Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 83
I left the residence I had painted for the first time, and went for a walk in the bamboo forest.The breeze blows by, and the bamboo leaves rustle. Although it is a dog day, I only feel a piece of coolness.I sat down and remembered that Song Minglei also likes bamboo very much. His Qingzhu residence was full of Xiangfei bamboos before, and now the life and death of the second brother is unknown. I don’t know if his Qingzhu residence was burned down during the chaos in Xi’an?If not, can someone take care of his favorite piece of Xiangfei bamboo?
Someone came gently behind me, sat quietly beside me, didn't speak, but I knew it was Duan Yuerong.

I was silent there, and he was also silent. After a while, I said, "Chaozhu, do you know? When Jinxiu and I were sold to Ziqi Villa, we were only eight years old."

Duan Yuerong hummed, "Because your sister has purple eyes, Mrs. Lian wanted to kick her out at the time, but it is said that you were so eloquent that people believed that your sister was born as a nobleman, so she stayed. "

I turned my face and looked at him with purple pupils shining and smiling calmly at me.

For a moment, I seemed to see Jinxiu when I was a child again. Her small hands were hiding behind her back, tightly holding the hibiscus flower that she had just picked for me. Yan's purple pupils, with a hint of expectation, asked softly: "Mujin, guess what Jinxiu is holding in her hand?"

I couldn't help staring at his purple pupils obsessively, stretched out my hand to his face, and touched his eyebrows and eyes carefully, but he just looked at me softly and tenderly, and didn't stop me.

I couldn't help muttering: "If according to Chuhua's story, Jinxiu, Jinxiu was only eight years old when she was bullied by that beast Liu Yansheng!"

Duan Yuerong stagnates.

I looked at him bitterly, put down my hand, and my tears flowed down, "You know, you are actually a very lucky person, because you basically only know how to hurt others, but rarely experience the feeling of being hurt by others." taste……"

I sobbed, "At that time, Jinxiu didn't understand anything, and she only knew to rely on me. I thought at the time, if she was kicked out and went to a place I couldn't see, what if it was a place of fireworks, or Is it because the master treated her badly? So I tried hard to keep her. I thought it would be better for her to be in the same garden with me than to be separated...but I was wrong. I pushed my sister...into the A fire pit...she was only eight years old...what a horrible sister I was."

"Don't talk about it," Duan Yuerong said in a deep voice, "You were only eight years old at the time, how would you know that, why blame yourself."

I closed my eyes tightly, tears streaming down my face, "You don't understand, Jinxiu never told me about her grievances, because she knew how precious she had lost, and she knew about my useless sister. , There is no way to help her... For so many years, she always smiled in front of me, pretending to be beautiful, but in fact, in fact, she kept crying in her heart..."

For a moment, I broke down in tears, filled with regret, "Chu Hua said Jinxiu was going to harm me, I never believed it, but... I also knew in my heart that what she said was true in one thing, Jinxiu has indeed changed, really changed... It's just that I... refuse to admit it... it's all my fault..."

He suddenly pulled me into his arms, so my words and tears were drowned in his passionate kiss, my lips and teeth were intertwined, I couldn't breathe, I could only feel his warm and lingering kiss, after a long time, he left Me, purple pupil starlight blurred, I also desperately panting.

He immediately picked me up, walked to the sunlight, his purple pupils were as quiet as purple pool water, deep and magnificent, looked at me and said calmly: "Don't think about it anymore, Mujin." He sighed, " Everyone in this world has his own creation, what you can change may only be your own, maybe even a small part of others, but..." His purple pupils looked at me fixedly from above , softly with a kind of merciful pity, just like the eyes of the clay bodhisattva in Kuhai Temple, I couldn't help but listen to him softly say to me: "You can't even control your own destiny, so how can you?" What about manipulating others?"

I was stunned there.

He smiled at me again: "Your sister, Mrs. Jinhua, although I have never seen her, I have heard of her unparalleled beauty and ruthless behavior. But to me, this is her own choice. There is no right or wrong, even if it is your own sister, she just did what she wanted to do, and she has nothing to do with you, why bother to take it on yourself. "

He kissed my forehead, and said softly: "Okay, don't blame yourself anymore, and don't think about those words in the first painting, you must blame me in the future..." But seeing his purple eyes She turned around cunningly, "Then blame me for pampering Jia Xina too much! Or seeing other women make your eyes straight. Maybe you can often act like a baby to me, blame the jewelry I gave you Not enough clothes, blame me for not being considerate to you in bed..."

In that room, he gradually began to talk nonsense arrogantly again.My eyebrows also twitched, I pushed him away, and wanted to get off the ground by myself, "You think well, so I won't be jealous because you compete with other women..."

He looked up to the sky and laughed for a while, that was the pride of a king whom he hadn't seen for a long time, he let me down, but tightened my hand, and smiled at me: "Mujin, that's not necessarily true, many women have said this to me , the result is not obediently climbed into my bed."

I said coldly: "I've decided, I'm going back to Xi'an." After that, I turned around and walked to Chuhua's house, intending to say goodbye to her.

Duan Yuerong said coldly from behind: "You can't go back to Xi'an, King Guangyi sent [-] soldiers over, together with the local Nanzhao officers and soldiers, they are going to attack Panlong Mountain."

I turned around in shock, but saw him walking slowly, with cold purple pupils, "The battle is going on, the road to the north is completely closed, all the hills here may be washed with blood, and even we won't be able to return to Banzhou for the time being."

"What should I do?"

"Retreat to the south. The people of Buzhong's family, they don't dare to provoke them for the time being, led the army of King Guangyi to follow me to the south, and when we reached King Miao's territory, the people of Buzhong's family attacked from another hill, and then attacked from north to south. Start the counterattack."

"Will the people in Jun's Village be in danger?"

"Maybe," Duan Yuerong said lazily, "We have stayed with them before, and they are also Han people. I heard that the leader of the army is Hu Yong. He always likes to plunder the Han family's cottages. Maybe he will go to Jun's village. Hey, why are you running so fast? Your injury is not fully healed yet!"

I rushed into the house, changed into men's clothes, pulled a horse, and said to the sullen Duan Yuerong: "You take a good look at Xiyan, I'll report back to Junjiazhai."

When I returned to Junjiazhai, I found that the village was on guard.I rode into the stockade, and when I asked, the news of Hu Yong's march into Panlong Mountain spread throughout Lan County.

I found the patriarch, the patriarch was discussing with all the elders, he welcomed me in and said to me: "King Guangyi came to suppress the mountain, probably for the eldest son of Prince Yugang's family."

I frowned and said, "Master Patriarch, I heard that the general who led the army was Hu Yong who took the lead in burning Xi'an City. This man always likes to plunder the villages of the Han people. Why don't our Junjiazhai hide somewhere else first?"

"Where to hide? Mr. Mo?" The patriarch said with a sad face, "The king of Nanzhao never liked the Han people. Our ancestors were originally a big family in the Central Plains. Later, because of their great achievements, they were driven to Nanzhao by the emperor. But we His ancestors were not tolerated by the king of Nanzhao, so they were forced to move from Nanzhao Woye to this land of Yelang, and had to settle down in this place adjacent to the miasma. In this Panlong Mountain, although they are neighbors with barbarians, they have always Observing the rules, we live in harmony with the Quartet. We have lived on this mountain for seven lifetimes, where else can we move? Even if we want to escape, we can only enter the poisonous land like Prince Yugang! I don’t have time either.” The patriarch shook his head.

I said, "Why don't you go and hide at Bu Zhong's house? Bu Zhong's family is strong and strong. If we cooperate with him, it would be a good thing to be able to wipe out all these ten thousand soldiers."

The patriarch sighed, "It's just my fault that I don't usually go out with my neighbors of all ethnic groups. I'm afraid I'm going to take off my old face and ask for help."

I volunteered to go to Bu Zhong's house.Duan Yuerong was waiting for me firmly in the room. As soon as I entered the room, I immediately expressed my intentions. Unexpectedly, he refused and said coldly: "You are in a daze, my father's [-] troops will live for free in the future From Bu Zhong’s family, you want me to invite him to protect Jun’s village, how can it be possible?” He said coldly, “And do you know how much time my father spent to get Hu Yong to lead the army?”

I was taken aback, "How do you say that?"

He sneered, "Hu Yong has always condoned his subordinates to burn, kill, and loot. This Panlong Mountain was originally the fief of my Yugang family, and most of it was my old family. Although there were many troops who were afraid of King Guangyi, they surrendered King Guangyi, but He was dissatisfied. If Hu Yong came, he would definitely plunder without mercy." His purple pupils were full of blood, "Those soldiers got red eyes and got sweets, so it doesn't matter if it's the Han family, the Tu family, the Li family or If the Dong family offends those old tribes at that time, they will naturally join my Yugang family. Such a plan kills two birds with one stone, why would I ruin the whole plan for the sake of the Jun family village?"

I stayed there, looking at Duan Yuerong, "Did you know that the plan would make this beautiful Panlong Mountain blood flow like a river?"

Duan Yuerong laughed, "Then what does that have to do with me, who told them to demote King Guangyi."

"What about Jun's Village? And Xiyan? If it weren't for them, you and I would have starved to death long ago."

I looked into his purple eyes and said in a deep voice.

Duan Yuerong tilted his head and looked at me for a while, "Mujin, you are too emotional. You should know, sometimes you are too emotional, and you are the one who suffers." He sighed and walked towards me, "It's only because he is here If you settle down, you should have this calamity in your life."

I lowered my head, feeling faintly cold in my heart. He came behind me, wrapped his arms around me, and rested his head on my left shoulder. He looked like a naive and lovely boy. He gently held up one of my hands. While playing with the black thread, she gave a cruel suggestion: "Mujin, don't feel sorry for Jun's village anymore, you have already done your best for this Jun's village. We will fight back to Panlong Mountain next year. If there are any survivors, So I took it as a slave, and now I still wear Xi Yan, and follow me to the south..."

I pushed him away, "I'm sorry, Duan Yuerong, I can't be as cold-blooded as you."

Duan Yuerong snorted, and continued to sit back on the table, drinking fine wine, "Your blood will kill you."

I turn and leave.When I saw Dojira, I told me about my plan. Unexpectedly, Dojila also sighed to me, "I'm sorry, don't ask, my father has already made an alliance with Prince Yugang, and it is impossible for us to send troops to the Junjiazhai again." , and it is impossible to take in anyone from Junjiazhai."

My heart was cut like a knife, full of despair.Hua Mujin, Hua Mujin, don't you often boast that you have the wisdom of two lifetimes and see through the world?

But now, isn't it impossible to save Junjiazhai, do you want to watch it perish in front of your eyes?

Buzhong's family lost hope, so I walked to other hills, but I didn't even see those hills when I heard that I was a Han from Jun's village.Only the village of Tujia received me, but the leader of the Tujia said that he had surrendered to King Guangyi, and he would accept everyone in the Junjiazhai unless the Junjiazhai was willing to be a slave of the Tujia, otherwise he would not protect the Junjiazhai at all.

When I came back and told what that man meant, the patriarch vetoed it outright, saying that he would rather die than be a slave to the barbarians.

Er Gouzi, who went to investigate the news at the foot of the mountain that day, came back, and he was a little silly with fright.Changye's daughter-in-law poured a bowl of water on him, and he woke up. With a trembling voice, he said that all five villages down the mountain had been picked, including those from the Dong family, the Li family, and the Han family.Especially in the villages of the Han family, those who survived said that Hu Shuai didn't care whether those villages surrendered or not, he rushed in to grab food, raped women, and killed men, even children and the elderly.

A strong sense of fear and tension spread in the Junjiazhai. People in the village were panicked. Everyone began to gather in groups at the gate of the ancestral hall, hoping that the patriarch could help them.

In the ancestral hall, the elders are also nervously discussing countermeasures.

The patriarch specially allowed me to participate in the clan meeting. In the meeting, the elders had no choice but to make a decision. Since surrendering or not surrendering is a dead end, the only way left is to fight to the death.

(End of this chapter)