Chapter 71: Sudden heartache
The sandalwood in the agarwood pavilion is swirling. The portrait of Concubine Xi is dignified and beautiful. Ryu Hongjing stared at her. Her eyes seemed to be quietly watching him, too.
"Xi'er. If you have a spirit. You give me your dreams. You haven't come back to my side?" Liu Hongjing said. Red eyes. Such as bloodshots.
I don't know how long I've been sitting. He always stared at the portrait of Concubine Xi. In a trance, the person in the portrait seemed to float out. Flew to his side. Like ever. Snuggled in his arms.
"Xi'er." Liu Hongjing opened his arms and wanted to hug her tightly. But he woke up suddenly. The bosom is empty. When looking up. Xi'er's portrait still hangs high on the wall. The smile is still there.
"Xi'er. You're telling me. Have you come to my side?" Liu Hongjing stood up. Stumbling in front of the spiritual position. Raise your eyes and look at the portrait of Concubine Xi. Choked up and asked.
There was silence in the cabinet. Concubine Xi smiled quietly. Liu Hongjing has been rolling in tears.
He turned around and strode out of the Agarwood Pavilion. Walk outside the Sanqing Taoist Temple.
"Father." Ryuvin, who was waiting outside, caught up with him.
"Go back to the palace with me. I'm going to find the bones of the Lord of Tanglin." Liuhong Jingtou didn't look back. Said.
"Father. The death day of the concubine is coming. Let Erchen go back to the palace after her death day." Lu Fan is worried about Luo Lianyi. There is no certainty about her safe place. How could he have the heart to go back to the palace?
"Your Majesty. To find the body of the county lord. The man who drove the wagon must be found first. The slave remembered the man's face. Let the slave go and find him first. Bring him back and forth to the emperor." Small build out. Said on his knees.
Ryu Hongjing looked back at her. He had heard Taifu say it. The maidservant Xiaozhu beside the prince is a disciple of Sanqingguan. Not an ordinary palace maid. She is a strong martial artist. Defend the prince wholeheartedly. I guess it's the girl kneeling in front of me.
"You're Xiaozhu." He asked.
"Back to the emperor. The slave is a small building." Xiao Zhu bowed his head and replied.
"Good. You get up. I order you to go down the mountain quickly. Looking for a carriage driver." Liuhongjingdao.
"The slave obeys." Xiao Zhu got up from the ground. She stared deeply at Rywan. There seem to be a thousand kinds of advice. Ten thousand kinds of instructions. Ryu Fan nodded slightly.
Yunshang brings a horse from the backyard. After Xiao Zhu said goodbye to the emperor again. Lead the horse out of a stone's throw away. Only then did he get on his horse. Run away.
"Father." Ryufan holds his father. From the bottom of my heart, I felt his deep thoughts and sorrows. Hope and despair.
"I'm gone. Hope I am the dearest son. Don't let me down." Lu Hongjing broke Lu Fan's hand open. Step by step to the outside of the Taoist temple. Liufan looked at his back, but it was not as tall as before. Gray hair fluttering in the wind. Sudden pain in the heart. He silently followed him. until he is sent halfway up the mountain. Watching him sit in the sedan chair tiredly. Knock on the curtain of the door. Under the escort of the Royal Forest Army, he left the Biya Peak.
Watching my father leave. Ryu Fan returned to the Taoist temple with heavy steps. A few girls in Sanssouci followed him silently. No one dared to say anything more. Xiao Gudong has been looking anxiously at the big stone at the entrance of the Taoist temple. It seems to be waiting for someone's return.
"Strange. Why hasn't the mink come back today?" He muttered to himself.
And the little sable is sitting quietly by the lake at the moment. Watch Luo Lianyi squat on the shore of the lake and chisel through the thin ice on the surface of the lake with a stone. Suddenly. It leaped like lightning. Skim over the place where the water gushes out of the lake. Take out a live fresh fish and throw it on the shore.
"Haha. Ermine, you're amazing. We had fish to eat." Luo Lianyi happily ran up and pressed. Catch fresh fish. Take the mink back to the cabin.
She started to make a fire and cook. The little sable watched silently from the side. I watched it for a while. Seems a little impatient." "Squeak" twice and then want to go out.
"Ermine. You can't go back. I can't see him again. I'm going to bring him disaster. will embarrass him. You know what." Luo Lianyi hugged the sable. Talk to it. Sable shakes its head. Reach out and pat her on the face. I don't know what it means.
"Look. The fish soup is ready. Let's eat fish." Luo Lianyi sat at the table with Mink in his arms. I used wooden chopsticks to clip a piece of fish meat and fed it to the sable. The sable tilted its head to the side. Doesn't seem to be interested in fish.
"You don't like to eat this. So what do you like to eat. Dot. You're still a picky eater." Luo Lianyi had to put down the fish. But she forgot. Mink likes to eat raw. Cooked fish is naturally not a pleaser.
The little sable leaped out of her arms. Suddenly jumped to the corner of the wooden house. Catch a mouse. Ran outside and ate with relish.
"So you ate that. Wash your mouth clean after eating." Luo Lianyi pouted and looked at it. Sable was obedient. After eating the rat meat. I also buried the fur. Then arch your mouth in the snow. Wipe it clean before entering the house.
"Poof. Really obedient." Luo Lianyi hugged it. Pet its little head.
After she eats her own full stomach. He said to the little sable, "Let's go to the mountains and look for it. Let's see if there are any herbs to pick." She pondered. Such an inaccessible canyon is likely to have cherished medicinal herbs. If you're lucky, you might be able to find Nether Grass.
The little sable jumped on her shoulder. One man and one mink climbed along the trees into the snow-covered jungle.
Luo Lianyi walked along. While digging up the snow by hand under some large trees. Carefully identify some of the vegetation buried underneath. See useful herbs. Then he pulled out the dagger from his boot. Dig it out and put it in your pocket. Half a day passed. I have gained a lot. But the Netherweed was nowhere to be seen. She was inevitably a little disappointed.
Suddenly. The little sable's expression was a little abnormal. Its back arches. Teeth bulging. "Uh-huh" in the mouth. It seems that it faces a strong enemy.
"What's wrong. Ermine." Luo Lianyi was taken aback. Busy looking up. but they saw nothing. But she could smell a fishy smell." Could it be a tiger. Or a wild boar. Or a wolf." She nervously straightened up. Hold on to the dagger.
"Hmm.." With a muffled roar. A dozen wild boars have appeared in front of them.
"Ahh Luo Ripple exclaimed. Take a few steps back. The little sable had deftly climbed a big tree beside him at this moment. Luo Ripple can't climb trees. You can only retreat in fear. In extreme fear. She forgot. She has internal strength. It is completely possible to force back the wild boar.
"Hmm.." The boar was coming at her. Luo Lianyi hugged his head in fright. Creak. Squeak.." A baby sable jumps down from a tree. Jump on the back of a wild boar. A bite on its neck. The claws gripped at the door of its face. Wild boar bears pain. Roar. Everywhere around. I want to shake off the mink on my back.
Luo Lianyi suddenly came back to his senses at this moment. Busy with internal forces. Hands push towards the boar. Just listen to the "bang". Wild boars fly up from the ground. Crash into a tree. Blood spurting from mouth and nose. Then fall to the ground. Silent.