Chapter 21: Parting in tears

After Li Zhen left, the four of them sat together again and discussed how to rush to Shaolin Temple overnight.

Huifeng saw that Cheng Yingying's spirit was a little weak, she kept coughing, and she was very pitiful in her heart, knowing that she had just refuted Li Zhen, her words were excited, her liver was angry, and the clothes on her body were relatively thin, thinking that she had a cold, so she quickly took off a long shirt and draped it on Cheng Yingying's body. Hui Feng turned to Xu Zhi again and said, "Brother Xu, I see that Yingying is a little unwell, let's delay in this white pavilion for a few more days, wait for her to get a little better, and then hurry, okay?"

Xu Zhi listened to Huifeng's words, nodded his head and said to Zhou Yuanzhi with a guilty face: "Yingying is unwell, and you have to work hard to take care of her!"

Hui Feng smiled: "Brother Xu, you can't be too bitter Miss Zhou, everyone is from the rivers and lakes, where did you get so many scruples, I think everyone should take turns to take care of Yingying!"

Seeing that Xu Zhi was a little hesitant, Hui Feng hurriedly said: "If you can't let go of the idea of male and female defense, then I can take care of her alone!"

Zhou Yuanzhi saw that Hui Feng cared about Cheng Yingying very much, and secretly rejoiced in her heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Hui, then the responsibility of taking care of Yingying's sister in the past few days will be handed over to you!", after speaking, she smiled proudly at Cheng Yingying, only to see Cheng Yingying blushing and bowing her head silently.

Huifeng has been getting along with Cheng Yingying day and night in the past few days, knowing that although she is from a humble background and is a singing singer, she has a strong temperament, a kind heart, and jealousy and hatred, which is different from ordinary women, and she has both admiration and love for her in her heart. He was also a little embarrassed when he saw Zhou Yuanzhi talking like this, glanced at the timid Cheng Yingying, and said with some hesitation: "Yingying's injury is just right, and she suffers from the wind and cold, she should really recuperate her body here, but I'm afraid that I will be clumsy and can't serve her well." ”

Cheng Yingying saw that Hui Feng cared so much about herself, and promised to take care of herself, her heart was shy and grateful, and she said in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Brother Hui, how can I let you take care of me, you are my life-saving benefactor!

Hui Feng hurriedly interrupted: "Yingying, the matter of Yanyulou is what the eldest brother should do, don't mention the word 'thanks' again, otherwise the eldest brother will be angry!"

When Cheng Yingying saw Hui Feng talking like this, she stopped talking, but was moved to tears.

Xu Zhi saw that Hui Feng and Cheng Yingying were so polite, and was about to speak, but saw Zhou Yuanzhi next to him winking at him, shaking his hand, and signaling him not to speak, so as not to interrupt Hui and Cheng to complain to each other.

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi went out to pick up food, leaving Huifeng alone to take care of the sick Cheng Yingying. Huifeng has never taken care of the girl's family, and she is at a loss for a while, she will be busy boiling water and cooking, and she will keep running to Cheng Yingying's side, asking her if she is thirsty, hungry, is she better?

But Cheng Yingying's high fever did not go away, and her eyes gradually blurred, and she talked nonsense. I saw her say vaguely: "Save grandpa, what's wrong with you, grandpa, don't leave Yingying!"

Hui Feng listened to it on the side, and thought: Cheng Yingying's parents died early, and there is only one relative in the world, and now that her grandfather has died tragically, she is left alone, and no one takes care of her when she is sick, and no one is distressed.

Cheng Yingying shouted after a while: "Brother Hui, you run, don't save us, you have to live well, you want to kill Brother Zhu Wen to avenge us!"

Hui Feng took Cheng Yingying's hand and agreed with tears: "Yingying, you have to get better quickly, don't worry, Brother Hui promised you that he would definitely kill Zhu Wen to avenge his grandfather!"

Hui Feng saw that Cheng Yingying was getting weaker and weaker, and gradually fell into a coma, crying helplessly, and shouted: "Yingying, you can't die, you can't leave your big brother Hui!"

Hui Feng waited left and right, anxious, and did not see Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi come back, there was not even a person around him to discuss, he suddenly wanted to go back to Caizhou alone, find a Lang Zhong who can see a doctor, grab a few dresses of cold and divergent medicine, maybe he can cure Cheng Yingying's illness, but he is afraid that he is not by Yingying's side, and she will be left unconscious alone.

Huifeng thought about it and decided to take the unconscious Cheng Yingying on his back and return to Caizhou to treat her, he couldn't take care of the danger of the road in his hectic, and he didn't think of leaving a message for Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi to inform her whereabouts. He has only one belief in his heart, which is to rush back to Caizhou to save Cheng Yingying's life.

Besides, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi returned to the post station, and saw that Huifeng and Cheng Yingying were not in the house, the two of them were very strange, they called several times, and no one answered in front of the house and behind the house, and there was still a fire in the house, cooking, and the two saw that Cheng Yingying's bedding on the bed was still hot, and the two thought that it must be Huifeng who saw that Yingying's body was getting better, and took her out for a walk.

Therefore, Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi did not take the two of them to heart, and when Xu Zhi came back, he saw that there was a shortage of water in the house, so he went to a nearby pond to pick up two buckets of water and came back. Zhou Yuanzhi took out the embroidered handkerchief distressedly and quickly wiped the sweat for Xu Zhi, and let him rest on the side, while he put on an apron, took a scoop of water, washed wild vegetables and wild fruits, chopped them with a knife, and prepared lunch seriously.

Xu Zhi looked at Zhou Yuanzhi's outfit behind her back, like a little daughter-in-law living in a farmer's house, and thought: Yuanzhi was born rich and noble, originally a golden branch and jade leaf, but she gave up her parents and wealth, and followed herself to live this kind of upheaval life, but she couldn't give her a trace of safety and happiness.

Xu Zhi thought about it and said: What's wrong with me today, why am I always restless, how do I always think about the bad, if I can live such an idyllic life with Yuan Zhi for the rest of my life, how good it would be!

Xu Zhi thought about it, couldn't help it, and said softly: "Yuan Zhi, you've been busy all morning, it's time to rest for a while, wait for Huifeng and them to come back, let's cook again, don't tire your body!"

After Xu Zhi finished speaking, he stood up, took Zhou Yuanzhi's hand, and hugged her tightly in his arms. Zhou Yuanzhi has been following Xu Zhi for so long, and it is the first time she has seen him so gentle with herself, so she was embarrassed, and said with a red face: "Brother Xu, what's wrong with you today, don't be like this, in broad daylight, Brother Hui, they are coming back!"

Just as Xu Zhi and Zhou Yuanzhi were snuggling up to each other tenderly and sweetly, they suddenly heard a noise and talking outside the door. Zhou Yuanzhi hurriedly struggled out of Xu Zhi's arms and said to Xu Zhi: "Brother Xu, it must be Brother Hui and Sister Yingying who are back, let's go open the door for them!"

Zhou Yuanzhi and Xu Zhi opened the door of the post house, only to see a few soldiers sneakily sticking out their heads outside the door to visit the house, Xu Zhi was angry in his heart, took two steps forward, grabbed the chest of the two soldiers, lifted them above their heads, threw them out of the way, and quickly turned around, one hand "Thousand Hands Guanyin", respectively, the rest of the soldiers on the chest of the acupoint. The soldiers were spotted and sat down on the ground.

Not far away, Yeluchun rode on horseback, and shouted in a strange manner: "Brother Xu, I haven't seen you for a few days, and my kung fu has grown more and more!" After Ye Luchun finished speaking, he rode his horse and whipped towards Xu Zhi.

Xu Zhi hurriedly pulled Zhou Yuanzhi and dodged Ye Luchun's horse head sideways. Yeluchun on the horse, facing Xu Zhi's face is a move "Mount Tai presses", Xu Zhi also a trick "boy worship Buddha", the two palms hit each other, the strength is huge, Yeluchun hurriedly jumped high from the horse, in order to resolve Xu Zhi's palm, and Xu Zhi knelt on the right knee, relieved Yeluchun's blow. Xu Zhi didn't wait for Ye Luchun to fall from the sky, and then there was a move "Danfeng Chaoyang", jumping up from the ground, turning his left hand into a fist, and his right hand secretly hooked himself, which was a move "Haidilao Moon", which went straight to Ye Luchun's crotch.

Yelu Chun saw Xu Zhi jumping up from the ground, his lower abdomen was empty, and he hurriedly took out a soft sword from his waist, which was as thin as paper, tough as steel, and sharpened like clay. Xu Zhi saw that Ye Luchun had an extra sword in his hand, the cold light was shining, and he didn't dare to approach, so he quickly jumped back to Zhou Yuanzhi's side from the air and guarded her.

Yelu Chun was just about to ride his horse and swing his sword and run towards Xu Zhi, when Huang Chao's eager voice came from afar: "General Yelu, please stop, please hurry back, don't accidentally hurt the little girl Yuan Zhi!"

When Yeluchun heard this, he had no choice but to turn his horse's head and run back. At this time, a large group of soldiers and horses gathered next to the tear monument in an instant, and several "yellow" banners were erected. Under the umbrella of Huang Luo in the middle, Huang Chao is sitting on a sweaty and bloody horse, wearing a yellow robe, a jade belt on his waist and hips, and behind him is a group of honor guards advocating Yu Bao. The general on his left is Zhu Wen, the vanguard general of the city defense, on the right is General Shang Rang, who is the secretary of the army, and behind him are Ye Luchun and others who have newly joined the Black Eagle Sect. I saw Zhu Wen proudly say to Huang Chao:

"Huang Wang, this time thanks to the scholar Li Zhen and the news to everyone, we found the princess so quickly, congratulations to Huang Wang and his daughter on meeting each other!"

Huang Chao said gratefully: "General Zhu, you have worked hard for the little girl! Thank you!"

Zhu Wen hurriedly replied: "Finding the princess, sharing the worries for the Yellow King is a matter within the subordinate's responsibility, and the Yellow King is not thanked!

Huang and Zhu Ma stood in front of the scholar Li Zhen, only to see that Li Zhen said to Huang Chao with a smile on his face: "Huang Wang, the villain didn't lie to you, Princess Yuanzhi did live with the death row prisoner Huifeng and them, they also hijacked the villain along the way, fortunately, the villain was alert, and escaped while they were unprepared, and then ran back to Caizhou to report to General Zhu and you, you want to fulfill your promise on the notice, let me be an official in the army, and reward a thousand taels of silver." ”

Before Li Zhen's words were finished, he was interrupted by Huang Chao: "You scholar is too greedy, what kind of character is my Huang Chao, how can I talk and not count, you first follow Lord Zhu Wenzhu, and the matter of rewarding the silver will be talked about after we invite back the princess!"

Huang Chao saw Zhou Yuanzhi following Xu Zhi's side, dressed as a peasant woman, distressed and angry, and said: "Zhi'er, you have figured it out these days, there is no way out with these people." Look, you're dressed like this, you're losing your status as a princess!"

Zhou Yuanzhi had tears in her eyes, knelt down on her knees, kowtowed to Huang Chao three times, and said: "Father is above, forgive your daughter Yuan Zhi for being unfilial, her daughter has long belonged to Xu Zhi, the world knows that there is no reason for a wife to betray her husband in this world, no matter where Xu Zhi goes in the future, his daughter will follow him wherever he goes, no matter whether she is rich or poor, her daughter has no regrets!"

Huang Chao saw that his daughter was determined and there was no room for turning back when she spoke, so she sighed and said: "Yuan Zhi, Daddy is just your daughter, I have loved you since I was a child, watching you babble, looking forward to you growing up day by day, you don't want to marry hastily, Daddy also understands you and knows you, and convenes the world's heroes to compete and recruit relatives for you, can't you forget all this!"

When Huang Chao talked about the past, he burst into tears and couldn't cry.

Shang Rang persuaded on the side: "Don't be sad King Huang, the princess has always been very smart, she is just lost for a while, she will get lost." ”

Xu Zhi saw that Zhou Yuanzhi openly broke with his father for him, and he was both grateful and sad in his heart, so he had to hold Zhou Yuanzhi's hand tightly and block her with his body to prevent any accidents.

Zhou Yuanzhi saw Huang Chao crying sadly, and also shed tears, only to see Huang Chao jump off the horse, it seemed that from a king who commanded thousands of troops and horses, instantly became an old and weak father, he walked a few steps closer, staggered, held the fallen tear monument with both hands, and said in a pleading voice: "Yuan'er, you abandon your parents, this is a big unfilial piety!" Yuan'er, you may not know, your mother is sick in bed because of your farewell, her liver and intestines are broken, she loves you the most, before you and Xu Zhi leave, can you go back to Caizhou and see your sick mother again?"

Zhou Yuanzhi also softened her heart a little, and asked eagerly: "Daddy, is what you said true? This is really a daughter's sin! Is the mother's illness better?"

Huang Chao saw that Zhou Yuanzhi's heart was a little relaxed, and hurriedly asked: "That Yuanzhi, are you willing to follow your father back to Caizhou to see your mother? As long as you are willing to go back, your father will not be to blame for the prison robbery between you and Xu Zhi, as well as the matter of Huifeng; and General Zhu, you should also open the net, show mercy outside the law, and spare the capital crimes of Huifeng and others!"

Zhu Wen replied slyly: "Princess, since the Yellow King has opened the golden mouth, of course his subordinates will do it!", only Shang Rang listened to Zhu Wen's flattering words and snorted in his nose.

Zhou Yuanzhi was worried about her mother's illness, and knew that she and Xu Zhi returned to Caizhou, even if her father spared herself, Zhu Wen and his subordinates would not let go of Xu Zhi and Huifeng, so she nodded, and then shook her head again.

When Huang Chao saw it, he was very confused and asked, "Daughter, what is your idea?"

Zhou Yuanzhi thought for a while and said, "Daddy, you promise your daughter a few conditions first, and your daughter will follow you back to Caizhou!"

Huang Chao hurriedly asked, "Zhi'er, what kind of conditions are they?"

Zhou Yuanzhi took a few steps back first, whispered a few words of farewell to Xu Zhi, she saw that Xu Zhi was a little embarrassed, and comforted him with kind words, and then took a few steps forward, and asked Huang Chao loudly: "First, if Huifeng and Cheng Yingying are arrested by you, Daddy needs to release them immediately and give them a way to live; Second, I returned to Caizhou alone to visit my mother, and after visiting my mother, I immediately returned to Baiting, hoping that Daddy would not stop me and not continue to worry about Yuan Zhi; I hope that my father and General Zhu will not embarrass Brother Xu anymore for the sake of Yuan Zhi, and let us live! If my father and the generals do not allow these three things, my daughter will fall into tears in front of the monument, and I will return the love of my father and the generals for Yuan Zhi. ”

Huang Chao hurriedly took a few steps forward and said, "Yuan Zhi, don't worry! Daddy has promised you, you should follow Daddy home!"

Zhou Yuanzhi said goodbye to Xu Zhi with tears, and repeatedly told him to take good care of himself before leaving, not to leave Baiting, and to wait for her to come back. Xu Zhi also agreed with tears, watching Zhou Yuanzhi gradually move away with the Huangchao army.