Xue Ya originally thought that he must be cautious when he went to the Luo River to pay his respects, and he couldn't let others feel strange. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info When I got to the vicinity of the Luo River, I realized that I was really worried.

The bank of the Luo River is rugged and rocky, only when it is close to the city, there are more than two miles of land, and the river bank is gentle, suitable for memorials. When Xueya came here, there were already many people standing here.

At first, Xue Ya thought that he had encountered some kind of celebration, and the people on the river bank were waiting to see the river lanterns in the Luo River, but when he got closer, it was not the case at all.

They all gathered together as a family, throwing sacrifices into the river with tears in their eyes. Xue Ya listened to what they said and understood that they were all royal guards who protected the queen's coffin that day.

These parents who have lost their children, brothers and sisters who have lost their siblings look at the rolling Luo River, some crying heartbreakingly, and some silently staring at the dark river, all of them have heart-wrenching expressions.

Xue Ya looked at these people, and involuntarily felt a lot of guilt in her heart. She is surrounded by people who gather together as a family unit to pay respects, and she looks more and more alone.

"When a man dies, he has so many family members who are sad, if I can exchange, I really hope that the person who was swept away by the flood that day is me. If I die, no one will care, and the emperor won't even think to look for it. It's these people, their life and death determine the happiness of a family. Xue Ya thought as she subconsciously tightened the basket containing paper money, incense and candles in her hand.

But even as she walked through the crowd without squinting, the guilt in her heart grew stronger. She felt that she had a responsibility for the death of these guards, and if she could dissuade Yunyang from not leaving the palace to guard the queen's spirit that day, maybe she would not have encountered this kind of natural disaster, if there was no natural disaster, these young guards would definitely still walk around the Hanyang Palace in high spirits. At a young age, they were on an errand in the palace, they were the pride of their parents, the role models of their brothers and sisters, and they met the envious eyes of their neighbors and clansmen every day, but a flood left them with no bones.

Xue Ya had no way to face the family members of these royal guards, so she had to bow her head and just walk forward, until she came to the strange rocks on the river bank and the inaccessible track, and she stopped.

Facing the dark river, Xue Ya lit three pillars of incense first, put her hands together and whispered, "Yunyang, Qiluo, Xiuguo'er, I'm coming to see you." Although I don't know where you are now, I always think about you in my heart. Creation makes people, I should have left the world the most, but for some reason I survived, maybe God made me miss you here every year. If you are really out of this ten zhang red dust, put away the paper money I sent today...... In this way, I feel a little better. I'll go to you sooner or later, you ......"

At this moment, she heard an old cry coming from not far away, low and painful, which made people feel uneasy to hear.

Xue Ya didn't feel scared, but she was a little worried: "This cry is full of despair, and it appears here again, could it be that someone wants to throw water on the side of the Luo River?" If so, I can't do it! ”、

So she searched for the sound, and found an old woman with tattered clothes and gray hair behind a boulder. There was also a basket beside her, but there was very little incense and candle paper in it.

It seems that this old woman is also here to pay tribute to her relatives, but why is it a person?

Xue Ya saw that she was crying sadly, so she walked over and handed her a handkerchief and said, "Old mother, people can't be regained after death, so let's mourn by the way." ”

The old woman raised her head and glanced at Xue Ya, and said in a trembling voice, "Is the girl also here to pay tribute to her relatives?" I see that you haven't left the cabinet yet, but you're here to burn paper for your brother! ”

Xue Ya was stunned for a moment and nodded vaguely.

The old woman took the handkerchief, wiped her tears and said, "Why didn't your parents come, this time the emperor gave generous pensions to every deceased guard's family, even if the first seven family members from other places came to pay their respects." Why are you the only one in your family? ”

Xue Ya was speechless when she was asked, so she had to ask, "Why did the old mother come alone?" ”

The old woman sighed: "The situation in our family is different from that of other people's families. I have been widowed since my son was one year old, and I have been twenty-seven years now. I only have this one son, and I have suffered a lot to pull him up. At the age of twenty-three, he was selected to work in the palace as an errand in the palace, and he thought that everything would be smooth sailing from then on, but who knows......"

Xue Ya looked at the old woman's thin clothes, frowned and said, "Your son has been in the palace for a few years, and it is said that there are not many guards, how can you ...... Is your son not filial? ”

The old woman shook her head again and again: "No, no! When my son didn't get married, I didn't know how good my life was. But since the new daughter-in-law entered the door, she took the silver that her son had brought back in her hand and did not give it to me at all. This time, my son was killed, and my daughter-in-law said that she would take me to Luoyang to deal with the funeral, but after she came to Luoyang and received the pension money, she didn't know where to go. I was left alone in the inn, and I was penniless, and the inn no longer took me in. I just want to beg along the road tomorrow, and I hope to return to my home country. After all, death is also death in the ancestral house. ”

Xue Ya was shocked when she heard this, she had no idea that such a terrible thing would happen in the world. She took the old woman's hand and said, "Don't be sad, old mother, I still have some silver here, you can take it quickly." ”

As she spoke, Xue Ya poured out all the silver from the purse around her waist and put it in the old woman's hand.

The old woman took the money tremblingly, and was speechless, and fell on her knees and was about to kowtow. How could Xue Ya agree, and immediately hugged her and said: "Old mother doesn't have to be so polite, you take the silver and go back to the inn quickly, now the weather is so cold, you only wear such a little, I'm afraid that you will freeze and get sick." ”

The old woman was grateful to Xueya, took her hand and refused to let go, and said vigorously: "The girl is very kind, I really can't forget it." I also asked the girl to follow me back to the inn, and I wrote an IOU to the girl, and I will definitely repay the money to the girl in the future. ”

Xue Ya hurriedly excused himself: "No, no." ”

But this old woman didn't let go of Xue Ya: "Girl, don't be polite, come with me to get an IOU!" ”

Xue Ya struggled to withdraw her hand, but the tall and thin old woman in front of her probably had been doing farm work, and her strength was very strong, and Xue Ya was dragged forward by her involuntarily.

But she found that the situation was getting more and more wrong, if she wanted to go to the inn, why didn't the old woman go down the road, but kept pulling herself to the boulder, what was the matter?

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