Chapter 3 Waiting
At sunset, in front of the Xie family, as always, the porter was sitting and laughing, and the chariots and horses who went out returned one after another, making the side door lively.
A small servant came galloping on horseback.
"Brother Ding, why did you come back by yourself? What about the fifth master? The porter greeted the little guy with a smile.
The little guy smiled and turned over and dismounted.
"I'll come back and get some things for the fifth master, the fifth master is still busy over there." He said.
Hearing him say this, the porter hesitated.
"Brother Ding, if you are not in a hurry, don't take it yet." One man said, "The eldest lady is in retreat, and now she has to go in and out of the house. ”
The rules of witch practice are strange, and although they have never heard of this request before, everyone does not find it strange.
The eldest lady is what she says.
"Our family is far away from the eldest lady's side, and the fifth lady's things are ready, so I'll take them and leave." Brother Ding said, "Brother be accommodating. ”
The man shook his head.
"It's not that I'm not accommodating, the people inside won't be accommodating, you can't get out if you go in." He said.
Brother Ding scratched his head.
"Forget it, I'll talk to the fifth master." He reluctantly got on the horse.
The man in the porter nodded.
"Yes, nothing is as important as the eldest lady's business." He said, "With Lord Dan here, there is no business that cannot be negotiated." ”
Brother Ding smiled and urged the horse to gallop, turned a street corner, and jumped down in front of a tea shed.
The curtain of the tea shed was lifted, and Xie Wenjun stood inside.
"Fifth master, if you go in, you won't let you come out." Brother Ding stepped forward and whispered. "It's good that the fifth lady reminded you not to come back."
The family is under martial law, and it seems that things must be very strict.
Xie Wenjun looked in the direction of the Xie family and frowned.
How are they doing now?
"Fifth Master, what should we do? If you can't get in, you don't know what's going on inside? Brother Ding asked in a low voice.
"You can't do anything when you go in, what happens inside The fifth lady knows, what we have to do is to move freely outside, in case of emergency." Xie Wenjun said, "Keep an eye on the Xie family's mansion. ”
Brother Ding responded.
Night gradually covered the mountains.
The door of the wooden house was opened, and Xie Rouqing walked out on crutches and called out to Shui Ying.
Shui Ying, who was feeding the cows in the yard, dropped the grass in his hand and turned around.
"Hasn't she come back yet?" Xie Rouqing asked.
She?
Before Shui Ying could react, a little girl came out of the kitchen.
"Is the third lady asking the eldest lady? The eldest lady hasn't come back yet. She said.
JMC has been married in February. Now he lives in Pengshui City with Cheng Lin. This little girl was personally picked by Jiang Ling, and Rao was not at ease, so she ran here several times a month until she was drunk by Xie Roujia.
"You should be someone's daughter-in-law. It's not a good husband and a child. Your husband is a child. Learn to take care of children, and when I have a child in the future, you will help me take care of it. Xie Roujia said with a smile.
"Miss, really. Those who have not yet married have children have children are on the lips of giving birth. Jiang Ling blushed and was disgusted.
"Did she say she wouldn't come back?" Xie Rouqing asked.
The little girl shook her head.
"The eldest lady shouldn't be in the city for the night, but this time it's said that the old lady is sick, maybe she will stay." She said.
Xie Rouqing hummed.
"Third Miss, it's okay, you can eat first, Miss is back, I'll do it later." The little girl said.
"I didn't wait for her to eat." Xie Rouqing said.
The little girl stuck out her tongue and didn't dare to speak again.
Xie Rouqing stood under the corridor for a moment.
"Shui Ying, if she doesn't come back tonight, you can go to the city tomorrow to have a look." She said, "I toss around all day long, I don't know how many people hate me, see if I'm locked up." ”
The little girl smiled.
The third lady is really joking, who dares to close the eldest lady, it's too late to hold the offering.
Shui Ying sighed.
"Then you can eat, right?"
The moon was sparse, and the sound of horses' hooves galloping on the road startled the birds in the grass in the trees beside the road, and slid across the night sky with strange calls.
A black horse, a man wrapped in a black cloak, galloped down the road, drawing a long shadow on the moonlit road.
Behind him, four men and six horses were in hot pursuit.
"This can't be done, it's been a few days." The man on the horse said urgently.
As if to confirm his words, the galloping horse ahead neighed and fell down the road.
The king of Dongping County rolled down on the spot and got up.
"Horses." He shouted back.
The men who came with them drove the empty horses beside them.
The king of Dongping turned over and got on his horse.
"Your Highness, settle down at the post station ahead and rest for the night......." the man said hurriedly.
Before his words fell, the king of Dongping County had already galloped away, leaving him with a lingering voice.
"Prepare the horses at the post station ahead."
The men replied, urging the horses to gallop.
"I'll be able to take a boat soon, and I'll be able to rest for a while." One of the men comforted everyone.
The sound of horses' hooves beating on the night road.
The night was dark.
Heavy gasps echoed through the room.
"The medicine can't be used, and I choke when I pour it."
Several doctors were busy at the bedside.
"With a needle."
"Let's use Ai."
"Ai is effective, but it hurts the stomach."
Old lady Xie stood beside the bed with a blank expression.
"Don't be afraid to hurt your stomach." "Make her feel better now," he said. ”
The doctors hesitated and looked at Mrs. Xie who was sitting on the other side.
"With Ai." Mrs. Xie said.
The doctors responded that Mrs. Xie's wheezing with moxibustion quickly eased.
"Okay, that's it, people live in such pain for a lifetime, it's more comfortable to die." She said with a cough and a smile.
Old Lady Xie sat down, held her hand, and shook her head.
"What's your name?" Old Madam Xie asked.
Could it be that consciousness is already confused?
"Huaying, I'm Xie Huaying." Old lady Xie said softly.
"No, I mean. Your original name. Old Madam Xie asked.
Old lady Xie wanted to cry and laugh at the same time.
"Songyang, Wang Songyang." He said seriously.
"Songyang, Wang Songyang." Mrs. Xie read it all over again, "It's really ugly." ”
Old Lady Xie smiled.
"That's why I've changed my name to Huaying." He said.
Old Madam Xie was silent for a moment.
"There's something you have to promise me." She said.
"Ah Shan, I will listen to you whatever you say in this life." Old lady Xie said.
"When I'm dead, you can go." Old Madam Xie said.
Old lady Xie's tears fell.
"Where am I going? I am a member of the Xie family, don't worry, you are gone, my daughter is still the master of the Xie family. No one can drive me away. He squeezed out a smile and said.
"I'm not driving you away. I lived for more than fifty years and never left Bashu, and I originally thought that after Jiajia got married, we would never be okay again. Let's go outside together. But it looks like I can't go. Old Madam Xie said. I don't know what it's like outside, Wang Songyang, you can go and see it for me. ”
Old Lady Xie took her hand, leaned over and whimpered in her ear and nodded.
"Good. I'll take a look for you. He said.
Mrs. Xie on the side sat upright, tears sliding down her face.
Old Madam Xie exhaled, with a bit of ease.
"It's so comfortable to burn Ai, I'll get some sleep and nourish my spirit." She said, calling Ayuan again.
Mrs. Xie stood up.
"Ayuan, you wait, I'll nourish my spirits and tell you about the scriptures." Old Madam Xie looked at her and said.
Mrs. Xie stood stiffly.
"Okay." She said.
Old Madam Xie closed her eyes.
Old Lady Xie held her hand tightly and looked at her face, her eyes reluctant to blink.
Old Madam Xie suddenly opened her eyes again, her eyes blinked, with a little naughtiness.
"Don't look at it, if you want to remember it, remember what I looked like when I was young, and now I'm so ugly." She said.
Old Lady Xie sneered, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Okay, I'll stop looking." He said.
Old Madam Xie looked at him, Old Madam Xie also looked at her, and the two looked at each other fixedly.
"I slept." Old Madam Xie said, closing her eyes.
Old Lady Xie looked at her and let go of her hand with some determination.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, you can sleep." He said in a hoarse voice.
Old Madam Xie didn't open her eyes again, her breathing was steady, and she seemed to be really asleep.
Old lady Xie carefully tucked the quilt for her beside the bed.
There was silence in the room.
"Father, go and rest, I'm here." Mrs. Xie said.
Old lady Xie glanced at her.
"Come with me, I have something to say to you." He said.
Mrs. Xie stood still.
"Mother can't do without people here, let's talk about it here." She said.
Old Lady Xie sneered.
"Are you still afraid that she will run away?" He gritted his teeth and whispered, stretching out his hand and pointing at the bed, "Can she escape your palm like this?" ”
"Father!" Mrs. Xie shouted, trembling all over, and it seemed that she could no longer suppress the love that she was trying to endure.
Old Lady Xie looked at her for a moment, then turned around and walked out.
Mrs. Xie looked at Mrs. Xie on the bed.
"Keep it guarded, if there's something wrong, call me immediately." She said.
The doctors who had just retreated to the outside room immediately came in again and watched Mrs. Xie walk out.
The courtyard was brightly lit, but it was empty, and only the shadows could be seen of the guards standing outside.
Old lady Xie walked alone on the promenade, and her back was pale with lanterns.
Mrs. Xie followed.
Old lady Xie turned around the corridor and pointed to a room in front of him.
This is the flower hall where Mrs. Xie rests every day, and the windows are closed on all sides in winter.
"This is where you were born." Old lady Xie said.
How is it possible, the delivery room where Dan Nu was born is very important, how can it be so simple and casual.
"You can't remember, but then this place was rebuilt, and when you were a child, you didn't like to stay in the house, so your mother asked you to expand a flower hall here, and you can run and play when it rains and snows." Old lady Xie said.
Mrs. Xie was silent.
Old Lady Xie took off the lantern outside, pushed open the door and walked in, and Mrs. Xie also followed.
The door was casually covered by Old Lady Xie.
"Ayuan, do you really want to force your mother to death for a scripture?" He raised his eyebrows and whispered.
Mrs. Xie turned around, looking sad under the dim lamp.
"Father, I don't want scriptures, I want an explanation." She cried out in a trembling voice, and accumulated tears welled up.
Old Lady Xie looked at her.
"What explanation? Is it difficult to accept that your qualifications are not as good as others? He asked.
Mrs. Xie's face turned pale.
"Father!" She shouted, "Is that how you dislike me? ”
"How can we dislike you, you are stupid, stupid, ugly, beautiful, you are our child, Ayuan, why do you dislike yourself so much?" Old Lady Xie said, "How can you believe that you are good?" ”
Mrs. Xie looked at the faint room.
"I just want to, mother, think I'm good." She muttered, "I just want her to say I'm fine, even if it's a lie, as long as she tells me." ”
Old Lady Xie sighed, turned around and walked to the front of a few cases, lit the light, and the room became brighter.
The wind jumped through the cracks in the window blowing the lamp on the table.
Old Lady Xie stretched out her hand and looked at the window.
A figure flashed by the window.
A trace of grief and reluctance flashed in Old Lady Xie's eyes, but she quickly retracted her gaze with some determination.
"Ayuan, sit." He said, "Our father and daughter have never talked and chatted like this, when your mother is there, I can't care about accompanying you, and when your mother is gone, I can't accompany you, now, let's talk to each other." ”
Mrs. Xie hesitated and sat down on the chair beside her.
The night wind beats on the windows and makes a fluttering sound.
This is the courtyard where Xie Roujia once lived, and through the crack in the window, you can see the hot spring pool with the night pearl still hanging.
It seems like I've never been here in my life.
Xie Roujia looked blankly.
Although there has been no one in the house for a long time, since she became the eldest lady, this place is always ready for her, and the cleaning is clean inside and out, not cold and damp at all.
Xie Roujia turned around and looked inside the room.
Xie Rouhui has already gone crazy, there is no humanity anymore, and her mother seems to be crazy.
What to do? What about grandmothers?
With a bang, the door was pushed open.
Is it the wind? Or is it going to be her killer?
Xie Roujia jumped up violently, ready to go.
Someone stepped forward and stood under the bright light.
"Grandmother!" Xie Roujia looked at the person in front of her in disbelief.
It was Mrs. Xie, who was still wearing the clothes she had been wearing when she fell, and her hair was a little disheveled, but she stood steadily, her originally pale face was ruddy, and a smile appeared in her bright eyes.
"Jiajia, you're right, it's really not a question of scriptures, it's people." She said, spreading her hand and looking at herself, "You see, I have been wholeheartedly thinking and daring to give up, and I have actually made the art of burning candles. ”
Candle Burning Technique!
Take people as candles, burn their souls and burn their souls, lift a moment of bloom, and after a moment, people are burned to ashes, and there are no bones left.
Xie Roujia's face changed drastically, and tears welled up.
"Grandmother! You! You're crazy too! ”
"What's crazy about this, I'm going to die anyway." Old Madam Xie smiled, with a child's excitement on her face.
Xie Roujia pounced and reached out to touch her.
"If there is a way, if there is a curse, it will be solved, and there must be a solution." She muttered.
Old Madam Xie reached out and grabbed her.
"Jiajia, I'm not here to let you break the spell, I'm here to do something." She said with plastic surgery.
Xie Roujia looked at her with tears and shook her head.
"Don't vow, don't vow, don't say." She cried.
Old Madam Xie smiled and reached out to clasp her shoulder.
"Jiajia, I'm here to see you off." She said, "I'm going to get you out of here." (To be continued......)