Chapter 4: July 7th
The days flew by, and more than three days passed in the blink of an eye. July 7 is the day when the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet in folklore, and it is therefore regarded as a lover's festival. Kind-hearted people prayed that the magpies in the world could fly to the sky that day, paving the way for the Cowherd and Weaver Girl to build a bridge and reunite their husband and wife with their families. July 7 is the rainy season in Japan, and people say that it is the tears of joy shed when the Cowherd and Weaver Girl get together, and some people say that if you hide secretly under the grape trellis or under the big tree, you will hear the voice of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl whispering.
The weather was fine on this day, Xuanmeng finished eating, went to the slope early, put two buffaloes on the mausoleum and let them feed, and hid under the big tree to enjoy the shade. The sun was so hot that the earth was on fire, but the leaves of the trees were so dense that there was not the slightest gap. He fed the birds with some grass, and then lay down on the stone table and pretended to sleep, waiting for Kexin's arrival.
Unconsciously, I fell asleep, and I dreamed that the magpies in the sky flew to the sky and built a beautiful magpie bridge for the Cowherd and Weaver Girl. The Cowherd carried his lovely children to the Magpie Bridge to meet the Weaver Girl, and they were excited and sad, and they unconsciously shed tears. As soon as their hands were clasped together, a strong wind suddenly blew, followed by lightning and thunder, and the Queen Mother rushed over with a bright long sword, and said loudly: "I will never let you get together, who told you to break the rules of heaven and not listen to me." "A sword stabbed away.
Xuanmeng was a spirit, did not wake up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that the originally clear sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind was howling, and it was raining. It was just a dream.
He sat up, looked down the slope, there was no shadow of Kexin, looked up at the sky again, and said in his heart: "I'm afraid Kexin won't come today." So he got up and led the oxen under the tree to shelter from the rain.
He had just taken two steps when he suddenly heard Kexin's scream from the bottom of the slope, "Xuanmeng, Xuanmeng, I'm here." I saw Kexin's thin figure appear at the foot of the mausoleum, his clothes were wet from the rain, sticking to his body, and he was desperately climbing up the mountain, slipping step by step. Seeing this, Xuanmeng hurried down to meet each other. Who knew that the two had just met together, Ke Xin's feet slipped and she fell. Xuanmeng reached out to hug her, but accidentally, he tripped over a stone and fell with her.
The mud on the ground was sticky and slippery, and Xuanmeng struggled to help Kexin up, only to see a red and swollen lump on her knee. Ke Xin's face was covered with rain, looked at Xuanmeng, pouted, and cried.
Xuanmeng finally put her under the tree, wiped her tears from the rain, and complained softly: "The rain is so heavy, why are you still coming up? Xuanmeng cut her hair, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Okay, don't cry, I'm not to blame, I'm actually very happy to see you." β
Xuanmeng helped her sit on the stone and said, "Kexin, lean on me, don't be cold, let me tell you the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl." Ke Xin leaned over him, nodded and said, "Well, I like to listen to it the mostγγγγγγ Ahh Before he finished speaking, he opened his mouth and sneezed.
Seeing this, Xuanmeng hugged her in his arms and said, "A long, long time ago, there were two brothers, their parents died early, and the younger brother followed the elder brother to live. There was an old cow fed at home, and the younger brother accompanied it all day long, so people called the younger brother the cowherd......"
Xuanmeng told the ancient and beautiful story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl from the beginning. Because he was tired and tired, when he heard the cowherd carrying his children, putting on cowhides, and flying into the sky, Kexin fell asleep deeply.
Seeing that she was asleep, Xuanmeng stopped his mouth, looking at her round face, long eyelashes, and red lips, and was stunned.
I don't know how long later, the rain gradually stopped, and the sun showed its lovely face again, and the fiery sunlight caressed the whole mountain and earth.
The clothes on Kexin and Xuanmeng also dried soon after, and the two old cows were still hiding under the big tree. Suddenly, Ke Xin's body trembled, woke up, sat up, and asked with tears in her eyes: "Xuanmeng, what happened later? Did the Cowherd catch up with the Weaver Girl?" Xuanmeng said: "Not yet." Kexin, you see that the sun is already in the west, shall we go back?" Ke Xin said: "No, you finish the story first." Xuanmeng said: "Okay, I'm done, but you are not allowed to be hungry." Kexin nodded and said, "I'm not hungry." But she heard her stomach growl.
Xuan Meng was about to continue, when he suddenly saw a puff of black smoke coming out of the Kexin compound at the foot of the mountain, filling the entire village, and hurriedly said: "Kexin, look, what is that?" Kexin also saw it at this time and shouted: "Hey, what's the matter? Is there a fire in my house." Xuanmeng, let's go back quickly. Her knees rubbed hard, and she stood up and sat down again, her brow furrowed. Xuanmeng helped her onto the back of the cow and hurriedly walked down.
Soon came to the gate of Zhu's house, but saw a person lying on the ground, motionless, with a pool of blood in front of his face, and the back was Uncle Fu who was guarding the door. Xuan Meng ran over and patted him on the back and said, "Uncle Fu, what are you doing lying here?" The man remained motionless. Xuanmeng flipped him over with both hands. I didn't know that this turned over, Xuan Mengden was frightened, only to see that this person's eyes were wide open, his muscles were twisted and flexed, his mouth was wide open, his tongue was spit out, his expression was miserable and terrifying, his abdomen was cut horizontally by a sharp weapon, and his viscera flowed all over the ground, and it was Uncle Fu who was guarding the door. Ke Xin, who was standing on the side, was even more frightened and pale, her mouth pouted, and she couldn't cry.
After a while, Xuan Meng came back to his senses, pulled Kexin and said, "Let's go in and have a look." Kexin staggered as he staggered and cried: "Mother, mother, come on, Uncle Afu is dead." But in the whole courtyard, there was a dead silence.
Stepping into the second door, there were two more people lying on the ground, one lying on the threshold, and the other fell inside the door, it was Uncle Wei and Erhei, who were also already dead. After passing the second gate, I arrived at the inner courtyard, but I saw more than a dozen people lying behind the front door, which were Kexin's brother, uncle and other family members.
By this time, Ke Xin was already so frightened that she couldn't open her mouth and couldn't shout. Xuanmeng was also weak, and his mind was blank. After standing for a long time, Fang helped her to exit and ran from the side room to the backyard. I saw that in the corridor of the side room, there were the corpses of the servants and relatives of the Kexin family outside, some leaning on the pillar, some lying on the ground, some with swords in the chest, some with skulls, some with broken hands and feet, and some with internal organs flowing all over the ground, but none of them were alive. The most crippled are Kexin's eldest brother and younger brother, whose bodies were cut in half from top to bottom, and their internal organs were scattered all over the ground, with a pungent smell. At this point, Xuanmeng knew that the Kexin family was in trouble.
finally arrived at Kexin's parents' room, the door was open, and Xuanmeng helped Kexin push the door in. I saw three people lying in the room, two of them were Kexin's parents, and the other was Mr. Liu and Liu Ruzhai. Ke Xin's father was lying on his side on the coffee table, his eyes wide and his expression was terrifying, and he was already dead, Ke Xin's mother was leaning on the edge of the bed, and Mr. Liu was cowering in the corner of the bed.
Seeing this, Ke Xin yelled "Mother", broke free from Xuanmeng's palm, pounced on his mother, and screamed repeatedly. But her mother remained motionless. Xuanmeng flipped her over, only to see that her face was like gold paper, her breathing was weak, and her nose seemed to be moving, so he pinched it with his fingers.
After a while, she really opened her eyes, woke up, and said softly, "Yes.... Is it Xin'er?" "Mother, mother, it's me," Ke Xin replied repeatedly. I only heard her faint voice say: "Child, come close to me, IβI have something to tell you." Kexin pressed her cheek to her face.
I only heard her say, "Child... Child, remember, Shuraism is Shuraism, and revenge must be taken. Take out what's in my bosom, okay.... Good... Study hard, remember.... Remember, you must take revenge. As he spoke, he looked at Xuanmeng and said, "Good boy, you... You want... To take care of... Xin'er, she... Just leave it to... You, must... Be kind .... She, remember.... Remember γγγ "Before he finished speaking, he died of convulsions." Seeing this, Ke Xin was so frightened that her soul was not possessed, and she screamed loudly: "Mother, mother, wake up, wake up, you can't do without Xin'er, mother, mother." He screamed a few times and fainted.