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She felt as if she hadn't woken up, and she hadn't slept since Xu died.
She just opened her eyes, and then she found herself standing there.
The memory seemed to be shrouded in a layer of light veil as thin as a cicada's wings, and she could clearly see it, but she could never see what was behind the light veil.
The icy river water fell heavily on her body, and the cold air pierced her heart and lungs even more. She shivered unconsciously, and her teeth began to tremble from the cold.
Holding herself hard, she had never experienced hardship and helplessness, and looked up at the sky blankly, there was no sun or moon in the dark sky, and even the stars had disappeared. As far as the eye can see, it is all gray mist.
She looked around blankly, the light veil in her mind slowly drifting as she turned her head, and then her expression flickered, and when she came back to her senses, she forgot what she had just done.
Not far away, a river embankment suddenly appeared, and a familiar figure disappeared in the gray mist, making it difficult to distinguish the true face.
But her eyes lit up suddenly, and she raised her hand and shouted at the figure: "Xu Sheng-Xu Sheng-I'm here-"
The stagnant fog receded, Xu Sheng raised a hand and beckoned to her from afar: "Shanshan-"
She couldn't help but be overjoyed, except for Xu Sheng, she couldn't imagine that she couldn't see anything in her eyes.
In this half-lit and half-dark world, she sucked knee-deep water and staggered towards the riverbank.
The heavy river water pushed her body, the rustling sound of the water sounded rapid and distant, and she used her hand to push away the river that blocked between her and Xu Sheng, and even Sen's cold and piercing feeling became insignificant.
Xu Sheng, dressed in Confucian clothes, stood there, stretching out a slightly thin and pale hand towards her, she happily rushed forward and grabbed Xu Sheng's hand hard.
"Xu Sheng!" She laughed, "You're finally here!" While Daddy hasn't found us, let's go quickly! β
"Where to go?" Xu Sheng looked at her sadly and said, "Where else can we go?" β
"At the ends of the earth, as long as I am with you, I can go anywhere!" She resolutely clenched Xu Sheng's hand and begged, "Or are you afraid of my father, so you plan to obey his will and break off with me?" β
"Of course not...... Xu Sheng's expression froze, and he hurriedly grabbed her watch with his backhand and said, "Shanshan, my bride in this life will only be you, even if we are separated by yin and yang, I only have you in my heart!" β
"In that case, what are we waiting for?" She was so happy that her heart trembled, she took Xu Sheng's hand, raised her feet and prepared to run into the distance, "Let's go now, we will be together forever!" β
As soon as her mind moved, the embankment under her feet immediately turned into a stone arch bridge, and she ran on the bridge with Xu Xuan panting, behind them was a large flickering fire, and one after another shouting.
"Little lady-little lady--where are you-"
"Shanshan-Shanshan-my good daughter--you're coming back soon-"
"Stop chasing, what are you doing when you get back such rudeness, righteousness and shame, and the evil obstacle that corrupts the doorway? Let her elope, I just think she's dead! β
"Adult-adult-Shanshan, she has been pampered since she was a child, she has never even seen rough grain, how can she stand it outside! My lord, I'm just such a daughter, please get her backβ"
"Xu Sheng-in vain, you are still a scholar, and you can do it to lure the little lady to elope, so shameless and skinless! The sages you read are all fed to the dogs! I-"
"Little lady-little lady--where are you-"
She turned a deaf ear to all kinds of shouts, she just grabbed Xu Sheng's hand as if he was all she had.
"Shanshan-" Xu Sheng, who was staggering all the way, suddenly grabbed her out of breath and shouted, "Wait-"
"What's wrong?" She stopped as she said and looked behind her in a panic, "Can't you run?" β
"My stuff is off." Xu Sheng's face was as white as snow in winter, and he turned his head to look at the place where they came from with a painful expression, and said weakly, "Our promise token has fallen-"
"A token of love?" She stared blankly at the side of his face, not knowing what he was talking about.
"Your handkerchief." Xu Sheng took a deep breath, turned back to her and smiled, "You forgot?" The handkerchief I picked up at that time? β
She hadn't seen such a smile for a long time, since their marriage had been thwarted.
She looked at the smiling Xu Sheng blankly, and she didn't feel that she was moving.
"Go and pick it up for me!" Xu Sheng looked into her eyes stupidly, as if begging her, "I'll wait for you here." β
"Good!" It felt a little weird, but she agreed.
Her handkerchief hung from the treetops by the roadside, fluttering in the wind as if she were about to fall into the river in the next moment. She climbed the branch and struggled to hold the handkerchief in her hand.
Before she could be happy, a loud sound of heavy objects falling into the water suddenly came from the bridge.
An ominous premonition suddenly swept over her heart, making her heart twitch.
She subconsciously turned around and ran towards the bridge, even if her family had chased to the side, she didn't hide for a while, and ran towards her Xu Sheng in a panic.
However, Xu Sheng was not on the bridge, the bridge was empty, and there was no one.
"Xu Sheng?" She stood there dumbfounded, not knowing where Xu Sheng had gone.
He said he was going to wait for her there, he said he was going to be with her, but where was he now?
The servants who had been searching for a long time had caught up, and they looked around on the bridge, and shouted, "I have found the little lady!" β
"My son! If you leave, what will you do with your mother? Her mother hugged her and cried, "It's a shame that Xu Sheng still has a little conscience, if he really elopes with you, what will I do!" β
"Xu Sheng......" She stood there stiffly, just confused in her heart, where is Xu Sheng?
"What Xu Sheng? What else are you thinking about him? It's just a down-and-out scholar, who can't write or write, and his parents are still restrained! Her father commanded disdainfully, "You want to marry my daughter like this!" You've all searched for me! Catch him, I'm going to skin him! β
As soon as his words fell, one of the servants shrank his head back from the railing of the bridge and said in a trembling voice, "Xu Sheng...... Xu Sheng found it! β
"Where?" As soon as she heard that she had found Xu Sheng, she hurriedly broke free from her mother's embrace and rushed over, "Where?" Where is he? β
"He, he, heβ" cried the servant, looking horrified, as he poked the lantern into the river, and at the same time shouted in a shrill voice, "he is drowning in the river!" β
He drowned in the river - he drowned in the river - he drowned in the river -
The servant's sharp, frightened voice echoed in her ears like an echo of the valley, and her eyes widened in horror as she stared straight at the river.
Xu Sheng, who is always smiling, Xu Sheng, who is talented and filial, is so pale and white, his lips are bruised and floating on the water, and the cold river water surrounds his slightly swollen body, floating up and down.
"Ahh Liar-liar-liar-"
You said that I am the only one in my heart in this life, and you said that even if yin and yang are separated-
Yes...... Have you thought about it a long time ago?
"Coward!" After coldly spitting out these two words, her heart suddenly became cold, and her head no longer hurt. She let go of her hand, opened her eyes, and looked at Xu Sheng so coldly.
Xu Sheng's body was gone, the stone arch bridge was gone, the servants who were chasing them and her parents were gone, and the sea of red flowers replaced the icy river, and there she stood, beside the broken branches that had been destroyed and withered, and in front of her, a man and a woman stood embracing each other.
She stared at the two of them blankly for a long time, and when she saw the little lady in green clothes looking at her with a worried look, she was excited, but she was completely awake.
The person she lost with is here now. She lowered her head slightly and saluted Tsing Yi with a calm expression.
"Looks like you've come to your senses." Kurosaburo said with interest, "What? What did Orchid tell you to follow us? β
Tsing Yi glanced at the little lady without moving, and the little lady shouted a lot of words frantically, piecing together a story about a crazy man and a woman. It's just that she gritted her teeth and scolded the other party for being a liar in the end, wasn't she coaxed by the bad guys?
Shanshan didn't hide it and said directly: "That lord said, let us watch you from time to time, and don't let you be alone for too long." β
Hearing this, Tsing Yi only felt that the corners of her forehead jumped a few times, and she looked back at Hei Saburo in confusion, and happened to see Hei Saburo showing an angry look.
"I knew she wouldn't let it go." Hei Saburo sneered, "It seems that I had to tell her to die sooner!" β
After that, he took Tsing Yi again, as if she would be snatched away as soon as she let go.
Tsing Yi pursed her lips and didn't speak, she also said why Hei Saburo suddenly became happy and angry today, suffering from gains and losses, it turned out that he was still afraid of Hu Ji in his heart, afraid that Hu Ji would regret and rob her back?
That's a ......
Sighing silently, Tsing Yi, who unconsciously began to worry, gently patted Hei Saburo's back, and whispered to Shanshan after half a sound: "Hu Ji, what did she promise you?" You can't do things for nothing when you help her, right? β
"I ......," Shanshan replied softly with her sleeves covered her mouth, "I want to forget JΓ¬ alone, but I can't forget JΓ¬ no matter what." Master Orchid said that if I could help her, she would give me the elixir of forgetting that person. β
"Forget the elixir of the people?" When Hei Saburo heard this, it was as if he had heard something funny, he giggled a few times, and only when Tsing Yi looked at him inquiringly did he stop laughing and replied, "I have only heard of the magic of sealing memories, and I have never heard of an elixir that specifically forgets a person." It's just that this kind of magic is unbearable to ordinary mortals, and if one is not careful, he will either die or be turned into a fool. β
"Orchids aren't monsters who deliberately lie!" Tsing Yi was puzzled, "Besides, a mere mortal is not worth her lying!" β
"Yes, I'm just a woman with little skills, and I don't know anything else except embroidery and eating." Shanshan also hurriedly said, "It's no good for Lord Orchid to lie to me!" The medicine that can forget the jΓ¬ people must be saved zΓ i! β
"I only know one medicine to erase my memory." Hei Saburo pointed to the Manzhu Sawa beside him with a smile and said, "That's the Lethe water made from the Manzhu Sawa you saw these Manzhu Sawah." A glass of Lethe River water, forget the past, let alone a person, your whole life will be forgotten cleanly. Other than that, there is no other medicine to erase memories! βγ
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