Chapter 47, a flower carving

After everyone took the pill, they rushed back to the thatched hut where the medicine king lived, Yue Yunlong and the others probably felt embarrassed to say goodbye to the medicine king without even entering the courtyard, and repeatedly assured the medicine king that they would truthfully report the truth of the matter to Bai Xiaoyun, the lord of Baiyun Castle. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 After these people left with the half-dead Bai Xiaofei, the medicine king turned around and returned to the house, and saw Hua Xiaoyu holding Zhang Tianbao covered in blood in his arms with red eyes, Shangguan Fei was hurrying to bandage Zhang Tianbao's wounds, and saw Zhang Tianbao, who was already angry and pale and unconscious at this moment, took out a pill from his arms and handed it to Shangguan Fei and said: "Don't bandage it, the blood on his body has almost flowed clean, and it won't be useful to bandage it again, hurry up and give him this pill." Maybe I'll be able to let him live for half an hour. With that, he turned and walked towards his inner room.

Shangguan Fei took the pill and gave it to Zhang Tianbao, as soon as the pill was swallowed, Zhang Tianbao's breathing was obviously much heavier, and he woke up after a while, and saw Hua Xiaoyu and Shangguan Fei looking at him with red eyes, Zhang Tianbao asked out loud: "What about the gang?"

"I've been beaten away, don't worry, it's okay. Shangguan Fei hurriedly spoke.

"Thank you for saving me, otherwise it would have been me who was stabbed by Bai Xiaofei, and I was the one who caused you. After listening to the words of the medicine king, Hua Xiaoyu, who knew that Zhang Tianbao had not had much time, looked at Zhang Tianbao's eyes at this moment, and could no longer hide his sadness, and cried.

"Engong, where are you talking about this, you were the one who saved me in the first place, I just repaid the favor, and besides, aren't I dead now?"

"But。。。。。。 Shangguan Fei was about to say something, but was stopped by Hua Xiaoyu, and then said loudly: "Yes! '

Zhang Tianbao, who saw this scene, smiled miserably and said: "Engong, you don't have to interrupt the words of the little brother Shangguan just now, I also know that I may not survive, I know how much blood I have shed lying here, how can I live if there is no bleeding in my body, you don't have to lie to me, hehe." ”

Hearing Zhang Tianbao say this, Hua Xiaoyu couldn't pretend anymore, and said with tears: "It's all because of me, it's me who hurt you." ”

"Eun Gong, don't say that, if I do it again, I will still do it, even if I know that I will die, I will do it, because I should have been a damned person a long time ago. It is because I am timid and afraid of death that I have lived for a few more years, but in the past few years, I have really lived worse than death! In fact, I should thank Engong for giving me the courage to die. Zhang Tianbao, who didn't know what he had in mind, smiled miserably when he said this.

Seeing that Hua Xiaoyu and Shangguan Fei were both questioning, Zhang Tianbao continued: "Aren't you all curious about why I love to drink Huadiao? Actually, there is a story here, I originally thought that I would never tell this story in my life and have always hidden it in my heart, but I can't let Engong blame himself for a lifetime because of my life, Shangguan Little Brother please hand me the altar of flower carvings on the table, I want to drink some." “

Seeing that Hua Xiaoyu also nodded and agreed to Zhang Tianbao's request, Shangguan Fei handed the jar of wine on the table to Zhang Tianbao, and Zhang Tianbao, who took the wine, hurriedly poured it into his mouth, making his originally pale face have a hint of crimson after drinking, and then continued: "This Huadiao wine is a kind of rice wine in our local area, but it is not called this name on our side, it is called 'Zhuangyuan Hong' or' Daughter red', our people over there can say that every family will make this wine, there is a custom in our side, that is, whenever a family gets married and gives birth to a daughter, they will choose a number of jars from the home-brewed wine on the day of the full moon, ask someone to engrave and paint all kinds of people, birds and beasts, landscapes, pavilions, various flowers and other patterns to symbolize auspiciousness, and then seal the cellar in the mud. When the daughter grows up and leaves the pavilion, she takes out the cellar aged wine, and asks the painter to paint the "hundred operas" with oil paint on the altar, such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", "Chang'e Running to the Moon", etc., and with auspicious wishes, the "color head" of the full moon, and at the same time entertaining the guests with wine. When I was studying, I also became a family member at home through a matchmaker, her name is Hua Lan'er, I always call her Lan'er, she is a very beautiful and gentle housekeeper who will take care of people. “

I don't know if it's because I thought of this girl named Hua Lan'er, Zhang Tianbao's eyes became bright, and his voice became much brighter, and Zhang Tianbao, who took a sip of wine, continued: "I am very affectionate with her, and her family also agrees to this family business, originally said that I would go back to get married after I entered Beijing to take the exam, at that time I thought that if I could take the exam and then go back to marry Lan'er, it would be a double happiness!"

Shangguan Fei and Hua Xiaoyu didn't feel stupid when they heard Zhang Tianbao's two happy events of 'the title of the gold list' and 'the candle night in the cave room', and Zhang Tianbao, who said this, also poured a few more sips of wine into his mouth, coughed and said: "But creation makes people!" I was not on the list at all in that exam, and after I returned home, Lan'er's parents came to my house to find my parents and said that they wanted to quit their relatives, saying that they were going to let Lan'er marry me in the hope that I could make a difference in the title of the gold list, but now that I have nothing, of course they don't agree, no matter how I beg and persuade, Lan'er's parents still quit this family business. Just about half a month after the marriage was withdrawn, Lan'er came to my house crying and came to me and told me that her parents had married her to Simon's officials. I was angry when I heard it, because Simon was a famous playboy in our place, and he relied on the power of his parents to harm a lot of yellow flower girls in our place, so I pulled Lan'er to prepare to find his parents to intercede, but Lan'er cried and told me that it was too late, and her parents accepted the dowry, and they were going to marry tomorrow. Then Lan'er begged me to take her away, saying that if she married Ximen Daguan, she would rather die, and after listening to Lan'er's words, I was going to take her to elope, so I asked her to go back to pack up her things, and then I came out in the evening I waited for her behind the hill where we often met, but I waited for her behind the mountain all night, and she didn't come, I couldn't wait, so I rushed to Lan'er's house, and before I walked to Lan'er's door, I saw that the street was full of people, where they were talking about where they were talking about the girl who married Ximen's official who had committed suicide by drinking poisoned wine last night, and I didn't believe it at that time, I quickly ran to Lan'er's house, and before I entered the yard, I heard Lan'er's mother's howling cryWhen Lan'er's mother saw me coming to her house, she pounced on me and scolded me, saying that Lan'er would die, and his father even kicked me out of the yard, no matter how much I pleaded, he didn't open the door to let me see Lan'er for the last time. Speaking of this, not only Zhang Tianbao left tears, but even Shangguan Fei and Hua Xiaoyu were also red-eyed and tearful.

"I later learned that Lan'er was found by her mother when she was packing up her things, and then Lan'er begged her mother to let her go, and had already accepted the dowry of Ximen's officials, so no matter what Lan'er said her mother disagreed, and locked her in the house, but no one expected that Lan'er would hide poison in her arms, this stupid girl must have been ready to die from the beginning, and blame me! If I didn't let Lan'er go back, she wouldn't have died, I killed her. I was also going to die so that Lan'er would not be lonely under Jiuquan, but it happened that my parents were seriously ill at that time, and I couldn't ignore them when I died, and after my parents died of illness, I stayed in front of their graves for a few years, and at that time I wanted to go down to accompany Lan'er, but I was afraid that she would complain about why I came to her for so long, so I lived like this, I always had various reasons to let myself live, in fact, it was because of my cowardly character, I was afraid of death. Lan'er must look down on people like me. Speaking of this, Zhang Tianbao laughed to himself.

Shangguan Fei and Hua Xiaoyu were about to comfort and say a few words, but they were interrupted by Zhang Tianbao shaking his hand and said: "You don't have to comfort me, I have long known what kind of person I am in the past few years, I am very irresponsible, I am afraid of death but I can't afford to live, I can only live like this every day, but the more I feel like this, the more uncomfortable I feel, the more I feel like a waste, so I can only drink every day, but the more I drink, the more sober I become, the more uncomfortable I drink, do you know? But I'm afraid that she won't forgive me, although I have been alive in the past few years, my heart has died, now it's okay, I have no reason to escape, Lan'er, I'll come to accompany you, you can beat or scold. ”

"It's not like that, you are a very responsible person, you can't leave your sick parents behind, it doesn't matter if you are a very filial person, Lan'er definitely doesn't blame you, she definitely hopes that you can live well. Shangguan Fei still couldn't help but comfort him.

"Maybe!' After listening to Shangguan Fei's words, Zhang Tianbao said with a smile.

"Engong, I have a reluctant request, I hope you must help me. Zhang Tianbao took Hua Xiaoyu's hand and gasped and begged.

"You say, I'll help you. Hua Xiaoyu said with red eyes.

"That is, after I die, I hope that you can burn my body, and then put the ashes in a jar of Huadiao wine, and then take it to my hometown and bury it next to Lan'er's tomb, I don't do it alive, I want to wait until I die, I can marry Lan'er and drink a jar of Huadiao wine together. Zhang Tianbao's hand holding Hua Xiaoyu suddenly became much stronger, as if he was afraid that he would not agree.

"Okay, I promise you, I'll do it. Hua Xiaoyu also held Zhang Tianbao's hand hard and said.

"Thank you, my family lives in Yangshu Village, Shaoxing County, and it is easy to find, where every household makes wine. After saying this, Zhang Tianbao took another sip of Huadiao, and said the last sentence with a confused look

"Finally relieved. ”