Adventures in Heaven (novel) Zhang Baotong

The two hugged each other and quickly fell asleep. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info When we were woken up by the sound of hard chopping wood outside the house, the sky was already bright. Gillian looked very panicked and said, "I want my parents to know now, what can I do?" When I heard this, I was also frightened, and regretted that I should not have been fanatical and impulsive last night, and lost my mind. I wanted to put on my clothes and go to the next room to bring Gillian's dress, but Gillian listened to the movement outside, got out of bed naked, opened the door and ran out.

Before I could get dressed and get out of bed, I heard Gillian's father's angry scolding. As soon as my heart sank, I knew that the matter between me and Gillian had been revealed. I knew I couldn't hide if I wanted to, so I had to get out of the house. When I left the room, I saw Gillian kneeling beside the loom in the hall and weeping. Gillian's father was angrily scolding, "Slut, a slut who is shameless and ignorant, what else can you see?" "I know it's not just scolding Gillian, it's scolding me as well. I am mainly to blame for this, I can't let Gillian be resentful.

So, I walked over, knelt in front of Lang Zhong, and said in an apologetic tone, "Father-in-law, please don't be embarrassed for Gillian, I deceived Gillian." Lang Zhong stared at me fiercely with an angry gaze and asked, "Is this true?" I said, "Absolutely." But Gillian on the side shouted loudly, "No, this is not a truth, it is a promise from the herself." Ke Langzhong didn't listen to Gillian's words, and asked me directly, "What is the crime of seducing an unmarried woman?" Presumably, the son knows the law. I didn't know that there was such a law in heaven, but it had come to this point, and there was no way back, so I had to bite the bullet and say, "I know, please deal with it according to the law." ”

Lang Zhong said sharply, "Then don't blame me for not being emotional", and as he said, he shouted, "Someone is coming." Immediately, two young men entered the house from the outside, looking menacing. When I saw this posture, I couldn't help but be afraid. Lang Zhong said to the two men who had come in, "Tie this man up and punish him according to the law of the people." The two men rushed over and tied me up tightly. Seeing that I was tied up and uncomfortable, Gillian cried loudly and begged, "Father, two cousins, please be merciful." But Langzhong shouted loudly, "Such a slut, he still doesn't keep his mouth shut." Seeing that her father refused to show mercy, Gillian cried and shouted, "Mother, come and save me." ”

When the woman came out of the chamber, she was already weeping. While holding her daughter in her arms, she pleaded with her husband, "The child is ignorant, please be lenient and punish him lightly." Lang Zhong thought about it again and again, and then said to me, "Since there is a lady pleading, I will not blame you for the past, and I will forgive you for no fault, how so?" When I heard this, my heart couldn't help but be hot, and I was grateful, "In this way, the Han envoy Longhua will be grateful." However, Lang Zhong then said, "You must marry Gillian immediately, and you should be innocent." Would you like to? "I really love Gillian with all my heart, but I can't marry her, Heaven is not a place where I live for a long time, and sooner or later I will have to return home. Therefore, I said honestly, "Father-in-law, the child is a Han national, although he now lives in heaven, he will eventually return, so he does not dare to marry his sister-in-law, lest he harm his sister-in-law and delay his life." The child's sin is beyond his reach, but he asks his father-in-law and mother to punish him heavily. ”

After hearing this, I saw Gillian screaming miserably, crying and getting up from the ground, and stumbling into her house. The woman's hopeful face suddenly darkened. Lang Zhong was so angry that his face became a little distorted, his eyes widened, and he shouted, "Punish this traitor according to the rules of the people." Immediately, the two Gillian cousins pushed me under the tree in front of the door and tied me firmly to the tree with my back against the tree. Because I was tied so tightly that I couldn't move, I felt very uncomfortable, so I struggled to wrestle the rope, but the rope was so thick and firm that I couldn't move.

After a while, Gillian's two cousins rode away. Then everything around fell silent. If it was usual, breakfast had already been eaten at this time, and everyone began to get busy with their own business. But at the moment, Lang Zhong did not go out to work in the field as usual, the woman did not sit under the tree in front of the door as usual to do needlework, and Gillian did not weave and spin as usual. Not only did the smoke not rise, but even the door on the opposite side was as dead as it was shut. This made my guilt and remorse even heavier.

Little by little, the sun moves towards the sky, illuminating the lake and mountains clearly, but it lacks a beautiful poetic feeling. I was starting to get a little hungry, which made me feel depressed and flustered, but it also gave me plenty of time to think wildly. The warm sunlight shone obliquely over the lake, and I gradually felt weak and sleepy, and sweat began to trickle down my forehead and run slowly down my face. I couldn't help but wonder: How could I feel so weak and tired? I've been trekking all day long and I've never felt this way. So, I wondered if I hadn't had a good night's rest last night. Yes, Gillian and I have been bingeing and having fun, if we weren't exhausted, how would we stop to rest?

I was sleepy, so I leaned my head against the trunk of the tree. As soon as I closed my eyes, the scene of joy with Gillian was presented in front of my eyes again. That kind of scene sometimes makes me agitated and excited, **** impulsive; Sometimes it makes me feel guilty and ashamed. The sun doesn't move for half a day, and time flies so slowly. I closed my eyes and took a nap for a while, and I didn't feel so sleepy. When I opened my eyes, the sun was still hanging diagonally. I don't know what Heaven's punishment will be for this, or how long they will bind me, or maybe they won't spare me easily.

After a while, the little yellow dog came back from outside, shaking his head and tail in front of me. I stretched out my foot to tease it, showing it friendship and gratitude. We have become very friendly friends these days. The little yellow dog was very puzzled when he saw me tied to a tree, so he went over and kept beating the door with his paws. The woman opened the door, and when she saw that it was the little yellow dog, she looked at me uneasily, and closed the door again.

Even my mother-in-law, who loves me the most, doesn't take care of me, so what hope do I have? Coupled with the remoteness of this place and no one to visit, I think I can only make up for my sins by suffering in this way. I didn't eat in the morning, so after noon, my stomach growled even harder, and my whole body was weak and I wanted to fall. The sun was hot all the time, and my throat was smoky with thirst. The sweat on his face kept flowing down non-stop. I felt like I couldn't hold it anymore.

The little yellow dog had been lying in front of me, looking at me with that inexplicable and helpless look. Seeing that I had put my head down in discomfort, I hummed and walked back and forth in front of the door. After a while, the woman opened the door and came out with a bowl of water and a towel. When he came up to me and gave me water, he wiped the sweat from his face and neck with a towel, and said, "Son, you have been wronged. Listening to the woman's words, my heart was sour, and tears could not help but roll down. Then the woman said, "It's not that my father-in-law is cruel, but that you have done this to make him helpless." Gillian is eighteen years old, and she is waiting to be married, you are like this, how will she marry in the future? ”

I felt deeply guilty and said with remorse, "Mother-in-law, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for Gillian." But I don't know how long my Father will bind me. The woman sighed and said, "Poor child, you are so foolish, do you not know that fornication with a maiden in your boudoir is punishable by three days' imprisonment?" As soon as I heard this, I was immediately deflated. He wanted to bind me like this for three days and three nights, so that he would starve me to death, if not to torture me to death. When the woman saw my pessimism and despondency, she persuaded me and said, "You and Gillian have a deep and beautiful relationship, why don't you conclude a marriage and be happy?" I said, "Mother-in-law, I love Gillian deeply, but I am not a subject of heaven, and I don't know when I will return home, so I dare not obey my orders." When the woman heard this, she sighed again and again, and then she said, "All right," and went into the house again, and closed the door tightly.

It was the longest day of my life, and the day I felt the most about freedom. Finally it was getting dark. I had been looking forward to it since the morning, but when it got dark, I started to get scared again. Nights are longer and more difficult than during the day, and wolves and other wild animals are often present. Due to the long period of binding, my upper body was tired and painful, and I was exhausted. The legs were already a little unsupportable. In order not to numb my legs, I kept stomping my feet, which were already heavy. However, there are still two days and three nights of punishment waiting for me. When I think about it, I feel a chill of fear.

The night was getting darker and deeper, and a crescent moon rose into the sky, moving slowly in the starry sky like a small boat. The surrounding lake and forest seem to be covered by a black veil, and only the vague outline can be seen, but the scenery cannot be seen clearly. At this time, the sky was bright and dark, the cool air rose, and the forest was unpredictable and silent, and occasionally a few wolf wails could be heard from afar. Soon, the lights in Gillian's house were also extinguished.

Nearly midnight, I heard the door of Gillian's house gently opened, and then I saw a beautiful figure quietly flashing out of it, and then, like a fluttering approach. "Gillian!" I cried out excitedly. Gillian told me not to make a sound, and then used the scissors in her hand to cut the rope hard. When the rope was cut, she shoved a cloth bag with dry cakes in my hand and told me to wait for her on the path by the lake.

I waited for a while on the path by the lake, and then I saw her leading the horse through the faint moonlight. She handed me the reins, said it was getting late, and told me to ride quickly. However, if I leave, this punishment and suffering will inevitably fall on Gillian. So, I was a little insistent and refused. Gillian was anxious, so she said, "Don't worry, son, my mother is in charge of me, and my father won't be too embarrassed with me." Hearing this, I knelt in front of her and said with tears in my eyes, "Gillian, how can I repay such kindness?" Gillian hurriedly helped me up and said, "Today's mistakes, the son is all covered, righteous and bold, so that Gillian is respectful and convinced, only blame Gillian for not having this destiny, and she can't rely on the son for the rest of her life." So saying, he urged me to get on my horse and hurry away. I jumped on my horse and bowed to her three times before I walked away. Walking to a corner of the forest, I turned around and could see Gillian's beautiful figure standing on the high ground by the lake, like a sculpture in myths and legends.