In this way, there was no way to cover much distance in one day, and the time was delayed. It took more than a month to arrive at the foot of Donglin Temple Mountain.
At this time, the morning sun had just risen, and he could no longer care about his eyesight. He ordered his soldiers to lead the way and followed him up.
Hua Rong got up early as before, went out to the west wing and finished her morning exercises, and then walked around with a bow and arrow on her back. Suddenly, her heart jumped, as if she had an extremely strange intuition. She looked down the mountain, and sure enough, after a while, there was a burst of sound. The sound of horse hooves.
She jumped onto a big tree, looked down from a high place, and saw three fast horses coming up from the ground. In fact, they were not walking very fast, because the one in the middle seemed to move very slowly, and his face was vaguely veiled. A white veil.
Pengju!
It's Pengju here!
Her heart was pounding, and she immediately jumped down from the tree, turned around and ran back. See him? Don’t see him
Ruda got up early as usual and was about to open the door when he heard a loud bang at the temple door. When he opened the door, he saw it was Yue Pengju. He raised his Zen staff and was about to beat him: "Good boy, you dare to come to the door! Eat a dozen of Sajia first..." "
When Yue Pengju heard what he said, he knew that his wife was indeed here. But when he heard the whistling of the Zen staff, he did not dodge and said happily: "Brother Lu, where is Sister Seventeen?"
Seeing that he was not hiding, Luda took the Zen staff back in front of him. He also saw that his eyes were covered with white silk. It seemed that the situation was very serious. He was secretly worried about him. Before he could speak, he saw him keep talking. Go forward: "Sister Seventeen, Sister Seventeen..."
Luda grabbed him and said, "What are you yelling about?"
"Brother Lu, where is Sister Seventeen?"
"What took you so long?"
Yue Pengju smiled bitterly and took off the white silk mask. Luda took a look and said in surprise: "Pengju, if you don't take care of your eyes, you will go blind." He saw that Yue Pengju was almost half-blind and could still come here. , What a heartless person, how could you be so disregarding your safety? At this time, most of the anger towards him in my heart disappeared immediately, and my attitude improved slightly, "You sit down for a while. I can't explain the matter clearly, so I don't want to see my sister."
Yue Pengju was helpless, but he could only follow him into the meditation room and sit down.
He told the story in summary, and when Luda heard that he did not take a concubine, he breathed a sigh of relief, put his Zen staff on the ground, and laughed: "That's it! Pengju, I will beat you up as soon as I meet you." A good meal. If that's the case, I'll spare you. However, although the beating will be spared, the Sa family will have to ask her whether Amei will see you or not, and she will make her own decision."
Yue Peng raised his hand and said sincerely: "Thank you, Brother Lu, for taking care of Sister Seventeen for me these days."
"Pengju, the Sa family knows that you are a sincere gentleman. However, you need to know that Amei and you have gone through many hardships before we got together. She was homeless in her early years and has suffered countless hardships in recent years. You should treat her even more well. Don't let her suffer any injustice."
"Pengju must pay attention to this in the future."
"Okay, Sajia will ask you. By the way, I have some herbs here that may be good for your eyes."
"Thank you, Brother Lu."
When Yue Pengju saw these herbs, he knew that his wife was worried about his eye disease. Otherwise, how could Luda "happen" to be prepared? He had mixed feelings in his heart. He sat down and stood up again, wishing he could see his wife right away.
Ruda came to the west wing, but saw that the door was closed and there was silence all around.
"A-mei, A-mei..."
After a while, Hua Rong slowly came out with a cluster of arrows on his back. His expression was very calm. Without waiting for him to speak, he said, "Brother Lu, I know Pengju is here. I've seen it a long time ago."
"Since you already know, that's good. My sister, Pengju has never taken concubines..." He hurriedly told Yue Pengju's situation in general, "My sister, you should have a good talk with Pengju. He is definitely not a betrayal." people."
As expected, Pengju did not take any concubines! Although she was not very surprised, she felt comforted in her heart. However, she also felt faintly sad.
Ruda added: "Amei, he came all the way. There must be some misunderstanding between you. How can a couple not quarrel? Just explain clearly."
Hua Rong said calmly: "Brother Lu, tell him that I am no longer angry. If you ask him to go back, I will not see him."
Luda was very surprised: "Amei, why is this?"
Hua Rong gave a bitter smile. The quarrel between husband and wife is a trivial matter, and the misunderstanding is also a trivial matter. It is also easy to get back together and eliminate the misunderstanding. But what happens after this? What is before him is still sterility. As long as this hurdle cannot be overcome, as time goes by, Zhao Deji, the Queen Mother, and other confidants and friends who think they are good to Pengju will put this issue on the agenda again - not letting Zhongliang. Unparalleled! The opposite sex is not as good as one's own. Yue Pengju hopes to have his own biological flesh and blood. The worst of unfilial piety is to have no offspring! In this huge moral whirlpool, both husband and wife are ordinary people, how can they be extraordinary
Do you really want to reach the point where you are the wife of a noble king, embarrassed and disgusted by others
Taking concubines and giving birth to children! A virtuous wife!
Since I can't achieve true "wifely virtue" and don't have that kind of mind, why bother to firmly occupy a position that doesn't belong to me? It’s better to end everything at the best time!
Even if Pengju disagrees, what about Zhao Deji? Once, there is a second time! How could he be willing to give up? Even the "worries" of our closest friends like the senior senior sister!
I walked once and went back! Then, in the next reincarnation, he ran away again, again and again
How many times can a woman withstand such torture
When Lu Da tried to persuade her again, she looked very determined: "Brother Lu, I never want to experience another pain. I live a peaceful life here and will never go back with Peng Ju! Tell him not to waste any more time!" "
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There was a lot of pain in her heart, and she never wanted to tell others. Even the King of Qin, because of the entangled past between him and her, she was unwilling to reveal anything in front of him. It was not because she was afraid of his ridicule or gloating. On the contrary, she was afraid He did not laugh at me and take the opportunity to breed other unrealistic fantasies and hopes. Only Ruda was like a friend and a father and brother. Only by confiding my worries and pain in front of him could I have no worries.
Ruda heard that she was a Zen practitioner after all, and she did everything as she pleased, and didn't care about "forcing". Seeing that she didn't want to see Yue Pengju, he didn't force her, and just said: "My sister, Pengju's eye disease is severe..."
She was startled. When she was going up the mountain, she could faintly see that his eyes were covered with white silk. It looked like he was having a hard time walking.
She was finally worried and asked in a low voice: "Will he go blind?"
"I couldn't tell, so I just gave him the herbs I collected and applied them to him first. Regardless of his eye disease, he kept on traveling, was exposed to strong light, and was covered in dust, so it became more and more serious... "
Hua Rong knew that Luda would not exaggerate. Her husband's eye disease was really serious. He was in his prime, and he was in awe. If he became blind, wouldn't it be a fatal blow to him? If he hadn't run away from home, how could he stay up late and travel without getting any rest
She was even more panicked and wanted to rush out immediately to see what was going on and serve him personally, but she was still cruel and gritted her teeth to hold back: "Even so, Brother Lu might as well ask him to go down the mountain to find a famous doctor immediately instead of spending time here."
"Amei, these past ten years have not been easy for you two. Don't be too impulsive."
"Brother Lu, I'm not impulsive. I'm really tired of my long military career. I like a quiet life. If you don't like me here, I can go somewhere else."
Ruda sighed greatly: "Mei, you know that's not what I mean. Even if we can't live here, my hometown still has two hundred acres of Susukino fields. You can still go, so why can't you stay?"
This was the place that Luda had thought of for Zhao Deji when he wanted to take in his concubine. Unexpectedly, after going round and round, several years later, he would reach this point again. Where is his beloved today? There is always no way out! She couldn't help feeling sad and angry, and she hardened her heart and said resolutely: "Thank you, Brother Lu, I would rather go to your hometown to live alone! I won't see Pengju, you tell him to leave!"
Seeing that she was determined, Ruda could no longer persuade her and had to leave.
The sky was getting darker little by little, and the wind blew in from the open window, rolling up a few yellow leaves, and there was a slight swishing chill. Only then did Hua Rong realize that early autumn had arrived. She stood at the window and looked at the towering sky outside. The leaves of the tree will slowly turn yellow and fall. The secret of nature is that when the flowers fade and the flowers bloom, the leaves will fall, and new buds will naturally sprout in the next year. But what about people? Once a person withers away, how can he be able to flourish as one year old
She slowly stood there, the autumn wind blew, and her heart became colder little by little. The ground under the window was still covered with gold leaves, which were thrown to the ground one by one when she was bored and panicked. These golds, she He also offered to give Ruda money for temple expenses, but Ruda firmly stopped him, saying it was unnecessary. The bigger question is, how could Pengju allow Li Qiaoniang to marry Gao Lin temporarily? She couldn't even figure out what method he used. Why did things change so dramatically? What else did Pengju hide about himself and refused to tell the truth? Could it be that he had to do this because he found out that he was gone
The more she thought about it, the more depressed she became. What if she didn't leave? If he doesn't leave, will he take a concubine
The soldiers followed Ruda's instructions and boiled the herbal medicine to treat eye diseases, and the other was used for external application. Yue Pengju was anxiously waiting to see his wife, so he refused to apply the medicine first, fearing that his eyes would be covered later and he would not be able to see her.
He wandered impatiently at the door. The Zen room was quiet and quiet, with no more than three or five visits to the young monk who had been displaced here due to the war. He became a monk to make a living and escape from the years of war. It was just to make a living. Hua Rong is a woman. After all, it was inconvenient to live here. Even the open-minded and upright Luda only occasionally taught her some archery and martial arts. Normally, she lived alone in the west wing. When they met, she just nodded to the young monks. Now, the three of them When several people saw Yue Pengju coming here and knew him, they came up to greet him one after another and asked him about the outside world. Everyone was very happy.
However, today Yue Pengju had no intention of having a lofty discussion with them. He only said a few perfunctory words. When he saw Luda coming, he immediately went up to him and asked, "Brother Lu, how is Sister Seventeen?"
Luda waved his hand and the young monks retreated. Seeing Yue Pengju's face full of expectation, he said: "Pengju, you settle down first, my sister is still angry."
Yue Pengju was greatly disappointed and anxious, and hurriedly said: "I will go and see for myself. Sister Seventeen will definitely meet me."
Ruda pondered for a moment. He had a deep relationship with the two of them and really wanted them to reconcile rather than break up, so he said, "Well, go and see for yourself."
Yue Pengju was so happy that he took off the white silk covering his face and ran out, regardless of his eyesight problem, and went straight to the west chamber.
Although he had been to Donglin Temple once, he had never been to the West Chamber. As he got closer, he discovered that perhaps it was in accordance with the ethics of the ancients. The West Chamber had a gate and a high wall that completely separated it from the Zen Temple. It was very closed. Obviously, It is to protect the female family members from being disturbed.
The door was closed tightly, and the situation inside could not be seen from the outside. All that could be seen was a tall tree with a crown of at least four to five feet high, like a large round umbrella, covering the surrounding area densely.
He was so excited that he pulled the brass ring on the door and shouted: "Sister Seventeen, Sister Seventeen..."