Spring goes to autumn, Xia Huanqing between Beijing and Luoyang, back and forth to find relatives, eight years have passed, and he has visited all the major cities and towns, and there is still no news. On this day, Huanqing returned north from Luoyang, expanding the search range all the way, and asked the last village after three or five miles. On this day, Xia Huanqing visited Weijia Village in the south of Baoding City, and faced a man and a woman riding horses, seeing that the man's face was so familiar, Huanqing had already recognized that it was not Lu Buwei who it was, but the beautiful woman beside him, but he had never seen it, and it was difficult for him to say that Mrs. Yin was the first beauty in Baoding Mansion. So he stepped forward and said, "Brother Lu is good, Huanqing has seen Brother Lu." Lu Buwei was stunned for a moment when he saw Phantom Qing at first glance, and then calmly returned the salute and said, "Oh, Brother Xia, I really didn't expect to meet here." ”

Lu Buwei introduced the woman next to Xia Huanqing and said, "This is my distant relative, Mrs. Dian." The woman gave a salute to Phantom Qing, Phantom Qing saw that she was beautiful, looking at the relationship between the two of them, there must be ambiguity, and secretly said that Lu Buwei actually hid it from me, so he pretended not to see through it, and after returning the salute to Mrs. Dian, he asked Lu Buwei again: "I heard that Brother Lu is serving in Tianjin, how did he come here?" Lu Buwei said: "Some business trips, delayed here for three or five days, will go back." After speaking, Lu Buwei asked Huanqing again: "Brother Xia is not in Beijing, come here, do you have a business trip?" Xia Huanqing briefly explained the process of finding his mother and wife.

Lu Buwei smiled and comforted him and said, "Brother Xia, don't worry, I heard that Mrs. Zunzun is unparalleled in the world, and Jiren has her own natural appearance, so there will be nothing wrong with me." At this point, I will take a moment of silence. Xia Huanqing saw that Lu Buwei had something to say, so he arched his hand and said: "Brother Lu has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, the younger brother listens." Lu Buwei's eyes wandered, and then he said: "It's not a lot of talking." I think that Ling Tang and Mrs. Zun have been missing for a long time, and Brother Xia has been searching for many years without success, so whether the way to find it needs to be reconsidered. According to the following opinion, the journey from Beijing to Luoyang, 2,000 miles, is like casting a net in the sea, and it is difficult to work. For quite a few years, the disappearance of Mrs. Lingtang and Zun must have been due to the Boxer Rebellion, and the Boxers were mainly in Zhili and Shandong. I think that Lingtang and Mrs. Zun want to go to Luoyang, and they will not go to Shandong, why don't Brother Xia narrow down the scope of the search, and only look for it within the range of Zhili, especially in the area from Beijing to Baoding, so that it can be found more carefully, maybe it will work. ”

Xia Huanqing listened to what he said, and secretly thought that I had been looking for them for eight years, from Beijing to Luoyang, going to Shanxi and then going down to Luoyang is a road, and going directly south to Zhengzhou and then Luoyang is another road, I am looking for it on these two roads, it is a long distance of three thousand miles, it is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and I should indeed change the way of searching, so I arched my hand and said: "Thank you Brother Lu for your guidance, Huanqing Ming feels heartfelt." Lu Buwei smiled and said: "I think Brother Xia should find them soon, the hard work pays off, if there is news, don't forget to ask someone to inform me in the next voice, so that I can also be happy for Brother Xia." Xia Huanqing said: "I hope to borrow Brother Lu's auspicious words, the younger brother still needs to go on the road to investigate, so I won't delay Brother Lu's time, let's meet another day." With that, he took his leave and headed north. Lu Buwei watched Phantom Qingyuan go away, smiled mysteriously, and said to the woman: "Let's go quickly, I have already booked the inn." The woman smiled shyly and urged the horse to follow Lu Buwei.

After saying goodbye to Lu Buwei, Phantom Qing slowly went all the way north, and none of the villages near the three or five miles along the way were missed, all of them were carefully visited, and on this day they arrived at a village, called Yujia Village, and saw a small restaurant on the side of the road, so they came in to play sharp. There were three or five people sitting inside, Huanqing asked for wine and food, sat down and just drank two glasses, but heard a person at the table say: "Tomorrow is Qingming again, will the eldest brother go to the grave of the old lady?" Another gray-haired old man said, "Of course you have to go." That old lady is buried with us, and if I don't go to her grave, she will really become a lonely ghost. The man said, "The eldest brother is really a bodhisattva, even if the old lady is buried here for almost eight years, the eldest brother goes to the grave every year, which is indeed rare." The old man said, "Why should the virtuous brother praise falsely." The old lady will be buried here for eight years. I think that the old lady must be the noble lady of a big family, but it is a pity that in troubled times, she died in such a foreign country, pitiful! We don't know who she is, we just hope that his family can find her and move her bones into the ancestral grave as soon as possible, so that she can be reincarnated. Hearing that, the man asked the old man again: "Big brother, over the years, you have asked around about the old lady's life experience, but you have some eyebrows?" The old man sighed and said, "Ah! It's hard to put into words, and there is not the slightest information. But I don't think this old lady has ever wrapped her feet, so she shouldn't be our Han woman. ”

When Xia Huanqing heard this, his heart moved, because his mother was a Manchu who had never bound her feet, and it was eight years ago. So he got up and came over, clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "Both, you are polite in Xia Huanqing." The two saw a man in his early thirties, who was elegant and chic, graceful and suave, and at first glance he was not an ordinary person, so he hurriedly returned the courtesy and said, "Sir is polite." But I don't know what to advise. ”

Xia Huanqing hugged his fists again and asked the old man, "How dare you advise!" I take the liberty of asking, sir, my name is honored. The old man smiled and said: "In the next exemption, your surname is Miao, and the single name is an auspicious word." Xia Huanqing said: "It turned out to be Mr. Miao, disrespectful." I just listened to the conversation between the two, and there was an old lady buried here eight years ago, and there was a question about it, so I took the liberty to come and disturb it, and I hope you will forgive me. Miao Xiang said: "Why should Mr. Huanqing be polite, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly." ”

Xia Huanqing then said: "In the summer of eight years ago, my mother and my wife came out of Beijing and went to Luoyang for refuge. Just now I heard Brother Miao mention that an old lady was buried at the beginning, and the old lady had not wrapped her feet. To tell the truth, the mother under her was originally full of people, and she had never wrapped her feet. After Miao Xiang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "What other characteristics does Ling Tang have?" Xia Huanqing said: "My mother has a black mole under her left eye. Miao Xiangden stood up and said, please follow me to the house to have a look.

Xia Huanqing settled the account and followed Miao Xiang to the house, Miao Xiang took out a pair of shoes, handed them to Xia Huanqing and said: "These shoes were replaced by me from the old lady's feet, and they have been kept to this day. Xia Huanqing looked through it carefully, the shoes were very well preserved, and they were exactly the style that his mother often wore before her death, and she hurriedly asked Miao Xiang what the old lady who was buried looked like, and listened to his description of his mother, knowing that his mother was dead.

Miao Xiang told Xia Huanqing what happened at that time, saying that he went to the ground that day and saw the body of an old lady rolling down to the ground, and he couldn't find the official mansion at that time, it was the hottest time, and the body could not be preserved, so he had to find a neighbor to witness, and then buried the old lady's coffin in his own land. It's been almost eight years now, and I've finally found her family, and it seems that the old lady has a spirit in heaven to bless you here.

Xia Huanqing asked him again if he knew how his mother died. Miao Xiang said, looking at the situation at the time, the old lady was killed, there were knife wounds and blood marks on her chest, which my villagers have witnessed. Xia Huanqing hurriedly bowed down and said: "Brother Miao doesn't have to be like this, how dare the younger brother suspect Brother Miao, he just wants to find out the cause of his mother's death, Brother Miao must not be blamed." Miao Xiang said: "As a son of man, knowing this, he should have been." Then he said, "There is another person who must have died at the same time as the old lady, and she should have been dressed as a maid, because her body fell on someone else's land, and that family buried her." Xia Huanqing understood that what Miao Xiang said must be Tang Shu's maid, so he and Miao Xiang first went to their mother's grave to bow down, and then found another family to explain their intentions. After that, Xia Huanqing thanked Miao Xiang and the family, and moved the bones of his mother and maid back to Beijing, but there was no whereabouts of his wife Tang Shu, and he thought of his mother's miserable death, and his heart was depressed, and he was depressed all the way.

Entering Wanping in Jingnan, Xia Huanqing saw that it was not early, so he went to the store with the driver first. Entering the inn, I caught a glimpse of a jujube red horse on the tethered horse pile, which was very powerful, and I couldn't help but look at it twice, and secretly said that it was really a good horse!

Huanqing settled down in the inn, ate, and missed his mother, so Xia Huanqing stroked the song "Kaifeng" in the room. As soon as the sound of the piano stopped, someone knocked on the door, Xia Huanqing thought it was a shop guy, and when he opened the door, he was very surprised. Standing in front of him was Senior Brother Xia Yanming, who hurriedly let in and saluted Senior Brother. Shi Ming said, I heard the sound of the piano and knew that it must be my junior brother here. Xia Huanqing smiled and said, I didn't expect to meet my senior brother here, just now outside, I saw a jujube red horse, it should be my brother's. Phantom Ming said, exactly, I just got this horse, and the foot strength is extraordinary.

Xia Huanqing was excited, and let the guy serve a jar of good wine and a few side dishes. The brothers drank freely in the room, and each complained about their separation. Xia Huanqing first raised his glass to his senior brother and said, "I haven't seen you for three years in the blink of an eye, senior brother has always been good?" This glass of wine, the younger brother did it first as a respect. Fu Ming said with a smile: "Brother Wei is quite comfortable in Chengde, but the two disciples he received are not effective, and it is difficult to pass on my mantle." Xia Huanqing said: "Those two people, I also saw them last time, and their qualifications are indeed mediocre, and it is difficult to become a big tool." But the senior brother doesn't have to be anxious, if he has the right person in the future, it's not too late to take it in. ”

Fu Ming smiled helplessly and said: "I can only think like this, my big apprentice Hou Jianxi, like an ape, people call him a yellow-faced monkey; My second apprentice Zhu Weihong, with a fat head and big ears, people call him a red-haired pig, what do you think I feel like as a master? The two of them couldn't help but laugh for a while. Xia Huanqing said: "Senior brother's Huanglonghui has not been prosperous in recent years, when I passed by Baoding, I took a special look, and the discipline of the Huanglonghui is quite strict. Xuan Ming said: "In the past few years, my efforts have been spent on the Yellow Dragon Society, hoping to expand smoothly, and in my lifetime, I will do more things for the heavens." It is not in vain that this short life is in vain. Huanqing said: "Senior brother is in the prime of life, in good health, and in the future, he will definitely be able to achieve great things." ”

Xuan Ming said: "Life and death are fate, don't talk about this." Senior brother has news of the old lady and younger siblings this time? Phantom Qing said: "Fortunately, I found my mother's bones, but Tang Shu's whereabouts are still not." So Phantom Qing told the story of this search. After hearing this, Xuan Ming comforted his junior brother and said, "In this case, it is important to bury the old lady in the ancestral grave first. Senior brother doesn't need to be anxious, I think Tang Shu must still be in the world, as long as he continues to look for it, there will always be a day when the husband and wife will be reunited. Huanqing also said: "Master said back then that I would suffer from the separation of husband and wife, and it would be days before I thought about it. I also said that Tang Shu and I will have a daughter, who is now seven years old, but I don't know where their mother and daughter have gone. Zhen Ming knew the master's ability, and said to his junior brother Xia Huanqing: "Master has unpredictable opportunities, unless you don't occupy it, you will be successful, and his old man said that you will have a daughter, so you can be more sure that Tang Shu's mother and daughter are safe." ”

The two brothers drank bitterly at the inn, and the next day the two said goodbye, the senior brother went south to kill the Ming, and the younger brother Huanqing returned to Beijing with his mother's bones. On this day, Huanqing had buried his mother's bones in the ancestral grave, and suddenly heard that Emperor Guangxu had died, and his heart was even more depressed. Three days later, I heard that the old queen mother had passed away, made a pot of tea, and stroked the piano alone in the courtyard in early winter, and gradually entered a good situation, feeling that Tang Shu was on her side, the two played together, the music was clear, and the heart was neutralized.