Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Blood-stained Duoduo Palace

A few days passed like this, and nothing happened.During this period, Xu Jizhi went to Yancui Building several times, but each time it was just going through the motions.After he wanted to find some appropriate reasons, he persuaded Hong Chengchou to let Dong Xiaowan go.One day, he heard Dong Xiaowan yelling at Hong Chengchou in front of him and his maidservants for treachery and seeking glory, and said that he had falsely passed on the king's order to lure her here, but in fact he had no good intentions and attempted to rape her.After Xu Jizhi heard this, he was also deeply impressed and felt that Dong Xiaowan had courage.

Hong Chengchou waited for good news in his study every day, but every time he was disappointed.This made his temper more and more irritable and restless.When Xu Jizhi told him everything Dong Xiaowan had said, especially mentioning that he falsely preached the king's order and lured her to Suzhou, Xu Jizhi reminded Hong Chengchou that for a woman, it might be bad for him in the future. After hearing this, Hong Chengchou was also taken aback.I thought this woman was really powerful.While meditating, he fiddled with an oddly shaped paperweight on the desk.Said: "Soft is not good, come hard! What do you think!"

As soon as Xu Jizhi heard something wrong, he hurriedly said: "I don't think there is a way to be hard. My lord just wants to turn this uncooked rice into cooked rice. You know, she has sharp scissors and is determined to die. How can she just let her go?" If a person is close to him, if he retreats ten thousand steps, it is futile to win his heart and not his heart. With the body of ten thousand gold, an adult must never be in the abyss of unexpected events. Please think twice about this matter, and you must not be a woman and defeat your adult. Fame." Hong Chengchou sighed and said, "It's okay for a fish to fall into the net. What do you think should I do?" Then he said to Xu Jizhi, "You should help me think of other ways. Fortunately, you have a certain relationship with her. relationship, let's go."

Many years later, Xu Jizhi has always clearly remembered the accident in his mind.The sudden change ruined Dong Xiaowan's life, and Xu Jizhi's heart has been deeply disturbed for many years. The sudden turn of events made Xu Jizhi unexpected.Xu Jizhi has always been very confident in dealing with emergencies. He once believed that the most shrewd part of a person should be accumulated like saving money to deal with emergencies in his life.But this sudden turn of events made him feel dull.He just had a premonition that a woman like Dong Xiaowan would be unable to deal with being pulled into such a vortex, and would be completely destroyed in the end.He was determined to help Dong Xiaowan, not only because Dong Xiaowan had been kind to his parents, but also because such a beautiful woman was like a helpless flower bud in the frost, despite the wind and rain, she couldn't help but raise a wave of love. compassion.Now, he is sitting in front of the window of his study, staring out of the window, recalling every word Hong Chengchou said, he always thought that he was a shrewd and capable person, but when he sorted out these messy threads, he realized how clumsy he was .He decided that the only thing he could do now was to notify Dong Xiaowan immediately so that she would be more or less prepared.He leaned over the desk and wrote a piece of paper, then hurried to Yancui Building.

The incident happened so suddenly that Hong Chengchou did not expect it.When he heard that Prince Yu Duoduo returned to Suzhou from Hangzhou Xunshi, he went to the Prince's Mansion to meet him.Unexpectedly, Duoduo joked to him: "Mr. Hong is very lucky." Hong Chengchou couldn't help being startled.However, relying on his many years of experience in times of crisis, he knew that Duoduo must have understood something, so he reacted quickly and said, "Chengchou is about to report to the prince." "I don't know what Mr. Hong wants to tell me?" Dodo has always admired Hong Chengchou's sensitive response.

"There is a beautiful singing girl named Dong Xiaowan in the Qinhuai River. I don't know if the lord has heard of this person. She was bought by Rugao's scribes. Now I have ordered someone to summon Dong Xiaowan and present it to the lord. I don't know if the lord likes it." .” Doduo thought that it would take a while to get Hong Chengchou's words out, but he didn't expect Hong Chengchou to be so generous, so he pretended to decline: "How can we benefit from Mr.'s favor?" "Cherishing the grace of the body, and being cultivated by Prince Rui and Prince Yu in this way, he is willing to do the work of dogs and horses day and night. Doesn't the prince have doubts about Chengchou?"

"Mr. Meng's kindness, let's accept it." Hong Chengchou's words hit Duoduo's heart, and Duduo couldn't help being overjoyed. Seeing that Duoduo was so happy, Hong Chengchou stood up and said goodbye, and said: "Tomorrow, Dong Xiaowan Xunmu will come to the mansion to kowtow to the prince." After Hong Chengchou returned to Xingyuan's own study, he lay on the chair and thought about it, not knowing who told Duoduo.He thought, except for his entourage and some maidservants, Xu Jizhi knew about it, but it was impossible for Xu Jizhi to tell Duoduo that he lay on the tiger leather chair in a daze until dark.Only then did a figure appear in his mind - it was the flag general Asi Zhen.

When Hong Chengchou thought of this bannerman, he regretted it.He thought that if he had been given more benefits earlier, things would not have developed to this point.Now, he not only faces the pain of losing Dong Xiaowan, but also hates himself for being smart and confused for a while.In this way he spent a sleepless night in lament. Prince Yu Duoduo went to Hangzhou to search for Zhener, the daughter of Liu Sanxiu. Duoduo was overjoyed to get Liu Sanxiu, the number one beauty in Changshu.However, Liu Sanxiu kept crying all day long because her beloved daughter Zhen'er was in exile, which made Duoduo restless recently.This time, Duoduo was embarrassed to see Liu Sanxiu because he didn't find Zhen'er disappointed and returned. He just asked someone to forgive Liu Sanxiu.

After Duoduo returned to Suzhou, he secretly asked someone to summon Asizhen.Asizhen has always been brooding because he didn't get any benefits from Hong Chengchou.In fact, Duoduo sent him to Hong Chengchou as a banner general, just to ask him to pay attention to Hong Chengchou's actions at all times. Asi Zhen told Duo Duo how Hong Chengchou falsely passed on the king's order, Duan Yingyin, the magistrate of Rugao, sent Dong Xiaowan to Suzhou, and how Hong Chengchou was attached to Dong Xiaowan and ignored the business, and everything fell out. Duoduo didn't care about the trivial matter of Hong Chengchou's fake king's order for a woman.All he cared about was other things.He had also heard of the reputation of Jinling Bayan, but it was almost the sunset. He knew that Dong Xiaowan was the youngest of Jinling Bayan, she was amazingly beautiful, and she was just young.He couldn't help asking Ashen: "How is that Dong Xiaowan compared to Liu Sanxiu?"

"Oh! My lord, don't you know that Dong Xiaowan is the most beautiful woman in Jinling? She is much more beautiful than Liu Sanxiu. How can Liu Sanxiu compare with her?" After hearing this, Duoduo couldn't help salivating, and started to admire.He couldn't imagine a woman more beautiful than Liu Sanxiu?He couldn't help being jealous of Hong Chengchou.When he heard Asi Zhen say that Hong Chengchou didn't please Dong Xiaowan and was scolded bloody by Dong Xiaowan, he couldn't help admiring this woman.Of course, he also felt a kind of hope slowly rising in his heart.

Early the next morning, Hong Chengchou immediately summoned Xu Jizhi.As soon as Xu Jizhi came to the study, he said to Hong Chengchou: "The humble official has ordered someone to go to his hometown to pick up his father. Please ask him to persuade Dong Xiaowan." "No need." Xu Jizhi was startled, could it be that Dong Xiaowan became obedient overnight?Even if women are changeable, it is impossible to be so fast.He was about to ask why, but Hong Chengchou told Xu Jizhi everything he said at Duoduo yesterday.Xu Jizhi was stunned when he heard this, thinking that this is over, Dong Xiaowan's going here will definitely have no good results, life and death are uncertain, and I am afraid that no one can do anything.He pretended to be indifferent and said with a smile, "Your Excellency has the best opinion." After Dong Xiaowan got the notification from Xu Jizhi, she didn't show any shock, but her already pale face looked even paler now.She sat in the room without any sorrow, recalling everything that had happened over the years, recalling the years she had passed.Imagine the prosperous scene of thousands of lights on the Qinhuai River after dark.She knew very well that everything was preordained, just like the expected scenario, which was being staged one after another. It was already dark.Dong Xiaowan walked out of the room and saw Mrs. Liu falling asleep leaning on a recliner. She walked over to wake Mrs. Liu up.Aunt Liu woke up sleepily, and was surprised to see Dong Xiaowan standing in front of her radiantly. "Sister-in-law Liu, go and ask the maidservants to bring a table of good food and a few bottles of good wine." Sitting at the table, Dong Xiaowan said, "Let's ask the maidservants to eat together too." Aunt Liu was puzzled and went downstairs to wake up the maids and tell them to prepare food and drinks.When the maidservants came up with the banquet full of doubts, they saw Dong Xiaowan smiled and said to them: "These days, don't you always eat first? You are worried and frightened with me. Tomorrow you will be free. Now please You have a banquet together, and then I will reward you with some things. We will never meet again in the future. Come, come, everyone, sit down." After the banquet, Dong Xiaowan ordered the servants to light a brazier and prepare soup for bathing.Amid the wafting aroma, Dong Xiaowan called Mrs. Liu to the back room.Said: "Sister, you know that everything that should have happened has already happened, so you don't have to worry about me anymore. It's useless to worry about it now. You have helped me a lot by accompanying me here." She paused After a while, he continued: "I have to have a good talk with you tonight. You have a lot to do for me tomorrow. Now you are the only one with me, so I have to wrong you." "Do you really want you to see the prince? It doesn't matter if I'm a mother." "Sister, you know that I risked my life to come here just to protect the safety of Mao's family. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to go back. I have already discussed with Mr. Xu. Tomorrow, you don't want to bring any parcels, but go out behind my sedan chair." When you get out of the gate here, you just step aside and go west. Mr. Xu will send you to the home of a man named Bao Pingbo. I told you about this man. You will take all those jewelry Take it out and take it with you." "Sister, what do you want these dirty things for? Do you still want to wear these?" "No, you give this pair of pearls given by Hong Chengchou to Mr. Xu's wife for me. These two phoenix hairpins are given to Bao's family, and the extra jewelry will be used for your money when you go back and for future old age." "Then you..., don't you plan to go back?" The next day was fine and the sun was as warm as spring.The servants had already brought breakfast, Dong Xiaowan and Aunt Liu ate something in a hurry, but they couldn't swallow it anyway.At this time, Xu Jizhi had been ordered to come downstairs. After Dong Xiaowan got on the sedan chair, Xu Jizhi ordered to report to Hong Chengchou in Nuan Pavilion first.Hong Chengchou was already sitting in the study waiting.Hearing that the warm sedan chair had arrived, he ordered the sedan chair to be beaten, and at the same time boarded the sedan chair and followed out the gate.Xu Jizhi came to the big sedan chair and said to Hong Chengchou: "The humble job has gone back." Hong Chengchou hummed, and the sedan chair went forward.Aunt Liu followed Xu Jizhi to the west.At this time, a person suddenly came to Xu Jizhi and blocked the way. The person asked Xu Jizhi in a low voice: "Sir, please stop, may I ask who is sitting in this big sedan chair and the warm sedan chair?" "Xu Jizhi was startled at first. When he looked up, he saw a monk with a tired look on his purple face. He put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, how good you are!Good!Poor monk, I'm sorry for the benefactor. " "The Fangwai people asked why. Mr. Jing Lue Hong was sitting in the big sedan chair." After speaking, Xu Jizhi turned around and left. "Then, who is sitting in that warm sedan chair?" "have no idea!" "Sir, you were talking beside the big sedan chair just now, don't you know who is in the warm sedan chair?" Just please tell the outsiders, what's the problem? " When Aunt Liu saw that someone was entangled with Mr. Xu, she said, "You monk is really stalking, what do you want to ask?" "Hey, since your sister-in-law knows, please show mercy." "It's disgusting, a monk, asking what his family members are doing, Mr. Xu, let's go." "I'm sorry to the two benefactors, the monks want to find out if there is a woman surnamed Dong in this line." When Aunt Liu's face changed suddenly, Xu Jizhi who was at the side was also stunned, and was about to speak. The monk saw the situation and knew something about it, so he whispered to Aunt Liu: "The poor monk came from Rugao. , Is this sister-in-law surnamed Liu?" "You, how do you know my surname is Liu?" Aunt Liu asked in shock after hearing this. "To be honest, I came here because of Dong Xiaowan." "God! That is Dong Xiaowan in the warm sedan chair." With a sound of "Oops", the monk turned around and chased eastward with a handy shovel. Mrs. Liu followed Xu Jizhi to Xu's house, and before she sat down, Xu Jizhi asked Mrs. Liu, "This monk is strange, have you seen it, sister-in-law?" "No." "Then how did he recognize you? There must be an article in it, and he must have gone after Dong Xiaowan." He immediately stood up and said to Mrs. Han: "My lady, stay with Mrs. Liu, I'll go to Xingyuan to observe the movement first , I'm afraid something unexpected will happen." Not long after Xu Jizhi arrived in Xingyuan, he was drinking a cup of tea brought by the servant, when he saw Hong Chengchou's cronies running in sweating profusely. "Master Hong told Mr. Xu to go quickly, that Dong Xiaowan is dead!" Xu Jizhi was also taken aback when he heard this, he didn't expect that things would develop so quickly, it was much more serious than expected, he hurriedly rode on a fast horse, and came to Duoduo's mansion. Regarding Dong Xiaowan's death, Xu Jizhi only heard it from those followers.When he arrived at Prince Yu's mansion, Dong Xiaowan was already dead, a white cloth had covered Dong Xiaowan's body, and the bed sheet was soaked in blood. Hong Chengchou was standing there with a pale face, and when he saw Xu Jizhi arriving, he immediately shouted to him: "Hurry up and take this bitch out, and bury him in a random grave." Xu Jizhi hurriedly asked someone to carry Dong Xiaowan's body out of the residence, and then went straight to a nunnery in Qilishantang, and told the nuns to close the door to prevent outsiders from entering. Go pick up Niang and Mrs. Liu.While cooking, the monk I met earlier came into the nunnery.Xu Jizhi looked at him puzzled, then turned around and asked the nun: Who told you to let him in? "Mr. Xu, aren't you ordered to bury Dong Xiaowan? The poor monk is here to chant sutras, so why not?" Then he turned to the nuns and said, "Anyone who comes here should ask Mr. Xu first. Do you hear me?" Xu Jizhi looked at the situation and knew that this monk was not an ordinary person, so he asked in a low voice: "Master, you...?" "Have you called Mrs. Liu?" Before Xu Jizhi could finish asking, the monk said, "Let me tell you, I came here on purpose to rescue Dong Xiaowan, but unfortunately I came too late. May I ask Mr. Xu, do you know how she died?" Is it?" "I don't know very well. According to those followers, Mrs. Dong died when she hit a wall." "It's really a martyr." The monk said in admiration. "I don't know what to call Master's name?" "The poor monk's legal name is strict, and he and Mao Pijiang are sworn brothers. Hearing this letter in Rugao, he rushed here all night long, but he didn't save the living, so I had no choice but to take the body back." "This burial?" "That's easy, how about going to prepare a coffin anyway, and bury an empty coffin?" "It's a long way, how can this dead body walk?" "I have my own way of doing this. If I don't have some way, what's the use of coming here?" Sitting there, Long Lan was planning to recite two volumes of the Diamond Sutra to save the dead souls.She heard Mrs. Liu crying outside and her younger sister coming in, followed by Mrs. Han who also burst into tears.Long Lan hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade her, saying: "Sister-in-law Liu, now is not the time to cry, it's important to take care of Xiaowan first." Then he said: "The master has boiled hot water here, you and Mrs. Xu wash Xiaowan first. Let's change clothes." Long Lan and Xu Jizhi came out of the courtyard, looked around, saw a firewood house, opened the door and went in, there were a lot of firewood piled inside, he carried a few large firewood into the coffin, then lifted the coffin up, Feeling a little lighter, he moved another stone into the coffin, tried again, and said, "It's almost there." Xu Jizhi was dumbfounded. "Master buried the empty coffin, what about the dead body?" Just as Long Lan was about to speak, she saw Han opened the door in a panic and ran out, waving to this side: "He's still alive." Surprised and delighted, Xu Jizhi hurriedly asked, "Really?" Seeing Mrs. Han nodding.Xu Jizhi hurriedly summoned Long Lan and said in a low voice, "She has come back to life." "It couldn't be better." After finishing speaking, Long Lan secretly recited Amitabha. Dong Xiaowan woke up from Aunt Liu's crying and calling.Just when Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Han came into the house carrying buckets and wooden basins to lift the quilt, they heard Dong Xiaowan's voice like a mosquito ant: "Sister." There came this thin voice. "Sister-in-law Liu, listen carefully. Does it sound like a voice? Feel her heart." "My chest is still hot," Aunt Liu said pleasantly, "My heart is also beating." "Thinking about it, I did hear her call sister just now." After Han finished speaking, she lowered her head close to Dong Xiaowan's face, listened carefully, and heard a weak and short voice, and Liu Aunt also moved her head close to Dong Xiaowan's, this time she heard Dong Xiaowan's weak breath, and she immediately jumped up in surprise Standing up, "She's not dead yet!" Tears dripped down Dong Xiaowan's face.Dong Xiaowan felt that she was gradually waking up from a deep lethargy. When she was touched by Mrs. Liu's cold fingers to her chest, she just called out to her sister angrily and passed out again. Dong Xiaowan woke up again from the intermittent sobs.She didn't know what was in front of her eyes, and when she was extremely difficult to recall what had happened, a sharp pain almost made her faint.She felt that some images became more and more blurred, and then she entered a deep coma again. Aunt Liu leaned against Dong Xiaowan's bed and sobbed nonstop.She fell asleep in a daze, and when Long Lan opened the door and came in, she didn't wake her up. "Sister-in-law Liu, are you awake? Wake up quickly." Long Lan stepped forward and finally woke Aunt Liu out of her deep sleep. "What? I fell asleep." After waking up, Mrs. Liu rubbed her sore right hand that was resting on the bed with her left hand. "Dawn? Why did I fall asleep?" "Sister-in-law Liu, take good care of Xiaowan. I'm afraid I have to rush back to Rugao to inform my third brother. Xiaowan's injury is too serious. We can't waste time." When Long Lan walked out, she turned her head and asked Mrs. Liu: "Did Xiao Wan stay up all night?" "I'm afraid she didn't wake up all the time. I don't know if she woke up in the middle of the night, but how could I fall asleep?" Dong Xiaowan woke up from a deep sleep, she heard someone talking, but she felt that the voice was so far away that she couldn't distinguish it at all.She tried to gather her thoughts to recall what happened, but she had to give up this effort in the end, she was too weak to even open her eyes easily.When she heard a clang, she fell asleep again. When Long Lan arrived outside the city of Rugao, it was already lit up by thousands of households.When he walked through the city to the Maofu compound in Jixianli, he saw a figure walking out of the gate.The man's eyes protruding from under the fur cap were staring at the person, and Long Lan recognized him as the housekeeper Maoquan. "Housekeeper, is your son at home?" "Master, is that you?" My son is looking forward to your return every day. Mao Quan immediately recognized the mighty man in front of him, he looked at the weapon held in that big hand with a cold light and asked: "Master, how is Young Madam?" " "Let's go see the son together and talk about it." In the water painting garden, Long Lan once again saw Mao Pijiang, who had been lingering on the sick bed for a long time, his frail figure was like an unreal phantom behind the bronze oil lamp.Long Lan thought, after not seeing him for a few days, he has become so thin! When the housekeeper stepped forward to inform Mao Pijiang on the sickbed that Master Yan Jie had returned, the illusory figure in white immediately returned to reality. "Second brother is that you? You are back, how is Wanjun?" Mao Pijiang's emaciated body floated in front of Long Lan like a paper doll, and he grabbed Long Lan's hand and said, "Wan Jun is back." Is it?" "Come back soon, hurry up and find a boat to bring her back, she is not in good health." When the boat first floated into the Longyou River, Dong Xiaowan's face became even paler.The river wind made the sails blare, Long Lan stood at the bow of the boat with a handy shovel, looking like a stone statue from a distance, facing the river wind, motionless; Aunt Liu sat outside the cabin, looking dazed. His demeanor and eyes were like those of a frightened patient, staring at the river in bewilderment. The water waves spread far away and disappeared on the gray shore. Xiao Wan was lying in the middle of the cabin, her face as pale as a sheet of white paper.Her image is like a picture of an ancient lady, with a fair complexion, weak and boneless, only the occasional twitch of her beautiful eyelashes makes her a living creature. Xiao Wan opened her eyes with difficulty, then closed them slowly, and sighed softly.She felt that death was waving to her not far away.She struggled a little, wanted to cry out, but felt that her voice could not even be heard by herself.He closed his eyes sadly. Her thoughts drifted away as thin as a gossamer.She thought of the sailboats in her hometown and the poplars by the river many years ago. The last memory of Xiao Wan when she was dying was shortly before Mao Bijiang arrived.As soon as the boat entered the Longyou River, Long Lan heard Mrs. Liu seem to be talking to Xiaowan in the front cabin. She was very happy, so she stepped into the cabin and coughed softly.Liu happily smiled at Long Lan and said, "Master, Xiao Wan just asked about you." Long Lan clasped her hands together and recited Amitabha, and said, "Sister-in-law, take a good rest. Do you still recognize me?" Looking at Xiao Wan who closed her eyes slightly, Long Lan said, "I am a plum dragon orchid from Shandong!" At this moment, Xiao Wan slowly opened her eyes, looked at Yan Jie with a smile on her face, her lips parted slightly as if she was about to speak, Auntie Liu quickly moved her head to her mouth, and asked, "Sister, what do you want to say?" Xiaowan's lips kept opening and closing, her voice was like mosquitoes and ants.Auntie Liu's bun covered Xiao Wan's entire face, and she could only hear Xiao Wan's voice intermittently, which sounded distant and hollow. "Sister, I can't do it anymore... Help me to thank the second brother... Oh, Mao Lang..." Seeing this scene, Long Lan knew that Xiao Wan's time was running out, so she couldn't help becoming anxious.The boat arrived at Liuqiao not far from Rugao around noon.Long Lan ordered Mr. Shao to drive the boat forward quickly, let them find a quieter place to stop at the pier outside the south gate and wait for him to come back, and told Mrs. Liu to take good care of Xiaowan, and then flew to Rugao to take the risk. The intention is to tell Mao Pijiang to hurry up and meet Xiaowan for the last time. Aunt Liu called to Xiao Wan with tears all over her face, and Xiao Wan lay motionless.The pale face was serene and serene.At this time, the people on the boat almost believed that Xiao Wan was dead. In fact, Xiaowan did not die, she knew she was still alive.She heard Mrs. Liu's cry, and really wanted to respond to her, but she felt that she couldn't open her mouth anyway, and even had difficulty opening her eyes.Xiaowan just felt very tired and wanted to sleep well, and she didn't want to answer their calls anymore. She felt herself lying on a leaf-strewn raft as the raft wobbled and slid beneath her into the darkness.Thoughts were fading, something inside her was shrinking, and she suddenly felt like she wanted to hold on to something that was dying.At this time, she thought of those distant nights, those days of serving Maolang. During the day, she embroiders in front of the door and spins behind the house.After finishing the chores of the day, I waited for the fine work in the evening.She, a woman with a clear mind, took care of the delicate work in a closed world, and she dreamed of it over and over again, and was intoxicated over and over again.At night, Mao Lang threw down his book and yawned countless times and went to bed. He was not used to sleeping on an embroidered pillow. He lowered his head, looking for Xiao Wan's bare thigh, and then pillowed on it.He closed his eyes and didn't move, as if he was taken into a distant realm.Xiaowan washed her hands many times before going to bed, and also applied Maolang's favorite powder. First, she gently rubbed Maolang's temples for a while, then opened a small wooden box with exquisite carvings, and took out a silver earpick , Start digging Maolang's ears.Maolang didn't move at all, and Xiaowan also pulled out extremely delicately and gently.The dirt that was taken out trembled and placed on a piece of parchment. After digging out, Mao Lang opened one eye to look at the dirt on the parchment, then moaned comfortably, turned over and turned his other ear to Xiao Wan.When Xiaowan finished digging out his two ears, wiped the silver ear spoon lightly, and put it into a small carved box, a thread of saliva from Maolang's sleep had already dripped on Xiaowan's leg.Xiaowan sat still, stretched her neck and blew out the lamp, and sat quietly in the dark, feeling Maolang's hot breath on her lap. She started to feel drowsy.There is a serene smile on his face. Mrs. Liu was wiping the teardrops off her face with a silk handkerchief. Suddenly, she stared into her red and swollen eyes and saw a smile on Xiao Wan's pale face. She exclaimed in surprise, "Xiao Wan, are you still alive?" In the deep sleep, Xiaowan seemed to see a piece of transparent white nails, crystal clear in the yellow sunlight.This piece of white nails is always shaking in front of her eyes. She couldn't remember whose nails it was. Xiaowan's thinking has entered a deeper coma, but she seems to be very quiet, and her breathing is a bit heavy.Even Mrs. Liu heard it when she entered the cabin. Mrs. Liu thought that Dong Xiaowan had improved and could still fall asleep. She felt relieved and walked out of the cabin with a basin of dirty clothes. When Dong Xiaowan woke up, she saw that piece of white nail shaking in front of her eyes again. She stared carefully in front of her eyes, but saw nothing, only the west slanting sunlight fell on her head like a sieve through the window curtain.The sunlight is yellow and clear, and the fine dust is constantly swirling in those yellow beams.She thought of that piece of nail, and remembered whose white nail belonged to it. When Dong Xiaowan was dying, he thought of Mao Pijiang's white nails.That white nail had lived in her heart for so long that it was easy to remember.Dong Xiaowan once told Liu Rushi and Li Xiangjun what kind of white hands her Maolang had, with a beautiful transparent nail growing on the little finger. In Dong Xiaowan's memory, she usually doesn't pay attention to Mao Pijiang's face, and is always willing to stare at his hands.Mao Pijiang's hands were very white, and looked a little pale, as if they had been painted with makeup.Especially Mao Pijiang's left little finger is almost as long as his ring finger, and has a piece of transparent, well-trimmed white nails, which were not trimmed with scissors.Dong Xiaowan had seen Mao Pijiang put his little nails to his lips many times when he was reading or thinking about something, and kept biting along the edges of the nails with the same beautiful and neat teeth.When going to bed at night, Mao Pijiang would calmly touch her whole body with his right hand.She could feel that Mao Pijiang's transparent nails sometimes pricked her skin.Mao Pijiang is very experienced and can make a woman happy in ordinary times. To find those past events worth keeping in memory, it seems that Dong Xiaowan is too demanding, they are like dust floating in the sun, and they can't be retained no matter what.If it wasn't for that piece of white nail that kept shaking, evoking her long-sleeping memory, she almost thought that she was already waiting for Yan Luo's inquiry in the underworld. That dimly lit night.Dong Xiaowan and Mao Pijiang bypassed the crowd, avoided the extravagant dinner party, and ran out from Aunt Li's house.When passing through the courtyard in the middle, I saw a figure lying under a plum tree. It was Wu Ciwei who was drunk like mud and recited "Jingkou Beiguting · Huaigu" by Xin Qiji, the anti-golden hero of the Southern Song Dynasty. Mao Bijiang yelled at Wu Ci's tail a few times.Wu Ciwei ignored him, and Dong Xiaowan said, "Should I help him into the house, worrying about catching a cold?" Mao Pijiang held Dong Xiaowan with his left hand, walked over and pulled Wu Ciwei a few times with his right hand, but Wu Ciwei still ignored him, and lay down reciting with tears streaming down his face.Mao Bijiang stopped and said to Dong Xiaowan: "Let's go. He has always had this temper. Since the Qing army entered the customs, he has been drunk and cried after drinking. It is useless to persuade him. We still let's go." When Mao Bijiang led Dong Xiaowan out of the gate, he could still hear Wu Ciwei crying in a different tone, "...Forty-three years, I still remember it, the beacon fire on Yangzhou Road..." As soon as he got home, Mao Pijiang went to the bedroom. Dong Xiaowan was going to make a bowl of egg soup for Mao Pijiang, but when he saw Mao Pijiang going upstairs, he followed him. Mao Pijiang sat on the edge of the bed, pulled Xiao Wan into his arms, then asked her to take off her shoes, and sat down beside him.That day Xiaowan felt an impulse she had never had before. She got on the bed quickly, and before she could sit still, Mao Pijiang's beautiful white hand penetrated into her underwear like a ripped bamboo. Dong Xiaowan felt that hand was like a small The cat's paws were playing on her chest, and she tried to stop it, but immediately returned to the once familiar obsession. "Take it easy!" Dong Xiaowan felt that Mao Bijiang's transparent nails scratched her chest again, like a kitten's teeth biting her. "I want to marry you! Jia Yan agrees that I will marry you. Do you know?" Mao Bijiang closed his eyes and said, the corners of his mouth moved like he was talking in a dream. Dong Xiaowan stared at Mao Pijiang's delicate face, and murmured: "This is a big deal!" Dong Xiaowan shook off all the buttons of her clothes, revealing the snow-white world.Finally, Mao Pijiang fell asleep.Dong Xiaowan looked down, on the white skin of her chest, there was a small red river drawn by Mao Pijiang's nails, flowing joyfully to the hinterland. "I will never forget that piece of transparent white nails in my life." Dong Xiaowan said to herself.