Chapter 20: The Beginning of Memories
In the dream is spring, the spring of the south.
Feng Yin ran happily with a huge colorful phoenix paper kite in the wide and gorgeous palace courtyard, and the breeze gusted, blowing the corners of the wind and the goose's yellow skirt. The sound of the wind and carefree laughter accompanied by the golden bells by the eaves of the palace echoed within the tall and boxy palace walls.
The two elderly palace maids hurriedly trotted with Feng Yin, stretched out their hands to protect Feng Yin's left and right sides, their faces were full of anxiety, and their mouths called softly: "Little princess, you must slow down, you must slow down...... If you fall, the slaves and maidservants will not be able to bear it. ”
Feng Yin didn't care about any of this, and continued to run back and forth in the courtyard on his own.
Suddenly, the shrill voice of the inner eunuch sounded at the gate of the courtyard: "Your Majesty has arrived at the ——!" After a sound, the wind stopped moving, and dozens of people from all the maids and maids in the courtyard knelt and kowtowed, and the sound of chanting resounded inside and outside the palace wall.
"See Your Majesty!"
For a moment, only Yu Fengyin stood alone in the center of a creeping figure, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter. As soon as she loosened the rope tied to the paper kite, she smiled and stretched out her arms and ran to the bright yellow figure who had just entered the hospital, and shouted with a smile: "Daddy, daddy, why did you come, I miss you." ”
The figure smiled and bent down to meet a few steps forward, picked up Feng Yin and put it in the crook of his arm, and his deep voice was full of gentleness: "Daddy is going to be busy with political affairs, it's not like I'm coming to see you just after I am busy." ”
The sun behind him shone so that Feng Yin couldn't open his eyes, Feng Yin only saw the corners of his curved mouth full of smiles, put his arms around his neck and buried his face in his shoulders to avoid the dazzling sunlight, and complained in his mouth: "You said that you came to the palace to celebrate my birthday, so you have to accompany me every day." ”
He patted Feng Yin's back a little helplessly and coaxed softly: "Okay, good, Daddy accompanies you every day and doesn't do anything." Tell me what you want, and Daddy will find them all for you. ”
The corners of Feng Yin's mouth twitched, and he tilted his little head on his shoulder and lost his temper: "My phoenix flew away, I want you to chase it back." ”
He raised his eyes to look at the paper kite flying farther and farther in the sky, shook his head helplessly, and walked to the house with the wind in his arms, coaxing as he went: "That phoenix is not beautiful, Daddy asked someone to catch a colorful bird for you, and I will send it in tomorrow to raise it in your palace, and let it open the screen for you every day......"
Feng Yin fell asleep in the hall in his patient coaxing, and when he was half-asleep and half-awake, he heard his low, cold voice coming from outside the tent: "The princess has not eaten much for lunch, so you can prepare some of the princess's favorite food and put it on the table, in case she wakes up hungry." ”
The palace maids replied in unison, and a string of footsteps gently disappeared outside the hall.
Feng Yin wanted to tell him not to go, but he was too sleepy, and he tried hard but didn't open his eyes.
I don't know when the dream changes.
Feng Yin returned from the dream in a panic and scream, all the maidservants in the palace were gone, and the screams outside the palace were repeated, and the sound of footsteps, horses' hooves, and swords clashing was continuous, and the chaos was abnormal.
Feng Yin was still in a daze, I don't know what happened, when I ran to the courtyard barefoot, I saw many men fighting with the guards in their palace with bright swords, and the palace maids screamed and fled.
Suddenly, a roar came, and one of the guards' neck was cut off, and the blood splattered all around, staining the green bamboo forest that was Feng Yin's favorite, and his head rolled to the ground, and when Gollum turned, Feng Yin only saw his boss's eyes open.
The wind was frightened, and she burst into tears.
When a guard heard the sound, he hurriedly ran to her side, picked her up and ran, but was thrust into the back by a sharp sword flying from behind him. He spurted out a mouthful of blood, gritted his teeth with a hideous face and did not fall, and ran to the backyard with his fierce strength to hold Feng Yin, roared and flew out of the courtyard wall, fell to the ground and threw Feng Yin out of his arms, and used his last strength to instruct: "Run, find a place to hide, quick, ...... quickly"
Feng Yin was already frightened, his face was full of tears, and he reached out to push him in a panic, wanting to ask him to run together, but when he touched his hand, he pushed him and staggered to the ground, only to hear his frantic voice explode in his ears: "Run——!"
Feng Yin was frightened, turned around and got up and ran, and when he looked back at him, he saw that he had fallen to the ground, motionless.
In the dream, Feng Yin ran for a long time, and there was a tragic fight all the way.
Finally, he finally ran to a remote and dilapidated garden in the middle of the palace, and there was no sound around.
Wind Whisper crawled into the middle of a half-man-tall bush, crouched in it, folded his hands and cried for a long, long time. It wasn't until the daylight faded that she crawled out of the bushes and went to find her father barefoot. However, the palace, which used to be full of palace people, is now quiet and terrible, and the ground is full of the broken corpses of the guards and inner prisons, and it seems that there is no living person left here.
The sun gradually moved westward, and the little face full of tears in the wind gradually turned pale, and fear spread inch by inch in his heart, and he howled and cried as he walked, shouting loudly: "Daddy...... , Daddy, Daddy, where are you, come out quickly, I'm afraid, you come out quickly......"
But in the dream, Daddy never came out again.
The dream ended here, Feng Yin woke up from the dream, but he couldn't withdraw from the pain of the dream for a long time, the dream was so real, it was as real as if it had really happened.
Green bricks and red tiles, green trees and high walls. I have never seen these things in my memory, why are they so clear?
I used to dream all the time, but none of them were as difficult to get out of as this. A bold idea popped up in Feng Yin's mind, perhaps, this was his life four years ago, that person, his real father.
Feng Yin closed his eyes, letting tears run down his face, desperately trying to remember something, but to no avail. Resisting the urge to pick up her mother-in-law and ask for clarification, she sat there until dawn on a cold winter night.
On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, the general and the second master returned home.
Wu Jifeng decided to personally deliver the gift to Feng Yin this time.
When he came to the small courtyard with a string of Buddhist beads, Feng Yin was reading the "Diamond Sutra" on the bamboo couch under the corridor, the thin quilt was wrinkled on his legs, and his eyebrows were subconsciously frowned, and he looked like his heart was not pure.
Wu Jifeng took a few steps to the couch, pulled Feng Yin's left hand holding the scriptures, wrapped the Buddhist beads around a few times, and put them on her thin white wrist.
After a few careful looks, I felt that it was very appropriate, and I couldn't help but smile with satisfaction: "I didn't expect such a coincidence, just in time for you to read the Buddhist scriptures." ”
Feng Yin's face did not have the happy and satisfied expression when he received the gift in the past, although he raised the corners of his mouth when he cheered up, his face was still a little dying, and there was no look in his eyes.
Raise your wrist to your eyes, turn around and take a closer look, the Buddha beads are round, the wood color is deep, and it is a good material at a glance. When the beads swayed, a few wisps of warm fragrance loomed, and the wind closed his eyes when he smelled it, and when he opened his eyes again, his mind was soothed a lot.
"Uncle, what kind of wood is this, why does it smell so good?"
Wu Jifeng looked at her stretched forehead, and the corners of his mouth raised, and said, "The rosewood that has been split by the thunder is the most suitable for making Buddha beads." ”
Feng Yin's curiosity suddenly rose, and he was a little puzzled: "Wouldn't it be unlucky to be struck by lightning?"
Wu Jifeng straightened out the wrinkled thin quilt on her legs, and said lightly: "We have a saying here, the wood that has been split by lightning can prevent disasters for people." If a tree is struck by thunder, it can be sought-after, and most people will leave some wood carved into beads for their children and grandchildren, and the child will wear one on his body when he is born to keep him safe. ”
Others wear one, they wear a string, and it is also a precious rosewood, but I am afraid that I can't find a few strings in the whole Zhou, which shows how precious this bead string is.
Feng Yin looked at the uncle's loving face, and if he wanted to ask, he never asked, so he had to lower his head and suppress the emotions in his heart.
After a while, he raised his head and asked in a muffled voice, "Why didn't I have it when I was a child?"
Wu Jifeng was stunned for a moment, his always gentle face was attached to a layer of embarrassment, and he looked at Feng Yin's eyes for a long time before he spoke, "When you were a child, you lived in the imperial city with your mother, and you didn't move here until you were eight years old, we haven't met before, have you forgotten?"
Feng Yin nodded, "I haven't forgotten." ”
I haven't forgotten, how can I forget, it's because I remember that there are so many doubts.
"The Imperial City doesn't pay attention to these things," Wu Jifeng struggled to maintain a gentle smile, "You were already old when you came, and I didn't care." ”
Feng Yin nodded, and put on a smile again.
Wu Jifeng looked at her smiling face carefully and sighed. stroked her soft hair, and her face was solemn: "Feng Yin, Uncle hopes that you are safe, and I hope you are happy." Do you understand?"
Feng Yin didn't want him to worry, so she tried to make herself look happy with a smile, and whispered, "Well, I know. ”
Wu Jifeng smiled, with a very sincere love in his smile, as if the trust between the two had never changed.
Wu Jifeng summoned Li Ji to the study, took a cup of tea and asked leisurely, "How is Feng Yin doing, is there anything abnormal?"
Li Ji glanced up at his master, trying to figure out his thoughts, but the fragrance of tea curled up, and the steaming heat blocked the master's face, and he didn't see anything, so he could only stammer and answer truthfully: "This is ...... That, the young lady is still the same as before, basically staying in the yard, except, except for ......"
Wu Jifeng raised his head, stared straight at Li Ji, and said, "Except for what?"
Li Ji didn't dare to hide it, and said ruthlessly: "In addition to going often...... The old lady's yard saw and heard Young Master Shuo. ”
Wu Jifeng lowered his head again, took a sip of tea, and said, "Nothing else?"
"No more. ”
Li Ji originally thought that the master would be angry because the young lady and the young master trespassed on the old lady's yard, but now it seems that there is nothing at all, which is really strange. But I was also relieved, after all, there was one less turmoil.
"Let's go down. ”
Li Ji didn't leave immediately, he hesitated, but he still hesitated and said: "Then, master, you are all back, and we are still ...... Do you continue to look at Miss?"
Wu Jifeng remembered the eyes of Feng Yin today, panicked for no reason, closed his eyes, and said, "Go on, if there is anything abnormal, come and tell me immediately!"
Li Ji was stunned for a moment, bowed down and said, "Yes!"