Chapter 513: Sacrifice
I haven't seen each other for a long time, the master and the senior brother and Xu Xuan are all a little happy, but no one is drinking, but that's it, Xu Xuan still drinks a little too much.
When he left Qingyutang in the afternoon, Xu Xuan, who had drunk a little high, was a little dizzy in his brain, and he was a little shaky when he walked, he leaned on the tree on the side of the street and thought about it, and felt that it was not good to go home directly, so as not to smoke his own lady. And in this state, it is not good to visit the teacher Cheng Fang again in the afternoon, so as not to be rude.
There happened to be a tea stall in front of him, Xu Xuan went straight to the window position of this teahouse and sat down, generally in this position, in this season, when the wet and cold wind blows, the clothes can be blown through. So very few people sit here.
He ordered a pot of tea and drank it slowly, probably because there were not many people in the teahouse after lunch, only two or three guests whispered something together, and Xiao Er sat by the stove on the side, boiling water and napping.
It may be that the wine prepared by Wang Fengshan is too strong, Xu Xuan's pot of tea went down, and was blown by the wind again, Xu Xuan's brain became more and more confused.
I saw him leaning against the wall of the teahouse, looking at everything in front of Qingyutang not far away, and vaguely saw a fair woman in sackcloth, walking out of this Qingyutang, just for a moment, Xu Xuan burst into tears, after all, he still can't forget that person, the person who made him dreamy and guilty, the woman who fell into his arms with a happy face, the moment she closed her eyes, she always occupied an important position in her heart, even if he Xu Xuan loved his mother, But this position will never be replaced by people.
This is also the reason why he Xu Xuan is unwilling to stay in Qiantang, even if he is robbed to Suzhou, he is unwilling to come back. There is his sister here in Qiantang, a brother-in-law who is a fast catcher, and a teacher who used to be a high-ranking official, Xu Xuan is easier in Qiantang than in Suzhou. However, here, he can never forget that woman, let alone face his own lady, so when he arrived in Suzhou, no matter how difficult it was, he never thought of coming back.
Xu Xuan knew that he was running away and wanted to forget that person temporarily, he hid in Suzhou for a whole year, kept himself busy every day, and then pretended to forget everything, pretended to forget all this, but can this really be forgotten? The moment I returned to Qingyutang, the scenes of that day were replayed like a movie......
Xu Xuan sighed, stood up, and walked out of this teahouse, the wet wind blew, and the sky was overcast.
I don't know when, the sky began to drizzle, the whole street was shrouded in this rain and fog, became hazy, white houses, blue tiles, like an ink painting, Xu Xuan strolled around, holding the umbrella that the owner of the paper shop kindly stuffed to himself, and the other hand carried various memorial items, sandwiched between the sparse pedestrians, and went out of the city gate.
The rain fell gently on Xu Xuan's body with the wind, although the rain was not heavy, Xu Xuan's cyan robe was still wet with water, and the color of the clothes on the front and back chests became deeper, and the cold air passed in through the soaked clothes, taking away a lot of heat from Xu Xuan's body, and Xu Xuan's hands and feet were even a little stiff.
Xu Xuan looked up at the sky, the rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, the umbrella in Xu Xuan's hand was slightly tilted, covering the paper in his hand, and his whole body was exposed in the rain.
After walking for a long time, after bypassing a forest, in front of a hillside, Xu Xuan stopped, in front of him, where a lonely tombstone stands, no one has come to take care of it for a long time, the wild grass has swallowed up this tomb, if it were not for this stone tablet, Xu Xuan was afraid that he would not be able to find it for a while.
He stepped forward and clumsily pushed aside the weeds attached to the tombstone, and on the flat tombstone, it was simply engraved with the tomb of Linglong, without payment and nothing else, which Xu Xuan asked his senior brother to do, at that time, he didn't know how to write this tombstone, and he didn't know what to write, and he couldn't write it at that time.
Xu Xuan sighed, thinking of the heroic woman in his mind, and there was a pain in his heart, he carefully pulled out the weeds in front of the tombstone and made a large open space, so he put the memorial things in front of the tombstone, he squatted on the ground and tried to ignite the paper with a fire sickle, but although Xu Xuan was careful along the way, he put the memorial items under the umbrella, but now that the weather is humid, these paper products are blown by the wind, and they become difficult to ignite. Xu Xuan tried a few times, but he still couldn't light it, and with the moisture on the ground, the paper became even more wet.
Xu Xuan squatted on the ground, but he cried in a low voice on this tombstone, this woman who made him fall in love.
"Bang" The paper in front of the tombstone suddenly burned. Xu Xuan stood up and said in a low voice, "Did the lady ask you to come?" “
A burst of footsteps sounded, and I saw Xiaoqing, dressed in green clothes, standing silently behind him, "My sister said that it was not early, so I asked me to go to Qingyutang to look for you, but Master Wang said that you had already left, I didn't dare to tell my sister, I was looking for you in Qiantang City, someone said that you went out of the city with things, and I knew that you were here." “
Xu Xuan was silent for a moment, "Qing'er, you go back first, I'll burn the paper in my hand and I'll go back in a while." ”
Xiaoqing pursed her lips, she didn't speak, just stood aside.
Xu Xuan sighed lightly, threw the yellow paper in his hand into the fire one by one, and watched the yellow paper turn into ashes, Xu Xuan put some food in front of the tombstone, and then got up and pulled out the wild grass on the tomb one by one.
"Brother-in-law, Linglong is gone, can't you let her go?" Xiaoqing said suddenly
Xu Xuan's hand paused for a moment, "Saying that you can let it go, you are lying to your sister, saying that you can't let it go, and it hurts your sister's heart." ”
"Then do you resent your sister for not saving Linglong in the first place? You know your sister's identity, in Suzhou, my sister even saved the old beggar who drank Heding Hong. Xiaoqing suddenly said,
Xu Xuan stood up and stared at Xiaoqing tightly, and Xiaoqing changed the temperament that she had covered for Bai Suzhen before, lowered her eyes, and did not say a word.
If the truth is telled, how could Xu Xuan not have doubts? With Bai Suzhen's ability, how could she not save Linglong? It's just that all along, whether it is Xu Xuan or Xiaoqingbai Suzhen, the three of them can avoid it. But now, Xiaoqing has made it clear directly, no one can pretend to be confused, and no one can hide it. Standing in front of Linglong's tomb at this time, Xu Xuan really hesitated.
But he hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and began to pull the weeds from the grave and throw them aside.