Life and Death Volume 1: Phoenix Life 45
At the beginning of April, the peach blossoms bloom.
On the plank road that winds along the mountain wall, the morning mist is misty. Looking down, the pink apricot blossoms are hidden in the clouds, like a rising morning haze.
At the corner of the plank road, an imposing carriage slowly drove out, followed by a team of guards, black armor spears, and half a brass token hanging from their waists.
This is the direct pro-guard of the Dingguo Mansion.
The car is warm and fragrant, and there is a plate of pastries on the table, with a layer of golden puff pastry, which looks quite delicious.
A slender white hand reached out, flexed his thumb and forefinger slightly, and gently picked up a piece of pastry.
"Sister, when are we here?"
Lin Luoxiao had a pastry in her mouth, and her speech was slurred.
"Come on, you kid, don't disturb your sister's rest. ”
Mrs. Lin looked at her helplessly, and then cautiously asked Lin Luosheng, who was leaning against the wall of the car and closing her eyes, "Sheng'er, are you tired?"
Lin Luosheng slowly opened his eyes and saw his sister picking up a piece of pastry and gobbling it up, while Mrs. Lin was cautious.
She shook her head and closed her eyes again.
Since she exchanged lives with Xiao'er a month ago, Mrs. Lin has always been extra careful with her, and she swore to her that even if she changed her life, they would never covet her position as the crown princess.
Phoenix life, heh, in the world, women are the most noble life.
She will marry Gu Jingshen, become his crown princess, and finally become his queen.
That's how it should be.
This trip they are going to Jialan Temple to pray for blessings, the carriage has been traveling for almost three hours, the road is bumpy, the boat is tired.
Jialan Temple is located in the outer city of Jinling and the mountain, the phase and the mountain are high and steep, and there is only one plank road on the way up the mountain. And Jialan Temple is in the col on the mountain, hidden in a piece of ancient trees and green pines.
So that the phase and the mountain for many years in the morning and dusk drums, Sanskrit sound curling.
The road to Jialan Temple is really long and steep. It stands to reason that an ancient temple in the deep mountains and old forests with no roads should have been deserted. But Jialan Temple is perennial incense flourishing, visitors are weaving, and even more every June, the royal family of Rongguo will all go out to pray for blessings, which will drive the visitors to go more, of course, it will also be related to the Xinghua Township, which was originally just a small village under the mountain, into Xinghua County.
It's also a miracle.
This time, they went to Jialan Temple for the wedding in mid-April.
The bride and groom are not allowed to see each other a month before the wedding. Therefore, of course, Lin Luosheng was the only one who went to Jialan Temple to pray for blessings, and Gu Jingshen was still practicing his imperial mind technique in the palace at this time.
The carriage staggered and snaked cautiously along the mountain wall, for fear that if you were not careful, you would fall into the abyss.
Lin Luosheng picked up the curtain of the car window, and the rock wall plank road was very wide, enough for five horses to walk on their heads.
They only have a horse-drawn cart, which is a fine white hoof, fat and strong, originally a war horse raised by the royal family of Rongguo, and I don't know what the emperor thinks, so he has to use it to pull the cart for them. Is...... Use a steam engine to crack nuts.
But it's no wonder that since the unification of the world, there has been no war for decades, and the war horse has become a symbol.
Most of the war horses raised by the royal family are for the princes and princesses to compete and play.
After half an hour, I finally arrived at Jialan Temple.
After getting out of the carriage, Master Mingtong, the abbot of Jialan Temple, came to greet them.
I heard Mrs. Lin say that when Lin Luosheng was a child, Abbot Mingtong had come to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the first time he saw her, he said that she was a person with great opportunities, and if she became a monk and practiced, she would be able to achieve positive results. The small ones become a generation of masters, and the big ones jump out of the six realms and get rid of the suffering of reincarnation.
Although she said so, she is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion and a monk or something...... Don't even think about it, and besides, she doesn't want to.
Lin Xiang didn't want to.
This happened when she was two or three years old.
After Master Mingtong left the Prime Minister's Mansion, in the past ten years, Lin Xiang would take her and Xiao'er to Jialan Temple every year to live for a period of time, saying that they were involved in Buddhism.
But she thinks that there are so many people who come to touch the Buddha every year, and there are many people who are suffering. If you want to stand out from the crowd and get the Buddha to notice them, I'm afraid it's a little difficult.
Besides, if there is no Buddha nature, how can such an ethereal thing as Buddha fate be so easy to get touched.
This time, only her, Xiao'er and Mrs. Lin came, and her father has not come back since he went out of Beijing to supervise last month.
Mingtong saluted them with a Buddha horn, and then took them to the wing.
Along the way, Mingtong watched her and Xiao'er several times, and finally stopped talking.
She thought, this Mingtong master's mana is profound, and she is afraid that she and Xiao'er's life have changed.
The stars were shining at night, and she left the room alone. The dew was heavy at night, and the skirt was already a little wet.
The evening breeze is blowing, under the wishing tree, the red sticks collide with each other, and the sound of bumps and bumps is somewhat refreshing.
She stood under the tree, her light purple shirt fluttering slightly, as if she was responding to the red silk on the book, silently becoming a painting, swaying lightly.
I am afraid that the marriage sign on this tree accounts for most of it.
Lin Luosheng suddenly thought that she had been to Jialan Temple so many times, but she had never asked for marriage.
Her marriage with Gu Jingshen is missing a red line in the middle.
Should she be asking for a marriage?
turned around, but saw that under the ancient temple with the cornices hooked corners, the red lights were gentle, and a purple-robed young man was eating and laughing, looking at her with starlight flashing in her eyes.
She walked towards the boy, and the boy walked towards her.
"Why are you here?"
Under the wishing tree was her soft question, gradually drifting away in the evening breeze.
Gu Jingshen blushed and whispered, "I...... I want to come and see you. ”
She was stunned.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, the two can't meet in a bright and open manner, after all, there are less than ten days, which is their wedding day, and they always have to avoid it.
But in fact, even if the two meet, it is not a big deal. Not seeing each other for a month before marriage is just a tradition.
This month, Gu Jingshen is afraid that he will be overwhelmed by the queen's mother, and the queen has always paid attention to tradition.
Lin Luosheng smiled, and then asked again and again: "You sneaked out, does the emperor know, and His Royal Highness the Third Prince is afraid that he is also here, right?"
"No, my father knew that I came out, and Jing Shen also came. The answer is not very confident.
"Huh?" Lin Luosheng asked suspiciously, "The queen also knows that you came out?"
"Uh...... This ......"
The young man in front of him looked at her stupidly and smiled stupidly.
Lin Luosheng also smiled, and then stopped talking.
She looked up at the starry sky, the stars shining brightly, splitting the sky in two.
The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are each at one end of the galaxy.
Gu Jingshen also looked at the night sky, the corners of his mouth curled, and he seemed to be in a good mood.
"Ah Sheng. ”
"Hmm. ”
He took her hand, the tips of her ears dripping blood.
"We'll be together forever. ”
It was hard to imagine how much courage it took him to say this sentence, and Lin Luosheng was a little stunned. After a long time, she nodded: "Well, we will be together forever." ”
She suddenly felt a little nostalgic and didn't want to wake up.
Gu Jingshen, we will be together forever, you have to remember what you said.
When the wind rises, the red sticks on the wishing tree collide, and the sound of bumps is played into a movement, like an ancient ballad.
Lin Luosheng buried his face in his hand once, and water stains leached between his fingers.
Gu Jingshen didn't know why, but he panicked: "Ah Sheng...... What's wrong with you?"
She didn't raise her head for a long time, nor did she speak, but when she raised her face, she looked serious: "Gu Jingshen, I'm lost, it may take a long time to find my way back, can you wait for me?"
The young man in front of him looked confused: "Ah Sheng, what are you talking about?"
She shook her head: "Gu Jingshen, are you waiting for me?"
The young man also shook his head: "Ah Sheng, tell me first, what's wrong with you." "The expression is also very serious, rare serious.
Her heart was slightly astringent, her eyes were covered with mist again, and her voice was slightly choked: "Gu Jingshen, are you waiting for me?"
"Ah Sheng......" The young man panicked: "I'll wait for you, Ah Sheng, I'll wait for you as long as I want." ”
Lin Luosheng finally smiled.
A few days later, the task of praying for blessings was completed, and Lin Luosheng and the others also returned home.
On the first day, Gu Jingshen had already left.
The mountain road is rugged, the plank road is steep, and an old pine tree is oblique on the cliff, which is like the twilight of the old man.
Under the tree, the sound of killing shook the sky.
Lin Luosheng thought, this day has finally come.
The assassin rushed towards her and Lin Luoxiao, and behind them was a cliff.
Sometimes I really have to scold my mother, what kind of ancient temple and Taoist temple is this, why does it have to be built in the cliffs and mountains or deep mountains and old forests? Is this the only way to show the posture of a hermit?
When she fell off the cliff again, there was no more fear for the first time, more of a joke.
Just a moment ago, she pulled Xiao'er back from the cliff, as before.
The shock in Xiao'er's eyes was real and unmistakable.
"Sheng'er!"
This is Mrs. Lin's voice.
Lin Luosheng closed his eyes and didn't want to think about it anymore.
The cliff was so windy that there was a roar in my ears.
Rapidly falling, a flash of fire rose from the bottom to the sky. In the firelight, there was a sudden cry of a red bird, sad and sad, and the listener was moved.
"What's that?!"
"Ahh
"Run—"
There were terrible and frightened cries from the enclosed space below the cliff, but the fire did not spread, and they couldn't help but gradually stop running, and their eyes stared into the distant firelight.
The girl in the firelight was dressed in purple, with a scarlet mark on her forehead, and she was a little more glamorous in her gentleness and beauty. She stared coldly at the sky, and behind her was a huge Suzaku phantom. Between the wings, the sound was like cold jade, echoing in this small space: "It's up to you?"
The sound of cold jade falling, like a snowstorm in the sky, instantly frozen for thousands of miles, cold to the bones.
But now, it's obviously a Vermilion Bird Divine Fire.
The divine fire suddenly began to spread in the air, burning all over every corner, and there was a tendency to spread all the time, only to see the two creatures in the sky trembling, and they were terrified.
"No—"
There was a terrible scream in the sky, echoing in the distance, and it did not disperse for a long time.
The girl in the firelight fell like a purple butterfly with folded wings.
The catastrophe suddenly disappeared without a trace, as if it had never existed.
"Hey, go check it out. ”
"Why don't you go? ”
"Don't make any noise, let Lao Yang Tou go, it's his house, and he brought it back. ”
"But Lao Yang's family just went up the mountain to collect medicine, where can they find it?"
"What then?"
"How do I know? Go, or you go!"