Chapter Twenty-Five: The Daughter's Heart
Wang Yuanheng only said that she was playing the eldest lady's temper and would come back in a while, and he didn't chase after her. But after waiting for a while, I didn't see a turnaround, and I couldn't help but panic.
Hurriedly rushed out of the hotel, but saw the bright moon in the sky, and the galaxy was lingering; where was the shadow of Li Hongsleeve? Moreover, after Li Hongsleeve rushed out of the hotel, he only felt dizzy, and in a trance, he stumbled all the way to a lake.
This place is called 'Jingniang Lake'. According to legend, this was originally the place where an infatuated woman named 'Zhao Jingniang' was martyred, and later generations felt her loyalty to love, and at the same time, in order to commemorate the martyred woman, this lake was renamed 'Jingniang Lake'.
At this moment, Li Hongsleeve, who was in a state of confusion, stood on Jingniang Lake in a daze, looking at the rippling water, thinking of his father's reprimand, and then thinking of Wang Yuanheng's ruthlessness.
For a while, I suddenly felt discouraged and disheartened. Subconsciously, as soon as his eyes were closed, he jumped headlong into the lake.
After entering the water, Li Hongsleeve only felt that he had been sinking, sinking...... In a trance, I felt as if I was being dragged to the side.
Suddenly, my mind was bored, and I fainted...... I don't know how long it took, when Li Hongsleeve opened his eyes again, he found that he was lying in a stone room.
The furnishings in the interior are very simple, except for the bed where I am lying, there is only one case or a few. Because he didn't know where he was, Li Hongsleeve immediately shouted, 'Someone, someone, someone!'
But he shouted several times, but no one answered. There were several wild fruits on the stand table, and Li Hongsleeve, who was already hungry at this moment, got up and got out of bed.
After a gust of wind swept away the clouds, the wild fruits on the table were eaten by her. I tried to shout a few more times, but no one answered.
I was impatient for a while, so I went outside to look for people. When I came out, I found that I was in a valley, and the stone chamber I was in was just a slightly artificially decorated cave; and when I looked around, I saw that the valley was full of all kinds of fruit trees, and the ground was green and grassy, and there were some unknown small flowers in between.
In the middle of the valley, there is a babbling stream running through the valley;
Li Hongsleeve secretly praised. I carefully inspected the valley again, but I still couldn't find any traces of others.
A huge sense of loss followed by a sense of fear made Li Hongsleeve immediately start yelling.
But after shouting for a long time, except for his own echo, there was still no answer. There are a lot of fruit trees in the valley, and there should be no problem with food, but you have to go out anyway!
Li Hongsleeve secretly pondered. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind, and she remembered what Master had said: In the mountains, wherever there is a water source, wild beasts will be attracted to come to seek water, and since wild beasts can come, they will definitely be able to go out as long as they follow the direction of the water.
With his mind made up, he walked in the direction of the stream. After rounding a few small hills, I came to another valley.
Looking at the direction of the stream, it finally flowed into a pool in the valley, and a woman seemed to be bathing in the pool.
Because he didn't want to alarm the woman in the pool, Li Hongsleeve hid behind a mountain rock and watched secretly. I saw that the woman's skin was as white as snow, and she was scooping up water and dripping it on her body one by one, and her movements were stretched and beautiful.
Li Hongsleeve said in his heart. But the woman always had her back to her, and she couldn't find out for a while. After a long while, Li Hongsleeve, who was already a little uncontrollable, was about to go out, when a move by the woman in the pool immediately asked her to retreat.
I saw that the woman seemed to have taken something from her face and put it next to Tan. Looking at it, Li Hongsleeve's heart suddenly shook.
It turned out that what the woman put down was actually a 'skull mask'! This mask Li Hongsleeve recognized at a glance, and it was exactly the same as the face of the 'ghost ghost'.
Just as she was thinking about it, the woman in the pool had already gotten up and put away her mask, and beckoned to her, "Come out, come, come to me" in a soft and loving voice, which made Li Hongsleeve immediately dispel her guard and walk over as she said.
When he came to a rock in front of him, he sat down and looked at the woman again. I saw her: her face was like the morning glow, and her eyebrows were like distant mountains.
The skin is better than the snow, the country is overwhelmed, and the face is only about 30 years old. After settling down, Li Hongsleeve remembered the 'skull mask' she had just now, and said sharply, "Are you a 'ghost ghost'?"
The woman nodded, shook her head, and then asked, 'Are you awake and eating?'
The concern is palpable. Although he knew that this woman must have a lot to do with the 'Netherworld Ghost', it was strange to say that Li Hongsleeve had never been afraid of the 'Netherworld Ghost' who everyone in the martial arts was afraid of, but every time he saw him, he would have a sense of intimacy.
At that moment, he stepped forward and gave a salute, "Back to the seniors, I have eaten" The woman nodded, "Okay, good, good boy, well" Immediately, she changed her tone and said, "You must now want to know how you got here, and who am I?" Li Hongsleeve was full of curiosity about this woman, and quickly nodded, "I hope that the seniors will tell you" The woman bowed slightly, "It's just that this matter is a long story, and I am afraid that I can't finish it for two days and two nights;
Li Hongsleeve was even more curious, and couldn't help nodding. When he was young, after the woman had cleaned up, Li Hongsleeve followed her to a cave here.
After sitting down, the woman slowly and methodically took the food first and shared it with Li Hongsleeve to eat. Seeing Li Hongsleeve urging vigorously, he said, "Don't be anxious, girl, I'll tell you a story first" Li Hongsleeve quickly stopped urging and squatted down in front of the woman, looking at her with his hands on his cheeks.
When she was young, the woman began to speak slowly: In the Later Tang Dynasty, there was a family surnamed Zhao in the suburbs of Puzhou.
The head of the family is also known as Zhao Da because of his eldest rank, and Zhao Da has no children under his knees, and only one daughter is called 'Jing Niang'.
This Jingniang has been smart and clever since she was a child, and she is extremely filial to her father. "Why did you go to Houtang again?" Although Li Hongsleeve was puzzled, she still listened to her patiently because of her curiosity.
The woman paused, and then continued: 'This Jingniang has been growing up to sixteen or seventeen years old, and her family has always been harmonious and beautiful.
But suddenly, one day, she saw her father sighing all day long, looking preoccupied. When asked why, my father said, 'It's just because my Zhao family is not prosperous, and my father has no children when he is thirty years old.
Later, I heard that a Bodhisattva in Quyang's 'Puji Temple' was extremely effective, so the Yang people went to make a wish for me: but I asked the Bodhisattva to give me a son and a half daughter, and he should go to burn incense and repay the vow in person one day.
The next year, I had a daughter. I wanted to go to repay my vow, but that Quyang is thousands of miles away from our Yongji, and the world is not peaceful, so the matter has been dragged down.
But now that you are an adult, if you don't go again, you will only attract the Bodhisattva to complain, and then you will be sad for days.
After listening to her father, Jing Niang took into account her father's advanced age, and the world was not very peaceful, bandits were rampant; thinking of the long distance, Zhao Jingniang, who was afraid of accidents, immediately decided: accompany her father to the 'Puji Temple' to repay her vows.
First, it can be brave for his father, and second, it is good to have a care.