Sure enough, the beauty of April in the world is over. The peach blossoms in the mountain temple are beginning to bloom. The mountain behind Xiangguo Temple, due to the altitude, seems to have just ushered in February when the grass grows and the orioles fly. From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, a pink peach blossom blooms. Looking up There is almost no end in sight. Tourists in small and large groups go up to Spring Mountain from a bluestone road several feet wide. The winding stone road is like a entrenched green dragon, winding from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, leading directly to an unusual building in the distance. The steep mountain peak seems to be where Yuxianfang is located. It is called Wangqing Peak.
The flower seller was the girl she called Xiao Taohong. She followed Meng Xinghe. Firstly, wherever he went, he would attract many women to come and sell flowers. Secondly, Meng Xinghe was different from those young men and young masters who came out to play. There was no scolding towards Xiao Taohong. Instead, there was a very kind and harmonious care.
"Aunt Yun, we are also going to the Peach Blossom Festival." Since the relationship with Aunt Yun has improved today, Meng Xinghe has become more bold in speaking. Today is the Peach Blossom Festival. Aunt Yun went to the mountain behind Xiangguo Temple. She must have come to cherish nostalgia. .Just pull yourself up. Thinking of her previous sigh, more than 20 years in the future, there are not just some reasons that make Aunt Yun feel so emotional.
"If you want to go, just go. You don't have to accompany me. We will meet at the gate of the back mountain of Xiangguo Temple later." She was no longer as harsh as before. Aunt Yun became much gentler at this moment. After she said that, she walked lightly Steps. Slowly walk forward.
Meng Xinghe shook his head and followed. Aunt Yun secretly rejoiced in front. Xiao Taohong said strangely: "Young Master is not going to see the Peach Blossom Festival. What are you doing in the mountains behind Xiangguo Temple? Could it be that you are going to the Wangqing Peak above."
"We are not going to Wangqing Peak. We are going to the Tomb of Clothes in the west." Aunt Yun said where she wanted to go. Then she said to the pink-cheeked little Taohong behind her: "There are not many people in the Tomb of Clothing. I'm afraid the peach blossoms in your basket are Not much can be sold.”
"It's not in the way. It's not in the way. I also want to see where I want to go." Xiao Taohong smiled innocently. Her snow-white teeth were like two rows of spring snow. They were so shiny that people couldn't bear to refuse.
Aunt Yun sighed and said, "Let's go then. If your flowers are not sold out, sell them all to this young master. I said so."
Aunt Yun's statement made Xiao Taohong a little surprised and said: "You call him son-in-law. Could it be that you are not his wife?" Xiao Taohong's face suddenly turned red. Thinking of the random names before, she was still a little embarrassed to face this god. 's sister.
Meng Xinghe couldn't explain this kind of thing, so he just kept his head down and walked forward. Aunt Yun explained very kindly, saying: "How can someone as old as my sister be his wife? Xiao Taohong is not allowed to talk nonsense in the future. ." Aunt Yun touched Xiao Taohong's face. There was a rare kindness in her eyes.
Xiao Taohong was infected by her motherly tenderness and said honestly: "Sister is not old at all."
Aunt Yun laughed softly. She took Xiao Taohong's little hand and followed Meng Xinghe towards the tomb on the west side of the mountain behind Xiangguo Temple.
It's the best. Meng Xinghe was so happy and relaxed. He led the way. Behind him was the dignified and noble Aunt Yun. There was also a pink little Taohong. They were harmonious, like a family of three out for a spring outing to visit friends.
Aunt Yun looked at the scenery around her and booed. She secretly sighed that she hadn't set foot in Chang'an for twenty years. She didn't expect that every tree and plant in Xiangguo Temple was still the same.
Things change and people change. Aunt Yun sighed. When she looked up, her instinctive alertness made her take a step back. Meng Xinghe in front of her was still immersed in the lush peach blossoms in Xiangguo Temple. She turned around unintentionally and saw the peach blossoms beside her. Several young men who looked like scholars came out of the forest. They originally planned to go to the peach blossom party in front of them. Suddenly they saw such a woman with a peach blossom on her head on the mountain road. Although she couldn't see her face, her graceful figure was enough to catch their eyes. Liang rudely blocked Aunt Yun's way, and actually began to flirt with women from good families rather frivolously.
"Girl, come to the peach blossom party. It's just ahead. I'll take you there, okay." She opened the gilded folding fan coquettishly. In front of Aunt Yun, a man actually did something that Meng Xinghe had stopped doing a few years ago.
No matter what, Aunt Yun stepped back and changed her route. She wanted to avoid these bullshit students who were worthless in her eyes. Suddenly, three more men blocked Aunt Yun's path from the left and right, surrounding her in the middle.
"Girl, don't leave. As the saying goes, we are destined to meet each other thousands of miles away. If we are not destined to meet each other, we will never meet. To be able to meet in the vast sea of people is the blessing we have cultivated for several lives. Let me guess where the girl is from and what her hobbies are." The man in front of Aunt Yun was very eloquent and knew how to strike up a conversation with a strange woman. He sniffed his nose and said seriously: "The girl is from Chang'an. She loves to have a relationship with Buddha and cultivate good karma. And she likes to worship Buddha at Xiangguo Temple."
Having been with that shameless man Meng Xinghe for a long time, Aunt Yun was used to this kind of meaningless words. She stepped back a little and smiled coldly on her face. Then she raised her feet and kicked the man impartially. of the thigh.
"Ah wu..." There was a muffled groan. The man immediately lay down on the spot without saying a word, sweating like rain. The other three men around Aunt Yun immediately stepped back a few feet. None of them were as bold as before. They were afraid of being attacked by this Women who look weak on the outside but are actually ruthless in their hearts are angry because they are looking for fun and pleasure.
"Did you see it? I wanted to show off in front of my aunt. This is what will happen." Aunt Yun looked at Meng Xinghe intentionally or unintentionally and said this. It made Meng Xinghe feel like he was killing a chicken to show the monkey. Aunt Yun is a practicing master. That passionate man would probably suffer many sequelae from this heavy blow in the future. This made Meng Xinghe feel lucky that when he talked sweetly in front of Aunt Yun before, he was lucky enough not to make Aunt Yun go crazy.
Meng Xinghe walked over. Cleaning up the mess was his favorite thing to do. When the young men saw the monster-like Meng Xinghe walking over, they realized that this woman already had a wife. And she was a good wife. They all flinched. Going to the side, Meng Xinghe patted the shoulder of the man lying on the ground. He smiled and said, "Does it hurt?"
"pain."
Meng Xinghe stood up and kicked the man hard again: "How dare you be so frivolous about my Aunt Yun? I'm going to get you slapped." After he kicked him, he kindly directed the man's companions on the ground to help him down the mountain for treatment. .I hope I can regain some of my dignity as a man.
Those young masters who dared to be angry but dare not say anything carried their companions and hurriedly walked down the mountain.
Aunt Yun didn't look down on Meng Xinghe's behavior of cleaning up the mess at all. But she knew that he had that kind of character. Aunt Yun didn't want to argue too much with him. She was walking in front alone. The one beside her was very interested in the two adults. Little Taohong, who couldn't see clearly, looked around. Her eyes flashed with expressions that she couldn't read among their adults, and she remained silent.
When we came to the Cenotaph in the west, it was indeed relatively deserted. There were only a few elderly men standing on the strange rocks overlooking the rushing river in the distance. They looked like human sculptures. They remained motionless no matter how the wind and grass moved around them.
In front of a small soil slope overgrown with weeds and surrounded by stinging thorns, Aunt Yun suddenly stopped. Meng Xinghe was standing behind him. Aunt Yun said lightly: "Meng Xinghe, can you help me? "
Without saying a word, Meng Xinghe rolled up his sleeves and began to pull out the unsightly plants around the small soil slope. It may be that no one often took care of it because it was a long time ago. Those weeds were firmly rooted in the soil. Meng Xinghe spent a lot of time With great effort, I finally pulled out the weeds around the small slope.
Aunt Yun saw that he was dripping with heat and sweat. She handed over a fragrant handkerchief and a casing inlaid with gold and gems. When she pulled it out, it was a cold knife.
Why didn't you take it out earlier? Do you want me to uproot all the weeds growing on the grave of the unknown person buried underground? As for those thorns, it must be difficult to pull them out. Just chop them off with a knife. It would take several years to grow to cover the grave. Aunt Yun's calculation was really clever. Qingmeng Xinghe could only knock out his teeth and swallow them in his stomach. He suffered in silence. But he still cut off the thorns very seriously. He was originally unknown. Xiao Tupo finally revealed his true colors.
A green stone tablet was inserted into the loess. No inscriptions were carved on the exposed half of the stone tablet, which was covered with moss. It looked pale and faced the green mountains and white clouds in the distance. I don’t know that it had been lying here for many years, so it was so dilapidated. Unbearable.
"Would you like me to buy some incense candles from a distance?" Meng Xinghe stood next to Aunt Yun very wisely. Seeing that Aunt Yun was just staring at the tombstone quietly at the moment, with indescribable sadness in her eyes, Meng Xinghe wanted to pull Xiao Taohong. Go to a distant place so as not to disturb Aunt Yun and the people buried in the soil reminiscing about the past.
"No need. He doesn't deserve it." Aunt Yun said lightly. She was still staring at the tombstone. It seemed that she had never left that old thing that was not beautiful at all. However, after a long time, Aunt Yun sighed and said: "I haven't been here for more than twenty years. It's time to buy some incense candles and valuable money to worship him."
Meng Xinghe was very obedient and went to a distance to buy incense candles and paper money. These were sold by the monks in the temple. It is said that the light was contaminated by the aura of the Lord Buddha and burned to the undead underground. No matter what sins they had during their lifetime. All will be transcended.
He told Aunt Yun what he said truthfully. Meng Xinghe had already lit the incense candle and inserted it in front of the grave, and began to burn paper money for the unknown person underground.
After seeing this scene, Aunt Yun laughed somewhat self-deprecatingly: "How glorious you were back then. If I knew, more than twenty years later, there would still be someone in the world who would be willing to spend money and light incense for you. He would be just an unknown youngster." I'm afraid you will also laugh that there are such funny things in the world. It's a pity. This is the fact. People don't believe in fate, but fate always controls you. It's time to wake up, because I don't know who will be willing to take your place next time. The old man will burn some paper money and let you pay off your debt down there."
Hearing Aunt Yun's emotion, Meng Xinghe began to burn paper money and asked curiously: "Who is buried underneath? Your relative." Based on Aunt Yun's tone and her sad eyes, Meng Xinghe did not dare to take action and finalize the case. Aunt Yun's close relative. But she is somewhat certain.
Aunt Yun looked at the vast world around her. Once upon a time, he was so glorious. No one in the world dared to refute a word in front of him. Now, after all, it is no more than a handful of loess. She followed the example of the old people in the distance and turned her back to the tomb. Qingshan. Looking at the rushing river in the distance, Aunt Yun told her story lightly.
"Buried in the loess in front of you is just a man who killed his father, killed his brother, raped his sister-in-law, tortured his loyal friends and appointed villains. Like you, he is also a prodigal. But what you have ruined is the inheritance of your ancestors. What he has ruined is the whole world. "
With a long sigh, Aunt Yun stood silently, facing the distant sky, and naturally shed tears that she had never shed in twenty years.