate with relish. "It's nothing, my son doesn't eat barbarian food, I cook southern food for him every day." Chi Feng said. Jing'er remembered something: "Where are the other people in Zhuangzi? I didn't see any of them." Chi Feng smiled slightly: "There is no one else. There has always been only the young master and me here. If you have anything to ask, just ask me." Compared with the simplicity of the house, this is not too surprising.Jing'er hesitated for a while, and finally asked: "Then what about your son?" "Young master is out." "Go out—" "Yes, he refines colored glaze over the sand dunes every day and only comes back at night." It's already dark outside now, shouldn't that person come back?When she was nervous, she blushed unknowingly. Seeing this, Chi Feng sneered again, put away the plate and left.After stepping out of the threshold, he suddenly said, "My lord will not see you." "Why?" She froze. The old man quickly closed the door, and then it rattled and locked it from the outside. "Chifeng, open the door!" She shook the door vigorously, knocking the big brass lock, "What on earth do you mean!" Chi Feng staggered away, and said to himself: "You can't go out, just stay here for me!" There was a huge danger, quietly crouching behind her, but she was alone and helpless, she could only grab the door frame in panic. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, very light but very clear.She leaned against the door, trying to hear something.Chi Feng seemed to be talking in a low voice for a long time.The footsteps came to the door again. How sad and wronged, I still have to get up and prepare to meet my future husband-in-law, feeling uneasy for a while.Suddenly remembered the mirror stand, found it and put it on the table. However, the door did not open, and he could only feel a pair of eyes looking at himself through the wooden wall. "Must it be like this?" The voice was young, but as indifferent as the wind in the vast sea. There was no answer, and the footsteps were far away again. Every day, the sun throws a ray of white light from the left eaves, and pulls away the last piece of hot air from the right window.The place where it rises and the place where it falls are all the same white and yellow sand, dyed with deep and shallow red clouds, like old blood-stained clothes, a color that can never be washed clean.Jing'er was imprisoned.Long-term protection, long-term protection.It is the colored glaze that is full of beds and shelves that stays together every day.She loves Liuli very much, and knows how to be considerate of Liuli.But no matter how good things are, there are times when they get tired of looking at them, not to mention the constant anxiety right now. Since when, the time can only be spent in meditation.It's funny.It turns out that after a narrow escape, and marrying thousands of miles away, it is true that she will be with these colored glazes for the rest of her life!What she wanted in her heart, is it really so? It's strange, every day during dinner, the sound of that person's footsteps will be heard on the outer wall of the house for a while, I don't know what he is busy with.However, that door was never opened again.Except for Chifeng, who brought food in twice a day. Desperate. That day Chifeng took down the bowls and chopsticks again without making a sound, and finally she couldn't bear it anymore, and said in a hoarse voice, "I want to go home." The old man frowned: "You married here, do you still want to go back?" In fact, she also knew in her heart that this would definitely be rejected.She clenched her fist tightly, all ten nails were deeply dug into the flesh, almost dripping blood: "You are planning to keep me locked up forever." Chi Feng didn't answer, but was about to leave again.Suddenly, Jing'er couldn't control herself. "Liar! They are all liars!" "What's the noise!" The old man became impatient, "Shut up, Liuli will be shattered by you!" Liuli, Liuli again!She picked up a glazed vase from the table and threw it at the old monster.Of course it can't be hit, the sound of that thing breaking apart is beautiful and dripping.The shining crystals falling all over the ground looked rather cruel. Glass cups, glass mirrors, glass combs, glass pillows... One by one, they flew towards the door, and let these superficial things go to hell! She fell to the ground again, choking with sobs. "Drink of water!" The voice was suddenly very close.The black and gloomy robe edge was unexpectedly clean. "Water is hard to come by in this place, so you can't shed tears casually." The blue glazed cup, filled with water, is extraordinarily clear, like a bright moon in the sea.She took it without thinking and drank it. "Liuli is made with painstaking efforts, how can it be ruined like this." The tone is still calm, not as if it is blaming. She pursed her lips, raised her face resolutely, and stared at the man fearlessly. Dressed in black, he looked very tall and straight, with fair and slender fingers.Is it him, behind the mirror, the one you've seen? But he held a lot of colored glaze, which she threw out all over the place. I don't know how he caught it, and none of them was damaged. However, his expression could not be seen at all, because a thick veil completely covered his face. Strange!She stared at the veil, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say, and the man waited quietly.At last she asked, "What's your name?" "Yi." "Well, Yi." She recalled the name for a while, and said quickly, "You took me, your family took me over... for preparation, when do you want to have a... wedding?" Finally finished these words , her pale face was as red as a begonia. Yi was silent for a while, then said from behind the veil: "Not now. I'm making a glazed roof, and I don't have time to marry you. Let's talk about it later!" She lowered her head. "I'll marry you when I finish that glazed roof," Yi's voice seemed a little bit apologetic, "Look——okay?" "Okay," she said calmly, "I will wait patiently." Chi Feng stood behind him, with a weird smile on his old face. He put the colored glazes on the table one by one, seemingly inadvertently, but it formed a pattern of its own, which seemed full of interest.As expected of the author of Liuli!Unknowingly, she was attracted by Liuli again.He said leisurely: "It won't be too long. Life here is a little bit hard, but these little things can still relieve your boredom." She raised her head and smiled slightly: "Let me see your face?" Yi's hand twitched suddenly, and immediately said firmly: "No!" Jing'er was stunned. "You must not look at my face!" Why is this—could he be ugly? Yi's voice became more and more urgent: "Remember, you can't look at my face before I am refined into Liuliding, otherwise I can't forgive you." I only heard that the bride needs to cover her face with a red scarf, but I have never heard that the groom does not see anyone. What is this? On the second day, Chifeng was unlocked.Jing'er pushed open the door, slipped out cautiously, and suddenly saw the old man chopping firewood in the yard.She was so scared that her heart jumped out of her throat. However, the old man just glanced at her coldly and said nothing. Yi must have told him not to lock her up again.In Jing'er's heart, a warm feeling quietly rose. It's been a long time since I visited Liulibao for the first time.Liulibao - if it can be called that, it is really small and pitiful.She saw right away that it didn't make much difference whether she was let out or not.On the top of the sand dune, less than a foot square, there are a few huts that are dark and empty, and there is nothing to see.Yi and Chifeng went up and down the mountain every day, but they could still run around in the Gobi.She has no martial arts, and she can't descend the sand dunes. It seems that I still have to sit in front of the window every day, watching the sunrise and sunset, and the vast sea.Chi Feng would definitely ignore her, she could only look forward to Yi.In fact, Yi didn't come to see her very often, and he only said a few words when he came.He brought back a pile of wood every day and stacked them neatly at the foot of the wall of her room.Sometimes she went to help him, but he drove him into the house. But still found something.The sand dunes in the Gobi are all flowing. Every night after the strong wind passes, the quicksand slides forward by Zhang Xu.Why is the sand dune under their feet always as stable as a rock? Jing'er wanted to know the secret very much. Do those colored glazes know?She plays with Yi's large and small works every day.The world in Liuli is larger than this world, with spring flowers and autumn moons, Jiangnan and Beibei.Every piece of colored glaze has been woven into a long story by her.She wanted to tell those stories, but she didn't know whether Yi wanted to listen to them or not. Behind her house, there is a hidden room, which looks relatively strong, but the door is always locked and cannot be entered.That day she squatted under the bed to pick up shoelaces, but found a narrow secret passage.Chifeng went down the mountain, and she crawled through the secret passage. The room was very dark, but it wasn't as dusty as the imagined cobwebs. It seemed that the two of them came in from time to time.There are a few old futons on the ground, the embroidery is exquisite, and it seems that they are still handmade by Jiangnan's family.There was a thick white curtain hanging on the north wall, Jing'er hesitated for a moment, and then pulled the curtain aside. "what--" Because he was afraid of being discovered, he screamed and swallowed it back, but it doubled the extreme fear and excitement. He slumped down on the futon, not daring to take a second look. He thought there was really no one in Liuli Castle, but he didn't know that everyone was sitting neatly here.One, two, three, four, five skeletons, plus one... The first skeleton was quite normal, but with a kyphosis, like a dead camel, presumably an old man. A second skeleton, with a chest as large as a barrel, with broken ribs.He was half-sitting with his body bent, as if he was still enduring great pain before he died. The third skeleton was not the usual off-white color of bones, but it shone with blue-green light like glass, like a ghost king's lamp.All the long bones have turned into honeycombs, which shatter when touched. The fourth skeleton, without the left arm, seemed to have been chopped off shoulder-to-shoulder by a sharp object. The fifth skeleton, both legs missing. The tall thing behind is also bone remains, covered with a white cloth.She didn't have the courage to open it to see what happened. Devil's lair... "You are quite courageous." A faint voice came from behind at some point. Yi was dressed in black from head to toe, floating over like a ghost. "Don't you want to see the last one?" He went to the white cloth.Jing'er tightly blindfolded her eyes. However, he didn't take the cloth down, but just knelt on the futon. "Who do you think this is? This is my master, grand master, and the ancestors of all generations." I see!She slowly lowered her hand. "From the first master who came to the desert to me, there are seven generations in total. Our glass craftsmanship is unparalleled in the world. We can make any kind of thing. However, there is one thing that has tortured the whole world. Six generations of people have not been able to refine it. "It's the glazed roof. Two hundred years ago, my first pagoda was far away from the Middle Earth. In this desert, he made a pagoda out of colored glaze. He wanted to have a wonderful tower roof. He traveled all his life, collecting various All kinds of ores, all kinds of colored sand were screened and melted together, but the glazed roof was not made until the death. Passed down to the second generation, the ancestor was a very hardworking person. He worked in Liulibao all his life. In the kiln, he ate and lived with Liuli, hoping that where there is aspiration, there will be success. After forty years of this, he suffered from severe lung disease. You can see this—" Jing'er saw that they were vaguely human lungs, black and hard, like two big stones. "—Lungs like this. In the end, he couldn't breathe at all, and he was suffocated to death. The important task of refining the glazed roof fell on the shoulders of the third master. The third master is very smart, not like his master. He was burning colored glaze in the kiln again. He calmed down, studied countless classics, found all kinds of strange stones and medicines to match each other, and did many experiments, hoping to find a suitable formula. "The third master died of poisoning, and you can tell. Many of the things he experimented with were the most poisonous and damaging medicines in the world. But before he died, he suddenly realized. At that time, he could no longer speak, so he dug out An ancient book, handed over to the fourth master." "Is the secret recipe in that book?" Jing'er asked. "Let's put it that way." "But why didn't your fourth master, fifth master and your master fail to make it?" Yi thought for a long time, and said: "That's because there is still a problem with the method. My master died, but he left me a sentence, which is very important for refining the glazed roof. I thought of my This generation can finally be refined." Such self-confidence, but Jing'er thought, if you can't practice, how long do you ask me to wait? Yi seemed to see through her heart, and said again: "When the first master traveled far to the northern peak of Tianshan Mountain to pick agates from Tianchi, he met Zen Master Huiming. The Zen master left him a verse: "The sun sets in the vast sea, and the long river does not return. .Liuli is the top, and it will be returned after the seventh generation.'Because of this sentence, I have to succeed!" "The sun sets in the vast sea, and the long river does not return." These eight words are so strange, Jing'er remembered an old story, and was secretly startled.Suddenly, the corners of his eyes turned to the corners of the white curtain, the color of the embroidery thread was already very dim, and it was vaguely seen that it was a red sun. Jing'er looked at Yi, and suddenly said, "Did all your masters also cover their faces?" "No." Yi said, "The fire in the kiln is very smoky, so I wear a mask. The first time I went in with Master, I was only nine years old, and I cried so many tears from the smoke. After a year, I got used to it. On the contrary, no tears will shed from now on. Liuli is actually very fragile. When it is fired, if it touches water, it will shatter, and the Liuli master's previous work will be wasted. Therefore, we are all people without tears." The one without tears? Jing'er forced a smile and said, "This is not a cave dwelling, so you don't need to bring it." "Presumptuous!" Yi suddenly became annoyed. Startled, she looked at him in bewilderment. "Forget what I said to you? You are not allowed to look at my face before the glazed roof is made. Now hurry up and go, you know enough." Yi seemed very regretful and started talking, "You are not allowed to come in again. " She lowered her head and had to slip out, but stopped again.His left hand had been placed behind his back, and he was actually holding a thin dagger. "Are you going to kill me?" She looked startled. Yi's voice returned to that flat voice: "Of course you will die if you trespass into the ancestral hall. But this time, I forgot to warn you. Don't let Chifeng know. He won't let you go." Pause He added, "You must remember what I said, otherwise the punishment will be very cruel." "Is it dead?" She sneered. "good." In fact, Jing'er didn't take that warning to heart.Just thinking about the phrase "the sun sets in the vast sea, and the long river never returns". Yi and Chifeng left early and returned late every day, leaving her alone on the top of the sand dune, guarding her shadow alone, slowly turning from west to east.Although Yi brought piles of glazed wares for her to enjoy slowly, in her eyes, the "Long Xiangshou" is still the one.Watching day by day, turning your eyes into it, counting the time is getting longer and longer.Accompanied by life and death. It won't be long.Hearing Yi and Chifeng moving wood under the window, from a few words, one can guess that the Liuliding is about to be finished. After dinner, Yi suddenly entered her room: "Do you want to go down the mountain to have fun?" Huh?so good.She thought that it would be impossible for her to step out of the sand dunes in her entire life! Yi's footsteps were even lighter than Chifeng's.When he put her on the ground, she actually stepped on the soft grass. Before she opened her eyes, her face was filled with the fragrance of water and wood. It is an oasis, an oasis on the vast sea! Like a runaway pony, she galloped through the willow forest as if flying, soaking herself in the cool evening wind. The man in black watched silently. "Yi, there is water here!" Her cheerful voice came from the other side of the forest, tinkling.He followed and saw the girl immersed herself in the cool spring water, pressing her face to the surface of the water, as if a baby sucking milk was extremely happy. She was wronged too much, a young girl from the south of the Yangtze River, who was as fresh as a flower, was imprisoned on the dry sand dunes for a month. "You can take a shower here, no one will be there." He dropped a sentence, turned and left. The shadow disappeared behind the trees.After hesitating for a while, he slowly untied the belt. The clothes on her body were still the red wedding dress from home.Peonies and lotus leaves, green mountains and green waters, are embroidered in detail, like thoughts in a boudoir.It's a pity that they are all covered in the wind and dust thousands of miles away from the customs, and they are no longer fresh.After rubbing and washing it with my hands, I found that some embroidery threads were broken. The wedding dress is old, and people are still wandering. ——she thought sadly. The water is not too cold, and there is nothing but sky and earth, trees and wind.I have never felt such a feeling in my life. Night gradually came up.The footsteps came back. "Jing'er, are you still there?" Yi asked behind the woods. "Yes—" She shivered a little from the cold. "Put this on!" A package flew over and landed steadily on the shore.Picking it up, it turned out to be a white linen garment. She was stunned, white sackcloth?As if being hit hard, suddenly tears welled up in her eyes, it turned out that I do not know how long it has been.She finally recovered.Put on the clothes and tie them carefully.The man's clothes were too big, but they were clean and brand new.The back was wet with hair, and it was cool against the back. Yi walked out: "Okay, let's go home!" "Yi," she stared at his feet, "I want to stay a little longer, can you walk here with me?" He didn't refuse, and followed her, and the two moved slowly along the lake. In the green willow forest, the song of the sky bell bird is faintly heard.It's a strange feeling, it seems to be back in Hangzhou, the lake embankment outside the house, the autumn moon in Pinghu, the willow waves and the orioles.At that time, looking at the West Lake from the top of the building in the setting sun, I fantasized about holding the sleeve of the person I like and taking a walk in the night.On the head of willow branches on the moon, people make an appointment after dusk. Now in the desert thousands of miles away, I still think of these. "Yi, do you often come here for a walk?" "Never." "You don't like it?" "The last time I walked was twelve years ago." "You weren't in the Gobi then!" "Ok?" "The teacher you worshiped at the age of nine is only twenty this year. Where was it then?" —she has a good memory! "In Jiangnan." "Do you miss home, Yi? Have you ever thought about going back to Jiangnan?" He was a little stiff, staring blankly at her white clothes, suddenly stopped, took her shoulders, and said seriously: "Jing'er, do you want to go home? If so—" She laughed and interrupted him: "Who said I'm going home? I'll stay here and I won't go. " He let out a long breath, turned around, and looked at the sky blankly. At this moment, a shooting star streaked past, dragging a long pale green tail. "It's an old custom in Jiangnan to make a wish on a shooting star, and that wish will definitely come true," she saw it too, "Have you made a wish?" "I didn't have time. Did you promise?" “我愿你早日炼成琉璃顶。”她很虔诚的说。 “为什么？”他惊奇了，以为她许的愿，总还是为了她自己。 “奕，对于你来说，琉璃不是最重要的么？” 他牵住了她的手，觉得很凉，不禁握得紧了，然而却说道：“回去罢！” 沙丘顶上黑沉沉的，赤峰的屋子关紧了门，灯却还亮着，不知忙什么。 “你那件红衣服呢？”奕想起了什么。 “留在绿洲的柳树林里了，”她轻描淡写道，“慢慢再说罢。” “那就早些睡！”奕送到了门口，就想抽身。 菁儿嘴里应着，却倚在门边，很固执的瞧着他，似乎舍不得。哪怕看来看去只是一张面纱呢！ “怎么？”他也不知不觉走不了。 “想要和你在一起，真的很难呢！”算是引诱么？她只是笑得很婉约，“——也许只有变成琉璃，才能教你永远陪着。” 奕就立在那里，一动不动的望着。菁儿湿漉漉的头发，用一根琉璃簪子松松的拢在脑后，只剩下柔柔一绺，滑到粉颈边。他伸出手去，轻轻的牵那一绺头发。忽然簪子坠到了地上跌碎了。 两人都没在意，奕接住了那一挽乌黑而冰凉的青丝瀑雨，然后裹着宽大白衣的轻柔身体，就坠入了他怀中。 菁儿有些应接不暇。奕用一根长长的带子，蒙住了她的眼睛，于是她就什么也看不见了。 想不到还有出嫁的时候。可惜那件嫁衣，已经被她遗落了。 夜半凉初透，菁儿缓缓的支起身子，不觉触到了他的手臂。奕睡得好沉呢！ 厮磨之间，蒙住眼睛的带子早就不知落到何处了。可她还是没有什么印象。是他灭了灯，一切都在无尽的黑暗中进行。现在她慢慢的猜度着，他究竟是甚么样子？ 就在身边躺着，像一个熟睡的孩子，黑色的长袍面纱都抛在一边。事已至此，她或者还是点上灯，看他一眼吧？ 想起了那个禁令，菁儿叹了一声。她轻轻爬下床，摸到了火石，一忽儿琉璃灯就点亮了，却发着蓝莹莹的光。她有些不满意，又找到一只明红色的灯，点上。屋子里充满着若明若暗的色彩，绚丽而暧昧的。 回头看看，他就在那里。一时迟疑，居然没有勇气了。 她退到床边，猛然转过了身。 其实没有什么可担心疑虑的，一切都符和她一向以来的猜测。 那本来就是个极英俊的少年，任何女孩都会在梦中期盼的那一种。菁儿俯下身，细细的欣赏着那张脸上每一道优美的线条。这样一个人，天生就是人间的宠儿，可惜却落到荒漠里寂寞独处，终身与琉璃相伴。女儿心思，最容易对人起怜惜的。菁儿顺手伸手拉过被子，给他围好。 奕惊醒了。红绡帐里，乍然相对，竟有些慌张和羞涩，只好微笑着看看她，却说不出话来。菁儿看见他的眼睛，深邃极了，像一个飘零的梦。她轻轻摸着他的眼，笑道：“和琉璃一样漂亮呢！” 突然，揽着纤腰的那只手臂变的僵硬了。 他坐起来，沉着道：“你犯错了，菁儿。” 她呆了呆，然后明白了。 “你说过，炼成琉璃顶之前，我不能看你的脸，否则要受惩罚。”她静静道，“现在我看到了，所以应该去死，对么？” “是的。”他的声音，冷酷得令人难以置信。 “那么，你想让我怎么死呢？” “烧死。” 她转过头，静静的看着那件“长相守”的镜台，在灯光下一明一灭，神光离合。 “借口。”她低声说道。 他猛然转过头，脸上一阵青一阵白，声音颤抖着：“你说什么？” 菁儿微微笑着，注视着那张英俊的脸：“这不是一个借口么？什么不让我看你的脸，不过是一个设好的圈套。其实从一开始，我就只是你找来炼琉璃顶的材料之一。从一开始，你就等着我触犯戒律，好名正言顺的烧死我。” 他紧紧的咬着嘴唇，说不出话来。 她眼神温柔：“其实，我是不可能等到你炼成琉璃顶那一天的，但太想看见你，所以我提前了。知道你都准备好了，连烧死我的木材，都备齐了。只等我投进那只熔炉，你的琉璃顶就可以炼成。现在，不是不用再等了么？ “你一定想知道，我是怎么猜出来的。我没有你想的那么胆小，后来我又去你们的祠堂了。——只是因为那天看见了拜火教的标记，那个太阳，我有一些好奇，很想看个究竟。而且……那时我觉得你很好，以为你不会真的要杀我的。” “你真聪明，”他叹了一口气，“我们的确是拜火教徒。拜火教曾在中原盛极一时，两百年前却遭了一场灭顶之灾，教主、长老都无一幸免，从此在中原断了根。只有我的师祖，侥幸逃到这大漠里来，从此漂泊天涯，为复教四处奔走。琉璃塔是拜火教的护教法器。总坛的那一尊，被一个少林寺用大力金刚掌震碎了。当时，我的师祖们都相信，只要再次炼成神奇的琉璃塔，拜火教就可以东山再起，横扫中原。所以一代一代人不惜一切代价，也要炼成琉璃塔。哪怕拜火教，只剩下了一个徒弟，也决不放弃。” “你就是那最后一个？” "good." 菁儿淡淡一笑：“我的祖先，有人参加过剿灭拜火教的战争。所以我从小就听过崇拜太阳的人的故事，猜得出什么叫'瀚海落日，长河不返'。不过，其实女孩子对这种事情，不感兴趣。我只是很想知道，你究竟是不是拜火教的。可是那一回，我却发现了另一样东西，就是那本记载了一个悲惨故事的书，你所说的炼琉璃顶的秘方。看了那个，我才明白了一切。” 奕的脸，痛苦的抽搐着。 “好美的故事。龙泉铸剑，十年不成。最后铸剑士的妻子，跳进火炉中，终于得到了绝代的名剑。琉璃塔也是这样，这就是所谓'神物之化，须人而成'，是吧？而我，就是那将要作出牺牲的人，是吧？” 他续道：“不错，三师祖想到的秘方就是这个。我的四师祖，断去了自己的左臂，投入炉中，然而仍没有炼成琉璃顶。我的五师祖则用了自己的双腿，依然无济于事。到了我的师父……其实，他已经想到了是怎么一回事，但还是决定再试一次。他临死之前，给我留了个方子，如果他也失败了，我就必须像……那样做。他说，之所以三代人都不成功，是因为投入琉璃之中的，应该是一个女子。” “我见过你师父了。”菁儿淡淡道。 她把那白色幕布掀开了！那是奕自己，也不愿意面对的惨烈情形。大块的琉璃，青的、蓝的、紫的，像凝固的时空，紧紧的禁锢了琉璃师的生命。那脸上的表情，竟然不是情理中的从容安详，分明定格着最后一刻的沉痛与挣扎，苦苦求生，面目狰狞。 “他的身上，不也穿了一件白色的衣裳么？白衣难道不是牺牲者的裹尸布么？” 如雪的白色轻衣，衬托着少女的纯洁与沉静。奕转过头，不忍再瞧。 为什么这样说！所谓不准她看自己的脸，的确只是一个借口。说他虚伪也罢，刻毒也罢，他都无可辩驳。但是纵然如此，毕竟他心里一直不愿她触犯。他一直在回避这个结果，难道她不明白？ “我不愿害人性命。但为了琉璃顶，为了复教，我只能让赤峰，到中原去，找一个女孩子来，来炼琉璃。可是我没有想到，他找来的女孩子，竟然这样美丽……我更没有想到的是，他竟然对你说，是让你来做，做我的新娘，而你自己，为了到这里来看琉璃，又曾经……” “他不那么讲，有谁肯来呢？”菁儿截口道，“我没有说是你们害了我。” 她没有说！奕低下头，神经质的绞扭着自己的手指，猛然抬起头道：“我有问过你，要不要回家！你既然早就想到了我要烧死你，为什么不说？那时，只要那时你说一个字，我就立刻送你回去，就当什么也没发生过！你为什么不说！” 因为并不是什么也没有发生过啊！ 她默默的望着，那双琉璃一样眼睛，深深藏在额前几绺湿漉漉黑发下面。他不明白的。 琉璃的镜台，从瀚海远赴江南，又从江南回到瀚海。她经历了多少！是她自己一见钟情，是她自己托付终身，那样的轻率，又那样的执着。那时候就想到这原是一条不归之路。但她不曾悔过，甚至在最悲凉的时候，也没有弃尽希望。没有人不为执着付出代价，她的代价就是全部的琉璃，甚至为此付出生命。 长相守，千秋树与万年藤，无休无尽的缠绵。 原是琉璃里的幻影，长相守的心意。她已经得到了所愿，便无可悲悔。 只是事到如今，这些话再说出来有什么意义。化作琉璃长相守，不如就这样了结吧！ 满屋的琉璃，都是他的点点滴滴。而现在，这些琉璃都将为她殉葬了。 末了她只是轻描淡写：“这是我自己的选择。” 大漠里血色的朝阳，悄然抹上窗棂。 奕咬了咬牙，最后道：“你还有什么要说的吗？” 他不敢回过头去看，害怕只要再看一眼，他所有的意志就会崩溃。 但是她什么也没说。 漫漫黄沙，像潮水一样的渐渐退却，露出那瑰丽无伦的七层琉璃塔，雏形初具，就夺去了太阳的光辉。 塔的最高处，装满琉璃的小屋和注定要牺牲的少女，将要变成最为辉煌耀眼的琉璃顶，照耀拜火教的灿烂前程。 赤峰紧张得一宿没睡，两只眼红红的。他不敢看奕，只是默默的把火石塞到了他的手里。 一下，两下，火星蹦了出来，一跳一跳的。就像一直以来都想好的步骤，奕点燃了火把，掷入了高高的柴垛之中。 冲天的火光，将半个瀚海映得红彤彤的。千里之外的人，都能够看见这空前绝后的奇景，看见神圣的辉煌的琉璃塔，终于在艰苦的历炼中缓缓成形。 然而只有奕，他没有看见，他的眼神是空的，心也是空的。 当火舌舔到那高高在上的琉璃顶时，发出了木柴炸裂的噼啪声。他受不了，这种声音割着他的每一寸肉体，直到他觉得整个天地，都已经死去了。 ——“奕，对于你来说，琉璃是最重要的，对吧？” ——“也许只有变成琉璃，才能够永远让你陪着呢！” 眼眶中悄然闪出了一点星芒，随着滚滚热风，飘了起来。 “公子当心！”赤峰一声尖叫！他不顾一切的纵身而起，要在危机爆发之前挽回。 然而奕早就痴了，他只是挥了挥衣袖。老头儿被掌风一震，便跌到了一旁，不无痛苦的看见 只是那么一点点的泪水，飘到了琉璃塔上，就像不经意擦伤了一道裂纹。然而就眼看那裂纹迅速的长大、拉长，沿着塔身向上爬行，又四散裂开。 只在一瞬间，那巍巍宝顶轰然倒塌。琉璃塔化作了千片万片花雨，飞散天边，仿佛瀚海里下了一场最为瑰奇的甘霖。 琉璃本来是极脆弱的。 “不——”奕疯了似的冲进火海。 “两百年的心血呀——”赤峰伏在地上号叫。 她还在那里，琉璃的残骸中，像水底落花一样沉静。他抱起她滚烫的身体，向绿洲飞奔而去。 “上天啊，不要太迟啊！” 苍白而秀丽的面容，在清水中浮动。他紧紧的盯着那双闭紧了的眼，心里怕极了。似乎一转头，那一缕游魂也终要随风飘散。然而怀里的爱人，竟然再也动不了。 只有她的身体里，似乎有什么东西碎裂了，发出很轻很脆的声响。 那东西从衣襟里滑了出来，坠入水中。是那件“长相守”的琉璃镜台，己经熔成了浑然一块，泪滴一样亮亮的，沉入水底的细沙中，不复再现。 难道这就这样结束了？ 一片红云忽然从空中飘落，覆在两人身上。 那是她留在柳树林里的那件嫁衣吧？ 耳畔传来一声轻唤，隔世梦醒一样的：“奕，是你么？” 赤峰是最懊恼的，再不会有琉璃塔了，也再不会有拜火教了。剩下的只有埋在沙海里，无边无际的琉璃残片。 “公子，以后你不做琉璃了，叫我拿这么多碎琉璃怎么办呢？”老头儿埋怨道。 奕一愣，笑道：“这些东西，至少可以烧成瓦盖房子么！” 骆驼背上的女孩嫣然一笑，心想：精致的琉璃器从此失传，将来却是琉璃瓦要大行其道了。 “回江南去吧。”两人相依一处，催着驼铃叮当，渐渐消失在瀚海的天边。江南的杨柳轻烟，如花美眷，终归要把大漠里的沧桑跋涉，渐渐的掩埋平抚。 琉璃绝顶，七世而还，本来就是这个意思。