Yang Ruoning received two messages from the capital. One good and one bad came one after another on the same day, which caught people off guard. The good news is that Su Su replied. In the letter, Su Su said that she had been inquiring about Yang Ruoning for the past few months, and she knew that Yang Ruoning would not leave without telling her. In the letter, Susu said that everything is fine in Bianliang, business is getting more and more prosperous, and a second branch has been opened. The letter was accompanied by a large silver ticket. After reading Su Su's letter, Yang Ruoning was very pleased. Su Su did a good job, so much better than she expected. In the future, even if he leaves, Su Su will live well.

And the bad news is that Yue Feng is dead.

The news was told to Yang Ruoning by Ah Jing.

Yang Ruoning was not surprised, she just sighed. She asked Ah Jing if there was a temple nearby, and she wanted to go there to give Yuefeng a stick of incense.

Yang Ruoning and Ah Jing knocked on a small temple on the outskirts of the city after dark. The little monk led the two of them to the Buddha hall. Although there are many incense candles lit in the Buddhist hall, it is still a little dark. Yang Ruoning followed the example of a little monk and bowed 108 times in front of the huge golden Buddha statue. After bowing and offering incense, the little monk lit an ever-bright lamp in front of the Buddha statue for Jiang Yuefeng.

After the little monk left, Yang Ruoning and Ah Jing were left in the Buddhist hall. In the dimly lit Buddhist hall, the candle flame casts the shadows of the two people sitting side by side on the white wall opposite, and the shadows sway with the candle flame. Why does the reflection of the two of them look so sad? Thinking about it, Yang Ruoning sighed, changed to a comfortable posture and sat on the futon, and the 108 bows made Yang Ruoning feel a little tired.

Yang Ruoning looked up at the huge Buddha statue, "You know, I am a person without any faith, and this is the first time I have prayed to the gods. ”

"It's because the Queen Mother believes in Buddhism," Ah Jing looked at her with a gentle face.

Yang Ruoning didn't look at him, she kept looking at the Buddha statue hidden in the huge darkness, "Yes, Yuefeng said that this is the only place where she can get inner peace, although I came here because Yuefeng, but I don't think there is a god in this world, or, if there is, I think he must be very partial, and I am the unlucky guy who was forgotten by him." Yang Ruoning smiled bitterly, "I have begged him so much, but he has never responded to my request. ”

Yang Ruoning suddenly asked, "You probably want to know how the Queen Mother and my brother met, right?" ”

Ah Jing looked at her and didn't speak. Yang Ruoning knew that he must be very curious, and he was waiting for her to tell him. Yang Ruoning smiled, she looked at the Buddha statue again, "Actually, I only heard about the acquaintance between the Queen Mother and Ruoxuan from Yuefeng." Yuefeng said that she met Ruoxuan before entering the palace. Ah, it seems that it was in the middle of the year, she secretly ran out to play, and got lost with her maid halfway, and then she met Ruoxuan, and then, Ruoxuan also entered the palace, huh...... It seems that he has become a national teacher, hehe, I don't know how Ruoxuan became a national teacher, he hates reading and studying. In short, Ruoxuan became friends with the emperor, and then fell in love with the emperor's concubine Yue, haha, isn't it incredible, it's probably a plot made up in novels, hahaha......" She smiled and looked sideways at the person next to her, but found that Ah Jing was just listening silently, and didn't seem to think it was funny. She smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's hard to believe, but although I look very ordinary, Ruo Xuan is different, he is definitely the kind of sunny and handsome big boy who can be the protagonist of the novel~" She emphasized to him in particular, "Well, although I don't look so extraordinary like Luo Yuan......"

Hearing this, Ah Jing couldn't help but smile slightly, "Thank you for such a compliment...... General Lowe. ”

"Actually, Ruoxuan didn't have a ......" Speaking of this, Yang Ruoning's tone was lowered, and there was helplessness in her voice, "If Ruoxuan hadn't been infected with drugs, he would definitely be more handsome." I've always felt guilty, and half of Ruoxuan's problem is actually half of the blame for me. If I hadn't gone to that damn party, my mother and father wouldn't have died; I should have taken responsibility for taking care of him, but I ran away and went to college, leaving him to live alone at a young age, when Ruoxuan was only 14 years old...... If I stay, then he won't ......" Yang Ruoning choked up a little, and Ah Jing on the side silently held her hand. Ah Jing's warm gesture moved her heart for a while, "Yue Feng said that Ruoxuan is very healthy here, and she has not seen Ruoxuan withdraw from it. I suspect that it may be because the time here and we pass at the same speed there, and our physiology has not changed because of the wormhole, and we are still stuck in that time and space. Suddenly realizing that Ah Jing must not understand her words, she said apologetically, "I'm sorry, you must not know what I'm talking about." I mean, in our world, Ruoxuan is actually sick, and it is difficult to heal, but after he came to this world, his illness was miraculously cured. ”

"So you came here to find Ruoxuan," Ah Jing said.

"Not exactly, I'm here for Ruoxuan. I have been here twice, the first time, because Ruoxuan returned from a serious injury, and I came to find something for him; And the second ...... Ruoxuan is dead, and I came to find the girl he loves for him. ”

"Sad story, isn't it?" Yang Ruoning smiled bitterly, "I once prayed to God so devoutly, begging him not to take away the person I love, but ...... He never answered my prayers, not once. ”

Ah Jing looked at the Buddha statue in front of him, "You can pray to this god, maybe this time he will answer you." “

"Huh, huh?" Yang Ruoning didn't think so. God is all the same, both in the West and in the East.

But Ah Jing was very serious, "What if it comes true?" You might as well give it a try. “

Seeing that he was so persistent, Yang Ruoning did not push back again. She straightened her posture again, put her words together, and said sentence by sentence to the Buddha statue, "I hope that God can make Qingye safe and Luo Yuan happy." “

"Is this what you want?" Ah Jing's mask was hidden in the dim Buddhist hall, and the candlelight was flickering, showing light and dark shadows on the mask, which made Ah Jing look a little cold and hideous, as if it was like a ...... The mask-like Tutankhamun she'd seen at the Metropolitan Museum suddenly reminded her of a crucial thing.

"Ah, by the way, what is the world like after death here for you?"

Yang Ruoning's sudden question made Ah Jing stunned, but he still replied, "The soul will wander in the human world for seven hundred and forty-nine days, and on the forty-ninth day, the black and white soul attractor will guide the soul to the other side. ”

"Why does the soul stay in the world for so long?"

"Souls linger in the world because they still have concerns."

Yang Ruoning nodded thoughtfully, "Well, they must be reluctant to leave the person they love." Every ...... Queen Mother, where will she be buried? ”

"It should be buried with the first emperor. Dowager...... It should be buried in the imperial tomb on the forty-ninth day. ”

"Why the forty-ninth day?"

"In this way, the soul will be sealed in the mausoleum and be the companion of the emperor."

Didn't you even give her freedom after death? The emperor is really a selfish and terrible person.

Yang Ruo stared at the Buddha statue and was silent. Halfway through, she said faintly, "Yuefeng is dead...... Can Luo Yuan's revenge end here? If he still doesn't understand his hatred...... I heard that you will burn the corpses of your enemies to ashes to relieve your hatred...... Ah Jing, if Luo Yuan really did this, can you put up those ashes for me......"

Yang Ruoning turned her head to look at Ah Jing. Ah Jing was silent. His long silence made Yang Ruoning a little embarrassed, and she wondered if her request was a bit too much for Ah Jing, after all, this request was too weird and surreal for the people here.

"What do you want the ashes for?"

"I want to take it back," Yang Ruoning said, "to bring Yuefeng back to California, where all the people I love are buried, including my parents and my younger brother Ruoxuan...... I want to take Yuefeng back and bury her next to them. ”

"Am I asking too much?" Yang Ruoning asked Ah Jing.

"Yes, you're asking too much." Ah Jing said, "You are always making assumptions, suppose Luo Yuan wants to be the emperor, suppose Luo Yuan wants to take revenge......

"I see the future."

"The future is what hasn't happened yet, Ms. Yang," Ms. Jing said. "So I can't agree to your request."