Lei Yue Longmen

But I heard her wry smile, "Daddy gave up everything in Yurui for my mother, but in the end it was my mother's half-heartedness. He didn't have the face to go back to his hometown, and he didn't have the face to pick up my grandma again. .”

Cen Zhu was slightly stunned, and felt ashamed again.Listen to her quietly.

"Grandma is 80 years old this year, and she is already blind. Because of her father, she was squeezed out by the villagers in the village, and her life was very poor. When I... went, she was weaving straw sandals in the house. The size is still the same as what my father wore when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam.

Dad once said that when he went to Beijing to rush for the exam, his family was so poor that he didn’t even have a pair of cloth shoes, so he could only wear straw shoes, but the straw shoes were easy to fall apart, so my grandmother didn’t sleep well for several days and nights, and weaved more than a dozen cloth shoes for him out of hay. A pair of straw sandals, tied together and carried on the road, even so, I was worried that he would not have enough to wear when he came back.

Until the news of Daddy's high school came back, Grandma was overjoyed and waited at the door every day for Daddy to come back.Waited day after day, year after year.Until the eyes can no longer see? See?According to some people in the village, since then, my grandmother has been weaving straw sandals at home. The whole house is filled with all kinds of straw sandals, enough for one person to go to Beijing to catch the exam for a lifetime.But she's still making up...and making up..."

At this point, her eyes turned red, and the corners of her mouth trembled slightly, as if she was trying to endure something.

"It's ridiculous, isn't it? Although my mother failed my father, she didn't return him to the old woman who waited for him to come back every day in the dilapidated house."

Cen Zhu remained silent. The relationship between Yu Rui and Lan Que was not as harmonious as it is now, and there were even frequent disputes.As a carefully selected disciple of the emperor, Yingrou's father's behavior of defecting to the enemy's country after the imperial examination undoubtedly made the court feel ashamed.And as a man, he was willing to be the queen's servant, and he was never tolerated by those decent people in Yurui.Under such a background, it is not surprising that Yingrou's grandma is in such a situation.

"I sometimes think that it would have been great if Daddy hadn't met my mother back then. He would have had a good future in Yurui just like you. He would have had a wife who would treat him wholeheartedly, and would take grandma over. Come and take care of him. Maybe he's still alive till now."

The death of her father, to some extent, even affected Yingrou's choice of feelings.Subconsciously, she was afraid of being like her father, who risked everything to love, but ended up with nothing.So, that year, she did not leave with Cen Zhu.In this way, Cen Zhuo was lost forever.

Cen Zhu listened to her quietly, watched her shed tears, wanted to comfort her, but didn't know where to start.

Finally sighed, said: "If your father hadn't met your mother, then there would be no you in this world."

Ying Rou seemed to be moved when she heard the words, she slowly turned her face away, and asked in a hoarse voice, shaking tears, "Do you wish to have me?"

Cen Zhu nodded solemnly, "Of course."

She looked up and smiled, hoping that the tears would go back, but it was hard to stop.He could only say to Cen Zhuo: "Lend me your shoulder for a while!"

Cen Zhu looked around at the rocks, and obediently sat closer to her, leaning his shoulders forward so that she could lean on them.Ying Rou buried her face on her? shoulder, sobbing quietly.

Cen Zhu did not speak the whole time. Do you understand her? She is the kind of person who needs comfort from others, but some things have been accumulated in her heart for a long time, and she needs to be vented.

When she had cried enough, she asked, "Did the words of the young master tonight remind you of your sadness?"

With a heavy nasal voice, she said "um".

Cen Zhu's depression disappeared, and he said seriously like an old master: "In the future, you should stay with him less, he is very unscrupulous, he always likes to talk nonsense, and he is especially good at getting people involved, Gu Qing is just a guy Example. You're such a fool, it's easy to tell me!"

Yingrou suddenly gave a "puchi" smile, walked away from her shoulder, and asked back: "Where am I stupid?" See? Her shoulders are already wrinkled by her own tears, don't you? Help her straighten them out of embarrassment.And then said: "This young master seems to be very concerned about you. You say that, aren't you afraid that he will be sad?"

"Why? See?" Cen Zhu straightened his body, completely ignoring her logic.

Yingrou tilted her head: "Although he often finds you with excuses? No? Yes, he treats me like an enemy and not a friend, but he never really makes things difficult for you, and he never stops sending you soup and medicine every day. , pay attention to your injuries more frequently than anyone else. If it weren’t for the guidance of senior people behind him, I would have suspected that he fell in love with you, not Gu Qing. But he likes Gu Qing after all, right?”

She is really smart, some things are not willing to be revealed even if they can be seen through at a glance.

Hearing the word "Gao? Ren", Cen Zhu was taken aback. From the bottom of his heart, he didn't want to continue this topic, so he said, "He just likes Gu Qing, so I feel uncomfortable all over."

Ying Rou didn't continue, but looked towards the direction of the water pavilion, "Let's go back, we've been away for so long, Madam should be anxious."

"Okay." Cen Zhu stood up, saw that she was still hugging his cloak, and said, "Put on your clothes, it will be cold for a while."

Ying Rou nodded and put on the clothes herself.

The two walked back supporting each other, and when they reached the water pavilion, they saw that there were already people sitting on the empty seat next to the back of the river.Yingrou didn't feel anything, she grabbed Cen Zhu's arm and continued to move forward, but found that the person next to her suddenly didn't leave.

She was puzzled, and following her gaze, a scholar in a moon robe with a beautiful body and spirit was sitting at the banquet, staring at them with fixed eyes.Probably she was still smiling habitually last moment, but she didn't know what to do at this moment? At the end, the lingering smile froze on her lips, looking a little stiff and unnatural.There was an abnormal paleness on her face, especially against the backdrop of the moonlit night.His eyes were fixed on the cloak on Ying Rou's body that obviously did not match her style, and there seemed to be a layer of cold frost in his eyes.

The rest of the people seemed to be talking and laughing just now, and the appearance of the two of them was like a stone, breaking all the peace on the lake.

The one who finished dancing the sword? The young master walked over from another place, sweating all over. Although his footsteps were still a little sloppy, he was already half awake.Return the sword to Xiang Ming.He stood right behind the scholar, bent down, and whispered a few words in her ear very intimately.The scholar's expression became darker, but his eyes did not withdraw from them, but he obviously no longer paid attention to himself, but looked at Cen Zhu in a daze, as if he was looking for a reasonable explanation.

But Cen Zhu didn't respond at all.The ?It was still Qingyuan who noticed that there was something different in the atmosphere, and came out to calm down and said: "I'm back, sit down quickly! Your... son, I'm here to celebrate my wife's birthday."

Cen Zhu's thin lips were slightly pursed, and the words of farewell that were about to be said were swallowed abruptly because of the word "birthday".He turned around and continued to support Yingrou, and sent her back to the seat.She didn't tell anyone about her plans.

He only said to Jiang Hou and Yan: "It turns out that today is Madam's birthday. The younger generation suddenly didn't know about it, and didn't prepare any congratulatory gifts. I hope Madam will forgive me."

"I didn't want to make public, no? Those who know don't commit crimes. What's more, it's just a birthday, nothing special."

"You can't talk like that," the young master blushed and said, "Madam and Empress Tai Ciren are born on the same day. This is a blessing that has been cultivated for many years. How can we not celebrate? It's time to burn incense and worship Buddha to celebrate together! Hey!" ? Miss Huang, why are you pulling me?"

Li Jingchen heard that he was not disrespectful to Empress Jiang in his words, worried that he would offend his ancestor, so he tugged on his sleeve and said: "You are drunk."

"I..." Wu Jingchai wanted to say that he was not drunk, but when he saw Li Jingchen's terribly serious expression, he lost his battle, stroked his forehead, and said consciously: "Okay, okay, I'm drunk , I'm drunk." She buried her head on the table and pretended to be drunk.

Li Jingchen: "..."

When Jiang Hou saw this, he was not upset, and said gently: "Everyone is tired, go back to rest early, and have to hurry tomorrow morning. Xiang Ming, you send Mr. Wu back, Mr. Huang, follow me."

Li Jingchen said "yes", and finally glanced at Cen Zhuo, seeing their hands that were always together, his smile became sad and ironic.

"Your hands are sweating!"

After waiting for the person to leave, Yingrou lightly reminded her.Cen Zhu came back to his senses in a daze, as if he didn't understand what she meant, he reacted and immediately withdrew his hand.

On the way back, Lu Cenzhu walked relatively silently. At the gate of the inner courtyard, Yingrou got off the wheelchair and called her, but she didn't answer, so she could only limped to the inner room.Seeing that she was packing things in the room, she was repeating the same action of sorting the book case, stacking one book on top of another, and taking it out again.

"Ah Zheng!"

Yingrou called out, hearing her obviously different breathing rate than usual, couldn't help but care: "Do you have any grudges with that person?"

Cen Zhu sneered: "I have nothing to do with her."

"But you're nervous." She used the affirmative sentence.

Cen Zhu didn't say anything, and continued to organize things.

"Gu Qing has already organized it for you, have you forgotten?"

Cen Zhu was stunned, put the book back to its original place, and then moved to the empty bookshelf, with his back turned, what was he thinking?

Yingrou sighed, "If you have anything to talk about, you can come to me. But only tonight, because I'm going back tomorrow."

Cen Zhu was taken aback when he heard the words, turned around, and said in panic, "You want to go?"

"I want to go back and see grandma."

Cen Zhu bit his lip and looked at her for a while, but couldn't see any anger? She had been acting very calm, obviously this decision was well thought out.Then he said, "Then I will send you off tomorrow."

In the waterside pavilion, Li Jingchen coughed heavily against his lips, and Qingyuan served her a bowl of Sydney tea with rock sugar.She nodded her thanks and took a sip of her drink.I thought it was too sweet and let it go.

"You came here with a disease? Oh, look at this frail body? We all know that you are a filial child. Why did you come all this way?"

"No? I feel uneasy about making this trip. What's more, I also have something to ask Madam."

Jiang Hou seemed to be rummaging for something in the back room. After a while, she came out of the room with a Zhengqin that was as red as blood in her arms.

"This blood zither was presented by Wang Anxu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. It's name is Danfeng. The head and tail are made of red sandalwood and blood sandalwood. There are inscriptions of Ye'er and Qiwu on it. Don't I? Hand it over to Cen Zhuo, you can forward it to her for me!"

Just hearing the name of the Guqin recorded in the annals of history, Li Jingchen was extremely surprised, what's more, the names of those several hundreds of years ago?It was so commonplace that it seemed that they hadn't gone far, as if they were still living by her side.

I just feel like a lifetime away.

There are really ancestors and filial ancestors on the forehead of the piano? The inscriptions, just these two seals, make this piano invaluable, not to mention the beautiful phoenix pattern engraved on the body of the piano, as well as the one that can attract phoenixes. moving legend.

"This... is too precious!"

She understood Empress Jiang's scruples, even the royal family was looking for the whereabouts of the qin, if she handed it directly to Cen Zhu, it is estimated that the origin of the qin would not be clear.

"So, I want you to deliver it." Jiang Hou said gently: "This violin has been with me for many years, and most of the time it stays in the box, don't you see the sun. A good violin also needs a bosom friend. "

"But she already..." Li Jingchen couldn't bear to continue.

Jiang Hou said: "I know, no matter whether she can play the piano or not in the future, it is not a disgrace to have this piano by her side. I promised her this early in the morning. I hope you can help me hand it over to her."

"Yes, I definitely will."

"In addition, there is someone who asked me to pass a message to you."

Li Jingchen was slightly puzzled, "Who?"

"It's a little girl who was in the same situation as you once."

How smart is Li Jingchen? See? She doesn't want to say, so she doesn't want to? Ask again.Just wondering who has been in the same situation as her? Who is the little girl.

Jiang Hou looked at the candle flame on the table, and his mind traveled through a hundred years, and fell on the skinny figure that was fading away under the ancient Buddha under the blue lamp,

——Li Yiran: "Grandma Huang, can I call you Grandma Huang?"

--"Can."

——"Grandma Huang, can you promise me one thing?"

——"You go ahead."

——"If Grandma Huang meets someone as unfortunate as me in the future, can you send her a message for me?"

--"Can."

She slowly repeated: "Life is short for dozens of years. There is neither past life nor past life. To meet you is a unique opportunity in this life. Don't accept your fate carelessly like me. If you miss it overnight, there will be no future life." The green mountains and green waters are not in the world.”

Li Jingchen was stunned, seemed moved, nodded, "I know, thank you for her advice."

Empress Jiang nodded slightly, "Okay, I've finished explaining my story, it's time to talk about yours."

Li Jingchen collected his thoughts and said, "I want to ask Madam a few questions. After Di Jiang, his eyes became darker, "No? Yes. "

"Second, is it possible for a person's personality and memory to change over time?"

"Generally speaking, no. But special circumstances cannot be ruled out."

"for example?"

"Such as being stimulated? Temporary amnesia. Or natural aging."

Li Jingchen pondered for a while, and seemed to be comparing, "What if it's not the same?"

Empress Jiang was silent.

"Is it possible that two souls live in one person's body?"