Chapter 51: The Marriage of the Great Prince (4)
The Jingshi at night is far brighter than during the day, today is the day of the great prince's great joy, and the street market is a little more lively than before. Qingrang did not have the qualifications to watch the ceremony, and after sending Yichan over, she changed into a coarse linen dress and wandered the streets, putting down her hair bun and wearing a veil, like a girl who had not left the pavilion.
Qing Rang bought a lantern and held it in his hand in the shape of a lotus flower. She relied on the words described by Huashuo in her memory, and there was a pear blossom tree after crossing the bridge, which was as beautiful as in front of the tomb of Queen Linsu.
"Girl, there is no light further on, be careful."
Qing Rang listened to the familiar voice, turned his head to look, the man in white was wearing a mask, weighing a fan in his hand, although his facial features could only see a pair of eyes, but she also recognized it as Yu Zichen, "Didn't you go back to Puqing Temple?" ”
"If you were louder, wouldn't I have to go back?" Yu Zichen took the lantern in her hand and knocked on it twice, "Your vision is really not good, such an ugly lantern has been carried a few streets." Saying this, he walked forward with the lantern, and Qing Rang didn't react for a while, only subconsciously followed him.
"In front of the Taihe Bridge, it is rumored that in ancient times a man lived on the left bank of the river, just to let his beloved woman come from the other side, he was determined to build a bridge, but half of the bridge was built and he went on an expedition, and when he came back, the bridge had been built, but he was able to marry the woman in his heart."
"Why?" Qing Rang looked up and asked him, above the veil in the dark night, the smart eyes glowed like stars, not hot but unintentionally hooked people's hearts, Yu Zichen remembered that the first time he saw her, it was this pair of eyes, which made him wonder what kind of elf-like woman she would be, but when did these eyes become more sad and confused, and he had the urge to erase all the superfluity and only preserve the simple agility of the beginning.
"What is it for?" Qing Rang couldn't see what was under the mask, but felt that he deliberately hung people's appetite a little hateful, and he stepped on the Taihe Bridge stupidly, and Yu Zichen realized that he had just lost his mind.
Legend has it that after the man left, the woman's parents found another home for her, and the woman agreed to marry on the condition that the bridge be built. On the day the bridge was built, the sedan chair was carried to the woman's house, but the woman was gone, some people said that the woman went to the frontier to find her beloved man, and some people said that the woman committed suicide by throwing herself into the river. No one ever saw her again. ”
Qingrang stood on the bridge, the autumn wind was a little chilly, and her heart was a little cold.
"The story is not over, but then the man came back and married another woman, got married and had children very happily."
"What?" Qing Rang's face was incredulous, "Did he really marry another woman?" Her face at this time not only had the sadness just now, but also added a layer of anger.
"What, isn't this ending good?"
"It's not good, of course it's not good, the woman gave everything for him, even her life, how can he marry someone else and live a happy life for himself!"
Qing Rang's excited reaction was a bit unexpected for Yu Zichen, "Then let me tell you another ending, the man returned to his hometown and knew about the woman, he stood by the bridge and waited for the woman to return and never left, I heard that a pear blossom tree grew later where the man stood, and every year when the pear blossom bloomed, the flower would blow to the other side with the wind." ”
"You made up that ending, right?" Qing Rang felt that this ending was more in line with the ending of the legend, and Fang Cai's one seemed too unreasonable.
"I thought you wouldn't be too upset to say that."
Yu Zichen jumped up, landed on the bridge again, and handed Qing Rang a big pear, "I can tell you that every year pear blossoms can indeed float to the other side, will it feel better?" ”
"Are you afraid that I will be sad that you have changed the ending?" Qing Rang rubbed the pears in his hand, asked cautiously, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth that could not be hidden, Yu Zichen cleared his throat and only said "I just think that is reasonable" and hurried past her.
"Where is reasonable, how can love be just a person's loyalty, don't you think that a woman is too pathetic?" Qing Rang played with the pears in his hand and followed him, just like on the dark avenue of Nanxiang, wanting to step on his robe at every step.
Yu Zichen turned around sharply, Qing let a panic and loss lean back, a long arm wrapped around her waist, in the faint moonlight, she looked at his solemn eyes, and suddenly asked for some reason, "If you were that man, what ending would you choose?" ”
"My woman, the ends of the earth will stand side by side with me, the glory will be shared, and the bones will be buried together."
Qing Rang seemed to see how domineering the face behind the mask was, his eyes were as deep as the sea and enough to make people drown, but she couldn't help but ask, "If she leaves first, will you go with her Huangquan?" ”
Yu Zichen let go of his hand, and Qing Rang sat on the ground unprepared, only to hear Yu Meiren's coquettish laughter, "I will live well with her, people always have to die, they will always meet in Huangquan, why be in a hurry." ”
Qing Rang grabbed the pear given by Yu Zichen with one hand, rubbed his sore ass with the other, and the crooked thought in her mind was completely lost, she knew that the fox was too good at disguise, this is his truth, a person like him will not hang himself on a tree, I am afraid that it has already become a forest.
That night, she came for the pear blossom tree that the seventh brother said, but because of a story of Yu Zichen that I don't know if it is true, I forgot the original intention, at the bean blossom stall on the side of the road, Yu Fox casually asked what she would do if she was the man.
"If people really treat me like this, I have no other intentions than life and death."
Later, Yu Zichen experienced too many life and death passes, but he was always able to turn danger into a disaster, Qing Rang asked him the secret, he said at that time, "You taught me, you forgot about Jingshi Taihe Qiaobian that year?" ”
At that time, Qing Rang didn't remember, but Yu Zichen always remembered that there was a woman like a fool who said that life and death go hand in hand, he was not afraid of death, but he was reluctant to let someone look at the prosperity of this world for a few years.
The so-called steadfastness of love, if it really needs the death of one party to prove, it is no longer strong enough.