Taohuaxi

Chapter 78
Accompanied by the protracted voice of the concierge, "Sent to the bridal chamber -", two maids helped me into the main room.

The guests had already sat down at the table one after another, and Qin Mingxu accompanied them accordingly.

The crowd made noises and made him drink.

Noisy.

I dismissed the maid and sat alone in the room.

After worshiping with Qin Mingxu, the panic in my heart caused by the loud noise calmed down a lot.

The wood is done.

This is where I belong.

No matter what happens in the outside world, I always have a roof over my head and someone to rely on.

When the banquet was almost over, Feng Gao came back.

I heard him smile to everyone and say, "Feng is late. I will punish myself with three drinks."

His appearance caused a chorus of adulation from all around.

Feng Gao endured it and agreed to those people.

I know he did it for me.

When he appeared at the banquet in full public view, everyone could know that he had a close relationship with me and the Qin family.The Qin family now has an invisible protection.

Somehow, even though he tried his best to restrain himself, I could still hear a hint of gloom in his voice.

Perhaps it was related to the "important event" reported by his subordinates just now.

Night is coming gradually.

The guests dispersed one after another.

Qin Mingxu was drunk.

Feng Gao supported him and sent him to the bridal chamber.

I quickly took off the hijab, and together with Feng Gao, helped Qin Mingxu to the bed and took off his shoes.

"Why are you so drunk?" I asked.

The light of the dragon and phoenix candles softened the room.

Feng Gao smelled of alcohol and was slightly tipsy.He smiled and said: "I am very happy to marry my sister. It is inevitable to have a few more drinks."

I asked: "Just now, that person called you out. What was it?"

"Yes..." He lowered his head, thought for a moment, and said, "It's a business matter. Even if I tell you, my sister won't understand."

I laughed: "If you don't tell me, how do you know I don't understand?"

He was silent for a while and then said something without thinking: "Sister, people say that life is limited to one foot, but it is difficult to live up to one foot."

I said: "If God gives you one foot, take one foot away. If God gives you one foot, take one foot away. There is no need to force it."

"Sister, I often think, if we hadn't been separated in front of Guangyue Tower, what would have happened now?" His words were filled with the coolness of mist.

I thought for a while and said, "Maybe we all went back to the acrobatic class. When we grow up, we still travel around and perform tricks. Sometimes we have enough to eat, sometimes we don't."

"That... is good. Being with my sister all the time." He pursed his lips.

I said softly: "Don't think nonsense. I'll wait for you to resign and come back. By then, you can be with your sister all the time."

He smiled innocently: "Okay."

A servant girl came in with lily and lotus seed soup.

I took it and the servant girl stepped back.

Feng Gao grabbed the bowl of soup and drank half of it with a look of dishonesty on his face.

"I drank my sister's cup of tea."

I stretched out my finger and tapped his forehead lightly.

"If you eat too much wine, drink some soup to calm down."

"I should go. I shouldn't disturb my sister's bridal chamber anymore. I'm going to find my mother." He turned and left, walking too fast, staggering and falling to the ground.

I stepped forward to help him up and said, "Slow down. You are so drunk. I will find some boys to take you there."

He laughed awkwardly, pulled it around with his hand, and said, "Sister, this bridal chamber is so nice, you are so kind."

When I grow gray-haired and reach my twilight years, I often think of these words that Feng Gao said that night in the bridal chamber between me and Qin Mingxu.At that time, Feng Gao was sitting beside me stupidly, his eyes were confused and his mind was like that of a young child.Things are different and people are not the same. Everything stops. If you want to speak, you will shed tears first.I understood what he meant.Sister, this bridal chamber is so nice, you are so kind.If he had not been abandoned by Master Qin, Qin Mingxu's life would have been his.The maternal love that Qin Mingxu enjoys belongs to him.This bridal chamber might also be his.

At this time, I just thought he was drunk.

"Okay, okay, everything is fine, everything is fine." I coaxed him, called the boy, and ordered: "Get the car ready and take Mr. Feng to Qingyue Pavilion."

The boy tried to help him, but he pushed away suddenly and stumbled away.

"I don't want anyone to send me away, I don't want anyone to send me away, I'm going to find my mother, I'm going to find my mother..." he murmured.

His back looked like a lost child.

Qin Mingxu is still asleep.

I wiped his face with a wet handkerchief.

It was late at night, and the Qin Mansion was quiet.

Rain is still falling.

Hua Lian hasn't come back yet.

I didn't undress, lying on the side of the bed, listening to the sound of rain, and gradually fell asleep.I had a very light dream.

In the dream, there were rolling mountain peaks. I climbed up desperately, and there was someone waiting for me on the top of the mountain.He had his back turned and I couldn't see his face clearly. I didn't know who he was.When I was out of breath and finally reached the top of the mountain, a strong wind blew by and no one was anywhere.I stood alone on the top of the mountain, as if everything that happened in my life was an illusion.

I was enveloped in great confusion.

When he opened his eyes, Qin Mingxu happened to have just gotten up from the bed.

He took half of the lily and lotus seed soup that Feng Gao had drunk last night from the side table and drank the remaining half.

A bowl of lily and lotus seed soup, half for Feng Gao and half for Qin Mingxu.

"Mingxu, are you awake?" I asked.

"Sangyu——" he called me softly.

"Ah."

"Sang Yu——" He shouted again.

"Ah."

I thought he had something to say.

He leaned on the bed and smiled: "I just want to call you. When I wake up, you are by my side. When I call, you answer. It feels so good."

I twisted the warm handkerchief and handed it to him.

He wiped his face.

Suddenly he leaned over and kissed me on the forehead.

The smell of styrax on him seemed to be absent.

This is the first time he has been so close to me.

After the kiss, he left with a smile.

I touched my cheek, it was warm.

Xiaoyin went out to buy pearl flowers during the day. When she came back, she told me that many people poured wine and burned paper money along the river embankment. The news that someone blew up the flood outlet spread all over Yangzhou.

Tens of thousands of acres of private land of the Zheng family were destroyed and the family temple was flooded. Concubine Zheng's father was so angry that he vomited blood on the spot and almost died.

People from the Yangzhou government sent many officers and soldiers to patrol near the river embankment to see who was responsible.

The common people all applauded secretly.

The dead man's body was found, his body was mutilated and his name was unknown.The people of Yangzhou deeply missed this unknown hero and called him the "River God".

The court was informed.

Seeing that things have come to this, Long Live today, the Zheng family has been irreparably damaged. Instead of pursuing a dead person, it is better to follow the will of the people and gain a good reputation, so he issued a belated decree, "Allow Yangzhou to release floods." ".

Hearing that Concubine Zheng had fetal gas, everyone from the Imperial Hospital went out to work. It took several days to save the veins in Concubine Zheng's belly.

Since there is a decree, the person who blew up the flood outlet cannot be considered a "criminal".

As a result, the common people spontaneously organized and built a river temple near the river embankment.

The craftsmen worked in shifts, working day and night.

Hua Lian never came to Qin's house.

After the wedding, I returned to the wine shop and saw her carrying a big wine jar out of the backyard as before.

I stopped her under the persimmon tree.

"Hua Lian, why didn't you go looking for me?"

I noticed that her eyes were red, as if she had been crying for a long time.

When she met me, she tried to look relaxed.

"My boss, I went back to Huajiawa and came back early this morning. I was in such a hurry that I didn't have time to tell you."

I asked: "What happened?"

She lowered her head and said, "There are funerals in our village these days. I'll go back and help."

I nodded and said, "Such a thing should be done."

In summer, the branches and leaves of the persimmon tree become more luxuriant, covered with green leaves, stretching like an umbrella.

She looked at me with pure eyes: "My boss, you are getting married smoothly. I am so happy."

I smiled and pinched her face.

On the second day, the River Temple was completed.

It was quite a sensation.

Many people went to worship, and there was an endless stream.

I was also one of the people saved by the river god that day.Like other people, I have respect and gratitude for the river god.

I ordered the boy to prepare some incense candles, paper money, and planned to pay his respects.

I squeezed into the temple amid the crowds.

He raised his head and looked at the river god enshrined in the temple.

Across the bustling crowd, across the incense, across the altar table, across life and death, and across the legend of the unknown hero, I was suddenly stunned.

(End of this chapter)