Chapter 58: long way home

Chapter 58: long way home

When Duan Feibai saw Tao Jingyi appearing in front of him with a flushed face and excited eyes, he was stunned for a moment.

"I want to go down the mountain! Junior uncle, take me down the mountain!" Tao Jingyi said firmly.

At dusk on the western mountain, it was time for Xijiange to close its doors. Duan Feibai glanced at the maroon sunset behind the peaks, and said warmly: "You are going down the mountain at this time, but what's the matter?"

Tao Jingyi nodded heavily: "Yes, it's important."

Seeing Duan Feibai's expression of hesitation, she couldn't help but grab his sleeve and said softly, "Little Martial Uncle, just help me once! Just this time!"

Duan Feibai looked down at the hand she was holding onto him, and nodded slightly: "Okay."

It's the time for Xijiange to close its doors, and it is not acceptable for a person as honorable as a junior uncle to go down the mountain at this time. Unless you go to ask Dongfang Yue for a warrant, but it is conceivable that with Dongfang Yue's temperament, not only will you not get a warrant, but you will be reprimanded by him, and if it is more serious, you may be punished.

Fortunately, Duan Feibai's lightness kung fu is good, and with Tao Jingyi, he was able to sneak down the mountain without knowing it from the disciples guarding the mountain.

When we reached the foot of the mountain, the setting sun disappeared, the dusk gradually deepened, and the thick darkness engulfed the earth little by little.

Tao Jingyi tugged on Duan Feibai's sleeve, and ran all the way towards the Lotte Bookstore. Just in time for Lotte Bookstore to close, Tao Jingyi let go of Duan Feibai, rushed forward, and said loudly, "Wait!"

The shop owner who was locking the door was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Tao Jingyi, saw that she was a woman, thought she was a fanatic of Lanling Xiao Lang, and said quickly: "Little girl, the books are all sold out, if you want it, you can buy it next time." Hurry up."

Tao Jingyi asked cautiously, "Are you Lanling Xiaolang?"

The middle-aged man smiled and pointed to himself: "Little girl, do you think I can write books because of the smell of copper all over my body?"

"Then do you know where Xiao Lang's family lives?"

The middle-aged man said: "I told you little girls, you know the whole mess all day long, how many times have I said it, Xiao Lang is just a book writer, and won't see you."

"But I need to find him urgently!" Tao Jingyi frowned.

The middle-aged man was about to speak when he stretched out a hand in front of him, holding an ingot of bright yellow gold in his palm. Duan Feibai said: "Tell me the address of Xiao Lang in Lanling, this ingot of gold is yours."

"This..." The middle-aged man hesitated, "To be honest, I signed a contract with Xiao Lang, if I tell you his address, it will be a breach of contract."

"I can assure you that Xiao Lang will never hold you accountable if he sees me." Tao Jingyi said solemnly.

With a "clang", it was Duan Feibai who pulled out the long sword from his waist and placed it on the shopkeeper's neck. At this time, the sword is better than gold and the status of Zhennan Prince's son.

The shopkeeper trembled, squinting at the silver blade, and said hastily: "You have something to say, something to say! Don't get angry."

In Zhangjia Lane in the north of the town, there is a tree with a crooked neck hung with red silk at the door, which is the residence of Xiao Lang in Lanling.

Tao Jingyi and Duan Feibai walked towards the north of the city.

Youyue hangs in the sky, emitting a faint light, and the surrounding stars are extremely bright. The two walked side by side under the moonlight.

"Why are you looking for Xiao Lang?" Duan Feibai asked suddenly.

"The book he wrote is beautiful, and I want to meet a real person."

nonsense. Duan Feibai said from the bottom of his heart, but did not press on. He turned his head to look at Tao Jingyi under the moon. Tao Jingyi was wearing a veil, and his eyes were full of radiance, as if there was brilliance flowing. Even wearing a veil, she couldn't hide the excitement on her face.

Xiao Lang...

Who is it? !

After stepping into the alley, Tao Jingyi stopped and said to Duan Feibai, seeing that he was about to reach the crooked neck tree that the shopkeeper mentioned, "Little uncle, you will not steal what I will tell Xiao Lang later. Listen, right?"

Duan Feibai was stunned.

"I believe that my junior uncle is a gentleman." Tao Jingyi stretched out his little finger and hooked his little finger, "We pull the hook, which means that we cannot go back on what we have said."

Duan Feibai was robbed by her and couldn't say a word. He smiled and said, "Go early and come back early, I'll wait for you at the alley."

After that, he turned and left.

Watching his back gradually disappear, Tao Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief.

It is easy for him to eavesdrop on the conversation between her and Xiao Lang with his skills, but Duan Wushuang is so arrogant, he wants to overwhelm Duan Feibai's reputation and eavesdrop on this kind of behavior that is against the way of a gentleman. It must be disdainful to do it.

Tao Jingyi found the crooked-neck tree, raised his hand and knocked on the door. He knocked for a long time, but no one answered.

Are you not at home? Tao Jingyi was disappointed.

She came to Lanling Xiaolang for a reason, and this Lanling Xiaolang was definitely not an ordinary person.

The "Ruthless Swordsman" he wrote is a martial arts novel. To others, it is just an ordinary novel, but Tao Jingyi immediately recognized that the content of this novel is simply a copy of "Fei Bai". .

That's right, it was the book she traveled through, "Flying White".

Although "Ruthless Swordsman" changed the names of the protagonist and supporting roles, increased the proportion of romance, and changed the ending, as a loyal reader of "Fei Bai", Tao Jingyi is very sure that this book is a reprint of "Fei Bai", And the ruthless swordsman and puppet girl in the story are Duan Feibai and Su Xiyan.

Some people may hit their brains, but the rate of coincidence of brain holes will definitely not be so high. Tao Jingyi can almost confirm that this Lanling Xiao Lang is also a time traveler just like her.

That's why Tao Jingyi felt something was wrong at first.

Autographed, fans, door-to-door delivery, praise... These words popped out of the mouths of a group of ancient people, which is too unnatural. The reason why they understand this can only explain one problem, someone taught them.

And this person is Lanling Xiaolang!

"Who are you? Why are you blocking my door?" A clear voice interrupted Tao Jingyi's thoughts.

Tao Jingyi turned around and saw a young man appearing under the moonlight. The young man has long hair and is dressed like a scholar, except that the hem of his clothes is rolled up and tucked around his waist. Wearing a pair of straw sandals on the feet, the exposed toes wriggled restlessly.

The young man had a book in his nest, a roast goose wrapped in oil paper in one hand, and wine in the other, looking at her warily.

Before Tao Jingyi could speak, he suddenly realized and almost jumped up: "Oh, I see, it was Lao Li who leaked my address again. How many times have I told you that I am only responsible for writing the book! I am not responsible for it." Interact with fans!"

The young man was cursing, talking about asking Lao Li to deduct money for a while, and moving house for a while.

He walked past Tao Jingyi without even looking at her. Just as his back was about to disappear behind the door, Tao Jingyi said loudly, "Cats with big faces don't eat fish!"

The young man froze.

"The ending of "The Ruthless Swordsman" is wrong. With the character of the protagonist, after he kills his aunt, he will not live, let alone become the overlord of the world. Also, he doesn't love the puppet girl, he made her He became a puppet because he hated her, and even if she died, she would not be able to find peace. The real ending should be that the protagonist commits suicide, and before he died, he crushed the puppet girl to ashes."

There was a "snap", the sound of the wine jar in the boy's hand smashing to the ground. He widened his eyes, with an unbelievably shocked light in his eyes, and quickly rushed to Tao Jingyi, trembling all over, and said excitedly: "You you you you you—"

Because I was too excited, I said "you" for a long time without saying a word.

Tao Jingyi smiled slightly: "The only author who is so familiar with the plot of "Fei Bai" is the original author. You must be a big-faced cat who doesn't eat fish! Am I right?"

***

The boy put the roast goose and books on the table, turned around and lit the only lamp in the room. The dim lights danced, reflecting his shadow on the wall.

Compared with the excitement of holding Tao Jingyi and crying bitterly at the beginning, the boy has calmed down a lot. The candlelight reflected on his flushed cheeks, and there was still a bit of excitement on his face that hadn't faded away.

The young man turned around and showed his white teeth: "Let me introduce myself first, my name is Xia Mingyuan, my pseudonym is Big Face Cat Don't Eat Fish, Soul Wear."

"Tao Jingyi, soul wear." Tao Jingyi said.

Xia Mingyuan broke apart the roast goose on the table, tore off a leg, and handed it to Tao Jingyi: "The signature dish of Tianxianglou, I got it only after sweating."

Tao Jingyi shook his head: "Thank you, I'm not hungry."

Xia Mingyuan was not polite, he took the goose leg and began to gnaw wildly.

Tao Jingyi asked tentatively, "Who did you dress up as?"

"Speaking of this, I will get angry!" Xia Mingyuan stood up "squeakingly", stepped on the bench with one foot, gritted his teeth, and bit the goose leg hard, "Who am I? Became a passer-by, still a poor, clinking passer-by! No way, in order to have enough to eat, I had no choice but to go back to my old profession.”

Tao Jingyi held back a smile: "You should be lucky, if you are the enemy dressed as the protagonist, you will cry."

"By the way, who are you dressed as?"

"Su Xiyan."

Xia Mingyuan almost bit his tongue: "Who?"

"Su Xiyan." Tao Jingyi repeated calmly.

"You you you you you—" Tao Jingyi noticed that when Xia Mingyuan got excited, his tongue would get knotted.

"I should be dead, right?" Tao Jingyi smiled lightly, "That's right, in the eyes of the world, Su Xiyan is indeed dead."

Although Xia Mingyuan didn't play an important role in the book, he still pays close attention to the major events in this world. The burning of the Red Maple Villa half a year ago has already spread all over the world.

"You faked your death." Xia Mingyuan guessed the reason after thinking for a while.

Tao Jingyi lifted the veil: "Now I am Tao Jingyi."

Half of his face under the veil was covered with hideous scars. Xia Mingyuan was unprepared, stepped on the bench, fell to the ground, and said in shock, "You were disfigured by Duan Feibai?!"

Tao Jingyi tore off the right cheek, and said softly, "Of course not, I did it myself."

Hidden under the terrifying mask was a beautiful face, Xia Mingyuan couldn't help but take a few more glances.

Tao Jingyi put the mask back on and put on the veil: "I came here today to confirm the suspicion in my heart."

"I didn't expect that in this world, I could meet people of the same age. Did you make yourself like this to avoid Duan Feibai?"

Tao Jingyi nodded slightly.

Xia Mingyuan rubbed his head: "This is going to be difficult."

"What's the meaning?"

"You also know that Duan Feibai is very cruel. I am a passerby, and I can't get close to him. But there is one thing on him, which is the key for us to go home."

"Go home?" Tao Jingyi keenly grasped the key words, "Back to our time?"

Xia Mingyuan nodded, with a troubled expression on his face: "It's like this. When I first wrote "Fei Bai", I planned to write it as a fantasy martial arts. The suicide at the top of Tianshan is not the real ending, but the ending of one of the small maps. A lot of plots were dropped, and it became the "Fei Bai" you saw. After I wore it, I found that many settings that were not used had taken effect, such as the original setting that Feng Lingzhi was a man."

Tao Jingyi: "..."

Fenglingzhi became Fenglinzhi, which was due to the original setting. After the setting takes effect, the world will automatically complete the plot of this character.

Xia Mingyuan smiled embarrassedly: "Feng Linzhi was originally set to be the ultimate boss, so I gave him the identity of a boss in women's clothing. After the idea of ​​cutting the text came up, I directly wrote it as a supporting actress. Unexpectedly, in this world Here, he really turned into a man, what does this mean, it means that my original setting has taken effect!"

Tao Jingyi didn't want to discuss with Xia Mingyuan at all whether Feng Linzhi was originally set to be male or female. She just wants to know about the setting of wearing it back.

"As I said before, suicide is just the end of the small map. Duan Feibai didn't actually die, but was involved in another time and space. He is known as 'the best of both pianos and swords'. One piano and one sword are set by me on purpose. His zither and sword are the key to time travel. As long as Duan Feibai's blood is used, the zither and sword's time travel settings can be activated and bring us home." Xia Mingyuan clenched his fists.

"Really?" Tao Jingyi doubted.

"I guarantee with my pseudonym that I will lie to you and pierce the earth!" Xia Mingyuan swore with his fingers together, "Otherwise I will write the settings to you right now."

Tao Jingyi frowned: "How sure are you?"

"Even if it's a one-in-a-thousandth possibility, how will you know if you don't try it? Seriously, I don't want to stay in this ghostly place where there is no electricity, no internet, and you can't order takeaway." Xia Mingyuan lay on the table with a look on his face. Resentment, "Even in this world, being sought after and loved by others..."

Tao Jingyi's cheeks hidden under the veil revealed a look of excitement.

There are her relatives and friends in another time and space. If she doesn't think about it, it doesn't mean that she has forgotten her true identity. She just forces herself not to think about it. Now that I have the hope of going back, this idea is like planting a seed in my heart, which will take root and grow vigorously...

"How about it, do you want to give it a try?" Xia Mingyuan's words were like a spell, engraved in Tao Jingyi's mind, making it impossible for her to refuse.

"How?" She asked softly.

"Go and steal Duan Feibai's zither and sword."

"Who stole it?"

Xia Mingyuan looked embarrassed: "Although Duan Feibai is the character I wrote, he is really cruel. I tried to follow him, but I was almost killed by his sword, so..."

Tao Jingyi was their only hope.

"But in his eyes, I'm already dead," Tao Jingyi said.

"I heard that after you 'dead', he has been summoning the soul, why don't you use the dead body to revive the soul once and return to him. I can see that he likes you very much, and he regrets 'killing' you very much. As long as you go back, he will I will definitely let go of my defenses, and steal his qin sword and take his blood, it will be easy."

Tao Jingyi was startled and hesitated, "Let me think about it."

"Next month is the five-year martial arts conference. Duan Feibai will definitely show up. This is a good time, and I will find a way to get in. You and I should cooperate internally and externally, and there is a great chance of success." Xia Mingyuan said.

The author has something to say:

Xia Mingyuan doesn't have many roles, he only provides information and promotes the plot, and won't let him out to wander around.