Chapter 161: The first part of the finale
Chinese The day before, the capital was still happy because of the eldest princess's wedding, but in just one day, it was already a solemn and sad scene.
On the night when the eldest princess Su Liuying and the concubine Li Xiu got married, the cave house caught fire for no reason, and both of them were buried in the fire...... Su Liuying changed into ordinary clothes, leaving Xiao Nuan and Nanshan to take care of Yin Li and Xiao Jiu in the farm, and took Lu Jing, who also changed into ordinary clothes, covered her face with a green veil, and re-entered the capital.
She went to the Li Mansion first. Because the eldest princess was married to the Li Mansion and died in the Li Mansion, her 'funeral' was held in the Li Mansion with Li Xiu's.
A large mourning hall was erected in the front yard of the Li Mansion, with two coffins. When such a big event happened in the Li Mansion, the door was inevitably surrounded by curious people, as well as hundreds of civil and military officials who came to mourn, so the entrance of the Li Mansion was crowded with people and carriages, and the water could not be passed.
Su Liuying led Lu Jing to quietly hide in the crowd, and through the open gate of the Li Mansion, she silently looked at the direction of the mourning hall.
No matter how much she hated Rong Qing before, but looking at her coffin at this moment, all the hatred for her in Su Liuying's heart has also dissipated...... As for Li Xiu, now she remains in Su Liuying's heart, there is no hatred, just guilt and grief, otherwise, she would not have quietly come here to see him off for the last time.
Thinking that he was begging for his forgiveness until he died, Su Liuying cried bitterly - if Lou Yue really didn't die, Li Xiu had no hatred for her, but in the end, she was affectionate for her life-saving kindness and a lifetime that she couldn't repay...... Recalling the entanglement and grievances with Li Xiu over the years, Su Liuying's tears fell silently, and the last bamboo flute she made for him was put down in the brazier for the people to worship outside...... Wiping away her tears, Su Liuying was about to leave with Lu Jing, and there was a commotion at the street on the side, but it was someone from the palace who came to mourn.
Su Liuying hid her body more secretly, and when she saw the sedan chair stop, Ling Lan went down to the mourning hall of the Li Mansion with red eyes and Xiang'er Dong'er's support, looking sad.
Thinking that Ling Lan was also sad when she sent herself to marry yesterday, and now she thought that she had passed away with such pain, Su Liuying's heart swelled with a trace of reluctance, in this huge harem, only Ling Lan would be sad for herself now...... At this point, she only hopes that Ling Lan can marry Beixian and be with Han Yu as she wishes...... Leaving the Li Mansion, Su Liuying led Lu Jing to the Anwang Mansion quietly.
The Anwang Mansion has been abandoned for a long time, the broken walls are desolate, the ground is covered with the dead branches and leaves accumulated last winter, the roof beams are covered with huge cobwebs, and the flowers and trees are growing wildly, covering the sky and the sun, adding a touch of gloomy atmosphere to the abandoned Anwang Mansion.
Su Liuying led Lu Jing straight to Nanyuan, and really found a fishing line in the place where she put her purse before, and after the fishing line was raised, a small white purse was revealed.
The Yuebai purse was placed in her hand with a heavy weight, and after she opened it, there was indeed a talisman that Li Xiu had returned to her!
Looking at the talisman in her hand in a daze, Su Liuying's heart hurt again - although Li Xiu took her talisman and threatened herself to marry him, it is undeniable that when resisting the rebels, he is more suitable to lead the ironclad soldiers than himself.
If it were her, she might not be able to lead the Ironclad Army to win this civil strife...... Then, he did not take the last step towards the throne one step away under the heavy army, even if Emperor Jingming killed his father, he did not make a rebellious move...... Su Liuying knew that in this life, she was destined to owe Li Xiu...... After getting the talisman, Su Liuying did not leave in a hurry, and Jin continued to walk forward, entered the inner courtyard of Nanyuan, and came to the bedroom in front of Lou Yue.
She wanted to see that familiar figure here, but unfortunately, the bedroom was full of dust, and no one had come back for a long time...... Looking at the disappointed look on her face, Lu Jing said in a sullen voice
"Miss, do you really think that the person who saved you was Lou Yue? Didn't he kill himself, how could it be him? Isn't it a young lady...... Wrong? ”
"Others may be wrong, but he, I won't!" Su Liuying replied resolutely. She looked back at Lu Jing and sighed
"Lu Jing, if Lou Yue really didn't die, I would still find him...... Can you forgive him? "There is hatred between Lu Jing and Lou Yue, before in Hu Di, Lu Jing was red-eyed when she saw him and wanted to fight with him, so Su Liuying was very worried that if he really found Lou Yue, how would he get along with Lu Jing?
Lu Jing turned her face away and didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, she blushed and said coldly
"It's impossible to forgive him. But for the sake of his willingness to sacrifice his own life for the sake of Miss, I can no longer seek revenge on him......" Hearing this, Su Liuying's heart finally put down the stone in her heart, and took Lu Jing's hand and said earnestly
"So, I thank you for him!" Lu Jing snorted
"Miss, don't thank me yet...... Find him first and then talk ......" Su Liuying smiled, her eyes reappeared brightly, and she said movingly
"He must have been the one who saved me last night. Since he is still alive, don't worry, I will find him no matter what......" Moreover, Su Liuying thought, he only rescued himself from the fire last night, and now, he must still be in the capital.
Coming out of King An's Mansion, Su Liuying went to the small courtyard in Anrenli again, but still found no trace of Lou Yue.
In the end, she came to the south courtyard of the Su family. The empty courtyard was empty, and there was a layer of fallen leaves on the ground, and no human figures were to be seen.
Lu Jing saw that she had walked three places in a row and there was no trace of Lou Yue, so she couldn't help but persuade
"Miss, maybe you really made a mistake last night, it's going to be dark, let's go out of the city, in case someone finds out that you are still alive, but it's ......" Su Liuying's hope and joy cooled down a lot at this moment, she stood in the south courtyard in a daze, her eyes were gloomy.
However, the next moment, the gloomy eyes suddenly lit up, and Su Liuying's cool heart boiled - because it had been uninhabited for a long time, there was a thin layer of dust on the steps of the corridor, but at this time, Su Liuying saw a clear line of footprints on the corridor.
Her heart was so excited that she seemed to jump out of her heart, and without thinking about it, Su Liuying lifted the corner of her skirt and ran all the way without footprints, and finally came to her boudoir Lan Tingge.
Returning here, thinking of what Tong Lou Yue had said here before, Su Liuying was so excited that her whole body trembled, and she took a deep breath and pushed open the door of Lan Pavilion Pavilion.
The door opened, and the afterglow of summer passed through the gate and the carved window lattice, leaving a mottled and alienated light and shadow in the exquisite attic, which was like a dream, and it was unreal for Su Liuying to see.
The Orchid Pavilion was also empty, except for the messy footprints on the floor of the house...... Full of hope was disappointed again at this moment, Su Liuying dragged in with heavy steps on the door frame, looking straight at the footprints on the ground with her eyes, she felt flustered and helpless for a while, and even began to hesitate about her previous determination - was the person who saved her from the fire last night really Lou Yue?
Could it be that I thought too much about it and had a conjecture?! Who left the footprints of the South Courtyard, could it be him?
If he really wasn't dead, why didn't he come out to see him...... More and more doubts and panic piled up in her heart, so that Su Liuying, who was originally full of confidence, fell into a situation of disillusionment again, her legs were weak, and after a day of running, she was so sad that she couldn't stand steadily, and fell to the ground softly...... When Lu Jing heard the voice, she saw Su Liuying slumped to the ground, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, looked at her pale face, and said worriedly
"Is Miss suffering from heat stroke? Do you sit in this house, I'll go to the well in this courtyard to get some water for Miss to drink......" Before she finished speaking, Lu Jing's eyes fell on the soft kang a few steps away, twisted her eyebrows and looked at the plain silk handkerchief above, stepped forward to take it and looked at it carefully, looked at the small Liuying embroidered around the silk handkerchief, showed it to Su Liuying, and wondered
"Miss, didn't you always carry this veil with you before, why did it end up here?" Su Liuying, who was in a trance, saw the handkerchief that Lu Jing had taken, and her whole body shook violently, and the next moment she had taken the handkerchief from Lu Jing's hand, and looked at it repeatedly in her hand in disbelief, until she was sure that it was the handkerchief that she had wrapped in a plum hairpin and earrings before, and buried it in front of Lou Yue's grave, Su Liuying was so happy that her hand holding the handkerchief trembled.
"Lu Jing, get out of the city, let's go out of the city immediately......" Because of the grudge between Lu Jing and Lou Yue, Su Liuying did not bring Lu Jing to his grave on the day her eyes regained her sight, so she didn't know what this handkerchief buried in front of the grave with the hairpin and earrings meant to Su Liuying...... Riding a horse and speeding out of the city, taking advantage of the twilight, Su Liuying and Lu Jing galloped towards Liangshan.
Until this moment, seeing that his handkerchief appeared in his boudoir again, Su Liuying was almost certain that Lou Yue was not dead, he was the one who saved him last night, and this handkerchief was also accidentally left behind when he went to Lanting Pavilion...... Su Liuying and Lu Jing's riding skills are both first-class and good, plus she is anxious like an arrow, and driving a horse is even more like an arrow off the string, and the journey of nearly two hours on weekdays was rushed by her in less than an hour.
Coming to Lou Yue's grave again, Su Liuying's mood was very different from last time. Last time, I was grief-stricken, and my heart was like ashes.
But this time it was full of hope, excitement and joy...... Ignoring the stone and soil, Su Liuying couldn't wait to use her hands to plane the place where the hairpin was buried before, but her whole body trembled with excitement, and her hands were so weak that she couldn't exert her strength.
Seeing her blushing face, Lu Jing felt both heartache for her and relief for her, so she hurriedly pulled out the scimitar on her waist, and quickly cut the stone and soil with the tip of the knife.
Su Liuying's eyes widened, tears rolling in her eyes. The little pit that had been dug was empty, there was nothing, and the bag of things she had buried at this moment was gone!
Tears flowed down happily, Su Liuying looked at the empty pit in front of him, and his heart that had been hanging all day finally fell down peacefully at this moment - Lou Yue is not dead, he must not be dead, he has been watching himself in the dark, he knows that he has come to his grave, and he rescued himself again when he was buried in the fire...... The gentle mountain breeze blew, waking up Su Liuying, who was dizzy with joy, and the next moment she suddenly remembered something, and rode with Lu Jing again, regardless of the darkness of the mountain road, and ran towards the road ahead.
Soon after, she parked her horse at the door of the Forget-Me-Not Hall. The horse didn't have time to close its legs and stop, Su Liuying had already rolled off the horse's back and went to open the door of the Forget-me-not Hall in person.
The sisters-in-law in the nunnery rested early, and they had already turned off the lights and fell asleep at this hour, and when they were woken up by Su Liuying's knock on the door to open the door, they were quite surprised to see Su Liuying who appeared outside the door at night.
The sister-in-law of the nunnery lives in this Liangshan all the year round, and she does not go out of the nunnery or down the mountain all the year round, so she does not know that the woman in front of her will be the eldest princess who has recently become famous Dayong, but she only remembers that she has been to this nunnery twice before, and is familiar with Princess An, so she hurriedly invited her into the nunnery.
After entering the nunnery, Su Liuying couldn't wait to say anything else, and asked the teacher straight to the point, has he seen Lou Yue? Hearing this, the master of the nunnery was stunned at first, but the next moment, several people showed embarrassed expressions on their faces.
When Lou Yue left the nunnery, he had asked several teachers not to reveal the news that he was still alive to outsiders, so when he suddenly heard Su Liuying ask, several teachers couldn't help but be stunned.
Seeing their embarrassed expressions, Su Liuying was even more sure of the guess in her heart, knowing that Lou Yue must have been here.
Without saying a word, Su Liuying directly knelt down for a few masters and said earnestly
"Mrs. Shi, I know that Lou Yue is still alive, please tell me where he is now?" Lu Jing on the side also followed Su Liuying to kneel down and kowtow to several teachers, and helped Su Liuying to ask the teachers to inform Lou Yue's whereabouts.
The monks didn't talk to each other, so under the pleading of Su Liuying and Lu Jing, the host of the nunnery sighed
"The owner of the building did recuperate here before, but he left here after recuperation, and it has been five days since he left." After getting the news that Lou Yue was still alive from the host, Su Liuying's heart, which had been up and down, finally settled down, and the whole person seemed to have a new life, and her eyes began to shine.
She slammed her head three times in a row towards the host and several masters, and said in a trembling voice
"Thank you, Mrs. Shi...... Thank you Shitai for saving him, thank you ......" The host hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her and Lu Jing up, and said kindly
"The girl doesn't have to thank the poor ni, the person who saved him is not us, but a male benefactor surnamed Xiao and a doctor surnamed Xue, the two of them have been carefully guarding the bedside from the serious injury and coma of the Lou donor to waking up, and the poor Ni and the others are just helping them boil hot water and boil some gruel, which is nothing......" Hearing this, Su Liuying's heart instantly became clear - it turned out that it was Lou Yue who was rescued by Xiao Mo and Xue Nian, no wonder when Xue Nian was helping her treat her eyes before, she swallowed and vomited when she mentioned Lou Yue, her eyes flickered and dodged, it turned out, He actually knew the news that Lou Yue was still alive from the beginning...... So, since Lou Yue is still alive, why didn't he tell himself, and deliberately concealed it, was Lou Yue asking him to do this?
Su Liuying had new doubts in her heart, she didn't understand why Lou Yue wanted to hide the news that he was still alive, could it be that there was something unavoidable about him?
didn't have time to think about anything else, Su Liuying asked anxiously
"May I ask Mrs. Shi, when Lou Yue left, he left with the two people you just mentioned? Have you ever heard where they are going? The host shook his head slowly and told the truth
"It was another older Xiao Shi who came to pick them up and go with them...... Where they were leaving, the poor nun didn't know...... "Elder Xiao Shi?
! Su Liuying's face was stunned, could it be that King Hu Di personally came to Dayong to pick up Lou Yue? It's also King Hu Di, didn't Lou Yue tell him the news that he was still alive?
Su Liuying seemed to have understood some of the twists and turns in her heart, but these twists and turns were the best news for her at this time.
Because, since she knew that it was Lou Yue who was picked up by King Hu Di, she went directly to Hu Di to find him...... After learning the news of Lou Yue, Su Liuying was overjoyed, and she couldn't wait to hurry down the mountain overnight to go to Hu Di, but the mountain road was too dark, and the teachers and wives asked her to stay in the nunnery for one night before leaving, and she agreed.
The room that the teachers arranged for her to live in was the room where Lou Yue was recuperating from her injuries before. As soon as she entered, Su Liuying smelled the extremely faint smell of herbs remaining in the house, thinking that Lou Yue had survived her life here after nine deaths, Su Liuying was both happy and distressed, and her tears couldn't stop flowing...... Although she was tired and tired, she did not feel sleepy at all, and knelt in front of the Buddha for a night.
Thanks to the Buddha's favor, he actually let Lou Yue live. He also prayed for the Buddha's mercy and let her find Lou Yue as soon as possible, and never be separated from him again in this life...... In a small town dozens of miles away from the capital, although Lou Yue, who had been on the road with Xue Nian for a day, was tired, he also had no sleep, and stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, silent.
Xue Nian sat at the table next to him, muttering dissatisfaction while drinking
"I really don't understand what you think, obviously you're still alive, but you can't let go of her in your heart, but you want to hide the news that you survived, and now you have to leave incognito...... If you want to go, you can go, and you must drag me ......" Lou Yue looked back at him and said at a glance
"So reluctant to leave, whose girl did you fancy in the capital?" was poked in front of Lou Yue, Xue Nian's delicate face turned red, and he took a sip of wine and snorted
"That...... The Lu girl next to the eldest princess is a little fierce, but her round eyes are cute, and I like her temperament, which is really cool! Lou Yue couldn't help but smile in his heart, but he had a cold face on his face
"I've fought Lu Jing, and her scimitar is very ruthless very quickly, are you sure you have to like her - in case you fight in the future, can you beat her?" Xue Nian was stunned for a moment, swallowed timidly in his mouth with half a sip of wine, and said worriedly
"I didn't know she was a kung fu player...... Alas, forget it, now that I have been forced to leave by you, where will I have the opportunity to meet them again in the future? If you don't meet, everything is naturally extravagant. Anyway, why are you hiding from the eldest princess? Going around, Xue Nian asked this question again, and this question really made him depressed for a month, and he always wanted to ask Lou Yue to understand.
Lou Yue would not tell him about the agreement between himself and his father, but said in a deep voice in a dry voice
"Probably tired, I don't want to get involved in too many things, I just want to leave everything behind and live my life quietly......" said this, but Lou Yue's heart was empty, thinking about the moment when she rescued her from the fire yesterday and hugged her again, a bitter and sweet taste welled up in her heart, and more of a reluctance to her.
Xue Nian wanted to say, you look at everything, let go of everything and leave, and you can't pull me along to be a lonely person.
But looking at the solemn gloom between his eyebrows and eyes, he had to say helplessly
"So what do you plan to do in the future? Prince Hu Di, you don't want to do it. Dare to be affectionate, do you want to rely on me in the future and let me see a doctor to make money to support you? Lou Yue threw him a cold look, and said undoubtedly
"I'm planning to find a place to open a medical clinic, you are responsible for seeing a doctor to make money, and I am responsible for supervising you, so that you don't be lazy!" Lou Yue said it seriously, but Xue Nian was so angry that he vomited blood...... But no matter how Xue Nian resisted, Lou Yue did what he said, and really found a place to open a medical hall in a small town with beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.
In order to express the indignation and protest in his heart, Xue Nian named the hospital - the thief's heart is not dead! But even with such a strange name, and two doctors and owners who are always cold-faced and depressed, the business of the 'Thief's Heart Never Dies' medical center is unusually hot, and many patients come here, especially the little lady and daughter-in-law, even if they line up from dawn to dark, they have to go to the 'Thief's Heart Immortal' hospital to see a doctor...... People say that the doctor in the medical hall is young, but his medical skills are really good, and he is also handsome and good-looking.
And the owner of the pavilion, although it is like an iceberg and not easy to approach, can grow ...... It's so handsome, like a male fairy in the sky, so that those little daughters-in-law and little ladies are hooked one by one, excited, I wish I was sick every day, so I came to the hospital every day to see a doctor, so I took a look at this male fairy every day...... For a while, this small medical hall has become a hot topic in the small town, and the little ladies in the city meet, no longer discussing whose face is good-looking, but discussing who and who is talking to the male fairy, the shameless fox took advantage of the payment, deliberately rubbed the hand of the male fairy, and whose girl asked the matchmaker to go to the hospital to say that the matchmaker went...... However, three months later, the hot topic of the Thief's Heart Immortal Medical Center was finally replaced by a newly opened restaurant.
If the owner of the thief's heart immortal medical hall is a male fairy sought after by the girls and ladies in the small city, then the proprietress of the restaurant is the Nine Heavens Xuannu admired by the sons and gentlemen of the small city!
And it is not as good as the iceberg face of the male fairy, but the Xuannu is very hospitable, and all the diners who come to the restaurant to eat are greeted thoughtfully and enthusiastically, so that every day the diners in the restaurant are full, and the orders are ordered for half a month.
For a time, the proprietress of the restaurant became a popular figure in the town, and it was rumored that everyone in the streets and alleys was known.
And the restaurant is covered by red silk, and the plaque that has not revealed its true face is also a topic of speculation, I don't know what kind of nice name this fairy-like proprietress will give the restaurant?
Finally sent all the people in the hospital away, Xue Nian wiped the sweat on his forehead and gasped and complained to Lou Yue
"Tired and starved." After that, he came to Lou Yue with an interested face and said with a smile
"I heard that there is a good new restaurant, let's go there tonight to have a delicious meal. I've booked a private room! Lou Yue closed the account book, hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Seeing that he agreed, Xue Nian was so happy that his brows were about to fly. At the time of the lantern, the small city in the south of the Yangtze River is bustling and prosperous, and the newly opened restaurant is even more busy in front of the traffic.
When Lou Yue and Xue Nian got out of the carriage, they saw a group of people surrounding the restaurant, pointing to the restaurant's name plaque covered in red silk and asking a thin but delicate woman
"Boss, your restaurant has been open for half a month, why haven't you opened the plaque to let everyone see the name of the restaurant?" The proprietress laughed
"The plaque is to wait for my husband to come back, and he will personally open it for everyone to see." As soon as these words came out, everyone around was envious and surprised, never expecting that this fairy-like proprietress was actually a husband and a gentleman.
is even more envious of her unseen husband, who has such a capable and beautiful good lady.
So, someone asked curiously
"I don't know who the boss's husband is? Such a blessing! ”
"Yes, yes, who is the husband of the proprietress ? When will we come to the restaurant and let us all meet......"
"If you can marry a character like the boss lady, you must be an extraordinary person, right?" For a while, the entire restaurant was full of discussions.
But the proprietress looked back and looked straight out of the crowd, and when she saw the handsome face that she was haunted by, her eyes turned red unconsciously, and tears fell uncontrollably...... Raising her finger, she pointed lightly at Lou Yue, who was standing on the spot in shock, and chuckled with tears
"Look, my husband is here!" Looking back, the man was in the dim light...... Cat flutter Chinese