Burning Flowers
The peach is dying, scorching its glory
--Inscription
In the tenth year of the Republic of China, a fire swept this street, and it burned the Taohuawu of the famous capital into ashes, the fire lasted all night, the neighborhood was busy fighting the fire and saving people, no one knew that in the alley not far away, there was a boy kneeling on the ground, sobbing quietly, and reading over and over again: "Master, I'm sorry......
Many years later, when he stepped into the place again, he was greeted by a desolate courtyard burned by the fire: the stage was almost falling apart, and the curtains hanging on it were burned out of holes.
He seemed to remember many years ago, when they first met, at that time, it was a March day, he was a beggar, and he inadvertently mixed into the peach blossom dock to beg, and he stood on the stage, holding a fan, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, his movements were smooth, his words were whispering, the costume was integrated with the peach blossoms in full bloom in the garden, and a pair of phoenix eyes read the cold and bitter warmth of the world.
"The peach is dying, scorching its ......" The low and soft singing voice is like a spring breeze blowing through the peach blossoms in the garden, but with endless coldness.
"You little rabbit cub, you dare to trespass on Peach Blossom Dock." Just when he was fascinated, there was a shout of reprimanding beside him, and the gatekeeper didn't know when he was standing behind him with the guard, and when he subconsciously wanted to escape, he found that his hands and feet were restrained, followed by a burst of beating and angry reprimands with sticks.
"What are you doing, don't stop it quickly, if someone dies, but you can bear it." A cold voice came, and the white robe dragged to the ground, with a faint fragrance of peach blossoms, and after taking off his makeup, his face became more and more pale.
"Childe, this thief trespassed on the Peach Blossom Dock, if any valuables are lost in this Peach Blossom Dock, the dock owner will not spare the small ones."
He took out a few pieces of ocean from his sleeve and stuffed them into the gatekeeper's hand, and said with a smile: "This is my new apprentice, I don't know if I can be accommodating......
When the gatekeeper walked away, he suddenly knelt on the ground and kowtowed his head heavily, "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship." ”
The man sighed and said slowly, "From today onwards, I will give you the name of Amazing Hua."
......
When he came back to his senses, he found that he had walked to the backyard, and when he saw that the peach blossoms in the garden were no longer scorching, only the decadent branches remained, he finally couldn't help it, knelt on the ground, howling like a child, and the remorse and depression over the years broke out in an instant, and the low crying sound was high or low, as if returning to the original time.
The peach blossoms fluttered off his clothes, and the master sat down under the tree with him and asked, "Jinghua, what do you want?"
He tugged at the corner of Master's clothes and replied, "Jinghua, I want to be like Master and become a famous actor in the world." ”
"Jinghua, if you want to be a good actor, you must understand that no matter what is in or out of the play, it is fake, and you must not trust others."
"Disciple follow Master's teachings, then, Master, what do you want?"
He thought that Master would not answer, but after a long time, he heard him say slowly: "Master, I just hope to steal half a day of leisure like today."
......
He remembered that night, when the flames spread, Master sent him out of the Peach Blossom Dock, but he was buried in the fire with his favorite peach blossom and turned into ashes. The breeze brought the fragrance of peach blossoms and the inaudible sigh "That's it, that's it, it's fate......"
Everyone in the world thought that the fire was put by the actor who was buried deep in the fire and was stunned to avoid repeating other plays that were given as gifts, but they didn't know that it was done by an unfilial disciple to take revenge on the world.
......
In the last years of the Republic of China, people in the neighborhood moved away one after another, and one person bought this long-deserted yard, and during the renovation, he accidentally found a dry skeleton leaning under one of the peach trees.
It was a March day, and the peach blossoms that had been burned by the fire came back to life, and the breeze blew away, and the petals fell, covering the dry bones, and there was a shallow or light moan
"The peach is dying, scorching its ......"
--end