Chapter One Hundred and Two: Returning Home with White Bones
On the day he dug up his brother's bones, the sun was unusually bright.
It seems that the heavens are using the sudden rise in temperature to roast the cold ice in Daddy's heart. It's like saying, if I make you sweat, you'll forget to shed tears.
On the busy construction site of Ximing Temple, piles of construction materials are everywhere. The place where the tower monument will be set up is marked, and several workers are digging down the soil little by little with hoes and pickaxes.
We gathered around and looked at the originally flat land, which was little by little dug into a big hole. The fresh soil turned out is moist and piled up outside, gradually forming a hill.
A person had already been dug up, and the workers below shouted: "My lord, I didn't see any human bones, do you still keep digging?" β
Daddy looked at me, and I hurriedly said, "It must be here, I said, it's 'deeply buried'." β
Daddy nodded and shouted down, "Go on." β
Then a spade of dirt continued to fly out.
Zuo Xiang also echoed: "Su'er has always had aura, since she said it, there must be her reason." β
My aunt pursed her lips and said, "I'm afraid that everyone has been entertained by her for half a day in vain." β
I pursed my lips: "Auntie, you always don't believe me." β
She tapped the tip of my nose, "Okay, this time it's up to you to see if the strange thing in your head works." β
Li Chengyun began to play cheap again, he squatted over when he couldn't get hot, hid behind my figure, and asked me to block the sun for him. He was always hyperactive, chewing cloves in his mouth, and handed me two pieces.
I didn't answer: "Don't." β
He tugged at my skirt and said, "Why are you saving me on the street a few days ago, but now you have changed your face again?" β
I bent down and whispered to him, "Which one is for you?" It's not for Xiangye's sake. β
He smirked: "You just admit it!" You weren't so brave when you read it. β
"What a cheeky ......," I muttered quietly.
He rose to the occasion and tugged at me again: "Hey, I'll tell you something. β
I looked at him impatiently, "What? β
He stood up and whispered to me, "I heard that your mortal family and your Nian family seem to have a marriage contract in secret. But~"
I saw his eyes flash slyly, I glared at him, and my voice couldn't help but amplify: "But what? β
The aunt and the grandfather turned their heads at the same time.
"You two old rules, stay away." My aunt pulled me aside.
Xiangye also drove Li Chengyun away with a horsewhip: "Hugh has to bully Su'er!" β
Uncle Da Tie Niu was hehe β
I turned my head in amazement: "Uncle, don't talk nonsense, he's like this with everyone." β
Li Chengyun pulled a long voice: "Heyββ, you are very bad, you have damaged the reputation of this little brother." β
I sneered and laughed, and before I could reply, I heard the voice of the person in the dirt pit: "There is! Pregnant! β
We all rushed over at once.
Looking inside from the edge, the pit was almost three meters deep, almost two meters high. Seeing a glaring white bone lying in the dirt, I felt dizzy for a while.
Daddy immediately jumped down and began to dig up the soil with his bare hands.
My eyes were wet in an instant.
No matter how small the shovel is, in my father's heart, it will hurt my brother......
I wanted to climb down together, but my aunt stopped me and hugged me, and I struggled twice and cried.
Only Li Chengyun came to ruin the atmosphere: "You cried too early!" Whose bones have not yet been determined. β
Then he and his uncle jumped down and cut with their hands.
I couldn't bear to look at it, I didn't dare to look at it, but my heart told me to keep watching. I had to look at my eyes and turn my head, and under the blurred tears, I saw that the complete white bones gradually showed the outline.
Daddy first carefully examined the entire skull, sighed and soured his nose and said, "It's a crane." When he was practicing martial arts, he accidentally knocked off half of his tiger teeth. β
For those who have been in the soil for too long, it turns out that every bone is scattered.
They carefully checked each piece, carefully invited it out with their attendants and workers, and placed it in the coffin that had already been prepared.
I said I wanted to take a closer look, but my aunt led me to the coffin, and I picked up the coffin and looked inside.
Under the floating soil, my brother's bones are so white, at first glance, they are the bones of a teenager, buried in the ground for many years, and still carry the air of youth. His teeth were beautiful, extremely straight, and white and shiny. Except for what Daddy said, the tiger tooth on the right side broke the tip of the tooth.
I didn't dare to look at the two big holes in my eye sockets, it was so dark that there was no sign of life. It means two words, death.
In this way, the death that will never be seen again.
The rest of my life passes, and there will be no more death for me.
I rubbed my fingers against the coffin, as if to comfort my brother.
I also wanted to look at it a few more times and feel the connection with his mind. So that through his bones, I can know his voice and smile.
But my aunt dragged me away. She said, okay, look again, it's time for you to have nightmares.
I suddenly found out that my aunt was completely in the style of my stepmother to my brother......
Daddy's eyes were always red, holding tears, swaying a drop inadvertently, and then hiding his voice. I don't know how hard this iron-clad man is enduring at this moment.
Before noon, all the bones of my brother were cleared, put on a chanting cloth, and moved back to the house.
After a farewell a while, I returned home again, after thirteen years.
Rummaging through boxes and cabinets has always been my forte.
In the evening, when I was in the "writing class" in my aunt's study, my aunt went out for a moment.
I suddenly felt that there were two large bookshelves full of rare books that I had never heard of.
In case you turn it out, it's more fun than Oolong Temple~
I just rummaged through the layers by feeling. In the most hidden place, a finely carved wooden box was found.
When I opened it, there were more than a dozen scrolls of small size. Each one was tied with a small vein, as delicate as the one on my tent.
I opened a roll, looked at it, and was surprised.
In the painting is a little girl, with a small cherry mouth, riding on a huge cloth tiger.
Let's look at the inscription - "Bingxu Year Bai Lu Ri Fan Yusu Five-year-old Record."
It's me!
My whole body trembled slightly in an instant, and I quickly dismantled the other painting scrolls. All, all me. From birth to fourteen years old, there are fourteen pairs in total.
The first two are group photos. One of them, which coincided with my dreams. The beautiful woman held me with only four front teeth in her arms and smiled by the flowerbed.
Of the next 12 paintings, I was the only one.
This is what Daddy painted every year on my birthday and sent it to my aunt...... So, the fifteen years old are missing.
At the age of fifteen who lived in the riot compound, at that time, he still knew nothing about everything.
I was watching with excitement, and my aunt came back with a light step.
"I'm going to find a time to change your disobedient nature. Is there a third order that my aunt's things can't be flipped around? β
I thought I had got the proof that my aunt was my biological aunt, but I still happily turned my head to look at my aunt and asked, "Auntie, are you my aunt?" β
But when I saw my aunt's face with anger, her willow eyebrows were upside down, and she scolded me: "Load it up, put it back!" β
My aunt's reaction surprised me......
I hurriedly rolled up the scroll, the yard was smooth, and the object returned to its original place. Then he sat back at his desk.
My aunt's anger calmed down, and she said in a normal tone: "Since you and Qiu'er were raised in my room, I am naturally your mother." Nowadays, no less than three or five people say that I prefer the small ones and ignore the big ones. Why, you are still lacking in your heart, you want to kiss and kiss, and you completely monopolize me? β
I hurriedly snorted: "Auntie, don't listen to their nonsense, you can't see others happy, you have enough to eat, you dictate other people's things, and teach others a lesson to your children." β
My aunt smiled lightly: "Oh? So what do you think? β
My eyes flashed: "When did my aunt neglect my sister?" Look, my aunt has far-reaching plans for her sister. β
I changed my voice: "Anyway, it's not to monopolize my aunt, in the end, Sister Aqiu has been with you longer...... It's just that if my aunt is not my biological aunt, how can she miss other people's children so much and leave so many portraits. β
My aunt scratched my nose and said, "My aunt has been filial piety at home for three years, and I don't know how many times I have changed your diaper just for you!" At that time, I was holding a babbling you in my arms, and I only felt that it was my own. When I came back to the palace, I couldn't help but miss it from time to time, so I asked for a portrait every year to see what Xiao Su'er looked like. β
"Then you say, when did Mrs. County Commander die?"
My aunt nodded my head: "Can this be forgotten?" You were just two months old, and your wife was out of breath. β
I rested my chin on the desk and silently said, "I see......"
My aunt handed me the brush: "Come, continue writing." β
The next inquiry was dismissed, but I still felt in my heart that the answer was not that way.
As someone with an extremely powerful three-eyed chakra, I trust my instincts.
The next day, I heard two rare things.
After three days of diagnosis and treatment, Zhang Cainu actually saved the fetus. Now he is only dedicated to raising in the Crane Feather Palace, and he is accompanied by an exclusive female doctor around the clock.
When I heard this, I just thought it was ridiculous. The Ganlu Hall is still a little bloody today, and the omen of its birth has caused a storm in the city, and now it is okay to say that it is okay, it is simply playing tricks.
And the other thing, the head of Foguang Temple He has been promoted!
directly skipped the aunt Neisi, and also skipped the concubine Niangniang who temporarily received the harem, and there was no queen mother's will. Rather, it was promoted by the emperor......
The emperor's original intention was that the national temple would be set up to promote Buddhism in order to curb the evil wind of Taoist alchemy.
Therefore, everything that corresponds to the Buddhist temple needs to be elevated to its position as a sign of solemnity.
Therefore, the six-grade general manager of Foguang Temple raised a rank on the ground and became the fifth grade. The original Yongxiang supervisor, the garden supervisor, and the Crane Feather Palace (Cainu Palace) supervisor...... All put aside the distance.
The emperor's operation is really a maverick~
Xiaoshu, the palace maid of the Ganlu Palace, the cross talk performance artist, pouted when she saw me and said: "Xiaofu, you don't know, the palace maids on duty yesterday said that the old monk Yaga presented a new set of scriptures to the saint, saying that it was from Tianzhu, and the doctors have just translated it successfully. He who rejoices in the saints is not. β
I instantly understood why Director He was promoted, and it was clear who was behind him.
I pursed my lips and asked, "What's the name of the scripture?" β
Xiaoshu rolled his eyes and scratched his forehead: "Called...... What is called Hua Sutra...... "Huayan Sutra". β
Hey~, it's actually Huayan who teaches the world "compassion is the foundation, convenience is the door"!
At this time, Lu Youming came over with a smile, and said to us as if he had to play a treasure: "The sage and the lady concubine agreed to hold an event on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival - to collect a scripture for the new scripture 'Huayan'. At that time, ten university scholars will be judged, and those who are selected will have a big prize! Even if you only take the top ten, you will be rewarded with five taels of silver each. β
Hearing that there was money to take, a few more people immediately gathered around.
Xiaoshu asked, "What is the opening of the scriptures?" β
Lu Youming replied: "Cough! All the scriptures will have a five-character or seven-character quatrain on the first page, a total of four sentences, which is called the opening of the scriptures, also called the verses. Before reciting the entire book, you must first recite these four verses. β
I laughed at him and said, "What are you doing?" Do you want to compete? β
He pretended to glare at me, "What's wrong?" I can't write poetry anymore? The sage said, everyone can compare! Besides, that's a big prize. β
I snickered with my fingers cuffing my chin. Then he asked, "Do you know who has signed up now?" β
Lu Youming shook his head and said with a clever expression: "High-ranking ladies and female officials, fathers-in-law, naturally they will not participate, so they have to maintain their manners." β
"It's nothing more than a few talented people, Baolin, Cai Nu, and people of our grade. At the end of the day, it's also a cutscene called Everybody Happy. If there is no proper one, it will naturally be drawn up by ten scholars and Master Yaga! β
I said, "Master Yaga? He was afraid that it was not poetry and books in his belly, but a large plate of brine water. β
Hahaha, everyone.
Lu Youming chuckled: "Okay, I'll let you know, if you have to sign up together." β
They chirped: "Where to sign up?" β
"This ceremony is presided over by Concubine Shuniang, and she has sent someone to set up a registration office on the porch of Foguang Temple."
"Okay, together."
Two or three bold people hugged Lu Youming and walked out.
The soles of my feet itched, and I thought about it for a moment.
Well, I'll go see the excitement first.