Chapter Eighty-Four: Mantuo and Luohua

(a)

"Thank you Tenjin~"

As soon as Cang Xuan and Bihai returned to the hillside, they saw that the people in the town had already knelt in several rows outside the Blessing Temple.

"Don't kneel, get up. ”

As soon as Cang Xuan's words came out, not only did no one get up, but everyone buried their heads even lower. In order to show gratitude, everyone who can survive now does not want to get up like this, they want to kneel and be grateful, and they want to show their incomparable piety and gratitude.

At this time, the disciples of Cangxuanmen and Yeshamen on the side, as well as the exercise officials from all walks of life, also stood with their fists folded and respectfully bowed, and shouted in unison: "The two heavenly gods have worked hard. ”

Is it that the people who have killed the plague are not here? So, they all think it is me and Cangxuan?

Bi Haiyou looked around, looking for a few back and forth, but she didn't find the person she wanted.

"Mo Sheng~" Cang Xuan turned his head sideways and called out to the crowd who were clasping their fists.

At this time, a Cangxuanmen disciple hurriedly walked over and replied respectfully, "Master." ”

"See other gods coming here?"

"Back to Shizun, Mo Sheng didn't see it. ”

Could it be that he just turned back to Nian Mountain?

Cang Xuan pondered for a moment, then turned sideways to Mo Sheng and said, "Together with the Yeshamen disciples in the town, after settling down the people in the town, go back to Nian Mountain." ”

"Yes, Master. After Mo Sheng got down, he turned around and headed towards Lu Ming.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came out of the sky. With this heart-rending scream, an auspicious cloud fell on the hillside.

The gray-clothed man who was the first to roll down from the cloud turned pale, and then swayed his body, trotting crookedly all the way to the acacia tree and retching.

"Senior Brother Li~"

After Lu Ming, who was surprised, saw the people under the locust tree clearly, he immediately ran over.

"Lu Ming ~ vomit ~"

Senior Brother Li cried out aggrievedly, and then his stomach rolled for a while, and he couldn't help but turn around and continue to vomit.

Seeing that he vomited tears and snot, Lu Ming smoothed his back very intimately, and said with concern: "Senior Brother Li, are you okay?"

After a while, Senior Brother Li wiped his face and waved his hand at Lu Ming: "It's okay, it's okay~"

After speaking, the collapsed butt sat on the ground, soothing his stimulated little heart.

"Tut-tut-tut..." Chi Yanwu, who was standing not far away, shook his head with a look of disdain.

Seeing that the direction where Chiyan came from the clouds was the same as the location where the black qi dissipated, Bihai couldn't help but be curious, "Chiyan, you did it?"

Chi Yan should have known what Bi Hai was asking, "No!"

As he spoke, he looked in the direction he came, and continued, "Since I came out of the other side valley, I have been chasing Yesha and Xiaobai. However, until I chased them here, I didn't see them again. ”

Speaking of this, Chi Yan's afterglow couldn't help but glance at the person who was sitting under the locust tree to relieve his breath. There were thousands of dissatisfaction in his heart: if he hadn't been scared to death along the way, he might have been able to get there faster to meet Yesha and them.

"In that case, it should be the night sand. If this is the case, he will definitely go back to the Nian Mountain. At this time, Cang Xuan categorically realized that all this was done by Yesha, and after sorting out the reason, he said to Bihai and Chiyan: "Then let's go back quickly." ”

"Wait, Xiao Bai said, Bai Shiyi and the two Fire Realm envoys are still in the Blessing Temple. Chi Yan recalled what Bai Hua said, and hurriedly stopped Cang Xuan.

"Blessing Temple?" Cang Xuan paused, and then asked Mo Sheng, "Have you seen Bai Daosi?"

Mo Sheng shook his head and looked at Lu Ming again. Lu Ming thought for a moment, shook his head for a while, and said, "We were waiting outside the temple, and we didn't see Bai Daosi. ”

"Heavens, gods, are you talking about the three people lying behind the statue of the god of the dark god in the temple?" a middle-aged man raised his head, and reluctantly raised his hand and pointed to the temple of blessing.

After saying that, several disciples of Jie Nian Mountain had already trotted in, and after a while, the three of them were carried out.

After Lu Ming stepped forward to take a look at the unconscious person, he confirmed to Cangxuan: "Cangxuan Heavenly God, it's Bai Dao Division. ”

"Fortunately, before Xiaobai left, I heard it at the tip of my ear. After Chi Yan boasted to himself, he said to Bihai and Cangxuan: "Yesha must have returned to Nian Mountain with Xiaobai, let's leave quickly." ”

Hearing this, Cang Xuan nodded, and quickly disappeared in front of everyone with Chiyan.

"Greetings to the gods. ”

After the two disappeared, a loud farewell sound sounded on the hillside.

Xiaobai?!How could she be with Yesha?

Hearing Bai Hua's name, Bihai's face was much more gloomy. But even if she doesn't like it, she can't help it now.

As the blue sea turned into green smoke and disappeared, everyone bowed down again and said, "Congratulations to the gods!"

After the three of them left, Lu Ming said to the people who were kneeling on the ground devoutly: "Everyone, the gods have left, you should get up quickly and go back separately." ”

(b)

In the crowd descending the mountain, there was a hobbling old man holding a little boy and walking slowly forward.

At this time, the little boy shook the old man's hand, and asked angrily, "Grandpa, what is there in that valley that the gods said?"

The old man paused, looked into the distance and said, "There is a white flower growing in the valley on the other side, called the flower on the other side." ”

"White flowers?" the little boy blinked his big black eyes, and then asked, "Is it the weird-looking white flower that Sister Fanhua went to pick?"

The old man raised his hand and touched the little boy's head, "That flower also has a very beautiful name, it is called Mandala Hua." ”

The little boy shook his head vigorously and retorted: "That flower is not beautiful, when we were chased by crows, I met Sister Fanhua, and she said that the white flower is a bad thing." Grandpa, is it because of all the people who die in town?"

Hearing this, the old man's eyes flickered, his face was also a little sad, and he whispered to himself: "Mantuo... Are you back?"

After a long time of seeing the old man answer, the little boy looked up at him.

Old faces, eyes full of tears. The little boy wondered why his grandfather looked so sad now.

"Old man, you are the oldest person in this town, do you know what's going on?" The middle-aged man who had been walking behind the two overheard the conversation between the grandfather and grandson, so he asked the old man curiously.

"Yes, Uncle Lin, you should know, right?" another middle-aged woman accosted.

A few curious people stopped, waiting for the old man to speak.

Now the old man felt that he was also a little struggling to walk, and then slowly sat down on the stone by the side of the road, pointed to the distance and seemed to be reminiscing: "There, there was a small mountain village a long time ago. ”

The people listening to the story looked in the direction of the old man's finger, and at the same time, the old man's slightly vicissitudes of life sounded in their ears.

(c)

About a hundred years ago, in a small mountain village not far from Lanfeng Town, there was a flower-picking girl named Mantuo.

At that time, it happened to be close to the Celestial Festival, and Mantuo went to the valley to pick flowers, but he suddenly encountered a heavy rain.

It was the torrential rain that Mantuo met the love of her life, Luo Hua. The two spent the night in a cave to avoid the rain. Lonely men and widows, living together in caves, will inevitably spark between the so-called dry wood and the fire.

Later, the cave became the place where the two had a tryst. At that time, Mantuo only knew that Luo Hua was the master of making lanterns in Lanfeng Town, but she didn't know that Luo Hua had already had a marriage contract.

Luo Hua has never talked to Mantuo, so the two have maintained such a relationship for a long, long time. Until one day, Luo Hua suddenly disappeared. Mantuo waited in the valley for two days, but finally couldn't help but go to Lanfeng Town. However, what she saw was the scene of Luo Hua, who was dressed in a wedding dress, leading another woman out of the sedan chair.

At that moment, Mantuo felt that the whole world had collapsed. But she didn't rush forward to question, she didn't cry, she just slowly withdrew from the crowd and headed towards the valley.

On the way back, it was raining lightly, and Mantuo was so sad that he couldn't see the way clearly and fell down the hill. Mantuo felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, and then blood flowed from between her legs, and then she realized that she was pregnant with Luo Hua's child.

The scoop was rootless and underwater all night, and the mandala was also drenched all night. Later, a little boy tending sheep found her dying.

The little boy was unable to send her back to the small mountain village, so he wanted to find someone to save her. But Mantuo grabbed the little boy and told him to find a way to send her back to the cave.

Back in the cave, Mantuo didn't know why he told him his story. The little boy who heard this story felt that Mantuo was very pitiful, so he secretly promised that she would definitely find Luo Hua.

In the end, the little boy was not found, and when he ran back to the valley again, he saw many people with torches illuminating the cave.

It was Luo Hua's daughter-in-law who had just passed the door, the daughter of a wealthy family in Lanfeng Town. She has been attached to Luo Hua for many years, and has used all means to marry him, and also set a marriage that Luo Hua is not allowed to refute.

The daughter actually knew about Luo Hua and Mantuo for a long time, so on the second day of marriage, she called some people in the town to go to the cave.

Later, Mantuo died, and was beaten to death in the cave. Sadly, she always thought that Luo Hua had changed her mind. She was buried by those people by the cave with resentment, with hatred, and with her unborn child.

But all this was seen by the little boy who was herding the sheep, and he ran desperately, and he didn't know until his shoes were gone, and he didn't feel pain when he ran to his arm and was cut by a deep cut in the vine. He was frightened, so he chose to run away, he was afraid, so he didn't go to Luo Hua again.

Later, Luo Hua died, and suddenly fell ill and died in the second half of his marriage. Maybe it's because I can't find Mantu, maybe I know that Mantuo is dead, or maybe Luo Hua is martyred for love. This, after all, is a mystery, a mystery that no one will know the answer.

Many years later, he returned to the valley and saw the flowers blooming outside the cave. The flowers grew strangely, and they had no leaves, and he thought it was like Mantuo and Luohua, who loved each other but couldn't be together. So, he gave it a name called Mandala Hua. ’

(iv)

When the story was finished, there was some mist in people's eyes, and sighs and regrets were also shown on their faces.

The old man thumped his legs, slowly stood up, then took his grandson's hand and continued to walk downhill.

"Grandpa, you also have a scar on your hand, does it still hurt?" the little boy pointed to the arm hidden in the old man's cuff.

The old man smiled slightly, "It doesn't hurt anymore." ”