Envy

Meng Tou woke up all night holding those hands that would never be warm.The cold rain fell all night, and the sound of the rain subsided in the early morning.He heard the sound of rain hitting the bamboo forest, and the sound of raindrops rolling down from the eaves.Afterwards, the noise also subsided.The whole world was silent only the sound of his breathing.

Then it was dawn.Daylight filters in through the window paper.Meng Tou thought about his life carefully, put his hands under the cold blanket, and kissed his eyebrows and eyes.

Meng Tou was not willing to say "It's easy to go", but still wanted to take him back to Lizhou.

But he couldn't take away a body that was about to decay.

Bo Ji said to cremate the young master.

Miss Lingzhi acquiesced.

Meng Tou refused.

Lingzhi said softly: "Young Master Meng, please let Shao Jun go. He can't be so dishonorably rotten during the trip."

He thought so too.In the afternoon of that day, he went down the mountain to buy candles and spiritual tents, and sat in a porcelain pot shop for an hour, sketching the sage on the plain embryo.After nightfall, he lit the torch and personally cremated Yan Zhaohan.He kept a small handful of ashes and put them in the porcelain jar with the picture of Han.

Zhou Fang and Mrs. Zhou finally agreed to leave Xiqie Mountain and return to Fulian.

It stands to reason that the soul returns to heaven and the bones return to the earth.Yan Zhaohan also wanted to be buried in Fulian.On Shen Gui's mountain, there is the tomb of the Yan family.

It can be said that Zhao Han was buried alone in his ancestral grave.

Meng Tou took Yan Zhaohan back to Lizhou.Bo Ji and Ling Zhi walked with him.

He held a funeral for Yan Zhaohan at Meng's house.He even wanted Yan Zhaohan to be buried in the ancestral grave, but was scolded by his father as "not clear minded".

The news of Yan Zhaohan's death shocked Huainan and Huaibei, and all sects and sects came to express their condolences.During the days of the funeral banquet, Meng Tou hardly closed his eyes and stayed in the mourning hall every day.

Meng Xi came to see him with food and advised him to eat more.Meng Tou took a few mouthfuls indiscriminately, then put down the chopsticks.

Meng Xi sat down on her knees, rearranged the bowls and chopsticks on the plate, secretly wiped away her tears, and quietly carried the plate out of the mourning hall.She met Huo Zhi at the end of the corridor.

Huo Zhi asked, "Where's your third brother?"

After Meng Xi finished saying "he is still in the mourning hall", she shed tears.

Huo Zhi couldn't see the girl crying, so he took the wooden plate from her hand and put it on the porch chair.He thought it was not a good time to see Meng Tou, so he took Meng Xi back.Meng Xi cried and said: "I don't understand why they suffered so much... Shaojun was fine a month ago, he came to Lizhou, I let him sleep in my brother's room...he is fine, It's always been fine... I said next year... I will let my brother take him back to Lizhou to celebrate the New Year next year, he promised well...he suddenly left..."

Huo Zhi felt that this scene seemed familiar.When Yan Qingheng died, Yan Miao talked to him while crying in the same way.

Meng Xi choked and said, "He has suffered so much and suffered so many injuries all his life... all of them remain on his body and heart. Bloodstained and bruised. The sea of ​​blood has not been revenged, and the shame has not been cleared. How can he let go? The third brother is still in this world, how can he be so cruel, how can he be willing to leave the third brother..."

Huo Zhi finished listening in silence, and said, "Perhaps, he was so tired that he wanted to leave. It might be a good thing to leave."

His hatred for Yan Zhaohan has not let go.When he left Fulian, Yan Miao in white clothes and skirt came to see him off on a jade horse.With her back facing the light of midsummer, she smiled and said safe journey.He never thought that it would be the last meeting with Yan Miao.

Although Meng Tou has said many times, Yan Miao's death has nothing to do with Yan Zhaohan.But at that time, he was really the only one in Shen Gui's sea of ​​flames... He thought, maybe he just used hatred to allow himself to live soberly.

He still accompanied Meng Tou to wake up at night, and accompanied Meng Tou to send Yan Zhaohan away.

Huo Zhi never thought that Meng Tou, who was always restless, would be so calm after Yan Zhaohan's death.Meng Tou erected a stele without words for Yan Zhaohan, and the tomb was empty.He asked why.

Meng Tou said that he always thought that Yan Zhaohan would want to be buried like this.

Meng Tou said he couldn't keep him anymore, and put his ashes in a brocade bag.Huo Zhi took a peek at it, the bag was old and rough, it seemed to be Yan Zhaohan's old thing.

Meng Tou put more than a dozen small and bright lotus river lanterns on the river, put the brocade bag on the thirteen-petal painted river lantern, and watched it go away until all the brilliance like the reflection of the stars in the sky disappeared. In the corner of the river.

Meng Tou watched, Huo Zhi, Xue Ye and Meng Xi watched, Ling Zhi and Bao Ji watched, and so did several pairs of unknown eyes in the dark night.

Lingzhi didn't want to stay, so he returned to Qiegong that night.That night, he handed a wooden box to Meng Tou, saying that it was Yan Zhaohan's relic.She brought out one of the attendants.He is slender and wears a fence.

Lingzhi said: "Take off the gauze and let Mr. Meng see what you look like."

Hearing this, the man lifted the black gauze, and looked up at Meng Tou with lowered eyes.That face was six points similar to Yan Zhao's.

Lingzhi said: "The Young Master and I were at the Ming Jue Gate in Xiaoyang earlier, and saw that Young Master Fei Yu was humiliated for some reason. The Young Master brought him back to Xiqi Palace and ordered someone to repair his face. It's a pity that he His voice was destroyed, and he can no longer speak. Before he died, Shao Jun made a wish, that he would let Mr. Fei Yu accompany you by his side."

Meng Tou looked at Fei Yu in shock, and said in his heart that Yan Zhaohan is really cruel. He will let Meng Tou remember him, remember his appearance, and keep another person firmly in mind even when he dies. .

Meng Tou agreed, kept Fei Yu by his side, and took him back to Meng's house.He passed by the middle hall and happened to hear Meng Xi and his mother talking.

His mother spoke calmly, calmly and gently: "I just remembered later, I have really heard the name 'Song Jingran' before. Who is the one who came back to Lizhou last time, 'Song Jingran' is your third brother's apprentice?" You know how to scare your mother, do you really think that mother is old and foolish?"

There was the sound of Meng Xi sobbing from inside the room.

"The one who came last time was the 'Young Master' you mentioned, right? I was a little worried about the affair before, and I always felt that this 'Young Master' was a villain who did all kinds of evil. After meeting, I felt that this person was gentle Wen's, he's pretty handsome. He doesn't look like a person who can do evil. I was thinking about it these days, I want to talk to your father and persuade your father. If Tou'er is really happy, next time Bring it back to Lizhou."

"How did you know that he left without saying a word? He left so suddenly. Tou'er these days makes me sad to watch."

"...Don't cry. Crying makes me panic. My mother also knows that it's not easy for them to get through these years. Your father has a stubborn temper, and I can't say anything. I also thought that your third brother is He has a three-point hot temper and loves to mess around when he is young, but this kind of liking will pass after a long time. How do you know that he is so stubborn and does not listen to persuasion."

A Niang lowered her voice, as if she was coaxing a child, "It's so cold in Huaizhong and Huaibei. He was buried in our Lizhou, and it's warm like spring all year round. He can sleep well."