伊墨一直覺得，成為人和做妖並無不同。即使身上披了人皮，骨頭沉重，血肉溫熱，他仍是紅塵外的寥寥一過客，不曾深陷其中。因他並無太多欲求，只想同柳延走完這短短一生。
能陪他白首至老，死後同穴，也是結了這幾百年的心願。
都說做了凡人，有七情六欲之憂，有生老病死之痛，日子是圍著柴米油鹽轉的。
然而伊墨從未有做人的深切感受。他的柴米油鹽有柳延伺候，衣食住行有柳延照顧，連梳洗瑣事，柳延都一併替他料理了。從來也不曾讓他覺得做人有什麼不好。
那是三生的柳延，經過繁華富貴，走過生死沙場，沒有什麼能難住他的事，也沒有再能讓他放在心頭的人，除了他和沈玨。
沈玨每年寒冬歸家，無論他們在哪座城鎮，哪座山林，他總能找到他們落腳的地方。寒冬臘月裡他敲開家門，仿佛歸巢倦鳥，露出粲然笑容，蹭在他們身上撒嬌。
那個永遠年輕俊美的孩子，再也沒有長大，自然也不會老去。
他歸到家來，就接過了柳延所有活計，會在天尚未亮起時燒開梳洗的熱水端到門前；也會奔波一天，採購家中所需的大小物件；他在灶房裡忙碌一天，奉上滿滿一桌美味佳餚，且會一直熱著，不曾因為寒冷而變涼。
於是他們穿著嶄新衣裳，一起炸響炮仗，守著熱騰騰的飯菜和美酒，共用這一年喜氣洋溢。他們倚著爐火談天說地，抱著佳釀醉倒在滿室佳餚香氣中。
到了上元燈節，花市如晝，他們三口結伴而行，在街市吃一碗熱騰騰的甜膩元宵，享一年熱鬧。
接著沈玨會再次離去，同他們揮手作別，獨自踏上屬於自己的旅途。
而他們也會離開，從來不曾在哪裡停駐太久，時間久了，柳延說那樣會陷進人情世故裡。
人情世故是天下最繁瑣的東西，且一旦開始，就再也沒有理清的時候。三生為人還要把生命浪費在這樣的事情上，柳延是不幹的。伊墨自然依他。
在哪裡對他來說都一樣，身邊始終是這個人，將他照顧的妥妥帖帖，沒有一絲不好。
只要他在身邊，哪裡都是好的。
於是他們去過很多地方，看遍山水人情，途中遇到喜歡的小鎮，也會停留下來，在那裡買下一座小院，認識幾家鄰里，幾年過後重新上路。
饒是如此，柳延一路也開了不少商鋪，銀兩始終不絕。天生的紅塵利祿骨，不是一句空話。伊墨對他說，大約只有哪天吃了太上老君的九轉洗髓丹，他才有脫胎換骨的可能。
柳延聽他這麼說，也只是抿唇一笑，對他道：“今日是七夕，我們去頑。”
伊墨想著自己說錯話了，大約是前兩世各有困局，他活的一天都沒有輕鬆過，更不曾好好玩耍過。這輩子前一段又是個小傻子，更沒有玩耍的念頭。
而今萬事都成定局，他的玩心都復活了。
除了紅塵利祿骨，也是聞名一紈絝。
伊墨說：“玩可以，不陪你去青樓酒肆類的地方。”
柳延聞言哈哈笑起來，這些年他們確實玩的野性，賞花飲酒聽戲逛青樓這樣的荒誕事也沒有少做，像初出茅廬的小子，哪裡熱鬧就要往哪裡去，即使伊墨先前堅決不肯去，最後也總是被柳延拽去，從無一次例外。
他們因此認識了許多奇人，有隱居山中的高士，也有落魄街頭的俠客；同街頭乞兒也能圍爐烤火，同花樓裡的名妓也能清茶一盞，相談甚歡。
柳延連忙保證不會心血來潮又去那些地方。伊墨才肯隨他出門。
今日是七夕，柳延自然不會拉著他亂跑。
過往認識的那些人終究是沒有後續的，都是過客而已。柳延比誰都明白這個道理。
守在一起的，從頭至尾，只有他們兩人。
正是因為只有他們兩個，所以他才要帶他走遍繁華世界，看這冷暖人間，認識那些與他們本無關係又有意思的人，明知不過一期一會，短暫流連，也對得起流逝的時間。
再過數年，他們會一起白髮蒼蒼，神乏體困。
他們會再也跑不動，也玩不動。便可以坐在夕陽裡，一樁樁細數一同經歷的故事，談論有趣的人，仍舊談笑風生，有說不完的話。
這世間如此繁華，他們一起走過看過；冷暖人間，他們相伴流連過。
無愧這相守年華，不曾虛度這短暫的一生。
即使伊墨曾活了千年，柳延也要讓他知道，只有與他在一起的日子，才是活著。
想到此，柳延攥緊伊墨的袖子，隨著擁擠的人流走上街頭。他們現下已是兩個中年人，臉上有了歲月滄桑，並肩前行時更像是一對兄弟。街頭小販吆喝聲聲，賣著巧果和心願結，還有陶瓷的黃牛和仙女人偶，熱鬧的擺了一街。
兩人一路閒逛著走出街市，上了城樓。
高高的城樓上，可以見到對面的山上火把如同游龍，從上頭至山腳蜿蜒而行。
那些是舉著香火去叩奉織女星的大姑娘和小媳婦們，長長的人流走成了看不到尾的隊伍。最早到達的人群已經聚集在山頭，從這裡看過去，星火密織在一起，讓人分不清哪些星星，哪些是火光。
她們對著天上的織女星叩拜稽首，虔誠祈求。有人在祈求能遇上良人；有人在祈求生下一個兒子；所有祈盼終歸是想要美好又順遂的渡過一生。
伊墨卻說：“她們祈求的盡是些織女自己都做不到的事。可笑的很。”
“怎麼會做不到？”柳延道：“都說天上一天人間一年，照此說來，牛郎也是天天同她相會的。”
伊墨說：“牛郎早死了。”
又說：“我聽說三十三重天之上，天上一天，人間百年；織女未必在三十三重天上，但牛郎卻早已死了。”
柳延倒沒想到此處，聞言竟是愣住了。
伊墨笑話他，好歹也是三生歷練，如何不懂傳說都是騙人的。
壽命短暫的凡人只是聽故事，一個故事足以打動他們就足夠，卻不曾抑或不願細想，肉體凡胎的牛郎能活多少年，等那一年一度的鵲橋相會，又能等多少年。
他其實早已死去，化作天地一塵埃。
天上的織女也恢復從前模樣，一人守著孤寂星河，無邊無際的生命中只剩下為天空羅織彩衣一樁事。
千千萬萬年過去，織女遲早會忘記曾經有過一段情緣。
就算她不曾相忘，始終記得有這樣一段往事，可是愛過的男人和親生的孩子都已化土。只留她一人在天上冷冷清清，又會作何感想。
她尚不能美好又順遂的渡過一生，卻要面對那些祈求自己的人，只怕在織女眼裡，這些人都是往她傷口上撒鹽的惡人，何來實現她們的願景之說。
伊墨說完盯著柳延，在這流傳了千萬年的鵲橋相會故事裡，專司撕開美好假像給他看。
柳延忍不住擰了他一把。
沒了一張蛇皮鱗甲，被擰一下確實是有點痛。伊墨“嘶”一聲，埋怨道：“你擰疼我了。”
柳延只好又上去揉，邊揉邊道：“我倒是願意想，那織女正是因為自己得不到完滿一生，才會生出慈悲心來，盡力成全他人的完滿，否則怎麼當得起神仙的名頭。”
伊墨不置可否，只是拖著柳延要回家，重新回到街上，他走到小販攤前，幾個銅板抱回一包七巧果。
柳延站在路旁沖著他笑，笑意盈盈的眼睛彎起來，說不出的好看。
伊墨將果子遞過去，依然面容平淡，只是說：
“既然你信，那就讓她成全這份圓滿罷。”
柳延掏出兩個果子，強行往他嘴裡塞了一個，回道：“她會的。”
她會的。
這份圓滿，任誰都會成全。
且成全的天經地義。
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Yi Mo always felt that being a human was no different from being a demon . Even though he was covered in human skin, his bones were heavy, and his flesh and blood were warm, he was still a passer-by outside the mortal world, and he had never been deeply involved in it. Because he didn’t have too many desires, he just wanted to spend this short life with Liu Yan.
Being able to accompany him until old age and be buried together with him after death is the fulfillment of my wish for hundreds of years.
It is said that as a mortal, one has to worry about the seven emotions and six desires, the pain of birth, old age, sickness and death, and that life revolves around the daily necessities of life.
However, Yi Mo never had a deep feeling of being a human being. Liu Yan took care of his daily necessities, clothing, food, housing and transportation, and even his washing and grooming. He never felt that there was anything wrong with being a human being.
That was Liu Yan of Sansheng. He had experienced prosperity and wealth, and gone through the battlefields of life and death. Nothing could stump him, and there was no one he could care about in his heart, except him and Shen Jue.
Shen Jue returns home every winter, no matter which town or forest they are in, he can always find where they are staying. In the cold winter, he knocks on the door of their home, like a weary bird returning to its nest, showing a bright smile, rubbing against them and acting coquettishly.
The child who is forever young and handsome will never grow up and naturally will never grow old.
When he returned home, he took over all of Liu Yan’s work. He would boil hot water for washing and bring it to the door before dawn. He would also run around all day to buy all the big and small items needed for the home. He would be busy in the kitchen all day and serve a table full of delicious dishes, which would always be kept hot and would never get cold due to the cold.
So they put on new clothes, set off firecrackers together, and enjoyed hot meals and fine wine, sharing the joy of the year. They leaned against the fire and talked about everything, and got drunk in the aroma of the food in the room.
During the Lantern Festival, the flower market was as bright as day. The three of them walked together, ate a bowl of hot and sweet Yuanxiao dumplings in the market, and enjoyed the excitement of the year.
Then Shen Jue will leave again, wave goodbye to them, and embark on his own journey alone.
And they will also leave, never staying in one place for too long. After a long time, Liu Yan said that they will get trapped in the ways of the world.
The ways of the world are the most complicated things in the world, and once they start, there is no time to sort them out. Liu Yan would not waste his life on such things. Yi Mo naturally agreed to his request.
It doesn’t matter where he is. There is always this person by his side, taking good care of him, without any problems.
As long as he is around, everywhere is good.
So they traveled to many places, saw the mountains, rivers and people, and when they came across a small town they liked along the way, they would stop, buy a small courtyard there, get to know a few neighbors, and then set off again after a few years.
Even so, Liu Yan opened many shops along the way, and his money never ran out. Born with a heart for worldly gain and fame, it was not an empty talk. Yi Mo told him that only if he took the Nine-Turn Marrow Cleansing Pill from Taishang Laojun one day, he would have the possibility of being reborn.
When Liu Yan heard him say that, he just smiled and said to him, “Today is Chinese Valentine’s Day, let’s go play."
Yi Mo thought that he had said the wrong thing. It was probably because of the difficulties in his previous two lives that he had never had a relaxing day, let alone a good time. In the first part of this life, he was a little fool, and he had no intention of playing.
Now that everything is settled, his playful nature has been revived.
In addition to his worldly pursuit of wealth and fame, he is also known as a playboy.
Yi Mo said: “You can have fun, but I won’t accompany you to places like brothels and wine shops."
Liu Yan laughed out loud when he heard that. They had indeed been having a lot of wild fun over the years, doing a lot of absurd things like appreciating flowers, drinking, listening to operas, and visiting brothels. Like young boys just starting out, they would go wherever there was excitement. Even if Yi Mo had refused to go at first, he would always be dragged away by Liu Yan in the end, without exception.
As a result, they got to know many extraordinary people, including hermits living in the mountains and down-and-out knights on the streets. They could warm themselves around the fire with beggars on the street, and have a cup of tea and a pleasant conversation with famous prostitutes in brothels.
Liu Yan hastily promised that he would not go to those places again on a whim. Only then did Yi Mo agree to go out with him.
Today is Chinese Valentine’s Day, so Liu Yan naturally wouldn’t drag him around.
After all, those people you met in the past will have no follow-up, they are just passers-by. Liu Yan understands this truth better than anyone else.
From beginning to end, there were only the two of them who stayed together.
Precisely because there are only the two of them, he wants to take him to travel around the bustling world, to see the warmth and coldness of the world, to meet those interesting people who have nothing to do with them. Even though he knows that it is only a one-time encounter and a short stay, it is worth it to spend time together.
In a few years, they will both be gray-haired, exhausted and physically tired .
They will no longer be able to run or play, and they can sit in the sunset , recounting the stories they have experienced together, talking about interesting people, still chatting and laughing, with endless things to say.
This world is so prosperous, they have walked through it together; they have lingered in the cold and warm times of this world together.
We have lived up to the years we have spent together and have not wasted this short life.
Even if Yi Mo had lived for a thousand years, Liu Yan wanted him to know that the only time he was with him was when he was alive.
Thinking of this, Liu Yan grasped Yi Mo’s sleeve and followed the crowd onto the street. They were now two middle-aged men, with the vicissitudes of life on their faces. When they walked side by side, they looked more like a pair of brothers. Street vendors were shouting, selling glutinous rice cakes and wish knots, as well as ceramic yellow cattle and fairy dolls, which were lively all over the street.
The two of them strolled out of the street and went up to the city wall.
From the high city wall, you can see the torches on the opposite mountain like a dragon, winding from the top to the foot of the mountain.
Those were young girls and wives holding incense sticks to worship the Weaver Girl . The long line of people formed a line that could not be seen at the end. The earliest people had gathered at the top of the mountain. From here, the stars were so densely interwoven that it was difficult to distinguish which were stars and which were fire.
They bowed their heads to the Vega in the sky and prayed devoutly. Some prayed to meet their good lover; some prayed to give birth to a son; all of them prayed for a beautiful and smooth life.
Yi Mo said, “They are praying for things that even the Weaver Girl herself cannot do. It’s ridiculous."
“How can it be impossible?" Liu Yan said, “It is said that one day in heaven is one year on earth. According to this, Niulang also meets her every day."
Yi Mo said: “Niulang died a long time ago."
He also said: “I heard that in the thirty-three heavens, one day in heaven is equal to a hundred years on earth; the Weaver Girl may not be in the thirty-three heavens, but the Cowherd has already died."
Liu Yan hadn’t expected this and was stunned when he heard it.
Yi Mo laughed at him. After all, he had experienced three lifetimes. How could he not understand that legends were all lies?
Mortals with short lifespans just listen to stories. One story is enough to move them, but they never or do not want to think about how many years the mortal cowherd can live, and how many years they can wait for the annual meeting on the Magpie Bridge.
In fact, he had already died and turned into dust in the world .
The Weaver Girl in the sky also returned to her previous appearance, guarding the lonely starry sky alone. The only thing left in her boundless life was to weave colorful clothes for the sky.
After thousands and thousands of years have passed, sooner or later the Weaver Girl will forget that she once had a love affair.
Even if she has never forgotten them and always remembers this past, the man she loved and the child she gave birth to have turned to dust. How would she feel when she is left alone in heaven, feeling lonely and desolate?
She cannot live a beautiful and smooth life, but has to face those who pray to her. I am afraid that in the eyes of the Weaver Girl, these people are evil people who rub salt into her wounds. How can she realize their vision?
After Yi Mo finished speaking, he stared at Liu Yan. In this story of meeting on the Magpie Bridge that has been passed down for thousands of years, he was dedicated to tearing apart the beautiful illusion for him to see.
Liu Yan couldn’t help but pinch him.
Without the snake skin scales, it was indeed painful to be twisted. Yi Mo hissed and complained, “You twisted me and hurt me."
Liu Yan had no choice but to rub it again, saying as he did so: “I would like to think that it is because the Weaver Girl herself could not have a perfect life that she developed compassion and tried her best to help others achieve perfection. Otherwise, how could she deserve the title of a deity."
Yi Mo didn’t say anything, but just dragged Liu Yan home. Back on the street, he walked to the vendor’s stall and bought a bag of Qiqiaoguo for a few copper coins.
Liu Yan stood by the road and smiled at him, her eyes curved with a smile that was indescribably beautiful.
Yi Mo handed the fruit over, his expression still calm, and just said:
“Since you believe it, let her fulfill this perfection."
Liu Yan took out two fruits, forced one into his mouth, and replied, “She will."
She will.
Anyone can achieve this perfection.
And it is only natural that it should be accomplished.
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