Go Home - Chapter 222

After calculating the hexagrams, the fat monk begged Bai Lai to ask Lu for some scattered silver, before he patted his belly and laughed and left. The owner of the wonton stall tidied in while packing up the dishes, “The son is really kind.”

“Has my little brother seen this master before?” Lu asked.

“I have seen him, he has been here for several days, claiming to be a high monk of the Jinguang Temple, and even fortune-telling to the emperor and the king of the southwest, he blows up the sky, but few people believe it.” The boss said, “It looks like it is. con man.”

is it? Lu Zhui glanced back again. The monk’s back figure had almost disappeared into the mist at this time. His mouth was singing the Lotus Happy Song, loudly and loudly, which attracted the crowing and cursing on both sides of the streets.

Xiao Lan asked, “I haven’t said yet, what are you looking for?”

Lu Zhui said: “The statue of Mrs. Bai Yu.”

Xiao Lan said unexpectedly: “I thought you had forgotten it a long time ago, so why are you still thinking about it?”

“It’s not that I’m thinking about it, and it’s not that I have to find it.” Lu Zhui explained, “But I have nothing to do recently. It’s better to go to the palace to read a book and drink tea. Even if you can’t find it in the end, you can at least kill time. experience.”

“Nothing to do?” Xiao Lan hugged him on the horse. “The Chu army won a great victory. The emperor estimated that he would return to the court in the late summer and early autumn. By then, the head of Zhao Da and Master Wen would also come back together. Wangcheng gets married, there is not much time left for you and me to prepare.”

“This is just the beginning of spring, and the year hasn’t been over. The fastest way to get married is in winter. What are you anxious about?” Lu Chau smiled, “Just set a few tables for the wedding banquet. Is it possible to order food and buy wine now?”

“It doesn’t matter.” Xiao Lan lied to hug him from behind. “When watching other people get married, we are always too busy to get married. We have to be busy too, so that we can feel at ease.”

Lu Zhui arched him: “Then what are you going to do? Shanhaiju is ready-made. You don’t even have to pick a restaurant. Why don’t I accompany you to pick red brocade and red silk tomorrow?”

In this tone, it sounded like a friend was coaxing a stubborn lady, Xiao Lan was happy, and muttered in his ear: “Why is it the other way around now? I am anxious to marry, but you are not anxious to marry.”

Lu Zhui raised his eyelids, and asked, “I was anxious before?”

“I haven’t been in a hurry.” Old Master Xiao said very seriously, “I always shave my head and pick my head hot.”

Lu Zhui pursed his lips: “Hmm.” I’m not in a hurry, because I’m fresh and valuable.

Xiao Lan shook his horse’s rein, Feisha Red Jiao’s four hoofs briskly “dada” trot, leading the two of them back to the courtyard of the deep alley. There was silence at home, everyone else was asleep, and the two of them deliberately lowered their voices and returned to the room lightly before they rolled on the soft couch with a smile.

Xiao Lan asked, “Dizzy or not?”

Lu Zhui was puzzled: “Why do I feel dizzy if I don’t catch a cold.”

“I’ve read the book all day, are you still dizzy?” Xiao Lan pulled him to sit up.

“Reading the book all day, it should be refreshing, thinking surging.” Lu Chai poked his side face, “I feel dizzy as soon as I read it, that’s you.” It’s not me.

“So you see, you will take me into the palace with me tomorrow.” Xiao Lan put his head on his shoulder and refused to go. “I also want to learn how to read, so it’s not so vulgar.”

Lu Zhui said: “Stand up straight.”

Xiao Lan said: “No!”

Lu Zhui: “…”

Xiao Lan simply pressed half of his body over.

Intense.

Lu Zhui staggered two steps, and had to admit defeat: “Go and go, take you and take you.” After saying that, he exhorted, “You can’t mess around in the palace, and you can’t mess in the library, let alone the library in the palace. , Remember?”

Xiao Lan nodded obediently: “Yeah.”

But “um” is one thing, and whether it can be done is another. The next morning the two went to the palace early in the morning. Lu Zhui took out a book casually and read it with interest. After less than an hour with Xiao Lan, she began to sit on pins and needles, and both of her upper body was lying on the desk. Stretched out his arms straight and poked Lu Chai’s stomach to play.

Young Master Mingyu didn’t change his face, he usually drove the disciple to the corner when he drove the flies, and said, “If you don’t clean up, you are not allowed to eat.”

After a short while, Xiao Lan silently moved to Lu Zhui’s side, found a good place to lie down, and forced his head on his lap, and began to nap comfortably. Lu Chai couldn’t laugh or cry. He thought to himself that the appearance of this ignorant scumbag had never changed since he was a child. It was not cold in this library, so he let Xiao Lan go to sleep, and he continued to read a book leisurely with the fragrance of tea. Jade has been sought after by literati and scholars since ancient times, so the related records are not too few. The two thick books on hand have not been finished yet, but someone who just woke up has begun to be dishonest again, and buried his face deeply in his lower abdomen: “Fragrant.”

Lu Chai tugged at his ears and complained, “Why is your head so heavy? Your legs are numb.”

Xiao Lan took advantage of the trend and embraced others: “I will help you pinch.”

“The meaning of the drunkard.” Lu Zhui broke away, putting only one leg on his shoulder: “Just sit there and not move, squeeze it.”

Xiao Lan Yiyan held his ankle and pinched it all the way from the calf to the knee. Naturally, he would not mess around here without any measure. He just wanted to tease the opposite person, but he saw that his hand has become more and more presumptuous. However, Lu Zhui still just read the book and didn’t look up at all, so he had to cough twice as a reminder.

Master Mingyu remained motionless.

“I’m really a nerd.” Xiao Lan put down one of his legs and conceded, “Yes, I won’t bother you, I will pick you up at night, okay?”

Lu Zhui said, “I found it.”

Xiao Lan was taken aback when he heard the words, and was a little uncertain: “What did you find, Mrs. Bai Yu?”

“Yeah.” Lu Zhui looked happy. The hard work paid off, and he really found a record. It was said that more than a hundred years ago, someone had seen a white jade statue in Yuhua Village, Yanzhou. The clothes were sober, the face was elegant, the demeanor was peaceful, and the incense lingered in front of the temple. I didn’t say which Bodhisattva was.

“This portrait,” Xiao Lan looked at it carefully for a while, “it is indeed somewhat similar to Mrs. Bai Yu in the mural.”

“Yanzhou, only half a month away from here.” Lu Zhui suggested, “Go and see?”

Xiao Lan smiled and said: “If you want to go, I will naturally accompany you, but no matter how impatient you are, you have to wait until the fifteenth of the first lunar month. There is no reason to run out during the New Year. Father-in-law and mother-in-law will not agree.”

Lu Chai nodded in agreement, and climbed up the ladder holding a stack of books. Xiao Lan stood at the bottom and said, “I have found clues, do I still need to read?”

“Look for the prefectures in Yanzhou,” Lu Zhui steadily jumped to the ground, “you don’t want to be with me anymore?”

Xiao Lan squeezed out of her nose: “Why don’t I go out to eat a bowl of noodles.”

Lu Chai’s mouth flattened.

Xiao Lan said immediately: “Accompany.”

Lu Zhui said, “Look at your unwillingness.”

“How could I be unwilling?” Xiao Lan pulled him to sit on the soft couch, “Come on, watch slowly, and see how long I will stay with you, and make sure not to touch him.”

Only then did Lu Zhui say “um”, found the most comfortable position in his arms, and read the book happily, leaving Daddy Xiao alone to stay drowsy, with thorns in his butt, and life like years.

During the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month, there happened to be a letter sent to Shanhaiju, but Haibi wrote it. She is seriously ill. Although she has improved in recent years, she can’t stand the pain of going to sea. Therefore, after receiving Lu Wuming’s letter, she knows that her son is safe and sound, and the Mingyue Tomb is over. Although she is happy in her heart, But he couldn’t come to Wangcheng to watch his son get married. He only asked him to take good care of himself. He also sent a pair of jade pendants as a gift. At the end, he told Lu Wuming to take care of his son’s wedding and return home as soon as possible.

“Look, my father still likes you very much. He must have praised you a lot in the letter he wrote to his mother.” Lu Zhui carefully collected the letter and tied the jade pendant to Xiao Lan’s belt. , “It’s pretty pretty.”

“Father-in-law and mother-in-law naturally want to like me.” Xiao Lan picked him up with one hand, “Go, take you to the Lantern Festival.”

This was the busiest night in the city of the year. In addition, the Chu army returned with great victories in the Northwest and South China Sea battles. The colorful lanterns gather into the sea, and the stars in the sky are also lined up with the colors. The young ladies of the dance shop and singing workshop take to the streets and sing songs in the snow, smiling like silver bell skirts flying wherever they go, and tourists are like weaving side by side, wanting to go. It was hard to take a step forward, Xiao Lan chased Lu in his arms, and finally took him to a secluded place.

Lu Chai squatted on the ground and couldn’t laugh, holding half of the candied haws in his hands-this was only bought after a long time, but the more people squeezed, the candied haws poked the other person’s mouth, and the other party was not polite and opened his mouth. He bit off most of it, and then joked and left without looking at the two of them. He was very calm.

Xiao Lan discarded the other half, took out a towel to wipe his hands, and smiled: “If you see this person again next time, you will come back ten strings.”

“Come.” Lu Zhui took his hand and jumped up to the tower. Visitors were not allowed to climb to the top here, but if it was replaced by Master Mingyu, the soldier guarding the tower would also shut his eyes. With one eye, let the two of them admire the beautiful scenery above and hide themselves.

At this time, a group of fire dragons passed by the Yudai Bridge, which attracted the thunderous cheers of the people, and the fireworks bloomed in the dark blue sky, reflecting the entire prosperous capital city, and also reflecting the dim yellow lights of thousands of people, with warm pulses. Continuously, until the depths of the night.

Lu Chai leaned in Xiao Lan’s arms, relaxed and leisurely, asking for nothing.

Three days later, the two left Wangcheng and went all the way to Yuhua Village in Yanzhou.

A flying sand red dragon and a golden unicorn are both great horses that travel thousands of miles a day. Therefore, it only took less than ten days for the two to reach the foot of Yuhua Mountain. Then they looked at the narrow and steep mountain road. Only after chasing this can I know why the literati who wrote the book would call Yuhua Village a hidden world-such a difficult mountain road, it is difficult to think about it.

The two stored their horses and luggage in a nearby town. They set off into the mountain early the next morning, trekking all the way and sleeping in the mountains for two nights. It was not until sunset on the third day that they saw smoke rising in the distance and white clouds. fog.

Lu Chai sat on a rock and said, “Even you and I have to walk for three or two days. It is not strange to be trapped in the mountains for seven or eight days as an ordinary person.”

“Show me.” Xiao Lan squeezed his chin.

Lu Zhui wondered: “What are you doing?”

“It’s not dusty, it’s quite white.” Xiao Lan said, “Yes, this little appearance is more than enough to think of a meal in the village.”

“Really?” Lu Zhui touched his face before he walked into the village holding hands.

This Yuhua Village is located in a remote location, and it is rare for guests from outside to come, let alone two gorgeous and handsome young boys, so they were stopped at the entrance of the village and asked who to look for.

Xiao Lan calmly pushed Lu Zhui ahead.

Lu Gongzi had a good attitude: “We are lost in the mountains and want to come over and ask for a bowl of water.”

“This winter, what are you doing in the mountains.” The man murmured, showing that these two men were dressed richly and handsomely, and they didn’t look like gangsters. So they brought them into the village and gave them some hot water and steamed bread.

“It seems that my appearance is not very good.” When the man left, Lu Chai sighed deeply, “It’s not meat, not even a dish of pickles.”

While the two were talking, the village head also heard the news and came to see the two foreigners. As soon as he pushed the door, he saw Lu Zhui stepping on the table with one foot to count the banknotes, with a skillful technique and a thick pile.

…

“Two distinguished guests,” the village chief greeted him with a smile, “have you eaten and drink?”

“Very good, very good, this bun is good, soft and fragrant.” Lu Zhui drew a silver ticket, took it into his arms without looking at it, and said straightforwardly, “Thank you for the hospitality.”

The village chief was flattered, and he almost couldn’t keep his mouth smiling: “I heard that the two of you have lost their way, will you come to this Yuhua Village?”

“Yeah, this mountain road is really difficult to walk, and my leg is about to be broken.” Lu Chai frowned and complained, “I don’t know how to go back.”

“This is easy to handle.” The village chief said, “In two days, the lads in the village will also go down the mountain to buy rice and cloth in the neighboring town. When the time comes, the two will follow together so that they won’t get lost again.”

“That’s very good.” Lu Zhui was really pleased and asked again, “Then we will stay here for two days, don’t you bother?”

“Don’t bother, as long as you don’t think the village is rudimentary,” the village chief said repeatedly, “Sit and drink a cup of tea first, I will tell you to go down and clean up for the two of you.”

Since you are a distinguished guest, you can’t live outside, but you have to settle in your own home. A clean earthen house, with brown sugar and red date water boiled on the table, and a small blue cloth spread on the bed. Although simple, the host’s intentions are solid. After the village head left, Lu Zhui said, “How about it? Do I look like a dude?”

“Like.” Xiao Lan poured him a cup of sweet tea, “The cold wind is whistling, warm up your body first.”

Lu Chai hugged the heater with both hands and didn’t want to move, so he aimed at him with his eyes.

Xiao Lan laughed angrily and handed the tea cup to his mouth and said, “I really want to spoil it.”

Then spoil it, Lu Gongzi shook his legs triumphantly, like an old wealthy landlord in the city.

After drinking a pot of hot jujube tea, the sky outside was completely dark. In the middle of the night, there was a fine snow drifting in the air, and the village became even more silent. The big guys were sleeping soundly, with only two black figures walking around like walking on the wind.

Yuhua Village is not big, so it is easier to find a temple. They didn’t even need to light up the fire fold. They just followed a ray of incense in the air and smoothly touched the temple.

Although I had previously guessed that 80% of this Yuhua Village will have a statue of Mrs. Bai Yu, Lu Zhui was still taken aback when he ran into his eyes so abruptly. I saw a jade statue glowing softly in the dark night. Light, between the eyebrows, you can see the stunning appearance in the mural, but it is not half frivolous and feminine, but quiet and serene. When I want to come to Shu Yun, when he sculpts, he also devoted all his good wishes and wanted to live in seclusion with her. Isolated island, I want her to be so peaceful every day.

Through this jade statue spanning thousands of years, one can seem to see the bitter love that was burned in the flames of war. After a while, Lu Zhui couldn’t help but sighed, and said: “If you can bring this jade statue back to the Nuyue Kingdom, you can be considered as a perfect couple of lovers.” He was also a little regretful when he found Mrs. Bai Yu. At the time of the body, everyone had not yet known this love relationship, otherwise she might really be able to bring her back to her lover.

“Let’s go,” Xiao Lan said, “Don’t disturb the villagers first, I’ll talk about it tomorrow.”

Lu Chai nodded and turned back to the residence with him.

The night passed very quickly. In the early morning of the next day, the villagers heard that the village chief’s house had arrived, and they all rushed to see the rare. They looked at the two handsome and rich boys, they liked it more in their hearts, and even the aunts brought them down. After chasing, we must make a match on the spot.

Xiao Lan: “…”

Here again?

“It’s easy to talk.” Lu Zhui secretly pulled his hand back and asked with a smile: “What fun place is there in this village? I stayed in the house all night, feeling bored.”

“This village is very small, there is no fun place.” Aunt said, “Even for the New Year, you can only go to the temple to burn incense, and the fairs and lantern festivals. I have only heard of them, but never seen them.”

“Then let’s burn a stick of incense.” Lu Zhui said, “I ask the Bodhisattva to bless you.”

“That’s not a Bodhisattva, but the ancestor of our village.” The aunt smiled again, “It’s more beautiful than the fairy daughter, let’s go, the two masters will know when they meet.”

“Ancestor?” Lu Zhui was taken aback when he heard this. It would be fine if Mrs. Bai Yu was the ancestor of the Nuyue Kingdom. Why this Yuhua Village also regarded her as an ancestor. It doesn’t make sense. But even though I think so, I couldn’t wait to ask a question before I saw it, so I had to go to the temple with me.

Under the sunlight, the white jade statue is more luxurious, warmer, and clearer than in the middle of the night-this clarity, Lu Zhui can see the clue, there is a depression in the palm of Mrs. Baiyu’s right hand. Put in the jade bead that Xiao Lan picked up in the hidden fairy mountain.

“Why do you say that this jade is the ancestor of Yuhua Village?” Xiao Lan asked.

“It’s going to be hundreds of years ago, or maybe a thousand years ago.” The village chief cleared his throat. “It is said that there was a group of young girls who had nowhere to escape in the ongoing war and hid in the mountains. , Together with a few soldiers who accompanied him, he opened up wasteland and cultivated land, repaired houses and built houses, and then gradually formed this Yuhua Village.”

Xiao Lan guessed again: “So this jade statue is one of the girls?”

“It’s not.” The village chief waved his hand. “This jade statue was brought by the girls. It is said that it was the benefactor and the master. Without the living Bodhisattva in this jade statue, the girls were afraid that they would have been killed in the camp long ago. Only then will the temple be built for her to offer incense, which lasts for generations.”

Lu asked: “What’s her name?”

“I don’t know,” the village chief said, “it hasn’t been passed down, but we all call her the Baiyu Empress.”

Lu Chai nodded and looked at the white jade statue in front of him. He assumed that when the Lu Mansion was about to lose ground, perhaps Mrs. Bai Yu could not bear to see more women suffer, so she stole the antidote and released all the shadows of herself. . The girls who were let go are well-trained killers, so naturally they are not incapable of surviving. They hid in the troubled times in the Middle East, and occasionally went into the hidden mountain and saw the white jade statue placed by Shu Yun, thinking they were the masters of the Lu Mansion. He simply moved the jade statue away and went all the way north to this Yuhua Village. Since then, he has been incognito, plowing the fields and weaving, and living the lives of ordinary people.

Of course, this is just a speculation, but who can say something that happened thousands of years ago? Just like Mrs. Bai Yu, some people say that she is spoiled and arrogant, and some people say that she is kind and innocent. Shu Yun is the beloved of her life, but Quan Huan only regards her as a cheap plaything, and the ministers with ulterior motives use her to set up a fascinating formation to confuse the master of the Lu Mansion, Lu The owner of the mansion also used her to win over the bandit leaders. The same person, placed in different environments, has a completely different identity and a completely different destiny.

A monstrous war burned the earth and made some things a secret forever. No matter how people later deduced and guessed, the truth will always be buried and untouchable, only looking into the distance and standing silently thousands of years ago.

“My son, my son?” The village chief shook his hand in front of him, wondering, “What are you looking at?”

Lu chased back to his senses, and said straightforwardly: “Can I take this jade statue away?”

As soon as the words came out, everyone around was taken aback, wanting to take away the ancestors in this village?

“It’s true,” Lu Zhui said, “The owner of this jade statue has a lot of origins with ancestors.”

“What’s the origin?” The village chief obviously didn’t believe it.

Lu Zhui said, “Give it to me.”

Xiao Lan knew what he was thinking, and without asking, put the round bead into his hand.

Lu Zhui stepped forward and embedded the jade bead in the palm of Mrs. Bai Yu’s palm. He originally wanted to show everyone that he did own part of the jade statue, so he could continue the discussion later. Unexpectedly, after the jade bead entered the trough, the white jade However, the statue slowly burst into a softer and more gorgeous light, and the eyebrows were delicate and delicate, as if there was life in an instant.

The villagers rushed back, and Xiao Lan also pulled Lu Zhui behind him.

“It’s okay.” Lu Zhui said, “How could the sweetheart that Shu Yun carved by himself make her murderous.”

Sure enough, after a while, there was no hidden weapon in the jade statue. Instead, there was a faint sound of music. The light sound curled like a March spring breeze. When you close your eyes, it is a rain of colorful cherry blossoms in the forest. The beauty wears her waist and dances barefoot. , Dan Shi Fen Dai, Shui Xiu Qingwu.

It is a fascinating formation, but not as vicious as the soul-catching game, but just a little trick to yearn for the lover. As long as the jade pearl falls into the palm of the beauty, it is a curly song and dance that only one person can appreciate, peaceful and happy, and no chaos in the world. .

Lu Zhui couldn’t guess how many scenes Shu Yun had watched alone before placing the jade statue in the temple, and how many lonely tears he shed. Thinking of this, he unconsciously held Xiao Lan’s hand, feeling that the suffering he had suffered before was nothing compared with the lovers. Sometimes, if the duckweed is unable to return to the sky in troubled times, that’s it. It was really tragic, really hopeless.

There was no sound in the surroundings, and the people in the village were shocked by the illusion in front of them. They all opened their mouths and couldn’t say a word. It was not until Xiao Lan took out the jade bead and the music and dance gradually faded. He just returned to God, but he didn’t know what to say, just shouting. La fell on the ground, and bowed down sincerely to the jade statue of the manifestation.

Lu Zhui asked again: “Can I take this jade statue away?”

“Yes, yes.” The village chief nodded repeatedly and stammered, “I will prepare red cloth and gold satin, son… son is really a god.”

“I’m not a god-man.” Lu Zhui helped him up, “Thank you the village chief, and thank you fellow villagers for being willing to let me take this jade statue home.”

Two days later, the two followed the offspring of the village and transported the jade statue to Yuhua Village and temporarily placed it in an empty house in Wangcheng. They sent letters to Shu Yiyong and Yao Xiaotao, instructing them to pick up the white jade statue as soon as possible. , If time is too late, you should still have a glass of wedding wine.

The wedding wine of Master Mingyu.

Except for the matchmaker and Mrs Liu, who loves to talk about matchmaking, the people in the city are very happy to hear the news. They are all smiles when they see Xiao Lan, saying that this hero and hero are not much worse than the beauty. In the midsummer season, Yang Qingfeng finally returned to Wangcheng from his old friend in Fujian, and also brought a jar of candied fruit to Lu Xiu, which he said was a local specialty.

Lu Chai happily received the gift without knowing it, unexpectedly Xiao Lan disappeared the next day, and was dragged by Yang Qingfeng to the palace to discuss the art of war every day, and he read the military books together, and did not put it back until midnight. , Overnight is also common.

This wave of loss, blood loss.

Sitting on the bed wrapped in a quilt, Lu Zhui learned from the pain, self-reflection, why did he collect the candied fruit when he had nothing to do, and after having a toothache, he still had a long night and could not sleep alone.

Long sigh, short sigh and long sigh.

And in the sound of Lu Gongzi’s sigh, the weather was cold day by day, the sound of cicadas faded away, and the verdant hills were also infiltrated by red clouds, and finally turned into a scorching color. At the same time, the people of Wangcheng Another great event ushered in.

The emperor is back.