There are flowers without leaves, leaves without flowers, life from generation to generation, flowers and leaves are wrong

—Epigraph

The woman wiped the tears on her face, knelt on the ground, looked at Meng Po with deep wrinkles and ravines, and glanced at the red medicine in a red wedding dress, and then said slowly: "My name is Ye Niang, the youngest daughter of General Daqing Guoye, in March last year, I went south with my father and met a personable man in Hangzhou West Lake, his name is Du Lang, I fell in love with Du Lang at first sight, and Du Lang also fell in love with me. During my time in Hangzhou, as long as my father went out to work, I was allowed to sneak out to meet him; Gradually, the two of us became more and more affectionate towards each other, but at this time, the day when I returned to Beijing was getting closer and closer, and Du Lang was afraid that he would never see each other again, so he proposed to go to the post house to meet my father, and asked him to marry his daughter to him. ”

Hongyao listened attentively, while Meng Po was expressionless.

Ye Niang stretched out her long sleeves and gently wiped the tears that flowed again, and then said: "After my father saw him, he was very satisfied with him, and held him and chatted for a long time. ”

"Du Lang and I were deeply puzzled by the sudden change in my father, and I also had a deep grudge against my father, I was angry with my father's sudden change of attitude, so I collided with him on the spot, my father slapped me hard, and I rushed out of the post house in a fit of anger."

After the proposal was refused, General Ye imprisoned Ye Niang in the post house, and every day there were men guarding the door, forbidding her to go out without permission, and she was not freed until they left Hangzhou.

The longing for her lover made her sleepless day and night, unable to sleep, and her body was also in dire condition, and in just a few days, she lost a lot of weight; Even if she returned to the capital later, her father grounded her, and occasionally went out on the street, someone had to follow behind, although there were also maids and servants who followed before, but the purpose has changed.

What was once protection has become surveillance now.

In the days when Ye Niang was imprisoned, Du Lang came to visit the post house almost every day, he hoped to impress General Ye with his sincerity, but every time it was in vain.

Two people who love each other for unknown reasons suffer from lovesickness day and night.

After Du Lang learned the news of Ye Niang's return to Beijing, he packed his luggage intensively and planned to chase him to the capital; In the face of his parents' inquiry, Du Lang did not tell the real reason, only that his friend who was an official in the capital invited him to play, and he decided to go to a friend's appointment when he was free.

After Du Lang arrived in the capital, he found a post house to live in, and began to appear in the streets and alleys of the capital; He inquired about General Yah's address, and finally, with the help of a stall owner, he finally found a place that made him think about it day and night.

That night, he quit the lease and found a new place to live near General Ye's mansion, so that he could visit Ye Niang in the future.

General Ye seemed to have the ability to predict the future, and he had long expected that he would chase him from Hangzhou to the capital, so he ordered everything with the people in the palace in advance.

So, Du Lang paid his first visit and ate the closed door soup, the second time he paid his respects and ate the closed door soup, and the third time he paid his respects and ate the closed door soup......

The successive refusals, although Du Lang was anxious, worried, and sad, did not discourage his enthusiasm, and he continued to visit his door, and continued to be rejected, again and again, day after day......

After seeing him more often, the doorman gradually became familiar with him, and began to feel sorry for this infatuated young man.

When Du Lang's first visit was refused, Ye Niang didn't know, and she didn't hear anyone in the house talk about a family surnamed Du coming to visit; Until one day, she happened to hear two maids secretly talking about a young genius from Hangzhou, who came to Yefu on time every day, just to meet the young lady of the Ye family.

After Ye Niang learned the news, she was both moved and distressed by Du Lang's grievances.

She hid from her father, pretending not to know, and every day when she waited for her father to go out to the court, she sneaked to the gate, at first, she did not see the figure of her sweetheart, and when she turned away in a low mood, she heard a familiar call.

Since then, Ye Niang and Du Lang have met at the gate of Ye Mansion every day.

She repeatedly begged the doorman to allow her to go out, and promised her that she was not allowed to tell General Ye about her meeting with Du Lang, but the doorman felt embarrassed and could not stand the majesty of the young lady, and finally had to agree to her request.

So, every day in Yefu, such a picture is staged, a pair of men and women are bounded by the threshold, sitting on the inside and outside of the threshold, and the girl's pretty face always has a happy smile.

Although this picture feels a little strange, it also makes people feel very warm.

The two seem to have endless words, and they can't wait to be by their sweethearts for twelve hours a day, even if they just look at each other quietly and don't say a word, it's also very beautiful.

Sometimes, in order to please his sweetheart, Du Lang will specially send some gadgets and bring her delicious pastries; What seems strange to outsiders is a testimony of happiness in their eyes.

After such a day had lasted for a while, General Ye heard some rumors about the mansion in the street, and he had already vaguely guessed in his heart who the young man was talking about by the people, but in order not to startle the snake, he also pretended not to know and returned to the mansion.

One day, he called Ye Niang to his side and chatted with her while playing chess with her.

General Ye found that Ye Niang was fatter and much more mellow than before returning to the capital, which was a good thing. However, there was a fire burning in General Yah's heart.

One morning, Ye Niang asked General Ye for instructions, hoping that he would allow her to go out, to Ye Niang's surprise, her father, who had always been the same, actually agreed to her request, Ye Niang was excited because she was about to meet her sweetheart, and at the same time felt puzzled and strange because of her father's cheerfulness.

Maybe the father wants to open it, and thinks that his daughter has grown up and can't be grounded like this forever, if it spreads, it will definitely make people laugh. Ye Niang comforted herself like this.

Everything went without warning, and everything was expected.

General Ye caught the two cheating people in a restaurant, he was furious, his eyes were split, and he gave Ye Niang a fierce slap in front of everyone, Ye Niang's eyes were dark, fainted to the ground, and there was a blood on the corner of his mouth.

Du Lang loved his wife and hurriedly squatted down to check Ye Niang's breathing.

General Ye's neck muscles flared up, and he glared at Du Lang viciously, and his fierce eyes made every diner present fearful, however, Du Lang was not afraid, he rose to the challenge, and even said the marriage proposal again.

There was a sigh from below.

General Ye didn't pay attention to Du Lang at all, he took Ye Niang away directly, Du Lang hurriedly stepped forward to chase, but was blocked by several soldiers, he could only watch his lover get farther and farther away from him, but he was helpless.

After the father and daughter came back from the restaurant, they never said a word, Ye Niang was also completely grounded this time, and she was not allowed to take a step out of the boudoir, while the infatuated Du Lang was still guarding the door of Ye Mansion day and night.

The rift between the father and daughter has also become bigger and bigger since this incident.

Later, Du Lang wrote a letter and asked the doorman to hand it to Ye Niang.

One night, Ye Niang arrived at the designated place according to the agreement in the letter, she was on the bank of a river, and sure enough, she saw the figure of Chao Si Dusi.

Du Lang hugged her into his arms, tears of sadness streaming down their faces.

This night is destined to be extraordinary.

It turned out that her mother did not die of illness, but was killed by her good girlfriend.

The two mothers were very good friends when they were young, and they fell in love with the same man, but the man loved only one of the women, and the other woman hated both of them because of deep jealousy and resentment, which became stronger after their union.

Finally, on the day she gave birth to Ye Niang, Du Lang's mother killed her and strangled her to death, and then fled the capital and never appeared again.

From then on, General Ye swore that he would avenge the murder of his wife in this life; More than ten years passed, and when he heard the familiar name again, the hatred buried deep in his heart and the anger in his heart erupted uncontrollably.

The strange thing is that he did not take revenge for killing his wife as he swore at the beginning.

Du Lang asked her if she hated him, Ye Niang shook her head, and she told Du Lang that he was not born at that time, and the matter had nothing to do with him; But she couldn't forgive his mother for what she had done.

The two hugged each other tightly, and they knew that they would not be able to get married in this life.

After some time, they left a letter to their families and jumped into Hanoi.

"After I arrived at the Netherworld, I never found Du Lang." After a moment, Ye Niang whispered again: "He may have been rescued, which is also a good thing." After saying that, the tears fell like beads with broken threads.

"There are flowers without leaves, leaves without flowers, life after life, flowers and leaves are wrong." Meng Po looked at Ye Niang, who was crying, and said deeply.

"Grandma, what do you mean?" Red Medicine asked.

Meng Po didn't answer the red medicine, looked at Ye Niang and continued: "Girl, your story is very touching, but I can't agree to your request. Du Lang has been rescued, but you are in the underworld, the two of you are separated by yin and yang, and you will miss it after all; Even if you can revive your soul, as long as the hatred between the two families has not been resolved, you will not be truly happy. ”

Ye Niang wept silently.

"You are reincarnated with the memories of your past life, and all you are left with is sadness, why don't you let go of the past and give yourself a fresh start?"

"Ye Niang, I think Grandma is right."

"If I am reincarnated, I hope to be in a peaceful world, where there is no war, no killing, where people live in harmony with each other and love each other; It's not like me, who love each other but can't keep together. ”

Ye Niang didn't know that even if two people who love each other are together, there is no guarantee that they will be able to stay together for a lifetime.

"There are flowers without leaves, leaves without flowers, life after life, flowers and leaves are wrong." Ye Niang muttered to herself, and then, she took the soup bowl in Meng Po's hand, raised her head and drank it; Seeing the bottom of the bowl, Ye Niang stepped on the Nai He Bridge and drifted towards the depths of the clouds.

The moment he stepped on the bridge, Hongyao saw two lines of tears from the corner of Ye Niang's eyes.

"Grandma, there are flowers without leaves, leaves without flowers, life after life, flowers and leaves are wrong, what does it mean? The love between the two of them is not that the flowers do not see the leaves, and the leaves do not see the flowers, they have obviously seen it many times. ”

"Their love is like the other and the shore, there are flowers without leaves, leaves without flowers, life and life, flowers and leaves are wrong, they are extremely poor all their lives, they will have no fate, there is no fate, it is said that life and life, flowers and leaves are wrong."