Chapter Eighty-Eight: Endure humiliation and hatred to find a teacher
Thinking of his uncle's tragic death that night, Chenhua's tears in the memory burst out of his eyes again, although the man has tears and does not flick, but his uncle has treated him like a father and son since he was a child, and in an instant, his uncle and mother are separated from his yin and yang, so how can he not be sad or sad.
It's just that seeing that the young disciple Zijin is still alive in the world, he, as an elder brother, has hope in his heart, and he has to be strong and shoulder the responsibility of taking care of his younger brother.
Thinking of this, Chenhua raised his arm, wiped away the sad tears with the placket of his clothes, walked to his younger brother's side, took his brother's little hand, and said softly, "Brother, let's go, my brother will take you to see the queen mother."
Escorted by Ziyan, Zimo and Xue Ning, the two brothers rushed back to the cemetery overnight without stopping.
Open the tomb mechanism, and several mermaids rush in.
At this time, in the tomb, Yu'er has been painstakingly arranged, she doesn't know where to pick a lot of plain flowers in the mountains, clustered next to the queen's body, the queen who has passed away, under Yu'er's careful dress, seems to be alive again.
Her complexion was fair, and in the dim burial chamber, she had a faint marble sheen, and her flowing hair, adorned with flowers, obscured her cheeks, making the queen look as peaceful and charming as if she were asleep.
Seeing this scene, Zijin shouted happily and rushed over, "Queen Mother, I finally found you, I miss you so much!"
Chenhua was caught off guard, did not drag Zijin's little hand, Zijin had already rushed over, threw his little body into the arms of the queen mother, he used his chubby little hand to touch the queen's cheek, but was shocked to find that the queen's face, I don't know when, became no longer warm and amiable.
"Mother, it's me, wake up, I've come to see you. Zijin still didn't know why, and shook the queen's arm with his hand. ”
Chenhua stepped forward and took Zijin's hand, "Brother, the queen mother is asleep, she is too tired, let's not disturb his rest." When he said this, because he could not suppress the sadness in his heart, his voice choked, and tears rolled in his eyes.
When everyone saw this, they were all sad.
Chenhua stood beside his mother, silently saying goodbye to his mother in tears, afraid that Zijin would hear his words and cry sadly, he silently thought in his heart, "Mother, you can go with peace of mind, I will take care of my younger brother, raise my younger brother, and catch your murderer, and avenge you." ”
After saying this, Chenhua threw himself on his knees, and gave his mother a heavy slam on the cold stone ground of the tomb, kowtowing a few times before standing up with Yu'er's support.
The young Zijin, looking at his brother's strange behavior, didn't know what to do, his brother Chenhua took him to his mother's side and whispered to him, "Brother, kneel down and kowtow to your mother!"
Zijin had no choice but to ignorantly learn from his brother's appearance just now, and solemnly kowtowed to his mother, but when he raised his head, suddenly, he saw his brother's tears hanging on his cheeks and the sad expressions of everyone, and realized that there seemed to be something wrong.
His bright eyes dimmed suddenly, and the cheerful mood that he had just seen the queen seemed to be swept away, and then an unwarranted sadness struck him like a dark cloud, and he began to cry out, straighten up, and was about to run to his mother's side again, to take his mother's hand.
Chenhua stopped him in time, "Brother, don't, don't disturb the queen mother's rest!"
At the sound of an order, Zijin had no choice but to stand beside his mother in tears, staring deeply at his mother, and sobbing quietly.
After the two brothers said goodbye to the queen's body in turn, everyone also saluted the queen's body in turn.
Yu'er saw that the big thing was over, so she said to everyone, "This place is not suitable for a long time, let's withdraw from the tomb as soon as possible, so as not to disturb the queen's mother's cultivation." The queen mother traveled far away, and it was said that it was best to be buried in the imperial mausoleum, but she was afraid that she would attract pursuers, so she could only hastily store her body here, and in the future, there was a turning point, and then find a proper burial place for the queen's bones. ”
Among this group of people, most of them are children, and they don't know anything about funeral etiquette, only Yu'er has seen the world and knows that the people in the royal family, after returning to heaven, should be buried in the imperial tomb in accordance with the royal funeral etiquette.
Under her placement, everyone said goodbye to the body of the queen mother one by one and withdrew from the tomb.
The group stood in the grass and knee-length tomb in the night, the bleak moonlight shone on this lonely cemetery, and a few unknown insects chirped one after another in the hidden corner, which made the cemetery even more barren and terrible.
A gust of wind blew, causing the barren grass to sway from side to side, the leaves on the trees also swirled and fell, and there was a strange whimpering sound in the distance, like a lonely ghost, hiding in some unknown place and crying quietly.
Zijin was young, seeing the scene in front of him, because he was afraid, he couldn't help but tremble, Xue Ning stood beside Zijin, felt Zijin's abnormal expression, and hurriedly clenched Zijin's hand with pity, and comforted him, "Zijin is not afraid, it's just a gust of wind." ”
"Where are we going now? I'm afraid there is no place for us in the huge Kyoto, the queen mother died tragically, and the bad guys are in charge, so let's find a place to stay for the time being, and think about it in the long run!" Chenhua thought of the current situation in front of him, and said to everyone in deep thought.
"Third elder brother, you're right, Kyoto can't stay any longer, it turns out that the murder case in the palace has not been solved, and the wild wolf demon who killed countless people has escaped from prison again, and may return to commit crimes at any time, plus your mother and uncle were poisoned by traitors, the murderer is in the dark, we are in the light, they can't wait to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so they can't go back. Zimo hurriedly echoed and said.
"Leaving Kyoto, we simply went to find the friend of the demon fox father, to learn the arts, first, to avoid the murderer, and second, we can take this opportunity to learn the arts, and wait until we are proficient in the arts, and then come back to avenge our relatives. "Ziyan also has this plan.
"Okay, okay, so what are we waiting for? Xue Ning urged everyone.
"It's okay to go, it's just a road map drawn for us by the fox demon father, because of the first few disasters, in the process of escaping, we accidentally lost it between the mountains and fields, and we can no longer find it. Ziyan sighed.
"How can that be good? Sister, without the map, where can we go to learn from the teacher?" Xue Ning couldn't help but regret when she heard that Sister Ziyan had lost the map.
"However, although the map is lost, I can still trace seven or eight points from memory, and I think that there is still a general route to walk. ”
"That's good, in that case, let's leave at once, and this place should not stay for long. Zimo urged.
After listening to everyone's words, Chenhua knew that he and his younger brother were going to leave Kyoto with the fox demons and go to an inaccessible place, and he couldn't help but feel nostalgic for this familiar place where he was born and raised. Standing in the night, he looked in the direction of Kyoto with his eyes stupid, and said reluctantly, "Father, mother, the child has no choice but to leave home, but don't worry, I will definitely come back with my brother again." ”
In Chenhua's heart, in the prosperous and extravagant Forbidden Palace, he has his own happy childhood, his own family affection, and his mother's relatives who ask for warmth. Although, his father has three palaces and six courtyards, six palaces and fandel, and he has not been in his mother's harem for a long time, and he does not take much care and teachings for him, but after all, he is still his father who is connected to his blood.
In this tragic death of the queen mother and uncle, what made Chenhua puzzled was that only his father could be left alone, although he was forced to hide and escape from the pursuit, but Sister Yu'er had already helped him go to the palace to inquire about the news, saying that his father was still his own emperor in the palace, but there was no old man around, and there was one more Concubine Ling who had never been in harmony with the queen mother in the past.
According to Sister Yu'er, Concubine Ling didn't know what kind of trick she used, in front of the emperor, she was charming and charming, and she lost six souls of the emperor, and she completely ignored the fact that the queen had just passed away, singing and dancing in the palace, and the wine was excessive.
When Chenhua thought of his father's meanness and ruthlessness, his heart was full of disgust and hatred for this father, the queen mother was victimized by a traitor, and died suddenly, as a husband, not only did he not have a bit of sadness, but indulged in wine, ignored the government, and did not help to arrest the murderer, which was really chilling and disappointing.
Looking back on the past, even if the father was busy with government affairs, he would be present when the queen mother was sick or when the princes were apprenticed to learn art and other important ceremonies, why was this time so affectionate and unrighteous?
As soon as he thought of this, Chenhua couldn't wait to immediately drag Zijin's younger brother's hand and personally go to the court to find his father, to ask what was going on, to find out the reason for this strange and strange thing.
He didn't believe it, he didn't believe that his father would snub his mother and them just for a concubine, and would ignore the life and death of him, his mother and his younger brother.
However, at this moment, in such a situation, how can he go to the palace to find out the truth? Sister Yu'er had solemnly admonished him many times, asking him to restrain his sadness and anger well, and not to act rashly and startling, she said, many things in the palace look very strange and incomprehensible, and even if she comes and goes without a trace, she does not dare to act rashly.
Because Sister Yu'er is worried that she will enter the palace to check the traces, in case there are three long and two short, there will be no one to take care of the third elder brother and them.
For Chenhua's safety, for the sake of what she was thinking in her heart, she must not take such a risk, so she had to press this matter for the time being and make plans for the next day.
As a spirit fox, with her thousand-year-old spiritual power, she has already sensed a trace of ominous atmosphere, just as the so-called mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, the kind of haze and anger that permeates the palace, so that Yu'er also feels a little afraid, and does not dare to act rashly.
The group had already decided on a plan, and began to follow the route of the purple smoke girl's remaining memories and go to the distance.
Ziyan and Xue Ning had heard the demon fox father talk about the past of apprenticeship and love between them and their senior brother.
Demon Fox's father's friend,In fact, it's his senior brother.,That person is a fairy fox who doesn't like to be lively.,Only love to live quietly and alone.,He lives on a lonely island isolated from the world.,Surrounded by sea water.。
It's just that the road to that small island is extremely difficult and long, and from Kyoto, you need to climb several uninhabited mountains to reach the sea, and then you want to take a small boat and drive against the wind in the sea for three days and three nights, so that you can only have a chance to reach it if you don't lose your course.
Along the way, the journey is extremely difficult and dangerous, if it is not for the great motivation for revenge, no one should try to persuade the demon fox father to lose his comfortable life, drag the family with him, and take the child to the fox friend.
Many years ago, the demon fox father and this fairy fox, once apprenticed together under a Taoist immortal long door, but the demon fox father and daughter love, on the way to go out, by chance, met the demon fox mother, at first glance saw the demon fox mother's father, as if seeing the fairy of the nine heavens, all of a sudden was fascinated, since then, it is difficult for him to put his mind on the pure heart and few desires of the master to practice the immortal arts, in order to tie the heart of the demon fox mother, the demon fox father, is to sneak out of the master at every turn, come out to find the demon fox mother, accompany her to the mountain hunting, or together to see the moon on the east mountain, or go to the town together to visit the human street market.
The demon fox father did not want to make progress, and was only obsessed with the actions of women, which angered the fairy master, and it didn't take long for him to expel the demon fox father from the division in a fit of anger, leaving only the senior brother who was hundreds of years older than the demon fox father to teach the skills.
The senior brother is a good word, his appearance is honest and simple, his personality is gentle and amiable, on weekdays, he does his duty as a brother, and he will protect the demon fox father in case of trouble, but just the matter of apprenticeship, as a senior brother, no matter how much he persuades the master, he can't take back the master's determination to expel the junior brother from the master.
In desperation, he had no choice but to secretly say to the demon fox father, since you have made up your mind, the master will no longer keep you, you can marry the demon fox girl you like, live a good family, give birth to a few well-behaved and lovely children, and taste the family happiness of ordinary people's children and grandchildren. In the future, your children, if anyone is willing to practice immortal arts and study the Dao, just let them go to me.
I will teach all the master's inheritance to your children as they are, so that we can count the kindness and fate of our brothers and sisters.
When the demon fox father got this from his senior brother back then, he was very grateful and didn't take it too seriously. According to what his senior brother said, he started a family with the demon fox mother, and raised a few cute and cute little demon foxes, living a fairy-like happy life all day long, thinking back to the past, for the demon fox mother, skipping class was punished by the master and finally expelled from the school, he not only felt sad and painful, but felt very lucky.
It's just a chance to make people, but I don't think that when the children grow up day by day, they will soon usher in a big day, but there is a big tragedy, which separates his wife and makes him miserable.
In order to take revenge, he thought of his master and his brother, but it is a pity that the master is old and has long since escaped to the immortal mountain, and no longer has passed the world's ordinary things. And in order to inherit the master's great cause, the senior brother has also gone to the immortal island inherited by the master.