Taohuaxi

Chapter 55

Dark clouds arrive uninvited.Wuling Mountain dimmed.

The earth seems to be asleep.However, thunder was rumbling and rolling in the sky not far away, as if unable to break free from the dense layers of dark clouds, and the sound was dull.

In a moment, lightning broke through the thick clouds——

thundered.

The heavy rain poured down from the sky and hit the fire in Taohua Temple.

The arrogant flames suddenly weakened when encountering heavy rain.

Feng Gao seemed to see hope.

As he rushed into the nunnery, he called to his men: "Hurry up and save people!"

Everyone hurriedly carried out the two people who had fallen inside.

Feng Gao carefully sniffed.

Xun Yitang was the arsonist. She stayed in the fire longer and lost her breath.

But during the time of Cheng Huai, there was still a breath left.

Feng Gao shouted to me: "Sister! He is still alive! He is alive!"

He just wanted to make me feel less upset.

However, he didn't know that my heart was like the burnt flowers and trees in Peach Blossom Temple, losing the last trace of life in the fire.

Feng Gao held my hand: "Sister, I will find the best doctor to revive him. Don't worry. I won't allow him to die, I won't allow him to die. He has to stay with my sister. Always and forever." Sister. Make your sister happy."

He hurriedly arranged and carried Cheng Huaishi down the mountain.

"Sister, three miles away from Wuling Mountain, there is a private residence where Yin Xiaojing and I live in Jingzhao Prefecture. No one goes there on weekdays, so it is the safest place. Quan can carry Cheng Huaishi there, and I will ask the best doctor to come and treat him. He treated his injuries. 'Cheng Huaishi' on the execution ground has been executed, and Cheng's house in the city is currently very conspicuous and cannot go back."

Cheng Huaishi had large burns on his body.

The once handsome face was completely unrecognizable.

It may be difficult for the doctor to recognize him.

Feng Gao had a sinister look in his eyes and ordered his men: "He is seriously injured, please be careful. In addition, no one is allowed to tell anyone about today's events."

"Subordinates, please obey the factory master's orders!" everyone answered in unison.

Strangely, after the fire in Taohua Temple was completely extinguished, the showers in Wuling Mountain stopped.

Silently.

It was as if all the cruelty had never happened.

A pair of gray magpies flew from nowhere. They both stopped on a branch and screamed towards Peach Blossom Temple.

Feng Gao supported me and said, "Sister, let's get out of here quickly. We just got caught in the rain, and I'm afraid my sister will catch the cold."

I nodded blankly.

After taking a few steps forward, I heard a sound behind me.

I turned around and saw a young nun, covering her face and crying while collecting Xun Yitang's body.

She must have not followed the scattered crowd, she had been hiding aside and watching what was going on here.

She murmured in her mouth: "Greed, anger, and ignorance, the three poisons, the three stains, and the three fires. Jingming, you are a very smart person, why would you take this step... Entering Buddhism without purifying the six roots, stepping out of the mortal world with crazy thoughts It’s too much... I should have stopped you earlier yesterday..."

I stopped and whispered, "Who are you?"

She said: "The poor nun is Qingming in Peach Blossom Nunnery. She sleeps in the same nunnery with Jingming all day long, and she is the best friend of her. She often came to the nunnery before she became a monk. What obsession does she have? They all told the poor nun to listen. Last night, the poor nun saw her secretly hiding the candle in her sleeve, and took out the banknotes and handed them to the master, saying that they were accumulated in her life and were useless, so that the master could use them to repair the nunnery in the future. The nun felt something was wrong and asked her, but she just smiled and shook her head. She said that she had thought of a wonderful place to go. The nun thought that she was going to return to secular life. Unexpectedly, she was..."

She shed tears and sighed.

I looked at Xun Yitang's body.

There was still a satisfied smile on her face, which was blurred by the heat.It seemed that the period before her death was the happiest moment in her life.

She had made up her mind.

Her stubbornness has never changed.

Grinding ink to write, flying pen to write letters, like moths rushing to the fire, how can you burn your body?

Until the dead.

The little nun buried her under the peach tree in front of the nunnery.

The withered peach branches swayed after the rain.

I looked around this nunnery, this mountain, and this tomb for the last time.

Turn around and leave with Feng Gao.

The private house is located in a mulberry forest.

Away from official roads, luxurious and quiet.

Cheng Huaishi was placed in a guest room in the backyard.

The doctor from He Niantang came to see him and said frankly that even if the burn is healed, it will leave scars all over his body that will never go away. Now, just hoping that the wound will not let pus leak out and save his life is a great blessing.

The doctor prescribed medicine, and Feng Gao ordered someone to cook it.

It's already dusk.

The mulberry has not fallen, and its leaves are ferocious.When the mulberry falls, it turns yellow and falls away.

Feng Gao and I walked to the courtyard, stepping on the thick and soft fallen leaves of the mulberry trees.

I raised my head and said to him: "Douya, do you want to see Mrs. Qin?"

He lowered his head and remained silent, his face suddenly turned red, and he rubbed his hands together, feeling uneasy.

I said: "Last time, she was very anxious when you disappeared from Cheng's house. She has been waiting for you."

He was stunned.

"Sister, I...I don't know how to face it...I have never had...she fed me soup like that. I am eager and afraid, I am afraid, I..."

He refused to mention it again.

I stretched out my hand and rubbed his forehead: "Fool, you are so smart to others, why are you so stupid to your own mother? You are her child."

He turned his back and said, "Sister, don't talk anymore."

I said: "I won't force you. Everything should be according to your own heart. I am going back to Cheng Mansion to pick up Xiaoyin. Do you want to come with me?"

He thought for a moment and followed me slowly.

The carriage arrived in front of Cheng Mansion.Feng Gao and I got off the carriage, and Mrs. Qin, dressed in plain clothes, was standing at the door like a clear moon.

When she met Feng Gao, she looked directly at him.

Feng Gao turned around suddenly, but walked very slowly.

Mrs. Qin followed him in a panic, and said behind him: "I learned from Sang Yu to make your favorite cake. You let me make it for you, okay?"

"I, I went to the temple to ask for a peace charm for you."

"It rained today and it's getting colder. You're still wearing so few clothes. I sewed you a pair of rabbit fur knee pads."

Every detail is a daily routine.

Feng Gao stopped, his thin shoulders shaking slightly.

He said stubbornly: "I'm not cold."

Mrs. Qin whispered: "Where are you going now? Are you busy? Don't go, okay?"

a long time.

Feng Gao turned around and walked into the courtyard.

Mrs. Qin and I quickly followed in.

He walked into the west wing of the east courtyard, sat on Mrs. Qin's bed, and said in a muffled voice: "You can give it to me."

Mrs. Qin was stunned for a moment, then understood in an instant. She hurriedly took the knee pads and handed them to him.

Very carefully he put the knee pads into his arms.

I said: "Douzhao, you can wear it now."

Like a naughty boy protecting his hard-earned candy, he said seriously: "No. What if I break it?"

Just this sentence made Mrs. Qin burst into tears. She kept saying: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Feng Gao's face turned red again and he stammered: "You're so good, you, you, are you crying?"

Mrs. Qin wiped her tears quickly and walked out: "I'm going to make cakes for you now. You wait for me."

I watched his eyes follow Mrs. Qin's back.

After a while, Mrs. Qin made the cake, brought it up, and handed it to him.

He grabbed it and took a bite.

Mrs. Qin looked at him expectantly and nervously: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Feng Gao devoured a whole piece of cake and shed tears uncontrollably.

A strange taste.

The feeling of being loved.

It made his eyes red, like a child who had been bullied for a long time.

He was panic-stricken.

It turns out that this is what it feels like to have a mother.

Love that comes without effort.

Mrs. Qin hugged him.

He didn't break free.

Mrs. Qin cried and hugged him: "I didn't protect you. I'm sorry for you. If I knew you were abandoned, I would have to protect you even if I risked my life... My child, I know you can't forgive me, I I don’t expect you to call me mother. If I can be by your side and make it up to you, I’ll be content for the rest of my life... I just want someone to give you some clothes when you’re cold. If you’re hungry, someone will make you something to eat. …”

After a long while, Feng Gao finally reached out and hugged Mrs. Qin.

He opened his mouth, wanting to shout something, but nothing came out.

Mrs. Qin felt his response and was so happy that she didn't know what to do.

She patted his back gently.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Qin Mingxu is here.

Seeing the scene in front of him, he lowered his head, then raised his head to me, and said nonchalantly: "Sang Yu, Mr. Zhu from Dongchang Mansion has given you a letter."

There has been no news from them for a long time.

I took the letter and opened it. It was my father's handwriting.

Stepmother Lin Yue died of illness not long ago.He is also now seriously ill.The family's business is in dire straits.I wish Xifeng is still not making progress.He has received a letter from the elder of the Cheng family and learned that I was divorced. He is eager for me to come home and support the family.

He has never spoken such sincere words to me.

Between the lines, he expressed his bitterness that he felt that his life was not long.

At the end of the letter, he said: Sangyu, my son, you and I are like father and daughter in this life.Even if the father has great faults, it is like a beggar son returning to attend the funeral if his father is mourned.Cut, cut.

After all, the Zhu family has raised me for more than ten years.I called him dad for more than ten years.

I closed the letter and felt all sorts of things in my heart.

He used the word "begging".

He was begging me.

Because Cheng Huaishi hadn't woken up yet, Feng Gao and I returned to his private house in the evening.

Feng Gao asked me to rest first. While he was guarding Cheng Huai, if there was any movement, he would call me.

Half an hour later, when I was sleeping lightly, Feng Gao hurriedly called: "Sister, he's awake!"

I got up, walked through several corridors with Feng Gao, and hurried over.

however--

The bed was empty.

Feng Gao ordered several of his men who were keeping watch at night and said, "Go find him quickly!"

Somewhere in my mind, I had a feeling: I couldn’t find it.

He avoided me on purpose.

As long as he has a breath, he will avoid me.

(End of this chapter)