Chapter 65: Acquaintances
They stayed in Hokyo for a few more days before deciding to leave, after all, if they stayed in one place, it would not be considered an experience. After some discussion, they decided to go to Luoyi. Although it was a discussion, it didn't matter where Moli and Ximei went, so they just listened to the whole process, and then Tao Yao proposed one, vetoed one, proposed another, vetoed another, and finally decided to go to Luoyi.
Now is the season when the peony flowers bloom, and the peony flowers in Luoyi are the wonder of the world, and even Nuwa Niangniang will praise a good color when she sees it. Now that I have the opportunity, I naturally want to check it out.
The distance from Hokyung to Naeui is not close, and they come down for a walk when they encounter a place with good scenery along the way. If the scenery is not good, or the road is difficult to walk, it will fly up for a while on the colorful auspicious clouds.
Don't ask why you don't go with the sword, it's clear that riding the colorful auspicious clouds can be easier and save trouble, who will go to that trouble.
In Anseong, a small town near Naeui, they meet an acquaintance of Ho-kyung, a man who is supposed to be in the house behind closed doors.
"Hey, isn't that Miss Meng?" The first thing I found was Tao Yao, who was looking around for good food. Every time Tao Yao goes to a place, if there is no accident, she will always look for some places with good food first.
"Really!" Ximei turned her head to look. No wonder everyone is impressed by her, when she asked Mo Li to help with divination, she looked like a rich landlord, which made it difficult for people not to remember.
"No matter how powerful a doctor is, he can't heal a disobedient patient, and no matter how good a hexagram master is, he can't help someone who doesn't listen to persuasion. Mo Li couldn't help but shake his head. Although he helped people to divinate in order to accumulate merit and help some people avoid calamities, whether those people would believe it or not and whether they would take his advice was beyond his control.
"Isn't there something strange about the costumes of their master and servant?" Tao Yao saw that the maid's clothes seemed to be more gorgeous and valuable than Miss Meng's.
"Didn't you notice that the one who is dressed up as a maid is a young lady now, and it is a maid who is dressed as a young lady?" The two people were not only dressed differently, but even their costumes were reversed with each other.
After listening to what Ximei said, Mo Li couldn't help frowning.
"I see, no wonder I always feel a little awkward. Could it be that the senior brother said that she was afraid of her life when she traveled, so she would dress up like this? I thought that she would go out and pretend to be a maid, and let the maid pretend to be her, so that she could avoid the disaster?"
"I'm afraid you're the truth!" Although she said so, Xi Mei Ke didn't think that her stupid method really worked.
At this moment, the neighing of horses suddenly sounded on the road, and the two horses galloped side by side on the road, as if frightened. The groom tried to hold the horse, but both horses went berserk and could not be controlled. He waved his whip and shouted, "Give way, everyone, the horse is frightened!"
The horse went straight in the direction of Miss Meng and the maid. People scattered and ran away, and the eldest lady of the Meng family and the maid were also forced to run to both sides of the road.
The coachman was about to hit the maid in his carriage, but he suddenly jerked the horse, and the horse crashed into the other side in pain. As a result, the maid was lucky to escape, but the horse knocked Miss Meng to the ground, and then, unfortunately, the hem of her skirt hooked the horse's hooves and was dragged far away by the horse.
Seeing this, I am afraid that the horses will hurt more innocent people. He leaped a few meters above the ground, then rode the wind and landed firmly on the back of one of the horses. Then he grabbed the reins of the other horse. Not to mention two horses, even two tigers may not be Moli's opponents, so soon, the coachman restrained the horses with Moli's help. But at this time, the eldest lady of the Meng family was already covered in bruises and was dying.
The little maid staggered over and threw herself on Miss Meng and wailed. I cried very sincerely.
"Miss, how can this be? Slave maid, how can the slave and maid explain to the master!" Think about it, she came out with Miss, and now it is like this, but she is intact, even if she returns to the house, she will definitely die.
The coachman was also confused when he saw this situation. Just now, when the horse was out of control and was about to bump into someone, he saw the person dressed as a young lady on the right, who looked rich and powerful, so he hurriedly turned the horse to the other side, because what he saw closest to him was the person dressed as a maid lying on the ground now. He thought that even if the horse really hurt someone, it would not be a hindrance to a slave, and at most it would be a loss of some money. Looking at this situation now, I was so frightened that I sat on the ground and was speechless.
"Didn't I say before that I told your young lady not to go out lately? Mo Li looked at the maid who was crying and was about to smoke and said.
The maid heard some familiar voices and looked up. I found out that it was the gentleman who had divined a hexagram for the young lady before. She wiped her already crying face with her sleeve, knelt down a few steps, and grabbed Mo Li's legs, "Sir, please sir, save my young lady!"
The young lady of the Meng family still had a trace of consciousness, and looked at Mo Li with a look of help.
"I'm just a hexagram master, not an immortal who can bring the dead back to life! Besides, I warned you in the first place, didn't I?"
"Yes, yes, after you finished divining the hexagram before, the young lady went back and struggled for a long time. But now the old lady attaches equal importance, hoping to take a look at the eldest lady before leaving, and the eldest lady will not hesitate to take the risk of going this way! I thought that if I changed clothes with the young lady, the young lady would not be in danger, but who knows, still, or ......"
Speaking of this, the coachman next to him couldn't help but pat his thigh and cried, "Oh, I wouldn't have forced the horse to change direction if I had known that I wouldn't have forced the horse to change direction." When you were wearing this brocade robe, I thought it was a young lady from a big family, and I couldn't afford to pay for it at the cost of my life, so I let the horse turn around and bump into her. But who knows, who knows that this is the case? Could it be that this is really providence?"
The onlookers next to him were still talking, but when they heard this, they all fell silent.
Tao Yao thought, is it really a fate that can't be avoided? She already knew that she would worry about her life, and because she was worried about the old lady, she would take the risk to go this way. And because she was afraid of danger, she reversed the identities of the two people, but it was because of such a reversal that she ended up in the end.
So what about her and Moli, Nuwa said that her life is rare and fulfilling, is it destined to be like this? No matter how much effort she makes in the middle, the gears of fate will still return everything to the beginning. She felt that the corners of her eyes were a little astringent, and her heart hurt. She can not be afraid of hardship or tiredness, no matter how difficult the process is, she can accept it, but is it really unchangeable?
Mo Li and Xi Mei's attention was on the Meng family's master and servant, and they didn't notice that Tao Yao was wrong at the moment.
Mo Li looked at the two of them and thought about it for a long time, and then calculated a hexagram for Miss Meng's family. "Strange, strange......"
"What's the matter, Senior Brother Moli?" Ximei looked at Moli in surprise and couldn't help but speak.
"Miss Meng's hexagram has changed. ”
"Changed?" Mo Li's words pulled Tao Yao out of his emotions. "Is that good or bad?"
The hexagram shows that Miss Meng's danger has passed, and although she has been hit hard this time, her life is worry-free. So for now, it's good. ”
"Really?" asked the kneeling maid in surprise.
"Really?" Tao Yao was also very happy.
Mo Lihu glanced at Tao Yao suspiciously, "The hexagram is shown like this, it's really true!" The maid's joy is normal, after all, the life and death of the master is related to her own life and death, but Tao Yao's reaction is not a little too much, how can she be so happy, after all, the two are just two sides of the relationship.
Tao Yao's joy is divided into two points for the master and servant of the Meng family, and the remaining eight points are actually for himself. If the hexagram is set in stone, then she doesn't even know if she can stick to it. And whatever the outcome of things in the future, at least for now, she knows that the effort is not fruitless.
"Hurry up and take your young lady to see the doctor, otherwise it will be really bad if you delay!" Mo Li instructed the little maid.
"Thank you, sir, slave maid is going!" the little maid kowtowed a few times at Mo Li.
The coachman over there knew that there was help, and he hurried to help.
The surrounding crowd carried Miss Meng into the carriage and sent her to the nearest medicine hall.
"Senior brother, why did Miss Meng's hexagram change?" Although Ximei is not proficient in hexagrams, she also knows a little about them. Although the hexagrams in this life are not immutable, there are few such big ups and downs.
Mo Li shook his head, "I don't know, maybe it was Miss Meng's filial piety that touched a certain immortal, so maybe she thought of helping her survive this catastrophe." Although this young lady of the Meng family is arrogant and domineering, she knows that she has to take the risk of going to see her grandmother knowing that she is worried about her life, and it is not without merit.
"Yes, yes, yes, it must be like this!" Tao Yao chimed in.
"Why do I feel that Miss Meng is fine, you are happier than that maid?" Ximei raised her eyebrows and asked Tao Yao, who couldn't hide her happiness.
"After all, do you know each other? I'm just happy for that girl. Otherwise, if Miss Meng has three longs and two shorts, this little maid may not be able to survive. After speaking, I was afraid that Ximei would not believe it, so I added, "Yes, that's it! I'm happy for that maid." ”
Although Ximei didn't believe much what Tao Yao said, Tao Yao made it clear that she didn't want to tell the truth, so she naturally couldn't do it.
Although there was such an episode, it did not affect the three of them for the future itinerary plan, and after a short repair, they headed for Luoyi again.
The people of Luoyi love peonies. Or if you are poor, plant a few plants outside the courtyard wall and go out to see them when you go home, or if you are rich, make a beautiful flower garden in the courtyard and invite three or five friends to enjoy it together. Even, there are many flower lovers, and even spend tens of thousands of dollars for a flower. In short, in Luoyi City, you can see peony flowers in full bloom everywhere. Therefore, when they arrived outside the city of Luoyi, the three of them smelled the rich fragrance of flowers. The scent of flowers with a gentle breeze is refreshing.