Chapter 113 112. Almond Blossom

Once upon a time there was a couple, the wife was about to give birth.The husband goes to the door and looks at the passers-by on the road, because whoever passes by first at the moment the child is born, the child will become like him in the future. Several prostitutes passed by, and the husband hurriedly shouted to his wife, "I can't give birth now, I can't give birth now!" Several thieves passed by, and the husband shouted again: "I can't give birth now, I can't give birth now!" Then a king passed by, and at that very moment the child was born, a boy.So father, mother, grandma, and aunts all cheered: "The king is born, the king is born!"

The king heard the shout and wanted to see what happened at the family's house.He asked them why they shouted like that, and the family told him exactly what they were doing.So the king said he wanted to take the boy away and raise him up.After the parents blessed the child, they handed over the child to the king. Walking on the road, the king thought to himself: Why should I raise a child who only wants me to die?He drew his knife, stabbed the boy in the throat, and threw him into a blossoming almond grove. The next day, two businessmen passed by.The child was found alive and they bandaged his wounds.One of the merchants took the child home and gave it to his wife.This is a very wealthy couple, but they have no children. They treated the child very well and named him Xinghua.

Xinghua grew into a handsome and intelligent young man.However, unexpectedly, the merchant had his own son.One day, the boy who had grown into a teenager quarreled with Xinghua when he was playing with him. He called Xinghua a wild species.Xinghua ran to her mother to complain, so that he finally knew that he had picked it up.So he decided to run away from home, no matter how much the businessman and his wife persuaded him, it was useless. And he walked, and he came to a city where the king was the one who had stabbed him and abandoned him.The king didn't recognize him, but hired him as secretary just because he was well educated.

The king had a daughter who was as beautiful as the sun, named Beautiful Flower.The lad fell in love with her.The king found out that his daughter was in love with his secretary. He thought that instead of driving the secretary away to make his daughter hate him, he should send her away to be fostered by another king, his younger brother.For this reason, Xinghua was very depressed and fell seriously ill.The king visited him on his sickbed, and found the scar on his neck, and remembering the child he had stabbed, he asked the secretary where he was born. "I was found in a flowering almond grove," said the boy.

So the king wants to kill people.He asked his secretary to deliver a letter to his king's brother.Xinghua set off.The letter stated that the young man should be put to death as soon as possible.However, the beautiful flower had already heard the news that her lover was coming, so she waited for him in advance and let him sneak into the palace through a secret entrance. When there were only the two of them left, Meihua Hua proposed to read the letter from her father to her uncle, but Xinghua refused because he had promised to deliver the letter directly to the recipient.After Xinghua fell asleep, Meihua got the letter and read it, only to realize that her father had set a trap.She discussed with Xinghua and decided to use her tricks to play tricks on her father.So they rewrote a letter and put it in an envelope, saying that the young man should marry the beautiful flower as soon as possible.Xinghua came out from the secret exit again, bought gorgeous clothes and a golden carriage, and returned to the palace with the letter.The uncle called his niece and told her that he must marry her to this young man in accordance with her father's instructions.After hearing this, the beautiful flower pretended to be surprised.They had a wedding, and when the king learned of it, he died of rage.

(Abruzzo region)