Chapter 29 Chapter 29: Hiding God's Mechanism, Cutting Grace and Sending His Maid, Destroying Humiliation and Throwing His Life on a Cliff

When Cai Yaomei heard Yu Jiaolong say that she was going to see Uncle Liang, she was really shocked and worried. She didn't know what to do for a while, so she just looked at Xianggu with wide eyes.But Yu Jiaolong smiled lightly, and said to Cai Yaomei: "You can arrange to go, I'm here, so it doesn't matter." Although Cai Yaomei was still full of doubts, she agreed without any doubt from Yu Jiaolong's calm demeanor.She looked around vigilantly again, bid farewell to Yu Jiaolong and Xianggu, and hurried into the woods. Yu Jiaolong led Xianggu to the temple calmly.When the two of them crossed the dam, the pilgrims who had already gathered in the tea shed couldn't help but looked up at the two of them.Although Yu Jiaolong was wearing plain clothes and no dazzling beads on her head, her dignified and reserved gait, her graceful demeanor, and her appearance like pear blossoms in the rain, stood out on the snow-covered dam. Walking slowly, like a crane flying from the sky, the pilgrims were stunned.The noisy tea shed suddenly fell silent.It wasn't until she and Xianggu had walked through the stone steps and entered the temple that there was another commotion full of surprises and conjectures from the tea shed.

The veil of the temple is hanging, cigarettes are lingering, candles are flickering, and paper ashes are flying.The golden statue of Empress Yuanjun sits upright in the hall, staring down, smiling and wanting to speak.There was an air of solemnity and amiability in the temple. The old courtyard that followed Yu Jiaolong had already been waiting in the hall. When he saw Miss Yu coming, he hurriedly stepped forward to light the incense candles; Yu Jiaolong stood in front of the statue, looked up for a moment, then bowed down devoutly and prayed silently : "May the Holy Spirit bless my mother: bless my father's early recovery from illness and a long life of a hundred years; bless the turmoil encountered in Yumen as soon as possible; The blessings are endless. May the empress remember Jiaolong's filial piety, infatuation, and grace, and Jiaolong wishes to reduce ten years of life." After Yu Jiaolong finished her silent prayer, she bowed twice before she stood up and ordered her to go to the courtyard. Tell the head of the Taoist priest that she went to pay homage to Yumu's coffin.The Taoist priest heard and said that only then did he realize that she was the daughter of the Yu Mansion. He panicked and rushed to the front of the hall to welcome Yu Jiaolong into the alchemy room respectfully and sat down. The incense goes to the apse to arrange everything.

While taking a nap in the alchemy room, Yu Jiaolong asked the Taoist priest about offering incense and the situation on the mountain and in the temple.The Taoist priest spoke one by one with great interest, praising the grand appearance of the incense every year, and praising Yuanjun and Empress's spiritual response, and he talked with delight and eloquence. While listening, Yu Jiaolong raised her eyes to look at the four walls.While looking around, an ink portrait hanging on the east wall suddenly came into her eyes.Yu Jiaolong took a closer look, and saw that the portrait in the painting was a man with long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a wide-sleeved robe, and three long beards fluttering on his chest, making him look more like a fairy and a phoenix, with a relaxed expression.Yu Jiaolong thought it was a portrait of Lu Dongbin at first glance, but seeing that the Taoist had no sword on his back, he felt suspicious, so he pointed to the portrait and asked, "Who is this portrait?" The Taoist priest replied solemnly: "This is the presiding Taoist in the temple in the early years, the first teacher Yichen Taoist, who has ascended to immortality forty years ago."

Yu Jiaolong asked in amazement: "What about 'flying to the immortal'?" The Taoist priest said: "Forty years ago in the early March, there were unprecedented numbers of people going up the mountain to offer incense, and the temple and dam tea sheds were packed. On the fifth day of the lunar new year, Master Yichen had just led us to complete the dojo, and he suddenly said to us: "I have been practicing all my life, and I am over seventy years old. I have not been able to go until now. Taking advantage of the large number of pilgrims today, I have decided to go away. You can call the pilgrims to the cliff behind the temple to send them off. It is also a fate.' Master Yichen said this After speaking, he went to change clothes.

I was still young at the time, and I didn't understand what he wanted to do, so I had to obey the orders of the well-known pilgrims and laymen to wait on the cliff behind the temple. After a while, Master Yichen changed into an apricot-yellow robe, came to the edge of the cliff, raised his head to the laymen, turned around, and jumped down the cliff. "Xiang Gu was dumbfounded listening to it, and she couldn't help but interjected and asked: "Wouldn't the old Taoist priest be smashed to pieces on such a high cliff! "The Taoist priest gave Xianggu a displeased look, and said:" Taoist priest Yichen is using this to ascend to immortality, how can this be so. "Then he said again:" At that time, many people in Jushangzhong who were pilgrims saw him stepping on auspicious clouds, rising slowly from the cliff valley, straight to the sky; some people even heard fairy music playing in the sky.Since then, every year on the fifth day of March, many people go up the mountain to offer incense. "

Xianggu looked at Yu Jiaolong dubiously, but Yu Jiaolong was staring at the portrait and meditating silently. The scene of the old Taoist priest jumping down the cliff was flashing in front of her eyes, and the words that the Taoist priest just said just now were constantly ringing in her ears. Solved" that sentence. At this moment, Xiang Huo came into the room and said: "Everything is ready, just waiting for Miss Yu to go to pay homage." Yu Jiaolong stood up and walked towards the apse accompanied by the Taoist priest. Madam Yu's coffin was parked in a side hall next to the apse.A huge black cedar coffin was parked on a stone platform, with a thick black curtain hanging in front of the coffin, and an incense table in front of the curtain, on which there was a spiritual tablet of Mrs. Yu; beside the incense table, an ever-burning lamp was lit, Because this side hall has been closed and locked for many years, it is rarely opened except for oiling the incense, so the hall is filled with a damp smell of oil and wax, making the whole side hall gloomy.

Yu Jiaolong came to the front of her mother's coffin, touched by the scene, couldn't help feeling sad, so she knelt down in front of her mother's coffin, and wept bitterly. All kinds of misfortunes, as well as the situation in front of her, she learned from the pain even more, and she became more and more sad, crying until tears poured down like rain, soaking the cardigan. Xianggu was by the side and shed many tears along with her.She waited until the young lady had cried enough, and then stepped forward to force her up, cut her hair and adjusted her clothes, and half cuddled and half snuggled her back to the alchemy room.

Yu Jiaolong had just rested for a while, the Taoist priest ordered Xianghuo to bring some vegetarian dishes.Under Xianggu's persuasion, she reluctantly ate some, and then accompanied by the Taoist priest, she went to rest in an elegant guest room on the small building behind the temple. This room is not big, but it is very elegantly furnished, and the bedding is also very delicate and tidy.Pushing open the window, you can overlook the scenery of Miaofeng Mountain.Yu Jiaolong was already a little tired, but she sat in front of the window and looked at the snow-covered peaks, like jade pillars holding up the sky, standing upright and magnificent; looking north, she saw the mountains rising and falling Continuous, reckless and overlapping, straight into the sky.Far away in the Ten Thousand Mountains, there is a faintly visible area, which looks like a giant dragon, winding westward without seeing the end and the end, which is extremely majestic.

Yu Jiaolong couldn't help exclaiming: "Look, the Great Wall!" Hearing the sound, Xianggu also leaned over and looked along Yujiaolong's hands. She looked at it and couldn't help saying to herself: "Go west along the Great Wall, and when you reach the end, it's about 100 meters away from Xijiang. It's not far away." After Xianggu finished speaking, she couldn't help feeling a little sad, and Yu Jiaolong also fell silent. Yu Jiaolong and Xianggu looked at the Great Wall silently like this, cuddling each other, yearning, yearning, yearning, contemplating, and I don't know how much time has passed.It wasn't until Yu Jiaolong seemed to feel a figure swaying under the window that she bent her head and saw that it was Cai Yaomei standing under a big tree outside the wall and waving to her.Yu Jiaolong hurriedly nodded to her, then led Xianggu out of the temple, and followed Cai Yaomei to the forest behind the temple.

On the way, Cai Yaomei intentionally or unintentionally said to Xianggu: "Maybe that Uncle Shen came up the mountain because he prayed for incense privately. Just now, Brother Liu saw him sitting alone in the tea shed at the corner of the dam. You and Miss Yu went into the temple. After that, he limped down the mountain again." Yu Jiaolong didn't wait for Xianggu to answer, but suddenly asked: "I want to see Uncle Liang, have you told him?" Cai Yaomei: "He has been told. At first he refused to see you, but then... Taibao and I persuaded him again and again, and he agreed. I have made an agreement with him to wait for you on the edge of the cliff beyond the forest. but……"

Yu Jiaolong: "But what?" Cai Yaomei: "However, he said that after seeing you, he will go down the mountain and go to another country." Yu Jiaolong felt a slight shock, and an indescribable feeling immediately soaked into her heart. Whether it's bitter or sweet, sour or astringent, she doesn't know.I only felt another burst of horror amidst shame.She fell silent. The three of them walked through the woods and came to the edge of the cliff, only to see that it was quiet and there was no one there. While Yu Jiaolong was surprised, she suddenly saw a person coming out from behind the stele, she took a closer look, and it turned out to be Liang Chaofu.Yu Jiaolong saw that he was dressed in rags, his face was haggard, and he looked much older than half a year ago. Father Liang Chao looked at Yu Jiaolong vigilantly, then looked around, and then walked over slowly, bowed his body, and said, "I heard that Miss Yu wants to meet me, what can I tell you?" Yu Jiaolong: "I know a thing or two about Mr. Liang's deeds, and he can be called a righteous man, which is admirable. My mother was critically ill a while ago, my brother sent someone to invite Mr., but Mr. refused to come. I think Mr. may have misrepresented Luo Xiaohu's death and blamed my brother. In fact, this has nothing to do with my brother. "Father Liang Chao didn't expect Yu Jiaolong to say these words. Moreover, it seems that she already knew everything, even her own thoughts at that time. Father Liang Chao was very surprised and felt that The Miss Hou Men standing in front of him was really mysterious. Yu Jiaolong had sensed Liang Chaofu's astonishment from his expression, and smiled lightly, and said: "What I said just now is just my brother Yuji's guess, and I would like to convey this to Mr. If this is the case, I hope it will be a blessing to let go of the suspicion." Liang Chaofu's mood had calmed down at this moment, so he could not discuss any further, so he only replied vaguely: "Brother Ling is kind, Mr. Liang thank you very much." Yu Jiaolong: "Where does Mister want to go in the future?" Liang Chaofu: "General Tian, ​​the new admiral of the Nine Gates, is setting up lists in various places to arrest Luo Hu. Baoding and Cangzhou are also secretly searching for him, and I have been implicated. After the beginning of spring, there are many people going up the mountain to pilgrimage, and I am in a difficult position." If you live for a long time, you have to go into exile, and everything is up to fate." Yu Jiaolong thought about it, but didn't answer immediately. Xianggu interjected and said, "Uncle Liang, why don't you go far and fly to the western borders." Father Liang Chao said sadly: "Falling leaves return to their roots, my old bones can't be buried in such a faraway land!" For a while, everyone fell silent, they were all moved by Liang Chaofu's behavior, and they were all worried about his situation. When Liang Chao's father saw this, he was also very moved, and he couldn't help raising his head, and said with emotion: "I think that I, Liang, and you are not related, but I have received such care and attention from you, which shows that there is still morality and justice in the world. People's hearts. I, Liang, is in my dying years, so death is not a pity, so those who are worried, Luo Hu's fate is uncertain, and his whereabouts are unknown. I think there are only a few bones left in the Luo family. If there is another misfortune, what will I look like? His father is in the ground! Otherwise..." He pointed to the cliff beside the temple in front of him: "Look, all you need to do is jump off the cliff, and you will be freed from all sorrows, joys, and worries." Yu Jiaolong's heart skipped a beat, she squinted her eyes and looked down the cliff, only to see the cut-off walls and the vast valley below, which is dizzying and palpitating.Half of the cliff is covered with thorn bushes, which cover the bottom of the valley tightly, making the bottom of the valley even more unpredictable. Cai Yaomei, who has never spoken, said sadly: "There is no unparalleled road, Mr. Liang must not have the idea of ​​committing suicide. Brother Luo is indeed hiding in a reliable place, but the current situation is unknown. Auspicious people have their own signs of heaven." , the amount of that field item is also useless to him.” Yu Jiaolong knew that Cai Yaomei didn't want to tell her the truth about Luo Xiaohu's hiding in front of her, because she still had doubts about her. She kept her composure, changed the subject, and asked casually: "Mr. Liang is practicing medicine everywhere, do you know where there is a Wangzhuang near the capital?" Liang Chao's father was a little puzzled: "There are many Wangzhuang near the capital, I don't know which Wangzhuang Miss Yu is asking about?" Yu Jiaolong: "Prince Tiebeile's Wangzhuang." Cai Yaomei looked at Xianggu in surprise.Xianggu smiled and glanced back at her. Father Liang Chao pointed to the west with his hand, and said: "Go west from here, within a hundred miles, near the Yongding River, there is a huge manor surrounded by red walls and green tiles. village." Yu Jiaolong: "Mr. Liang, has he ever been to Wangzhuang?" Liang Chaofu: "A few years ago when I went to Fang to practice medicine, I also went to Wangzhuang and saw a doctor for the official in charge of Wangzhuang." Yu Jiaolong: "What is the last name of the mansion house official? How is he?" Seeing her asking so carefully, Liang Chao's father couldn't help being secretly surprised.But he still patiently replied: "Everyone in Wang Zhuang calls him Master Lada, and they don't know his name or surname. I heard that he is a Mongolian. He used to be a school guard under the prince's account, and he became the prince's manor house." An official, he can be regarded as a genuine eighth grade. This master Lada is honest and straightforward." Yu Jiaolong pondered for a moment, then said: "Mr. Liang, why don't you go to Lada? Once you enter Wangzhuang, you will be safe. There is a horse trainer in Wangzhuang. When he sees you, he will definitely take care of you." Liang Chaofu was very confused, and said in a daze: "Horse trainer?! I have never met such a friend in my life, how could such a thing happen!" Yu Jiaolong was full of emotion and said earnestly: "Mr. Liang, you can go at ease! You will understand when you go." Cai Yaomei already understood in her heart.She had guessed that the horse trainer Yu Jiaolong mentioned was Brother Luo, but Brother Luo had become the prince's horse trainer, and now in Wangzhuang, how did she know?Cai Yaomei was really puzzled. Xianggu also interjected: "Uncle Liang, go! Just let the horse trainer take care of you, he will serve you for the rest of your life." Father Liang Chao suddenly realized that he was so ecstatic that he couldn't help but hit his head with his hand, and said to himself with resentment and joy: "Look, my brain is really old and useless!" After finishing speaking , He couldn't help turning joy into sorrow, staring westward, unknowingly crying. After a while, Father Liang Chao wiped away his tears, turned around, cupped his hands to Yu Jiaolong and said, "Miss Duomengyu gave me advice, Liang will never forget it. I'm going down the mountain to Wangzhuang I hope that Miss Yu will take good care of you, and that everything is going well!" At the same time, he turned to Cai Yaomei and Xianggu, "Liang has already engraved in the heart of the two girls' kindness and courage. There will be a period later. "After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the back hill. Xianggu said to herself, "Uncle Liang will arrive at Wangzhuang tomorrow." Yu Jiaolong watched Liang Chao's father go away with longing, and couldn't help but feel melancholy. On the way back to the temple, the three of them walked silently.When passing by the cliff beside the temple, Yu Jiaolong stopped and looked at the cliff for a moment, then turned back and said to Cai Yaomei: "I have something to ask sister Cai, I decided to ask the old Taoist in the temple to be my deceased mother." Do the dojo for seventy-seven and forty-nine days: the dojo is scheduled to be last on the fifth day of March; I beg Sister Cai to go up the mountain to accompany me on the fifth day of March." After a short pause, she said sadly, "From now on From now on, we may not have the chance to meet each other.” Although Cai Yaomei felt that her expression was a bit strange and her words were too sentimental, she was considerate of the embarrassing situation in front of Yu Jiaolong, so she agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I will come." Then she comforted her Said: "You don't have to think too narrowly. I am close to you, and the days are still long. There is no reason not to see each other again." Yu Jiaolong smiled affectionately, but there was a hint of bitterness on the corner of her lips. After Yu Jiaolong broke up with Cai Yaomei, she took Xianggu back to the guest room in the temple. Before she could sit down, Xianggu couldn't wait to ask her: "How can you expect that Brother Luo stayed in Wangzhuang? ?” Yu Jiaolong: "From Mr. Liang, I know that it is Wang Zhuang where the prince specially raises horses. Since Big Brother Luo is a horse trainer, he should live in Wang Zhuang. How can he train horses in the Wang Mansion!" Xianggu: "You are so careful, no wonder the young lady always praises you." One night was over, and the next morning, before leaving, Yu Jiaolong ordered Xianggu to invite the Taoist priest to the guest room, and told the Taoist priest that she wanted to do a Taoist temple for her deceased mother for seven to forty-nine days.Seeing that it was the meritorious deeds of the Hou Mansion, the Taoist priest of course fully agreed.Yu Jiaolong thought for a moment, and then said: "During the forty-nine days, in addition to the Dojo of the dead mother, Mrs. Yu, the Taoist priest is also invited to do a ceremony for Cai Jiujia, a fast arrester in Pucheng, Shaanxi, and the whole hall is also required. I will send people to send all merit fees. These two dojos should be held on the fifth day of March, and I will go up the mountain to pay homage.” The Taoist leader agreed one by one. Xianggu was at the side, although she felt a little strange in her heart, thinking that Miss Yu was just out of kindness to Master Cai and Yaomei Cai, so she didn't ask further questions. Yu Jiaolong left for home.When she took Xianggu out of the temple gate and got on the sedan chair in front of the steps, she raised her head and looked around the tea sheds around the temple dam.In an instant, among the hundreds of gazes she met looking at her, all of them looked very cold and sharp, containing contempt and shamelessness, as well as ridicule and anger.Yu Jiaolong couldn't help shivering, like an arrow being shot in his heart, he felt a sharp pain through his whole body.It was at this moment that she fully understood that in the capital city, and even in this world, she could no longer be tolerated, and there was no place for her to stay and stand. On the way back to the city, when the sedan chair passed the Anhe Bridge, in order to fight for the road, the bearer argued with the oncoming sedan chair carried by four people.I only heard the bearers on the opposite side shouting, scolding, swearing and domineering.Yu Jiaolong gently opened the sedan chair curtain and peeped, and saw that the sedan chair was decorated with only seventh-rank officials and family members, if it was normal, how would he dare to fight with her, but today, because his ride is only In a light sedan chair, the porters, who didn't pay attention to her, glared at her and insisted on forcing her to get out of the way.The two bearers who carried him were usually arrogant because of their illustrious families. They never let others come, but today, after arguing for a few words, they did not report the identity of the bearers, so they swallowed their humiliation. Make way to the side of the road, let the group of bearers walk away in arrogance.Yu Jiaolong was like being spit on the face, humiliation, shame, anger, and pain all rushed to her heart, she really felt very sad. The sadness that Yu Jiaolong felt at this time was because she really felt how far the Houmen Yufu, which has always been honored and tolerant, has declined in this small dispute!As a result, even his own bearer was ashamed to report the family status of this family!This is no longer the general warmth and coldness of human feelings and the coldness of the world.This is corruption, this is defilement, this is shame, this is humiliation!Yu Jiaolong was deeply distressed by her guilt. Sitting in the sedan chair, Yu Jiaolong went from shock to grief, and then from grief to contemplation. She carefully reflected on what she had done in the past two years, and she fell into a daze and bewilderment again.She felt that she was a sinful person in front of the Yufutang, and she was an unfilial descendant, but she also felt that she was innocent and innocent.As for Luo Xiaohu, in her heart she resented him and hated him; after resentment and resentment, what she worried about was his safety.As long as he thinks of himself, his heart will always be disturbed, followed by an unstoppable yearning.Yu Jiaolong recalled the vow she made yesterday in front of the statue of Empress Yuanjun: I only wish to protect my father from his illness; I wish to ensure that Luo Xiaohu is safe, and I wish to shorten my life by ten years.At this time, she made a new oath in the sedan chair: she would rather be smashed to pieces, but only to restore Yumen's reputation, but to keep Luo Xiaohu safe.Yu Jiaolong heard the words of the Taoist priest and Liang Chaofu again: "Just jump off the cliff, and all the joys and sorrows will be relieved!" "Daozhang Yichen will use this to ascend to immortality..." The steep cliffs and deep and unpredictable valleys appeared in front of her again. She made a silent call from her heart: "There is only this way!" At the same time, two hot tears rolled down from her eyes. After returning home, Yu Jiaolong seemed much calmer than usual.From the day she came back from her pilgrimage, she resumed the habit of going for a walk in the garden by herself every evening.Although the Yufu is still shrouded in an ominous haze, her elder brother Yuji always avoids seeing her, Luanying's sister-in-law often has a sad face, and her father, who is sick in bed, still turns his head away whenever she goes to say hello. Glancing at her, Yu Jiaolong seems to have gotten used to it, and she no longer cares about embarrassment. In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of February, the snow on the ground had melted, and green shoots began to appear on the branches again. The wind blowing was slightly warm, and spring came again. One afternoon, Yu Jiaolong and Xianggu were sitting idle in the pavilion in the garden, when they suddenly saw the maid from Luanying's room walking towards the pavilion, holding a mink fur in her hand, and a wooden basin on the mink fur.The maid came to Deting, greeted Miss Yu, and told her intention of coming, "The old man was originally in the old department in Xijiang, and Wusu guerrilla Xiao Zhun sent Mr. Qian to go to Beijing on business. He asked him to greet the old man by the way." Mr. Qian also said that he was entrusted by a herdsman in Wusu to bring these two things to Xianggu by the way. The young lady asked me to send them over." When Xianggu saw those two things, her face turned pale.She quickly took it, put it on the stone table, opened the wooden box with slightly trembling hands, and saw a silver bracelet inside.Xianggu stared at the silver bracelet as if she was in a daze, she froze and didn't move.At this moment, a scene from more than three years ago flashed before Xianggu's eyes again:...One winter night, her father was sick in bed, and there was no basket of horse dung and a bundle of firewood in the room, and Xianggu shivered from the cold. , the wax shrinks in the corner.Harim came riding a big red horse. A sack of wheat flour and some sheepskins were sent.He put a piece of sheepskin on Xianggu's body, and said to her half relieved and half amused: "Put on this sheepskin first, and then I will send you a mink skin after I kill the mink." I just felt a little warmth again... ...One gloomy morning, my mother was sick in bed, almost dying.Xianggu lay beside her mother and wept.Harimu came on a big black horse and brought some silver and herbs.Mother struggled to take off a silver bracelet she was wearing and handed it to him, pointing to herself and said to him, "Keep it safe for Xianggu on my behalf, and I'll leave everything to you."... The silver bracelet in front of Xianggu's eyes is the one her mother gave to Harimu before she died; this mink fur is also the mink fur that Harimu said she would send her.How could Harim deal with the people in the barracks?Who is this boss?Xianggu stayed there, not knowing what to do. Yu Jiaolong stared at Xianggu for a moment, then turned around and asked the maid, "Can you see that Mr. Qian? What kind of person is he?" The maid said: "When the young mistress saw Mr. Qian, I happened to be at the side to wait on him. Mr. Qian is not very tall, but he is very strong, very handsome." When Xianggu heard this, she immediately opened her eyes wide and gasped for breath. Yu Jiaolong: "Then Mr. Qian has already left the mansion?" Maid: "Young Mistress left him in the mansion. Now rest in the inn." Yu Jiaolong: "You go and bring him to see me. I want to ask about Wusu's recent situation. "The maid obeyed the order and went out of the back garden. Yu Jiaolong looked at Xianggu with a smile, and said softly: "Xianggu, I guess it must be Harimu. What do you want to say to him?" Xianggu glanced at Yu Jiaolong gratefully, then lowered her head to touch the corner of her clothes, a rosy glow appeared on her cheeks. Yu Jiaolong said emotionally and affectionately: "I promised you that I would send you back to the western border, and I was worrying about it. This is really a wish." Xianggu raised her head, and said in an eager but tearful tone: "I want you to go with us. There is nothing in this capital that you should miss! I think it is really your boundless sea of ​​suffering!" Yu Jiaolong smiled sadly and said, "I can't go with you anymore. This sea of ​​suffering has its end, and I'm almost there." At this moment, the maid came into the pavilion with a young cavalry captain wearing a sauce red war robe and sleeves.The young cavalry captain was heroic, with a pair of alert and slightly sly eyes flashing on his ruddy and round face; a tuft of fine hair grew on his half-smile lips, making this handsome man His face looked a little wayward and childish.Yu Jiaolong recognized him before he approached the pavilion.She was right, this was the Harim she had seen on the prairie, in the desert, in the lawn, and outside Delta's cabin.Of course Harimu also knew Yu Jiaolong, but because the maid who led the way was standing behind him, it was inconvenient for him to rush forward to salute and recognize him.It wasn't until the maid stepped forward to introduce him that Harimu bowed his hands and said, "Mr. Wusu Qiyingqian has seen Miss." Yu Jiaolong nodded and said: "You have worked hard all the way." Then she turned her head and told the maid: "You go back to your room, I will ask Xianggu to take him back to the inn later." It wasn't until after the girl had gone away that Harimu asked Xianggu with concern, "Xianggu, how have you been?" Xianggu stared at Harimu with tears in her eyes: "I'm fine. I'm just worried about you and your brothers, as well as Grandpa Damei and Budhawang. How are they doing?" Harimu: "They are all well. They are thinking of you all the time!" After Yu Jiaolong looked at Halimu for a while, he suddenly asked: "Halimu, how did you come to Beijing? What are you here for?" Harimu looked at Yu Jiaolong and said nothing.Although there was a smile on his lips, there was a look of guard and doubt in his eyes. Yu Jiaolong smiled, turned to look at Xianggu.Harimu also followed Xianggu to visit, and he immediately saw a sign of reassurance from Xianggu's eyes.Harimu hesitated for a while before saying, "I'll come and see Xianggu, and I'll find out about a friend by the way." Yu Jiaolong asked straightforwardly: "Who is that friend of yours? Is it because you have been talking to Xiaohu for a long time?" Harimu was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately calmed down and replied with a slightly provocative tone: "It's him. How?" Yu Jiaolong proudly said: "I also want to ask you, how is it, did you find out?" Hari fell silent. Yu Jiaolong smiled triumphantly and said, "You can ask Xianggu later. Tell me first how you came to the capital?" Harimu was a little discouraged.He smiled shyly, touched the back of his head with his hand, and said, "Xiao Zhun sent a chief executive to the capital on business, and he also sent two battalion soldiers to follow him, bringing many gifts to the Ministry of War. Precious gifts such as the furs of Mr. Huang and Mr. Yu, the servants. We stopped Mr. Qian when he passed Hami. Just like that, I sent those gifts on his behalf." Harim blinked mischievously, and then Quickly explained: "However, Miss Yu, please don't be offended, we didn't hurt Mr. Qian and the two battalion soldiers; I also delivered all the gifts from Xiao Zhun." Yu Jiaolong: "You also brought two people to Beijing?" Harimu: "I brought two brothers. They all know Miss." Yu Jiaolong: "Who?" Harimu: "Amir and Udunai brothers." Immediately before Yu Jiaolong's eyes, the figures and expressions of the two of them flashed, as well as the scenes on the lawn in the middle of the mountain more than two years ago.She pondered for a moment, then changed the subject, and suddenly asked: "Do you want to bring Xianggu back to Xijiang?" Harimu's face turned red all of a sudden, he glanced at Xianggu, and said solemnly: "I think about it. I hope Miss will do it well." Yu Jiaolong stood up, walked in front of Xianggu, took her hand, and said affectionately: "My good sister, I finally forgot my wish." Xianggu lowered her head, two tears fell on Yu Jiaolong's hand. Yu Jiaolong pulled her to stand silently for a while, and said, "Talk to Harimu, I'll come when I go." After she finished speaking, she walked out of the garden. After watching Yu Jiaolong walk out of the garden, Halimu asked Xianggu, "Xianggu, what's going on?" Xianggu: "I can't tell. In short, Brother Harimu, don't worry, my miss loves Brother Luo as much as you do." Harry Mutuan shook his head in bewilderment, and asked again: "Do you really know the whereabouts of Big Brother Luo?" Xianggu nodded: "Brother Luo caused trouble in the capital, and everyone is arresting him. Right now, he is hiding in Prince Tibeile's mansion near Yanhe City. I heard that he is working as a horse trainer there." Harimu was overjoyed, and couldn't help but grabbed Xianggu's hand and said, "You really helped me a lot! Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to find him. Okay, I'll take him back to Xijiang immediately go." Xianggu worried: "I heard that there are checkpoints on all four roads, and the interrogation is very strict. I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out of the customs." Harimu said confidently: "I have the license plate handed over from Mr. Qian and the reply from the Ministry of War. Brother Luo is carrying it, and he is afraid of being checked at the checkpoint." Only then did Xianggu feel relieved, looked at Harimu and smiled.She smiled so charmingly. So affectionate. Halimu stared blankly at Xianggu, his heart seemed to sink into a jar of honeyed wine. The two of them looked at each other silently.The many intimate words that have been accumulated in each other's hearts for more than two years, but they haven't said a word, but it seems to have been said, and it seems that there is no need to say any more. Joy often brings sorrow, Harimu's shining eyes gradually dimmed, and he asked a little timidly: "Let you go back to Xijiang with me, can Miss Yu make the decision?" Xianggu gave him a warm smile and said, "The one who can make the decision." Harimu was still worried: "Don't tell me she didn't even report to Mr. Yu...?" Xianggu: "Of course she's going to report. However, Master Yu will definitely let me go." Harimu: "Are you sure?" Xianggu nodded: "Master Yu regards me as the young lady's wings, and if I go far away, it's exactly what he wants." Hali didn't understand Xianggu's words, and was about to ask again, when Yu Jiaolong came back to the pavilion.She said to Harimu: "I have asked the young lady to report to the old man about Xianggu going back to the west with you, and he has already agreed. If the young lady wants you to marry Xianggu in the capital before leaving , it will be more convenient to go on the road this way. I don't know what you think?" Halimu was really overjoyed, he didn't know what to do for a while, but his face was flushed, and he couldn't answer. Yu Jiaolong seemed to have already made up his mind, and said: "Outside the house is Huji Street. There is a 'Sihaichun' inn at the south end. The shopkeeper Liu Taibao's wife, Cai Yaomei, has been to Xijiang and knows Damei. She and Xianggu It's also very good. You can live in 'Sihaichun', ask their husband and wife to help take care of everything, and arrange it as soon as possible. I will choose an auspicious date and send Xianggu here." Then, Yu Jiaolong took care of her again, and asked Xianggu to send Harimu back to the guest room. Everyone in the mansion soon knew that Xianggu was going to get married and return to Xijiang.Those servants who are usually close to Xianggu will inevitably come to congratulate her and give her some gifts.Young Mistress Luanying also sent a hundred taels of silver and some jewelry cloth.Downstairs, Dongmei and Qiuju each took out a few valuable hairpins and hairpins that they had saved up and gave them to Xianggu. Also like tears of self-injury. The next day, Luanying sent the auspicious date selected by the inviter to Yujiaolong's room.Luanying said to Yu Jiaolong: "In the first half of the month, there will only be good fortune in the day after tomorrow, so the days are a little tight, but my father said: that's fine, then Mr. Qian still has work to do." Yu Jiaolong just listened indifferently, with neither joy nor sadness on her face, Luanying felt sorry for her instead, and couldn't help saying: "Sister, Xianggu has always been by your side, inseparable from you, you really miss her." leave?" Yu Jiaolong: "This girl is also suffering, I can't keep her by my side forever, I can't let her be buried for me!" Seeing that Yu Jiaolong said such unlucky words, Luanying felt a little displeased, but she understood that she might be in a bad mood, so she didn't say anything more. In the evening, Xianggu went to Yujiaolong's room and died.Seeing that her face was full of tears, Yu Jiaolong pulled her to him, wiped away the remaining tears for her, and said to her in a low voice: "My dear sister, don't be sad, I will always break up with you. There will be no more worries.” Xianggu said warmly: "Halimu has a good idea, and he will definitely ensure that Brother Deluo can return to the western border safely. It is natural for you to take a step forward, and you will be free when you arrive in the western border. You can go with us." .” Yu Jiaolong stared at Xianggu for a while, and she seemed to have seen through everything and said, "I have already guessed Harimu's idea. You are from Yufu, and the matter of you marrying 'Mr. The people in the family will know soon. You and Harimu should discuss this matter carefully, don't be self-defeating, and be careful." Xianggu thought for a while, and felt that Miss was more thoughtful and meticulous, but she couldn't make up her mind, and asked anxiously, "What do you think should be done properly?" Yu Jiaolong seemed to have thought it over for a long time, and said in a leisurely manner: "The wind in front of me is tense, and there are Tian Xiang's eyes and ears everywhere. If you act too hastily, it is easy to catch the old man's eyes for a long time, and then he will relax, and it will be easy to pass the test. You and Harimu might as well go back first." Xianggu nodded, and asked eagerly, "What about you?" Yu Jiaolong: "Good sister, don't worry about me anymore, just pretend that I am no longer in this world." Xianggu felt sad for a while, and couldn't help sobbing again.She sobbed and said, "How can I not worry about it! I will miss you every day, and I will be tortured to death by missing you." Yu Jiaolong embraced the weeping Xiangu and stopped talking. One day later, the auspicious day for Xianggu to get married has arrived.Under the help of Liu Taibao and Cai Yaomei, Harimu made the wedding event lively. There were lights and festoons in front of the "Sihaichun" inn, and the west room where Cai Yaomei used to live became the new house of Harimu and Xianggu.香姑上轿前，依礼拜辞了玉大人、玉少老爷和玉少奶奶，当她拜辞玉小姐时，跪在地下抱住玉小姐的双腿，悲伤得泣不成声，竟不肯起来。 玉娇龙强忍住泪水，俯下身去，在她耳边低声说道：“好妹妹，别这样。你回西疆前再来看看我，我还有话对你说。” 香姑在玉娇龙的再三劝慰下，这才起身上轿出府去了。 过了三天，香姑就要随哈里木动身回西疆，到府辞行来了。 她在玉娇龙房里整整呆了一天，两人相依窃窃私语，真是说不尽的心头话，道不尽的离别情。眼看天色已晚，香姑也该走了。临分手时，玉娇龙取出一个沉甸甸的包裹，交给香姑，以一种充满了无限信任而又充满着感伤的神情对她说道：“好妹妹，请记住我这最后对你的嘱托：府里所遭的种种不幸，都是由我而起，我已置生死于度外，决心去赎偿我对玉门所负的罪疚。这包裹里是我积存的全部家私，你把它带到西疆去……或许，我们后会有期，……好妹妹，多保重！” 香姑望着玉小姐惨然的面容，双手接过包裹，跪倒在地，虔诚地说道：“愿老天保佑小姐重回西疆。香姑只要一息尚存，决不有负小姐。” 香姑依依不舍地出府去了。 玉娇龙心里如释重负，却又留下一片虚空。 春意一天天增浓起来，玉府花园里绿柳已经成荫，百花依旧开了，古柏亦褪尽枯黄，变得郁郁苍苍。可石阶却浸满青苔，径旁蔓长荒草，整座府第仍显得冷冷清清。若不是墙外偶尔传来一阵嬉笑叫卖之声，几乎会把这座曾经显赫一时的侯府，疑成是深山古寺。 玉娇龙自从香姑走后，虽竟日寡言少语，却也并无忧伤之色，一切起居动止，仍似平日一般的凝重从容。每当傍晚，仍独自去到园中徘徊，直至深夜始回楼。冬梅、秋菊只是小心侍候，没有小姐的呼唤，谁也不敢走上楼去，她二人亦落得清闲自在。 玉大人的病体已逐渐好转起来。虽仍遵旨“特罪在家”，事情却已渐渐缓弛。就在香姑出嫁后的第二天，鸾英奉玉父之命，给玉娇龙送来一部佛经，并婉转告诉她说：“父亲怕妹妹苦寂，特送来这部经卷，嘱你早晚诵念，也好祈福，父亲病体已渐愈复，妹妹就不用每天去省候了。” 玉娇龙只感到心里一阵发冷，她已明白了父亲的心意，只顺从地答应了声“遵命”，就不再说什么了。 转眼已是三月，玉娇龙请道长在元君庙里为玉母做的道场，已近圆场，她该上山祭奠上表了。玉娇龙一切均已收拾安排停当，到了初三那天，便命冬梅、秋菊传话出来，要管家安排好随从轿子，准初四一早起程上山。 到了初四那天，玉娇龙一清早便起床梳妆，换好衣服，又着意打扮一番后，去到内院给玉父辞行。玉父刚刚起床，正披衣坐在案前喝茶，玉娇龙走到玉父面前，轻轻呼唤了声“父亲”，便跪了下去。玉父见她竟行的这般大礼，心里虽觉有些诧怪，但却并不应声，把头转了过去，仍只用手挥了一挥。 玉娇龙默默无声地拜了三拜，站起身来又对玉父凝视片刻，哽咽地说道：“望父亲千万珍摄，女儿走了。”然后才慢慢退出房去。 玉娇龙又去兄嫂房中辞行，仍然行的大礼，鸾英赶忙扶起她来，说道：“妹妹又不是远离久别，何须如此！” 玉娇龙泫然道：“娇龙平日多感嫂嫂翼护之恩，特此一并拜谢了。” 鸾英陪送着玉娇龙来到府门前，见停候在那里的只是三乘小轿，随身带去的除冬梅、秋菊外，也只一个年老的家院。鸾英心里不觉动了一动，忙吩咐给玉娇龙换了一乘四抬大轿，又命管家给增派了两个家院和四名家丁。玉娇龙也不推辞，便在家院家丁们的簇拥下，闹闹热热地上路了。 玉娇龙这番出京进香，与前番大不相同，虽然随带的从人也并不算多，可由于纱轿的装饰不凡，后面又紧随着四名带刀的家丁，就特别显得别有一种威风和气派，沿路马来轿往，相遇时也都赶紧让路，每到一处打尖歇脚，不论茶棚寺庙，人们都趋来侍候，恭敬异常。 这段时间，正是妙峰山香火旺盛季节，上山进香的人络绎不绝。那些香客，一个个对于神佛虽都敬奉虔诚，但一个个尘念凡心却仍极重。他们路上无聊，也专爱打听点奇闻异见。玉娇龙上山进香之事，也很快被那些香客打听出来，并立即在沿途传开了去。 对于这样一位曾经在出嫁那天被人拦轿而闹得满城风雨的侯门千金，早已充满了各种令人非议和使人感到神秘的传说。 大家听闻她亦上妙峰山进香去了，香客们一个个都兴致勃勃，加快了步伐，争欲一见为快。这时，在那般香客们的心中，已经没有了元君娘娘，却只有个玉娇龙了。 玉娇龙的轿子来到半山那条狭窄的山路，当路过她前番曾和香姑坐下来小憩的那处路边时，她命停下轿来，称说要到林里那座庙子去烧柱香，便只带着冬梅穿过林子进入庙内去了。庙门仍然虚掩着，老道也不在，玉娇龙径直向殿后那间柴房走去，推开门一看，只见那匹大黑马仍然拴在那儿，大黑马一见到她，立即抖动鬃毛，刨蹄点首，不住发出声声低沉的悲嘶。玉娇龙心里欣慰已极，忙走到它的身边，抱着它的面颊，轻轻对它说道：“愿神灵护佑，你也快脱缰了。”玉娇龙又抚拍了它几下，便毫不恋眷地出庙去了。 轿子来到庙前，时辰还未过午，庙坝上早已聚满了香客。轿子刚停下来，坝子里那一两百双眼光，立即向轿子射聚过来。玉娇龙从容下轿，由冬梅秋菊搀扶着，缓缓向庙里走丢。 香客们交头接耳，发出阵阵私语：“真是名不虚传，实在太迷人了，难怪招惹出那样一桩风流案来！” “世上哪有长得这么俏的女人，准是狐狸精变的。” “可惜玉府那样一个显耀的门第竟败在这样一个女人手里了！” "..." 这些闲言杂语，虽然说得细声，却也隐隐随风传到玉娇龙耳里，有如支支利箭，从背后向玉娇龙射来。玉娇龙也不去管它，径直向殿上走去，道长忙将她迎入丹房，献过茶，便向她谈起道场设置的情况。正谈问，玉娇龙瞥见蔡幺妹在门口探头张望，她忙起身把她迎进房来，笑着对她说道：“蔡姐，你果然来了。我盼的就是这一天啊！” 道长张罗别的事情去了，玉娇龙又问了一些香姑的情况。 蔡幺妹低声说道：“她二人已离京半月有多，计程应已进入陕西境了。” 玉娇龙：“哈里木还有两位兄弟呢？” 蔡幺妹低声地：“到王庄去了。” 玉娇龙便不再多问了。 午饭过后，道长来说，上表时辰已到，请玉小姐到后殿神坛祭拜送表，玉娇龙拉着蔡幺妹的手道：“蔡姐，你也应去临祭才是。” 蔡幺妹困惑不解地跟着她去到后殿，只见殿上高设两座神坛，神坛左右遍立神幡，坛下各有一位身披八卦道袍，头戴羽冠的老道，正在使剑作法。玉娇龙把蔡幺妹带到右旁那座神坛下，指着坛上一块牌位对她说道：“这是专给蔡爷做的道场，那就是蔡爷的灵位，愿他老人家早升天界！” 蔡幺妹大出意外，忙向牌位上看，只见上面写着“陕西蒲城捕快蔡公灵位”一行红字，她不禁诧异地问道：“这是怎的一回事？我可从没想过要为爹爹做这大一番道场。” 玉娇龙：“这道场是我请庙里做的。” 蔡幺妹不解地：“这是为啥？” 玉娇龙：“超荐蔡爷在天之灵。”她停了一停，又愀然道：“蔡姐，你该去就位行礼了，一切你就会明白的。” 蔡幺妹虽仍感狐疑万分，却也不便多问，便跟在老道身后，跪拜如仪，她每一抬起头来，看到爹爹灵位，便不禁想起爹爹生前一切，心里充满了悲伤和哀痛。在一片肃穆而又庄严的祈祷声中，她似觉爹爹真已魂归天界，在悲痛中又隐隐感到一种宽慰，使她跪拜得更加虔诚。 玉娇龙亦已跪在玉母灵位之前，凝然不动地默听着老道拖长着声音念读那冗长的表文，她的神情是那样的肃敬，又是那样的虔诚，一时间，她好像变成了一尊庄严的法像。 未时一过，已交申时，上表时辰已到，只等将表送到庙前坝边当天焚化，道场就算圆场了。只听老道最后高唱一声“上表”，前面由神幡引路，后面有饶拔相随，老道双手奉表过额，玉娇龙跟在老道身后，三步一停，五步一揖的走出庙来。庄严的乐声，肃穆的仪队引得满坝的香客，立即围聚扰来。惹得众人注目，也是香客们等着想看的，倒不是老道那木然如塑的道貌和他那凛然难亲的面容，而是早在众人心中各有种种描绘的玉娇龙的容貌。坝里两百来双眼睛，不约而同地一齐聚集到了玉娇龙身上。 但见她绿衣白裙，腰间紧束一条雪白的绸带，头上发髻高挽，额间横抹一幅紫罗扎蝶丝帕；脸上柳眉微锁，星眼含愁，唇边隐隐抿藏着一丝悲悯；仪态端庄中而又显出万端，神情冷肃中而又露流千种。她在石阶上凝立片刻，一瞬间，香客们都被她那绝世超尘的容貌惊呆，久久偏积在心里的污秽妖邪等念头，顷刻便一扫而空，油然生起的却是一种虔诚的倾仰和叹羡。香客中有的老妪村妇，甚至几疑她是元君娘娘离了宝座，观音菩萨下了莲台。 玉娇龙跟随老道来到坝里，围聚着的香客们立即让出一条人巷；玉娇龙随老道向坝边走去，香客们也静静地随在后面。 上表法事已毕，老道请玉娇龙回庙休息，玉娇龙没有张他，却走到也在一旁上表刚完的蔡幺妹身前，突然对她跪拜下去。 蔡幺妹慌了手脚，也赶忙双膝跪下，说道：“玉小姐，你这是为啥？” 玉娇龙低垂眼帘，惨然说道：“娇龙负罪殊深，只有祈求蔡姐宽恕了。”她说完这话，还未让惊惶失措的蔡幺妹回过神来，便迅又将她扶起身来。玉娇龙随即转身向东，朝着京城那方凝望片刻，又恭恭敬敬地拜了三拜。列聚在旁的众香客不明究竟，蔡幺妹也被她这奇异的举动惊呆，一个个都眼睁睁地望着她，只见玉娇龙又慢慢转过身来，神情庄肃，目光闪闪，对着众香客环顾一遍，然后猛一转身，几步抢到崖边，将身一纵，便如落花一般向崖下幽谷飘坠下去。