In the middle of September, the solar term was close to frost, and the stream at night was even colder, Lu Miaoxiang stood in the knee-deep stream and poured water on his face and chest, his clothes and shirts were wet, and the burning desire in his body was extinguished like ashes, and there was only endless sadness and hatred in his heart, and tears flowed down his face-

Then Zeng Yu rushed into the stream and dragged Lu Miaoxiang ashore, the two of them fell on the grass by the stream together, Lu Miaoxiang hid his face and cried, Zeng Yu couldn't help but cry for what happened to this thin-lived woman, and explained: "Lu Niangzi doesn't have to blame herself, this is all Yan Shifan's hurtful thing, what is it with Lu Niangzi, the lady is out of the sludge without staining, her heart is strong, and God and man learn together, so don't hurt yourself——"

Lu Miaoxiang cried: "No matter what, this is the sin of the poor nun, and there is no atonement for a hundred deaths." ”

Such a loyal and stubborn woman is a little dead-eyed, Zeng Yu persuaded again: "Lu Niangzi doesn't know how fierce the medicinal properties of the charming medicine can be, even the old Zen master who has held the precepts for many years can't keep it, the lady is already extremely rare, and the pill-loving nature has been solved, Yan Shifan's treacherous plot did not succeed - Lu Niangzi hurriedly went back to the house to change her clothes, the night is cold and the water is cold, don't be infected with wind and cold." ”

Lu Miao wanted to be ashamed, she was like a mirror in her heart, she drove away Yan Shifan, but when Zeng Yu came to treat her burns, she was already in a mood and couldn't help herself, if Zeng Yu tempted her a little, she would definitely be half pushed and half obeyed, which made her extremely ashamed, and felt shameless to face Zeng Yu-

Zeng Yu was empathetic, and roughly knew Lu Dao Lu Miao's thoughts, knelt down and said: "This is to blame Xiaosheng for not coming here rashly, otherwise Lu Niangzi herself will get up to find tea to drink, of course, there will be no trouble, fortunately, Xiaosheng's conscience is not clear, and he has not made a big mistake." ”

Zeng Yu took the fault on himself, which made Lu Miaoxiang both grateful and ashamed, and said: "Zeng Gongzi is a righteous gentleman. ”

Zeng Yu hurriedly said: "Lu Niangzi, don't say that, I'm afraid that I will be ridiculed as a hypocrite and fake Taoism - Lu Niangzi hurry up and go back to the house, you are soaking wet." "Saying that, he reached out and hugged Lu Miaoxiang-

Lu Miaoxiang knelt down on her knees and said to Zeng Yuheshi: "If the poor nun asks Zeng Gongzi, please Zeng Gongzi must agree to the poor nun, otherwise the poor nun will kneel here and not get up." ”

Lu Miaoxiang will also play tricks, thinking of Lu Miao's coquettish words in the wooden house, "Please, please", Zeng Yu couldn't help but be a little distracted, and was about to say, "Lu Niangzi has something to say, please speak", then woke up and said: "If Lu Niangzi asks Xiaosheng to marry Miss Yingzi as his wife, then please don't mention it again, Xiaosheng will not agree, Xiaosheng respects Lu Niangzi, so he refuses to take advantage of the danger of the lady to do indecent things, but Xiaosheng still loves Lu Niangzi." ”

Lu Miao's pretty face flushed again, Bei Yan bit her red lips, and without saying a word, she knelt there motionless.

Zeng Yu sighed: "Lu Niangzi, if Xiaosheng is hard-hearted and leaves, let you kneel here, what can you do, of course, Xiaosheng cherishes Lu Niangzi and will not do this, but Lu Niangzi is using Xiaosheng's love for you to coerce Xiaosheng." ”

Lu Miao's hair was dripping, her beautiful eyes were full of tears, she was still silent, the wind was blowing in the maple forest, and Lu Miao, who was soaking wet, couldn't help but shiver, but she knelt there and didn't get up, it seemed that Zeng Yu had to agree to marry the baby.

Although Zeng Yu pitied Lu Miaoxiang, he was not easily at the mercy of others, and said: "Lu Niangzi, you are equivalent to self-harm, not only can you not live with your late parents, but also with your infant posture, and you can't stand the Buddha and Bodhisattva. ”

Lu Miaoxiang whimpered: "Then you promise me, you promise me to marry Xiaozi as his wife." ”

Zeng Yu couldn't resist this stubborn woman, so he had to say in a roundabout way: "Marriage is a big deal, not to mention anything else, the parents' orders are always wanted, just according to what you said Miss Yingzi's surname is Lu, you can be the master of Yingzi's marriage, can Xiaosheng agree to the marriage without waiting for his mother's life?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang said: "Xiaozi is kind-hearted, well-behaved and cute, she must be Zeng Gongzi's good wife, and Ling Tang will also like it." When he spoke, his upper and lower teeth trembled, and he added: "Xiaozi is very beautiful, and now she is still young, and no one will be able to match her in two years, but she is stunning." ”

Zeng Yu couldn't cry or laugh, Lu Miaoxiang thought about it, did he use a baby posture to lure him, he didn't reason with Lu Miaoxiang, grabbed Lu Miaoxiang's left upper arm, dragged Lu Miaoxiang up, and said, "I'll talk about going back to the house beforehand." ”

Zeng Yu has a lot of strength, and he picked up Lu Miaoxiang's whole person, Lu Miaoxiang is always good at shrinking her feet and not touching the ground, so she was forced to stand up, Zeng Yu couldn't help but say that he dragged her to the wooden house, Lu Miaoxiang hurriedly said: "Zeng Gongzi, why are you so rude"

Zeng Yu said: "It's Lu Niangzi who is unreasonable, Xiaosheng has no choice but to be brutal, Xiaosheng also loves Lu Niangzi and Miss Yingzi, if Lu Niangzi has three long and two short, what can Miss Yingzi do?" ”

Lu Miaoxiang was dragged by Zeng Yu and stumbled, a little out of breath, and said: "Zeng Gongzi, please marry Xiaozi - as a wife." ”

Zeng Yuxin said: "I also have an arranged marriage." Perfunctory: "I promised Mrs. Lu that she would take care of Miss Yingzi, this is all right." ”

Lu Miaoxiang was silent at this time, and only said when she arrived in front of the bamboo fence: "Zeng Gongzi, please let go, the poor nun can go."

Zeng Yu let go of his hand and said, "Mrs. Lu hurriedly went into the house to change out of her wet clothes, and then fried a bowl of brown sugar ginger soup to dispel the cold." ”

Lu Miaoxiang said "um", walked up the steps of the wooden house in broken steps, looked back and saw Zeng Yu standing outside the chai door, with mixed feelings in his heart, and said with tears: "Zeng Gongzi, thank you." ”

There are lights in the house, reflecting Lu Miao's wet clothes, thin waist and long legs, and a graceful figure is revealed, Zeng Yu waved his hand and said: "Lu Niangzi hurry up and enter the house, Xiaosheng is also going back to the village." As he spoke, he covered the firewood door from the outside, and said: "Mrs. Lu should be careful herself, put some vegetable oil on the wound, don't bandage it, and I'll find cork and honey to smear it on you tomorrow." With that, he turned and left.

Walking to the single-plank bridge, the moonlight is cold, the stream reflects the moon with fine silver waves, there is a sparse chirping of autumn insects in the forest, standing on the bridge and looking up, the full moon has moved closer to the middle of the sky, Zeng Yu thought: "What kind of moonlit night is this" felt that his feet were cold, and then he realized that the hem of his mattress and camphor pants below the knee were wet, and the sheepskin shoes on his face were filled with water, and he walked up with a "grunt" sound-

Zeng Yu sat on the single-plank bridge, took off his shoes and socks, poured the water in the shoes, put on his shoes barefoot, and when he stood up, he heard a sound of bamboo and wood colliding, and then he remembered that he also brought a hole flute out, which was tied around his waist like a sword, and after leaving the maple forest, he took the flute and played a song "Phoenix Terrace Memories", the wooden house in the forest was far away, Lu Miaoxiang should not be able to hear his flute, he just used the sound of the flute to sort out his mood-

Lu Miaoxiang in the wooden house hurriedly changed into Yu Jing's clothes, and heard the faint sound of the flute when she came out to tie the firewood door, she had noticed that Zeng Yu had a flute pinned to her waist, and knew that this was Zeng Yu playing the flute, and quietly stood under the moon to listen, the sound of the flute gradually faded, only the bright moon in the sky was ruthlessly cold, Lu Miaoxiang shed tears again, and said in her heart: "Why can't such a man meet earlier?" Bodhisattva compassion, Bodhisattva compassion, poor nuns are monks, can no longer make such thoughts, well, Xiaozi is blessed, Zeng Gongzi will definitely like Xiaozi. ”

Standing under the moon for a long time, the body was a little cold, so I went to the kitchen to cut ginger slices to prepare to cook soup to dispel the cold, saw the puppet mask on the square table, thinking about Yan Shifan's kitsch, I don't know what food was mixed with her, remembering that I had only eaten a bowl of angelica porridge before, and then I went to smell the leftover porridge in the tile bowl, and I did feel that it was a little different from the usual smell, and I couldn't help but regret that I was still careless, if I was careful, I could still taste something different, but I didn't expect Yan Shifan to do such a despicable and shameless thing.

After washing the tile bowl and starting to cook brown sugar ginger soup, Lu Miaoxiang sat on the small pestle in front of the stove with his arms folded, looking at the rose-red charcoal fire, and thought: "Should Fang Cai leave Zeng Gongzi here to drink a bowl of ginger soup together, Zeng Gongzi's shoes and legs are also wet." "I thought it was inappropriate again, how could a lonely man and a widow be alone for too long, if Xiaozi was here, it would be fine-

In this way, the heart is shaking, the intestines are turning, and the young nun is disturbed.

After Zeng Yu returned to Jieqiao Village, it was already the second drum, and he explained to the servant woman of the Qishan Hall that he accidentally stepped into the creek to admire the moon and asked the servant woman to prepare hot water for bathing, and the night of the dark tide surging passed like this.

The next morning, Zeng Yu went to the village to find a cedar tree, peeled a piece of bark, and found an old peony, dug a flower root, Jieqiao Village has a lot of camphor trees, the old man Yan Dai who guarded Yuqing Hall boiled camphor, Zeng Yu asked Yan Laohan for a little camphor, and put it in a small stone mortar with the cork bark and peony root to mash it, there was honey in the kitchen of the mountain hall, scooped a small spoonful of cork, danpi and camphor mixed evenly, and served it with a small tea cup, sleeved in his hand, while Yan Clan had not yet started the class, he walked out of the village and came to Maple Bay quickly——

When crossing the single-plank bridge, Lu Miaoxiang heard the movement, and when he went to the small courtyard, Zeng Yu strode over, holding a small tea cup in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Is Lu Niangzi okay?" Without waiting for Lu Miaoxiang to answer, he handed over the small bamboo fence in his hand: "Apply this to the burn, let it condense, and don't wash it within three days." ”

Lu Miaoxiang took the small teacup, her lips trembled, and she said, "Thank you Zeng Gongzi." ”

Zeng Yu saw that Lu Miaoxiang's face was fine, so he said, "Then I'll go back first, please take care." He turned and strode away, quickly disappearing into the maple forest.

Lu Miaoxiang returned to the house, smeared the ointment prepared by Zeng Yu in the small teacup on the burn, and was still thinking about the scene where Zeng Yu came and went like a glimpse of the fishery, and was stupid for a long time, and then went to the statue of the white-clothed monk in the West House to chant sutras to nourish his mind.

Although the two brothers Yingzi and Yan Shaoqing were not in the village, the Yan clan school in Yuqingtang started classes as usual, and when school was out in the evening, Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting came back and told Yan Shifang that their father Yan Shifan had left Jichang Garden in the afternoon and rushed to Nanchang, Yan Shifang said: "Didn't you say that you will leave tomorrow, I haven't seen off your father yet?" ”

Yan Shaoting said in a low voice: "There is an urgent message from Beijing, Taifu Lugong has passed away, and my father is going to rush to mourn."

The monthly pass doubled and begged for the monthly pass.