Chapter 39: Separation

"Brother Shen Li." Luo Qinghe looked at the complexity in Shen Li's eyes and greeted softly.

It was only a few days before Shanghui left the Shen family, and Shen Li was a lot haggard, no longer as high-spirited and cheerful as before, and the sunny and cheerful young man always had a lot of sorrow on his face with a smile, as if he had grown up a lot.

Seeing him like this, Luo Qinghe's eyes were a little hot, so he didn't dare to look at Shen Li anymore, but turned his head silently, and came to Mrs. Shen's bedside with the old imperial doctor Jiang in his arms, but saw that Mrs. Shen on the bed was sick and lifeless, and the tears that Luo Qinghe had been holding back finally slipped from his eyes.

"Grandpa Shen..."Luo Qinghe sobbed.

As soon as he heard this call, Mrs. Shen opened his eyes, and two lines of tears ran down the corners of his eyes.

There was silence in the room.

It was still the old imperial doctor Jiang who broke the silence with a smile and said, "Don't be stunned, let me show Mrs. Shen." ”

Jiang Yan listened to it and saw that he quickly put the handkerchief under Mrs. Shen's wrist, and helped the old imperial doctor Jiang to sit on the round stool that Shen Li had moved.

Old Imperial Doctor Jiang sat down and comforted Mrs. Shen: "Brother Shen don't have to be sad, ordinary people can have a filial goddaughter like Luo Qinghe, it's too late to laugh!" Don't worry about your body and let down the care of your grandchildren! ”

When Shen Ruitian heard this, he felt that he had been slapped again.

Luo Qinghe also wiped his tears very cooperatively, and softly calmed down Mrs. Shen before letting him go aside to ask Old Imperial Doctor Jiang for consultation.

After the old imperial doctor Jiang checked the pulse, he carefully looked at Mrs. Shen's complexion before he said slowly: "Did Senior Brother Shen have hemoptysis due to great mood swings a few days ago, and he has been worried about the imperial knot, which has not disappeared so far?" ”

Glancing at his father's weak face, Shen Li said unceremoniously: "Yes, my grandfather has never rested in the past few days, and he has not thought about tea and dinner, so he is getting weaker and weaker." ”

Hearing this, Old Imperial Doctor Jiang nodded and said, "Then have you ever injured your organs before, but you haven't treated them properly?" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Shen was surprised and said, "How can you see this old injury?" When I was fighting more than ten years ago, I was accidentally attacked on the road and kicked in the ribs by the thief. ”

Recalling the past, Mrs. Shen was a little embarrassed, and said that he was ashamed of the Wang family.

But the old imperial doctor Jiang stroked his beard again, and said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter now, the blood you coughed up that day means that the blood stasis that has accumulated in the heart for many years and lost essence, and now that it is clean, it will be fine." ”

Shen Ruitian was full of anger when he heard this, and he felt that Mrs. Shen had to 'thank you' himself for hemoptysis, but he didn't think about it, and the old imperial doctor Jiang continued: "Actually, Brother Shen's body is good, if you raise it well, you will definitely be able to live a long life, the reason why you are so weak now is that you have a liver fire and too much sorrow, which causes you to be unable to eat and sleep at night, which hurts your vitality." ”

Old Imperial Doctor Jiang glanced at Shen Ruitian meaningfully as he spoke, and Shen Ruitian's skinless and faceless aura suddenly disappeared, and then lowered his head with a red face.

"The younger generation begs Mr. Jiang to heal and recuperate for my grandfather!" When Shen Li heard this, he quickly knelt down in front of Old Imperial Doctor Jiang and kowtowed.

Seeing this, the old imperial doctor Jiang was relieved and said: "Don't worry, kid, your grandfather's body is fine, as long as his heart is relaxed, most of this disease is gone!" Still, I need to see what your grandfather used to do. ”

When Shen Ruitian heard this, he hurriedly turned around to look for it, wanting to take the opportunity to make the ancestors of the Jiang family feel that he was a filial person, but he didn't expect that Shen Li had clearly memorized it.

Old Imperial Doctor Jiang was even more pleased, patted Shen Li's shoulder and said, "You are also a down-to-earth filial child!" But this prescription is not very suitable, your grandfather originally had a good foundation, and he shouldn't use such a great medicinal herb to replenish qi and blood at all! Such blind replenishment of qi will only make the liver fire more and more vigorous and healed! At the moment, the important thing is to stop this medicine as soon as possible and start to regulate it from the diet. ”

"I chatted with Qinghe just now, I guess you also have some experience in this regard, right?" Old Imperial Doctor Jiang said, and looked at Luo Qinghe again.

"As far as I know, Mrs. Shen's liver is hot, and the medicine used to be excessive, so you should drink more tea such as lotus seed heart and honeysuckle on weekdays, and then avoid greasy and heavy taste, use more soup stewed with chicken, duck and fish in your meal, and replace white rice and white noodles with coarse grains such as brown rice and sweet potatoes." Luo Qinghe said carefully.

After listening to this, the old imperial doctor Jiang praised Luo Qinghe with appreciation, and then continued: "That's right! Brother Shen's current problem is that he is too particular about his diet, and the ingredients are all great supplements. Therefore, from today onwards, we must remember that three meals a day must be used up on time, mainly light, with more vegetarian meat and less meat, and each meal can be full for seven minutes, and slowly walk for half an hour after the meal. For the rest, I will prescribe some more medicines, and, most importantly, don't be overly depressed! ”

Shen Li listened carefully on the side, and saw that Luo Qinghe cared so much about his grandfather, and his heart was full of emotion.

Qinghe has never been the mercenary and vain layman in the mouth of his parents, but why do they just not want to admit it, and continue to persecute and frame such a good and beautiful Qinghe for their own selfish interests?

After all the matters were explained, the Shen family gave Jiang Yan the reward gift prepared earlier, and respectfully sent the two into the carriage, and Luo Qinghe returned to Mrs. Shen's courtyard.

Squatting on the side of the bed and holding Mrs. Shen's hand, Luo Qinghe instructed with tears in his eyes: "Grandpa Shen, you already have to listen to the words of Old Imperial Doctor Jiang, take care of your body, don't worry about me and Brother Shen Li!" ”

Seeing that Luo Qinghe was still thinking about himself so wholeheartedly, the guilt in Mrs. Shen's heart deepened, and he sighed and said, "Child, the Shen family is so sorry for you, my old man is really shameless!" ”

"What does this have to do with you!" Luo Qinghe shook his head and said, "Grandpa Shen, even if you are for Brother Shen Li, you have to take care of your body!" Otherwise, if you are gone, Brother Shen Li will really ......"

Luo Qinghe didn't say any more, but when Mrs. Shen heard this, he suddenly understood.

The reason why he has been reluctant to ask about things at home for many years is because Shen Ruitian's wings are stiff, and Mrs. Shen insists on squeezing out, and Mrs. Shen is full of disappointment before letting go, but now seeing that his grandson is also so sad and negative, Mrs. Shen finally figured it out.

Although he said that he ignored family affairs for the sake of peace at home, but since he beat him and left him alone, the Shen family has not been at peace! Moreover, Shen Ruitian and Mrs. Shen said that they put Shen Li on the tip of their hearts, but they forced him to marry the Lin family for their own selfish interests, so that this always cheerful child became like this.

This family, the high and low can no longer let that rebel do anything wrong! Mrs. Shen suddenly made up his mind, and his eyes returned to the fierceness of the shopping mall in the past.

At this time, Shen Li happened to go back to the house, and when he saw Luo Qinghe squatting beside the bed, he said in a dumb voice: "Sister Qinghe......"

Luo Qinghe was also a little sour at this time, although Shen Li's parents couldn't tolerate her, but Shen Li was sincere to himself from beginning to end, and he had never been disappointed, in this farce, the most hurt person was Shen Li.

Luo Qinghe sighed, and said softly with a smile: "Brother Shen Li, I haven't had time to tell you yet!" The reason why I came to Fengyuan this time is because I plan to go to Kyoto with the young master of the Fang family to find out my father's whereabouts. Now that Grandpa Shen's body and bones have been conditioned, then I have to set off tomorrow. ”

"You're leaving?" Shen Li was surprised, and even Mrs. Shen was taken aback.

Luo Qinghe smiled and explained softly: "Just because my mother is really anxious, she also asked me to go with me when the young master of the Fang family went to Kyoto to join my father,"

After hearing this, Shen Weizhong was even more stunned: if his parents disliked the poor and loved the rich, they would be the one who entered Kyoto with Qinghe today...

Knowing that Luo Qinghe entered Beijing to find his father, Mrs. Shen did not say the words that blocked him, but instructed Shen to leave and get some silver tickets, and said: "Child, things in Kyoto are not cheaper than here, you go with more silver, grandpa is afraid that you will not spend enough!" ”

But Luo Qinghe hurriedly refused: "Grandpa Shen, I have received your wishes, but the silver on my body is enough to spend!" ”

Luo Qinghe's reaction was also expected by Mrs. Shen, the pride and toughness in the bones of the shopkeeper Wang were inherited by Luo Qinghe, the child! After the shopkeeper rescued himself, he wanted to thank him with silver several times, but he was refused.

The king's shopkeeper's original words were: "Saving you and me is also a gesture, if you see the money and leave this silver, isn't it a bad conscience!" ”

So over the years, no matter what difficulties the Wang family encountered, the shopkeeper Wang had never opened his mouth to Mrs. Shen.

The only one who begged Mrs. Shen was afraid that Luo Qinghe would be looked down upon when he talked about marriage in the future because he had no father, so he made a marriage contract with Shen.

But even if the two get married, there is no harm to the Shen family, after all, an honest and honest girl like Luo Qinghe, how many people can't ask for it!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Shen secretly said in his heart: But the future is long, since he has decided to go out of the mountain, it is not up to his son and daughter-in-law to decide who Shen Li will marry in the end!

Because he understood what Luo Qinghe was thinking, Mrs. Shen did not force her to accept the money, but nodded and instructed: "Then you have to be careful all the way!" ”

After Luo Qinghe heard this, he gave a solemn salute to Mrs. Shen before Shen Li sent him to the door.

But as soon as he left the gate of Shen's house, he saw Shen Li gritting his teeth and said, "Qinghe, you wait for me!" ”

Shen Li turned his head and entered the house as he spoke, and after a while, he led his horse out, stuffed the reins into Luo Qinghe's hand, and said: "The road to Kyoto is far away, and the dust shadow is the sweat and blood BMW that I raised since I was a child, hard-working, extremely loyal, let it accompany you for me!" ”

This horse is dark and shiny, with smooth lines all over the body, and all hooves are white, at first glance it is an excellent breed, Luo Qinghe hurriedly rejected when he saw it: "How can this be made!" The dust shadow must be extremely important to Brother Shen Li, how can I bear it! ”

"You... Don't even my horses want to see it? Seeing that Luo Qinghe had resigned, Shen Li suddenly said in frustration.

"No..."Luo Qinghe saw that he was thinking too much, so he hurriedly explained.

But Shen Li didn't listen to it, but patted Dust Shadow's face by himself, and instructed: "Dust Shadow, you can go for me!" This woman is my beloved, you must protect her well! ”

When Luo Qinghe heard this, his eyes turned red again.

Dust Shadow also seemed to understand what Shen Li meant, and snorted lowly, and a line of tears flowed from his black onyx-like eyes.

"Alright, let's leave it at that! There are some silver tickets in the purse at the front of this saddle, which I left for Dusty Shadow, and he loves apples and carrots, so you should have more on the way. ”

Shen Li suppressed his sour heart, and silently sent Luo Qinghe and Chenying far away, until he saw the Fang family's carriage, he patted Chenying, said goodbye to Luo Qinghe, and turned around and went home.

After saying goodbye to Shen Li, Luo Qinghe sobbed all the way back to the post house.

Fang Shaoze saw that she seemed to have cried, and said in surprise: "Miss Luo, what's wrong?" ”

Luo Qinghe shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's nothing, it's just that I'm just happy to see that Mrs. Shen's illness has finally settled!" Today, thanks to your help, I was able to invite the old imperial doctor Jiang here. ”

Fang Shaoze didn't care and said: "It's also grandma who helped you because of your filial piety." ”

Seeing that the two were talking so naturally, Granny Wen subconsciously mixed in: "You brought the horse outside the door from the Shen family?" I think the horse is very expensive, and I'm afraid that I will have to pay a lot more money to take care of it along the way. ”

Hearing the meaning of Granny Wen's words, Luo Qinghe was about to explain, but heard Fang Shaoze say: "It's okay, the original way into Beijing is very far, if you rely on my silver horse, I'm afraid that I will be tired, and as soon as it comes, my silver horse can be regarded as having friends, and the province is lonely!" ”

Luo Qinghe also nodded, pointed to the purse hanging on Dust Shadow's body and said, "Shen Gongzi brought food money to Dust Shadow, if Granny Wen thinks it's not enough to spend, just ask me." ”

As soon as these words came out, Granny Wen also felt that she had a little villain's heart, so she was a little embarrassed and didn't speak again.

Just as Xiao Er outside the door brought in dinner, Fang Shaoze took the opportunity to say: "Everyone is tired today, let's go to bed early after eating!" ”

Luo Qinghe nodded when he heard this, and sat at the table with kindness, but then he heard Granny Wen say meaningfully: "You eat first, let's wait for you to finish eating." ”

Seeing Granny Wen speaking in this tone again, Luo Qinghe was puzzled, she had been fine before, why did she start to distinguish between master and servant in the past two days? But I'm not from your family!

Without waiting for Luo Qinghe to react, Fang Shaoze said a little impatiently: "It's not as good outside as at home, there are not so many rules, don't wait for the food to be cold and eat bad stomach!" ”

Seeing that her young master was displeased, Granny Wen slowly sat down next to Luo Qinghe, but when she was eating, she always pretended to inadvertently block Luo Qinghe's chopsticks stretched out into the roast chicken and radish beef.

Luo Qinghe really ran out of patience.

Although it is not the money she spent to live in this post house, this trip to Beijing is also because the old lady asked her to take care of Fang Shaoze's diet, and it is good that she doesn't ask for salary! Besides, most of his coiling was donated to Jia'en Temple to repair the stone slab bridge, do you still have to go out to earn money while serving Fang Shaoze?

Besides, you are a down-to-earth slave of the Fang family, but I'm not! It is your duty to give the good to the master's house, not me! Ignoring Granny Wen's hints, Luo Qinghe directly sandwiched many pieces of beef, and deliberately tore off a big chicken leg to eat with relish, and after being full of water and food, he thanked Fang Shaoze and rested.

Granny Wen was angry, but it was hard to say anything after all.

Early the next morning, the group got up early and hurried away.

As everyone knows, Luo Qinghe's deeds of building a stone slab bridge with silver have spread all over the surrounding towns, and the villagers are deeply encouraged, unprecedentedly united, and within seven days, the preliminary preparations have been completed.

More than 40 days later, there is a majestic stone slab bridge on the river at the foot of Yandang Mountain, this bridge can allow three carriages to drive side by side, there are many Arhats and Bodhisattvas carved on the guardrails on both sides, and the stone pier in the center of the stone slab bridge is also carved with a round peach blossom eyed girl, and her deeds are also carved on the guardrail.

On the day of the ribbon cutting of the slate bridge, residents from all over the country flocked to witness this long-awaited moment.

Master Hongren was supported by the monk and stood in the middle of the bridge, and the old monk, who had been practicing penance all his life and had a gray beard, trembled and touched the statue of the girl, and burst into tears.

Master Hongren's wish in this life is to hope that the people on both sides of the strait will no longer have to work hard to make a detour or risk their lives to take a boat, but the speed of raising money once made him desperate, he thought that he would go to the West with regrets, but he did not expect such a poor woman to suddenly come like a messenger.

Master Hongren thought about it, and said in a dumb voice: "Everyone thinks that this bridge should be named "Jia'en Bridge", but the poor monk thinks that it should be called "Qinghe Bridge". ”

"Senior, that day I heard you ask the Buddha if he could help you fulfill your wish, and within two days this girl came. Presumably, it was the Buddha who sent this messenger to reward you for many years of dedication to your cultivation so that this girl could be blessed, so it is not inappropriate for this bridge to be called 'Jia'en Bridge'. Seeing this, Master Yuyi on the side comforted him.

As soon as these words came out, the people around echoed one after another: "Yes, we will keep in mind the benevolence of you and Miss Qinghe, and we will learn from your kindness in the future to help more people." ”

Hearing that many people were touched by this kind act, Master Hongren burst into tears again and nodded with satisfaction.

Among the surrounding people, the people who understood the thousands of emotions in Master Hongren's heart couldn't help but wipe away their tears when they saw this.

On this day, when the sun was sinking in the west, Master Hongren, who had fulfilled his wish in this life, smiled and went to the Western Bliss.

When the monks of Jia'en Temple cremated Master Hongren, they saw the glow in the sky, and a row of cranes chirping and flying over Jia'en Temple to the west, and when the monks collected the ashes, they found three amber relics.