long night walk

Chapter 589 Hawthorn
In the early morning, beyond the distant mountains, there are dazzling stars to pay respect.

The place where the appointment was held was in a deserted and remote teahouse in the capital city of Modu.

Ning Feiyan looked back from an unremarkable steamed stuffed bun shop, and together with Bai Lian came to the stone lion at the entrance of the teahouse.

At that time, the teahouse was deserted and deserted, only an elegant room on the second floor was brightly lit, and it had been waiting for a long time.

Stepping up the stairs, Bai Li'an and Ning Feiyan arrived outside the gatehouse, and the two light doors were wide open.

Madam Ning sat quietly in the room, and had already prepared a table of sumptuous food and wine.

Seeing the two people coming, Mrs. Ning stretched out her skirt, stood up gracefully, restrained the face of resentment and madness that night, and looked a little dignified at this moment:
"The concubine has been waiting for a long time, and I invite the two adults to move to your seat."

Looking at her respectful and polite appearance, she seemed to have completely forgotten about the plot and frame that happened that night.

The mother and daughter are both born actors, and Ning Feiyan's expression is also the same as usual, with a light expression on his lips, and he said calmly: "Madam, you are welcome."

After all, she pretended to hold Bai Lian's hand affectionately and sat down together.

Bai Lian frowned slightly, but didn't say much.

Mrs. Ning's drooping eyelids were deeply squinted, and a deep coldness flashed in her eyes, but she quickly restrained it and hid it without showing the slightest bit.

After sitting down, there was a slight sound of chains rubbing and shaking somewhere in the room.

The table was full of delicacies carefully prepared by the chefs of the restaurant, but Bai Lian couldn't smell the five flavors of the world. Instead, he caught the strong smell of blood in the aroma of the hot food.

He cast his eyes on a thin figure slowly crawling out of the shadows in the corner of the room.

It was a woman of indeterminate age, wearing a shabby short gown with bare arms, her whole body was dusty and dirty, and she hadn't showered for some time.

In addition to the bloody smell of pus from the wound, there was also an unpleasant sour smell on his body.

Unkempt, black and purple on the face, a collar and an iron chain are hooked around the neck, imprisoned there by a formation.

I don't know if she was attracted by the smell of food, she was covered in bruises, and slowly crawled out of the screen on all fours.

But when she looked at people, her eyes were not timid, but more like a hungry little beast crawling out of the gutter, full of longing and desire.

She stared straight at the delicious food on the table, even though she kept swallowing, a lot of saliva kept dripping from her mouth.

Bai Lian couldn't help but looked up at Mrs. Ning.

This doesn't look like the attitude of throwing a banquet and begging for help.

Sure enough, Ning Feiyan showed a disgusted and disgusted expression, frowned and said: "After so many years, you are still as bad as ever."

Madam Ning picked up half a roast goose with her chopsticks, threw it to the woman's palm, glanced at her coldly, and said, "Go back, it's not time for you to come out yet."

The dirty woman picked up the roast goose and devoured it voraciously, as if she was so hungry that she didn't even let go of the bones. After eating, she licked her fingers and hid back in the shadow.

Bai Lian also frowned deeply. For some reason, the aura of that woman made people feel a little uncomfortable, so he looked sideways at Ning Feiyan and asked, "Her aura...is very strange."

Ning Feiyan said lightly: "That's the obscene demon born on the corpse of the dead succubus in the forest of Beiyuan. The demon spirit floating like dust in the forest has no self-consciousness at all. After absorbing the succubus corpse After extracting the essence, the living thing born from it is the dirty demon."

"The unclean demon is regarded as an unclean thing by Beiyuan, and even the most evil wizard in the demon world is an existence that is rejected.

Wherever the filthy monster has said, there will be a plague. The forest of Beiyuan cannot tolerate this thing, but Mrs. Ning likes to keep this kind of dirty thing in captivity to please Erhe Zangxin. By my side, I am really sincere. "

Ning Feiyan sneered, and said, "So why bother, just go and ask the merciful Lord Erhe to save Hongzhuang."

Mrs. Ning took a spoonful of fish soup and put it in her bowl. Her voice was calm, and she could not hear any emotions or anger: "How can a mere animal be able to ask Mr. Buxin to help me and save Hongzhuang."

"But Lord Shouhe is different." Madam Ning raised her gaze, and scooped up another spoonful of fish soup for Baili'an. There was a deep meaning in her eyes that was hard to understand:

"That night, Lord Concubine Guan never gave up on my daughter when he was facing Ye Tan Demon's Dream. His heart was evident. This concubine was daring. I hope that Your Excellency will generously save another daughter of this concubine."

As soon as he came up, he was straight to the point and made his heart clear.

Bai Lian didn't dislike this simple and direct way.

Anyway, coming here today was just a matter of saying a word, he was about to tell Hong Zhuang that she must be fine at this time, but before he could speak, the back of his hand was suddenly covered with warmth.

He raised his head in astonishment, facing Mrs. Shangning's charming eyes.

Those eyes completely ignored Ning Feiyan, looked straight at Bai Lian, and said with a flushed face:
"The concubine knows that the devil's grace is not easy, and it is really greedy to ask the lord to save my daughter for nothing, but since the lord is willing to come to the appointment today, it is obvious that there is no room for discussion on this matter. If the lord can save Hongzhuang's life, the concubine I would like to serve the king with my body, and be a slave and handmaiden for the rest of my life, and I will never have another heart from now on."

Bai Lian lowered his eyes, looking at the hand with the bright red cardamom on the back of his hand.

He withdrew his hand naturally and calmly, took the handkerchief Ning Feiyan handed over naturally and calmly, and wiped the back of his hand and fingertips carefully.

"Madam, you are joking. Master Ninghe told me about Hongzhuang last night. I promised her to save Hongzhuang. Madam, there is no need to do that."

Mrs. Ning was startled for a moment, then smiled wryly: "Master Sihe was raised by my concubine since she was a child, how can this concubine not know her temperament, why does Master Shouhe use such a ridiculous lie to prevaricate the concubine.

Even if Lord Demon Monarch grants mercy extrajudicially, the concubine believes that with Sihe Lord's temperament, she will never make a few words of intercession for my poor Hongzhuang. "

Bai Lian frowned, seeing Mrs. Ning's mournful appearance, for some reason, an indescribable sense of boredom arose in her heart.

Out of the corner of his eye, Ning Feiyan looked as usual, holding the wine glass with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

"From now on, it doesn't matter if Madam Ning believes it or not, at the King's Return Banquet today, everything will be revealed by itself."

Bai Lian pushed the table and stood up, not intending to stay for a long time. He glanced lightly at the delicious dishes on the table, and said: "Today's appointment, it can be seen that the chef of this restaurant has put a lot of thought into it, and every dish is exquisite. It's so unbearable to eat chopsticks, but Madam Ning seems to have forgotten that it's only half an hour now, and I think the big fish and meat on this table are not as refreshing and comfortable as Madam's porridge and side dishes made by yourself."

His black and white pupils couldn't help looking at Mrs. Ning, and there was an invisible sense of oppression in his warm eyes:
"Thinking about it this way, it's quite normal for a mother who doesn't even want to cook home-cooked dishes for her own children to say such extreme begging words."

Bai Lian glanced at the sky, the dark clouds had dispersed, and the sky was gradually rising.

He said to Ning Feiyan who was sitting still and said: "On the way here, I saw a shop on the corner of the street that served crab noodle steamed buns and cucumber and shrimp porridge. Try it?"

Ning Feiyan was taken aback, just now when she came, she just took a second look at the unnamed steamed stuffed bun shop, but he remembered it in her heart, she said with a faint smile: "It's as if you can eat steamed stuffed buns .”

Bai Lian's eyes slightly curved: "Then please trouble Lord Ninghe to help me eat an extra portion."

Perhaps Ning Feiyan didn't realize how light and joking her tone just now seemed to be flirting with others.

Madam Ning couldn't bear to see her smiling like this. Seeing the two getting up one after another, her eyes could not help but slowly turn red with hatred, and her body could not help but tremble.

She didn't wait for Bai Lian to leave, and suddenly grabbed his sleeve, her eyes once again showed the crazy eyes of that night:

"Do you know! Every time she laughs like this at others, she is always thinking about how to kill him! She is a lunatic, devil! She hates all of us, you said she would ask you to save Hongzhuang? Don't be kidding Yes! She wished for my son Hongzhuang to die!
I know how cruel she is, 10 people in the family were buried in her hands alone, and my son's red makeup face was also destroyed by her own hands!She was originally the young genius with the best talent in our clan, but she was crushed by this bitch on the day when she produced her magic essence!
Also, don't you know?My son Hong Zhuangben looks very similar to her. When the old demon lord feasted on the world, the person Milu Shaojun really fell in love with was not her but Hong Zhuang.

Not long after returning to the family, the red makeup was destroyed by her hands!She was supposed to be the young concubine of the demon clan who was infinitely respected and favored, but now she has become a shady weapon in her hands! "

Madam Ning's well-painted makeup was completely ruined by the distorted expression, and her lips and teeth collided fiercely:

"She can destroy the closest relatives around her today, and she can eat you to death tomorrow!"

She cried loudly: "Poor Hongzhuang doesn't know anything about these things, and she has been willing to drive her for so many years. If I don't save her now, I'm afraid I won't even know that I'm loyal to a poisonous snake that kills humanity until I die!"

Bai Lian felt that what she said was wrong.

Her extermination is more than human nature, it is clearly human heart.

Bai Lian let her hold his sleeve and cried for a long time, until her voice became quieter, then Bai Lian said slowly: "Actually, it's not Ning Feiyan you don't believe, but yourself, right?"

Mrs. Ning was startled, her eyes were blurred with tears, her expression was slightly blank: "What... what?"

The pair of black eyes that Bai Lian looked straight at her were bottomless, as if he could see through people's hearts at a glance:
"Ning Hongzhuang and Ning Feiyan are both your children, but you only love Ning Hongzhuang. It's not because you love this child so much, it's just that you gave your love for the two children to one person because of guilt." .”

Ning Feiyan had a strange expression on his face.

Madam Ning murmured, "It's not like this..."

Bai Lian pulled back his sleeves and analyzed carefully: "What happened back then, you had no choice but to give up the unknown son who everyone in the clan taboos, but she is your child after all. Guilt, torment and struggle.

Until later, you had Ning Hongzhuang, she was smart and talented, and she was loved by everyone. At this moment, you found a support and gave her double the love that could not be given to Ning Feiyan. "

"Ning Hongzhuang is the most perfect child in your heart, making up for the guilt and anxiety that Ning Feiyan brought to you.

But you didn't expect that Ning Feiyan could come back alive in such a desolate hell. When you saw her covered in scars, your first thought would be not distress, but fear and confusion. "

"No...it's not like this..."

Bai Lian didn't want to spend too much time today, but when he saw that Ning Feiyan, a calm and decisive guy who was cruel to him, had such a cowardly and incompetent mother, he really wanted to push aside the woman in front of him who used love as an excuse. false coat.

If she wasn't stripped to the point of dripping blood, it was as if she would never know how much pain that abandoned child would have suffered.

"From the beginning to the end, you don't want to trust Ning Feiyan, not because of how bad she is.

It's because you treat her really cruelly and indifferently. You know how you can't feel resentment towards your child who you treat with cruelty and indifference, so you guard against her, avoid her, hate her, hate her , slander her. "

Mrs. Ning fell softly to the ground. Suddenly, in broad daylight, the ghost in her heart was pulled out, and she was heartbroken after being exposed to the sun. She was devastated: "That's not the case, I didn't..."

Bai Lian's eyes were deep and slightly cold, and he looked down at the woman: "You said she was a poisonous snake, but you didn't know that the poisonous snake had already entrenched in your own heart."

"If you really open your eyes and take a serious look at her, you will find that there is a paradise hidden under the ghosts hidden in people's hearts."

I don't know if she listened to these words, Madam Ning slowly lowered her head, her cheeks hid in the shadows, her voice from crying just now was a little hoarse, and she said with difficulty:
"Master Hezhu, can I have a few words with Feiyan alone?"

Bai Lian's eyes moved slightly, and he looked at Ning Feiyan.

Ning Feiyan was also looking at him, and when he saw him turning his gaze, he turned his gaze and said, "You go to the corner and wait for me first."

Seeing that she had no resistance, Bai Lian left her alone.

The restaurants and alleys are extremely deserted, the dust and mist are misty, the majestic magic city, there is a corner of sadness.

The nameless steamed stuffed bun shop on the corner of the street sells the most common food in folk houses in the mortal world. Even though the fragrance is warm and warm, the business is always very deserted.

The owner of the store is an old merchant bear demon. His originally burly figure was a little rickety due to years of oppression, and there were brown age spots on his face.
When he smiled and beckoned Bai Lian to sit down, he didn't have the murderous feeling of the demons.

Bai Lian ordered two drawers of steamed stuffed buns and a bowl of porridge, which were warmed by a small charcoal fire.

The hot porridge had been bubbling and bubbling for an unknown amount of time, when a plain hand suddenly lifted the blue cloth cover.

Ning Feiyan walked into the small shop and sat down in front of him, poured a bowl of hot porridge for herself, and said, "The King's Return Banquet is coming to an end today, are you really...will you save Hongzhuang for me?"

The chopsticks in Bai Li'an's hand, which was about to pick up a crab meat steamed bun for her, paused in the air. He looked at her slightly strangely, and asked, "What did Mrs. Ning say to you?"

Ning Feiyan put down the porridge spoon in her hand, narrowed her eyes and said, "It seems like I said a lot, but it seems like I didn't say anything?"

Seeing that she hadn't touched a mouthful of the hot porridge in her bowl, Bai Lian took a small plate from the side and handed it over: "If you're in a bad mood, how about some sour ones to appetize?"

A row of bright red hawthorn fruits were neatly stacked on the small plate. Ning Feiyan glanced at it and did not refuse.

Take two and eat.

She looked at Bai Li'an, suddenly smiled, and said: "You treat me so well, how about I watch a good show with you today?"

Bai Lian didn't seem to be very interested, his eyes fell on the residual red left when she picked up the hawthorn with her fingertips, and asked in a low voice: "What's the fun?"

At this time, there was a gust of cold wind blowing from the corner, and the hot mist on the bun steamer was blown away.

The corners of her mouth were raised slightly, her voice was scattered in the wind, and some couldn't hear it clearly: "A...a good show about redemption."

The wind is over, this trip to the appointment is over.

When the demonic old man in the shop cleaned up the table, he found that the charcoal fire on the table had been extinguished, the porridge was cold, and the two drawers of buns and a cup of porridge had not been touched at all, leaving it cold and lukewarm.

Only the hawthorn in the small dish was missing two.

(End of this chapter)