Alternative Telling of Dream of Red Mansions: Cherishing Spring

Chapter 33: Yefeiye (1)
The bamboo grove was in the garden of Feng's residence. When Xichun got off the car, she saw it and was taken aback.She thought of Daiyu.

The car stopped by the Chuihua gate, and someone from the second gate had already gone to inform the chief executive.Ruhua was first helped out of the car by someone, and then came back to pick her up.

"Girl, be careful." Ru Hua said with his face upturned under the car, "It's time to wait." An anxious voice came from a man in front of him. A rust-colored sash was tied around his waist, and a squirrel jacket was put on outside, which looked dignified but not luxurious. His eyes were shining brightly, and even though his brows were furrowed deeply, his ability was not impaired.The cheeks are slightly plump, and he looks much older.Xichun recognized him as Yier, and was a little surprised, it was completely different from the image in memory.

Lai Yi'er came over a few steps and said, "Slave Zhang Yuanyi greets the girl."

"No." Xichun raised her chin and asked, "Did you change your name?"

"Yes!" Lai Yi'er nodded, "Master Grace, restore the servant's real name."

Xichun looked at him thoughtfully, felt a little cold, she couldn't help coughing twice, supported Ruhua and said to Laiyier: "I'm going to see the master, is it convenient?"

Laiyi'er reached out to find the boy around him, took the lantern and led the way in front, saying, "It's convenient, everything is arranged, and I'm waiting for you to come." Then he lit up the lantern to lead the way, and told Ruhua as he walked, "This time Zifeng is strong, I think the girl's complexion is not good, you can help her."

Ru Hua responded: "Don't worry, I'll get the girl a cloak when I send her there." Lai Yi'er stopped talking and hurried away ahead, turned around the corridor, crossed the path, and entered with a bow. One month hole.Lai Yi'er stood in front of the room on the left and said, "Girl, this is it."

At this time, Xichun was no longer flustered, even though her steps were a bit shallow, she still went up the steps.When she went up the steps, she made it clear what she thought in her heart. If he was alive, she would stay by his side and never go anywhere or become a monk.If he died, she would kill herself immediately in front of him, and she would not miss the world any more.

Ziying, wait for me, she said in her heart.Walking to the door, I accidentally tripped and nearly fell.Before Ru Hua and Lai Yi'er behind her cried out, she stood firm again, stretched out her hand and lifted the curtain, and saw the person lying on the bed.

Xichun's sudden arrival surprised the busy maid in the room, and everyone was stunned.Lai Yi'er then caught up and said to the crowd: "You all step back first. Don't come here without orders."

Because the patients had to be taken care of, the light in the room was dim, and only one candle was lit, and the candle flame was faint.Xichun saw Feng Ziying lying face down, covered with a thick quilt, motionless, she must have just fallen asleep, there was a silver bowl on the wooden table next to the bed, and the bowl was still full of soup, Xichun walked over to take a sip , the medicine was already cold, and it was obvious that he didn't want to drink it and put it here.

"You two also retreat." Xichun turned her head and gently instructed Ru Hua and Lai Yi'er.

Ruhua hesitated to leave, Laiyier pulled her, before leaving, Ruhua pointed to the small dots on the table, and whispered: "Girl, if you are hungry, eat something first."

Xichun nodded, turned around and went to the bed and bent down to look at Feng Ziying, his complexion was pale, his lips were dry and bleeding, and the traces of the inner conflict still remained on his face.Xichun lowered her head and kissed his lips lightly, put her face on his chest, and said softly: "I'm here..."

At this moment, she finally stopped like a tired bird.Let go of your defenses and be gentle.Because she knows how much difficulty these three words represent, almost the distance between life and death.They were one step away from seeing each other again.But if the journey is too difficult and dangerous, after the end, I will forget to sigh and feel normal.After saying this, she sat down beside the bed, silently guarding the unconscious man, holding his hand, feeling calm in her heart.

The time in the room seemed to be frozen, only the candle behind him melted inch by inch, dripping drop by drop on Xichun's heart, she guarded him to live like years.She believed that it was the same when Feng Ziying was with her back then, holding those hands was like sitting alone by the seaside waiting for the sunrise.The heart is also so peaceful and tormented.

Feng Ziying appeared slightly dizzy in the dream, and some kind of memory came to his mind. He remembered many people and things, but these memories were vague and indistinct.Like a stone, flickering under the flowing water, erratic and invisible.The shadows of the past come and go, but they can't form a picture.

He dreamed that he was back on the back mountain of Xuanzhen Temple, standing on the mountain road, he saw the sun set by the cliff very quickly.For some reason, he became extremely anxious and began to run on the mountain road, but the mountain road became more and more rugged, and his feet became more and more painful. He lowered his head and found that he was running barefoot without shoes.The low bushes behind him rattled.

He felt some disconnected emotion, but couldn't remember it.All these images seemed to him to have been dreamed, and they often shuttled back and forth in his mind for several years.Looking at the blood on his feet, which was stained and followed along the blades of grass, he ran towards the top of the mountain again as if he remembered something.On the cliff at the top of the mountain, he saw Xichun jumping down, towards the huge blood-red circle of light.

At this moment, he remembered that his concern was because of the person in front of him! "Xichun!" He staggered to the edge of the cliff, unable to hold her falling body.He watched her fall, watched the red circle of light engulf her and extinguish her, disappearing into the vast darkness.His heart sank, and he felt like crying, but the soreness in his chest was about to blow him up.

In the empty valley, he howled mournfully.

At this moment, he was in a state of confusion, but he was actually asking for water, appearing very unsteady.Xichun got up in surprise, turned to get water, thought about it but picked up the broken porcelain blue and white bowl, took a sip, the concoction was very bitter, she frowned and carefully handed it to him.After a few mouthfuls of feeding, Feng Ziying settled down again and fell asleep, and Xichun fell asleep beside the bed.When she was awakened by the noise again, it was already midnight.

She saw Feng Ziying opened his eyes and looked at her with moist eyes.If the eyes were a silk thread, she would never be able to break free from this bondage for the rest of her life.She looked at him quietly for a while, sat up and said, "I'll go and give you hot medicine."

"Don't go." Feng Ziying took her hand and said, "I am well aware of my illness. Although it is dangerous, I can afford to delay it for a day or two. After all, I am a person who came from the battlefield, and it is not enough to take medicine for a while. I I just want you to be by my side, don't go anywhere, let me take a good look at you."

Xichun sat down as she said, looked at his thin face without words for a long time, then lowered her head and smiled and said: "I don't know what to say, I'm so stupid, I can't say a word of comfort after seeing you."

Feng Ziying raised her lips, squeezed her hand and said, "You don't like talking in the first place, so it doesn't matter if you talk or not. It's good that you are by my side. Every day I think that if I open my eyes, the first thing I see How nice it is to be you personally, but unfortunately not every day, I only ask myself not to sleep, as long as I don't sleep, I will not be disappointed. Today is really good, I finally couldn't help sleeping, and finally saw you."

"You are stupid!" Xichun hugged him by the waist, and said softly.

Feng Ziying raised his hand to caress her long hair. His hands were weak, but his heart was very excited. He smiled and said, "Xi'er, we are together again! Don't worry, I will get well soon, and then we will go outside the customs , herd horses and herd sheep in the frontier, and have a group of children. After that, we will take our children to live on the prairie. When we are old, they will become excellent hunters and shepherds, and we can lie in the yurt and enjoy Qingfu, tell me, is this good?"

"En!" Xichun buried her head deeply in the socket of his neck, where there was a long-lost warmth, like a bonfire in a damp forest.

In the darkness, Feng Ziying's eyes were as bright as the stars in the North Pole.

After a while, Xichun coaxed him to sleep, went out by herself and lit the small medicine stove in the outer room, bent down to put the medicine pot on the fire, turned around and opened the door, and saw Lai Yier still standing at the door, looking at the bright sky The moon is thoughtful.

"If the sky has love, the sky will grow old, and if the moon has no hatred, the moon will always be round." She heard Yier say softly.

This sentence is often heard, but Lai Yier was a little surprised when he said it at this time.She thought that she didn't pay attention to Yi'er's feelings, maybe she just thought he was a slave, but now she couldn't help saying: "Yuanyi, are you still here?"

Lai Yi'er had nothing to do at night, thinking of the past, she was feeling emotional. Seeing Xi Chun coming out, she hurriedly collected her emotions and said, "Lu Hua is a little bit overwhelmed. I'll let her go back to rest first. I'll wait here. What if the Lord has any orders for you?" ?”

Xichun shook her head and said, "He just woke up, and I'm giving him hot medicine. It's fine now, I'll just take care of him, it's getting late, you should go to rest early." Lai Yier listened one by one. , in response, turned around to leave.Xichun stopped him from behind, "Come back, I have something to ask you."

Lai Yi'er stopped again, Xichun looked at him and said nothing, Lai Yi'er heard her sigh, slowly turned around and put his hand on the door and said: "Forget it, you go, I don't have anything to ask It’s over, since it’s here, let’s settle down.”

Lai Yier did not leave, he listened silently, slowly raised his head to look at Xi Chun and said, "I have never convinced anyone in my life, but I really admire your magnanimity. .”

Xichun turned her face, with an indifferent and warm smile on the corner of her mouth, said: "I'm all alone, there's nothing to be afraid of, I have nothing to lose, except him lying inside..."

Xichun hadn't finished speaking when she heard Feng Ziying calling her, and hurriedly responded, "Here I am." Pushing the door open with one hand, he poured the medicine into the bowl, picked it up and went to the bedside, laughing, "Why are you such a rascal, I won't see you in a while People say, I can't believe you are so sick because you are so energetic."

Feng Ziying took her hand, with a mischievous and affectionate look on her face, and said: "Believe it or not, I have tricked you into coming here. I'm afraid you will be stuck in a tight wall."

Xichun lowered her head and smiled, his childlike appearance made her feel distressed, Xichun sat down sideways and said softly: "You only care about teasing, it seems that the medicine has been sprinkled." As she spoke, she reached out her hand to touch his forehead, and said with a frown, " It's still hot, drink your medicine quickly."

Feng Ziying drank the medicine in one gulp, threw the bowl to the side and said, "What's wrong with the medicine? I'm so embarrassed. I've been so angry for the past two years. It's not like I have some incurable disease. I heard you say that the other day. If I want to become a monk, I just want to die immediately. I won’t take any medicine they give me, I’m a ghost if I don’t die soon.” Saying this, she looked deeply at Xichun again, just couldn’t stop laughing.

"Now that I'm here, I'm not looking for life or death, am I? You're not ashamed when a big man uses a woman's trick." Xichun felt warm in his heart when he saw him, and couldn't help smiling, but her tone was still light.

Enveloped by faint candlelight, the two of them got close, their faces were as gentle as flowers blooming gently, and the sound of fluttering could be heard.Feng Ziying saw the tenderness in the corners of Xichun's eyes and brows, she lowered her head slightly and looked so shy, she couldn't help but said: "You come." With tenderness in his heart, he lifted the quilt on his body and said, "Sleep here, I will hold you , let's have a good talk."

Xichun was not surprised either, she took off her hairpin and coat as she said, and slept next to him.

Lai Yi'er watched as Xichun entered the house and was about to return to his residence. He walked to the corner door and was about to lock the door and go home when he saw a few people coming with lanterns in the distance.Lai Yi'er was puzzled and thought to herself: It's so late, but who is here?Thinking about waiting there, when someone approached, he was startled, and suddenly knelt down.

"The servant greets the master and madam."

"Get up and lead us to see Ziying." Mother Feng said.

"Yes." Lai Yi'er quickly took out the key and opened the door.This garden was originally intended to be used by Feng's father for self-cultivation, so it is small and quiet. There are many flowers and trees in the garden, and the shadows of flowers are blurred under the moonlight. The only sound of running water is heard when passing by.The path in the garden is not obvious, but Feng's father is very familiar with his steady steps.

When a group of people arrived in front of the house, Lai Yi'er stopped and said, "It's getting late, I'm afraid the master has fallen asleep. The slaves should go in and report first."

"No need!" Feng's father said with a cold face, "We'll go in now." After speaking, he lifted his foot and went in, and Feng's mother followed behind without saying a word.Lai Yi'er gave him such a wink that he led three or five servants to hide in the corridor far away, wondering what happened in his heart.

Because Ziying was ill, Mother Feng didn't shy away from it. She lifted the curtain and came in. Seeing this scene, she yelled "Ah!" and stood there with her mouth covered, motionless.Just as Feng's father asked what happened, he stretched out his head to see Feng Ziying and Xichun hugging each other, his eyes were red and purple with anger, and he jumped into a rage.He has the temper of a general, and as he said that, he put his hand in his waist for the saber.Fortunately, I was at home at night at this time, so I didn't have a knife on me.Otherwise, under the rage, it's hard to say what happened.

"You bastard, I should have killed you long ago. I shouldn't believe that you are so sick that you can't die. I asked you to bring this vixen back. You are a disobedient and unfilial thing that has lost the face of your ancestors. I will kill you today. , so as not to bring another disaster to our Feng family." Feng's father was so angry that his hands and feet were too redundant, and he didn't have a knife in his hand, so he swung the chair at hand to smash Feng Ziying to death.Feng's mother couldn't stop her, but she trembled all over and burst into tears.

This happened suddenly, Feng Ziying and Xichun were still hugging each other, staring blankly at the sudden intruder, before recovering from the shock, they watched Feng's father throwing the chair down!Xichun instinctively pushed Feng Ziying inside, threw herself on him and received the blow.

Feng's father exerted so much strength, Xichun let out a muffled grunt, vomited blood from the pain, and lay there motionless.Seeing Xichun vomit blood from the beating, Feng Ziying burst into rage and vomited a mouthful of blood on her chest. Her eyes turned black and she was about to faint again. Why are you two elders so angry, even if your son sleeps with her in your arms, there is nothing shameful about it! She is the son's wife in the first place."

Father Feng saw that it was falling on Xichun, although he felt that it would be good if such a deceiving monster died, but it was not easy to do it in front of Feng Ziying, he threw away his chair, panting and did not speak.Mother Feng pointed at Feng Ziying with tears in her eyes and said, "You are still stubborn. Yuchan has already told us the good things you did with her in the temple. The Nalan family came to ask for a theory, and your father came to you to discuss it. But... tell me to tell you what's good about you!"

"My son did nothing wrong!" Feng Ziying laughed fearlessly, her withered face paler with excitement.He proudly said, "If there is a thunderbolt, my son is willing to accept it! Ever since I climbed out of the battlefield where the bones were like mountains, my son knows that my life is already hers, because every time I think I am going to die , I think of it, she is the only one who supports me to live." Feng Ziying said, and the scene of corpses strewn across fields and rivers of blood on the battlefield appeared in Feng Ziying's mind again.There are broken bodies everywhere, with severed limbs and severed heads.The people who were talking together just now fell beside them in a blink of an eye. Their lives are as fragile as the wings of a dragonfly. If they are broken, they cannot move forward.He thought of his father, who spent half his life as a soldier on the battlefield, how determined he must be to quickly get out of despair after witnessing the desolation and loneliness of life again and again, cover the wound, endure the pain, step on the horse, and unleash the overwhelming pain. Bloody left behind, turning into a person who disregarded life and death.Then go to war again, again, become a man with a will like steel, become the god of war.

He didn't become a God of War, those battle experiences only made him understand his own essence better.He tends to be as soft as water and uncontested.

"Father and mother just want their son to make contributions and shine in the family. They don't care what I want. Now I have exchanged my life for what you want. It's up to you to give me back my freedom."

Father Feng was trembling with anger, turned his head and yelled at Mother Feng: "You have such a good son! This bastard will not even want his family and country because of this bitch who doesn't know where he came from. He is full of nonsense like this .In the future, you and I, do you still want to rely on him? It is important to kill him now!"

Mother Feng didn't dare to speak back, she dragged Father Feng to a chair, knelt down in front of him, and only stopped him from attacking Ziying.Feng Ziying didn't care about them any more, supported her body and only looked at Xichun.I saw that Xichun's body was bruised and purple when he spoke, and his back, waist, neck and neck were all red and broken.The forehead was also smashed by the chair, and the blood was dripping down, and I don't know how the injury was inside.Feng Ziying let out a long sigh and burst into tears.He hated himself for being incompetent, unable to protect her, and asked her to suffer on his behalf.

Xichun is a girl, how can she bear such a heavy hand, lying there like gold paper, she closed her eyes and couldn't stop crying, the tears wet the sheets under her body, she could hear everything Feng's father scolded her inside.

Feng Ziying struggled to get out of bed to call someone, but was stopped by Feng's mother.Feng Ziying was ill for a long time, how could he have any strength, even his own mother couldn't push him away, he supported it all with one breath, seeing that his mother couldn't be pushed away, he couldn't help feeling discouraged, sat down on the side of the bed, and hugged Xichun into his arms Here, looking up at Feng's mother sadly, he said: "It's up to you, if Xi'er dies today, don't think that I will live an extra hour."

Mother Feng's mother and son are deeply affectionate, and she can't help but feel nervous when she hears this.Thinking to himself that Ziying is so ill, it is really impossible for her to have the strength to do those stupid things that are immoral, it is obvious that she was misunderstood just now!Because of guilt, she resolutely stated her position in front of Ziying, and she was in a conflict for a while - she couldn't persuade Feng's father immediately, and Feng's father was also angry, and turned to look at Xichun, regretting that he stopped Take Ziying to ask someone to pass on the doctor.

"An immoral bastard, a heartless bastard! You die! I wish you could die now, what about your ambitions? How can you ride a horse and draw a bow? For a woman, you even Not as good as a scholar!" Feng's father stood up and pointed at him and scolded angrily, "I let you marry Yuchan not because you love her, but because she loves you, and she will help you if she loves you. The strength of the Nalan family and our Feng family can be combined together, you are lucky! You went to the temple to have an affair with someone, and you were caught by Yuchan. You are so talented!"

(End of this chapter)