CHAPTER XXII

The next time I saw Venerable Jing Ling was on the fifth day after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the backyard of Baifu, a big simple platform was placed, there were a lot of tributes, and all the people kneeling on the ground were all the old and young of Baifu.

I heard that I want to spend seven days and seven nights for General Bai.

I knelt in it to admire the heroic posture of the older generation of generals.

General Bai Lao is powerful and has made great achievements. I was already famous when I was very young, but I never saw it, and I couldn't help but feel a little regretful in my heart.

Today I have the honor to kneel in front of the mourning hall and worship him with a pious heart.

When my eyes shifted from the portrait of the old general to the front of Jian Tai, I saw Master Jing Ling at a glance.

At that time, he was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes closed, his hands knocking on the wooden fish at a uniform speed, making a clattering sound, and his mouth kept muttering words that I did not understand.

Beside him, there were also a few monks kneeling, like the mage, chanting sutras for the old general.

I almost threw myself on the ground, not believing what was happening in front of me. A heart began to sting slightly, how could it be so coincidental, but in Baifu, I met the former life-saving benefactor in front of the old general's mourning hall.

I tried my best to control my trembling body, but I was still trembling slightly, shaking, and I had to bury my head low so that no one could notice my abnormality.

At the end of the prayer, all but the monk and a few monks left.

I went back to the yard and restlessed, one moment lying on the bed, and the next I ran into the yard and lay on the deck chair.

I didn't bother to drink the pear water that Ai'er brought me, my eyes were floating everywhere, and I sighed.

Ai'er asked me, "Sir, what's on your mind?"

I said, "Bring me a basin of cold water, the cold one."

A basin of cold water was placed on the wooden shelf, and I plunged into it, causing Ai'er to scream, "Sir, what's wrong?"

At last I stayed up in the evening, and I broke up my love and told her to go to the firewood room to pick up some charcoal, and it was cold to use it immediately.

After Ai'er left, I followed out the door.

At this time, in the huge backyard side room, it was quite quiet, and only the mage was sitting on the futon in front of the Jian Tai.

I walked over and stood in front of Master Jing Ling, and said, "Master Jing Ling, don't come unharmed."

The mage looked at me with a puzzled expression, "May I ask the donor?"

I laughed dryly and said, "It's not strange that the mage doesn't know me, but I don't know if the mage still remembers the woman you rescued five years ago."

Master Jing Ling suddenly turned around, with a look of surprise on his face, and said, "It's you."

I said, "Mage, is there something coming to mind?"

Master Jing Ling looked around me and said, "You have changed."

I said, "Nothing in the world is eternal, let alone people."

The mage said, "But you, why don't you look like you, I almost don't recognize you, the pain of the bones is like a thousand arrows piercing the heart, how can you bear it as a woman."

I knelt down in front of Master Jing Ling with a puff and said earnestly, "Master, five years ago, you told me that life is created by oneself, and the phase is born from the heart, and everything in the world is incarnated, the heart does not move, everything does not move, the heart does not change, and everything does not change, Master, do you remember these words?" ”

Master Jing Ling looked at me, suddenly glanced at the portrait of the old general, and said, "Of course I remember, I didn't let you come, but you still insisted on coming."

Tears glistened in my eyes and I said, "Yes, I'm coming, I'm here for an answer."

Master Jing Ling sighed and said, "Do you want the answer?"

My eyes were hot, and bean-sized tears rolled down my face to the ground.

Master Jing Ling looked at me and said with great regret, "Why do you have to wait for an answer that has no answer, why do you want to be hurt again and again."

I wept and said, "Master, did I do something wrong?"

Master Jing Ling turned his head and didn't look at me, but just said, "After all, you are just an ordinary person, it is the calamity that numerology should have, you can't escape, you can't hide, why do you have to blame yourself like this."

After all, he was an ordinary person, I sneered.

In the end, Master Jing Ling said to me earnestly, "Little donor, after all these years, whether it is grievances and hatreds, or it is the evil fate of the previous life, it is time to let go, you are still young, there is still a long way to go, the old man advises, it's time to leave."

I don't know how I got back to my room.

When I woke up, I felt the pain of my head as if it was about to explode, and I fell backwards and shouted "headache".

Ai'er stood aside and complained, "After drinking so much wine, it's too strange that my head doesn't hurt."

I sat up from my bed in shock and asked, "I've been drinking."

Ai'er was very aggrieved and said, "Sir, you not only drink, but also talk nonsense when you are drunk."

My heart sank and I asked anxiously, "What did I say?"

Ai'er said, "You took my hand and cried and said I don't want to go, I can't go or something."

I groaned and leaned on the bed.

I asked, "Did I say anything else that I didn't like?"

Ai'er shook her head and said, "That's not true, it's just that you desperately hugged Twelve Shao and didn't let him go, you let him drink with you, and just say a word in your mouth, I don't want to go."

I vaguely remember that yesterday I ran back with tears on my face and accidentally tripped over a stone.

A figure flashed behind me and picked me up by the waist, and I lay on top of the man and cried in a dark voice.

At last I took the man by the arm and did not let him go, and asked him to drink with me.

I remember telling him, "Let's get drunk."

I thought it was white-faced.

He was so gentle, but so cold, and smiled at me lightly, "Okay, let's get drunk." His glance and smile were as cold as his face.

Why not Bai Yan Leng, but Bai Xiaoqiu.

How I didn't want him to see how sad I was when I was sad, how vulnerable I was when I was helpless.

I want to pretend to be strong, I don't want him to look down on me.

Ai'er saw me with a red face, came to my eyes, and said very puzzled, "Sir, no one has driven you away, besides, the annual Huangkou Yi exam is coming soon, and Xuanxuan has already returned."

I screamed with joy, "Xuanxuan is back, when."

Ai'er opened her mouth, but before she could answer. I rolled over and jumped out of bed and headed straight for the hall.

I haven't seen him for a few months, but Xuan Xuan has grown taller, and there is a lot of meat on his face, which is pink and tender.

Mrs. Mu took him into her arms and asked questions, but Xuan Zhi was also well-behaved and answered all questions.

In the end, I couldn't stand it anymore, puffed out my little face, twisted my body and said, "Oh, sister-in-law, it's endless."

Mrs. Mu said happily, "Look at it, this kid is starting to annoy me again." After finishing the way, he patted Xuanxuan's ass lightly and looked at him dotingly.

Bai Qingyang, who was standing next to Mrs. Mu, joked, "Xuanxuan, from today onwards, the roots of your ears will be numb again."

Mrs. Mu pointed at Bai Qingyang and said, "Don't scare him."

Then he smiled at me and said to the mysterious man in his arms, "Look, who's coming."

Xuan Xuan turned his head and shouted "sir". happily broke free from Mrs. Mu's arms and flew into my arms.

I hugged the half-grown little man and asked, "Do you want to be sir?"

Xuan Xuan nodded heavily, "Yes."

Bai Qingyang also smiled at me and called me "Mr. Su".

When I saw that she was empty-handed, I asked, "Where is the young cousin?" Why didn't I come with you?"

Bai Qingyang's eyes flashed, and he said, "I'm sick, his father was worried about the long distance, so he didn't let him follow."

Bai Qingyang is the third daughter of Mrs. Mu, and after a few idle words with me, she was dragged away by Bai Qingrui, and hurried back in the afternoon.

This time, she made a special trip to send Xuanxuan back.

More than four months ago, she went back to her parents' house to visit relatives, and when she left, she took Xuanxuan with her by the way.

Now Xuanxuan is going to take the annual Huangkou Yi Exam. I had to send him back. And because the young master of the little cousin was sick, he was delayed for a few days, and he only came back today.

Xuan Xuan stuck to me for an afternoon, and wherever I went, he followed me, calling me "sir" in his mouth.

At night, he didn't want to go back to his house, so he lay on the chaise longue in my room, his eyes moving with me.

Mrs. Mu was called out, but he didn't leave, he stayed in my room.

Later, Mrs. Mu came over in person, and with a pair of round and black eyes, she saw Mrs. Mu stepping into the door, and hurriedly got off the chaise longue and ran to me and pulled me.

Mrs. Mu quipped, "Look at this child, if you have a husband, you won't have my sister-in-law."

It's easy to say, and Xuan Xuan doesn't want to go back. In the end, I had to stay with me for one night.

Instructed Ai'er to sort out the compartment, and I accompanied Xuanxuan to talk, and tested whether he remembered what he had learned, and whether he had grown up.

I asked, and Xuan Xuan replied, yawning as I answered.

By the time Ai'er had cleaned up, Xuan Xuan had fallen on the chaise longue.

It was dawn, I ate a few pastries and drank red date porridge. Move the deck chair to the yard and lie down and read.

Xuan Xuan ran out of the room in a panic and exclaimed, "Sir, why am I staying here?"

I squinted at him and smiled, "What do you say?"

Ai'er, who was drying the futon, couldn't help but say, "Xiaoxiaoshao, you stayed here with Mr. Su last night, no matter what you said, you refused to go back, Mrs. Mu sent someone to call you, and you didn't leave, Mrs. Mu came to call in person, but you still didn't leave." You've forgotten all that."

With a mysterious sound, the girl ran away.

Ai'er smiled from ear to ear, and continued to beat the futon with a feather duster.

I heard Ju'er say before that Xuan's mother was a very kind-hearted woman, gentle and virtuous, especially empathetic, and deeply favored by the old general.

People say that since ancient times, there has been a lot of life, and when I was born, I was very unhappy and died of childbirth.

The old general weighed it again and again and decided to hand over the mystery to the care of his eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mu.

Mrs. Inmu only has five daughters under her knees and no sons, and she is very fond of Xuanxuan, and she is afraid of falling in the palm of her hand.

It is said that because of the mysteries, General Bai Zhanqi even had a cough for many years. The whole family was very happy, and they loved Bai Xuanxuan even more.

When the old general died, Xuan Xuan was only five years old.

Xuanxuan was single-handedly pulled by Mrs. Mu, and in the eyes of Bai Zhanqi and Mrs. Mu, they had long raised this little brother as a son.

This Bai Xuanzhi was born stubborn, but he was very smart and had a sharp mind, just like his fourth brother.

At this time, it was noon, and there was laughter in the hall of Baifu.