Brocade tears

The north wind blew through the leaky broken window, making a whistling sound, as if the heavens were also weeping.Sui'er's tears dripped down in the coffin, and she leaned on the head of the coffin, unwilling to get up for a long time.The situation was so sad that Meng Kuang's throat choked up, and he felt extremely sad for a moment.But they couldn't waste any more time, she had to put her arms around Sui'er's shoulders, and softly comforted:

"Don't be sad, this person has passed away, we'd better bury her properly. Presumably the old aunt doesn't want to turn into ashes and go into the ashes tower, we have to transport the coffin out."

Sui'er wiped away her tears and said slowly: "No...we'd better burn the old aunt and collect the ashes. I want to take the urn away. I want...to take her to be buried with mother..." received Here, she choked up again.

"Okay..." Meng Kuang's eyes were also filled with tears. Family affection is the softest part of her heart. She hates this kind of scene of life and death the most, let alone it happens to the woman she loves.

Although the old aunt never explicitly stated the relationship between herself and Li Minghui, all three people present understood that the old aunt and Li Minghui were probably a pair of court ladies who ate each other.Moreover, the mutual affection was so deep that the old aunt was still clutching her and Li Minghui's nameplates tightly before she died.If you look carefully, there is a concentric knot between the two famous brands, and its meaning could not be more obvious.

Since Li Minghui and the old aunt used to be court ladies who were opposite each other, then Li Minghui escaped from the palace.It is said that the old aunt was disfigured because of a fire in Jingren Palace in the sixth year of Longqing. Many palace people died in that fire, and Li Minghui was probably among them.In fact, Li Minghui took advantage of the fire to sneak out of the palace.

As for Sui'er... I'm afraid her background is really related to the court.If she was only the daughter adopted by the folks after Li Minghui escaped from the palace, it would be difficult to explain why the old aunt could recognize Sui Er at a glance, and why she has such a deep affection for Sui Er, and it is also difficult to explain why the Queen Mother would Take such care of Sui Er.Sui'er should be the child Li Minghui carried out from the palace, and Sui'er's appearance is so distinctive that they can tell whose child she is without verbal confirmation.

These thoughts surfaced in Meng Kuang's mind one by one, but she didn't bring them up at this stall.Qingxu covered the coffin cover and nailed it to death.Meng Kuang found a two-wheeled cart for transporting the coffin outside, and worked together with Qingxu and Sui'er to lift the coffin onto the cart.The three of them helped the cart to the entrance of the already hot kiln, and put the coffin into it.Watching the flames devour the coffin, Sui'er knelt down and kowtowed three times to the cave.At the last moment, she knelt down on the ground and did not get up for a long time.

Meng Kuang couldn't bear it, so he knelt down to help her up.Sui'er straightened up, looked at the two name tags tied together with a concentric knot in her hands, and slowly clenched them tightly on her chest.

"Brother Thirteen..." Sui'er cried hoarsely, and said in a low voice, "We just want to live, why is it so difficult?"

Meng Kuang didn't know how to answer, so he could only remain silent.

"I don't know who my biological parents are, and to be honest, I don't care too much. But my mother and my old aunt are my real parents. They have suffered all their lives, and they have been separated for so many years. In the end I haven't seen her before. If I hadn't come to see her for the last time tonight, I wouldn't even know the relationship between them. The old aunt also didn't know that my name is Sui Er, and the word 'Sui' in my name is actually The combination of her and mother's name... It would be great if she could know how much my mother misses her..." She couldn't help crying again at this point.Meng Kuang slowly held her hand and sighed.

Sui'er tried hard to swallow her tears, and continued:

"My mother died of illness early on. She died of lung disease. In my memory, she was always coughing and coughing up blood. She said it was a problem that happened in the early years, and it couldn't be cured. I guess it should be in the fire in the palace. Falling sickness. I don't understand why they took me out of the palace, even sacrificing a lifetime of happiness and even life for it. If I don't understand this, wouldn't they have sacrificed in vain?"

"They want you to be free and happy, and there is no freedom and happiness in the palace. They don't even want you to know that you are from the palace, they only want you to live in the folk." Meng Kuang said.Even so, it still cannot explain the reason why they desperately sent Sui'er out of the palace.There must be a clearer and more urgent purpose for them to do this.

"Maybe I should go back and ask the queen mother...she must know." Sui'er stared at the fire light, but suddenly lowered her head and smiled bitterly, "This is really ironic...they tried everything to send me out, but I I want to go back. But I really can't swallow this breath, they can't die in such a vague way, at least... I can't let Tong Gufeng go, he is too deceitful!"

In the end, Sui'er's face gradually turned cold, and a pair of amber eyes that were originally soft and charming showed a rare coldness at this time.

Meng Kuang looked at her side face in the dim and flickering firelight, and there were countless thoughts in his mind for a moment.She originally speculated that Sui Er knew her own life experience, and the story of the "auspicious bird" of the queen mother should be told in full, but now seeing Sui Er's reaction, she should really not know.If she didn't hide her life experience, then what else was she hiding?Is it her real purpose of leaving the palace?Or is her interpretation of Zhang Juzheng's treasure map not so simple?

Qingxu pinched Yu Qing Jue with his right hand, and recited the "Taishang Sutra of Rescuing Suffering" in a low voice for salvation.Sui'er has memorized this scripture and read it along with him.Meng Kuang bowed to the entrance of the cave three times, watched the coffin gradually turn into ashes in the firelight, and prayed for the old aunt in his heart, wishing her to enter the bliss of the Western Paradise instead of entering the sea of ​​samsara.She was grateful to the old aunt from the bottom of her heart. If it weren't for her fearless sacrifice, Meng Kuang and Sui'er might never see each other again in this lifetime.

It will take time for the ashes to burn out, so Meng Kuang leaves Qingxu to accompany Sui'er, while he himself goes to deal with the two stewards of Jingletang who were knocked out by her.The two of them hadn't come to their senses yet, Meng Kuang untied the ropes that bound them, removed the special knot of Jinyiwei he had tied, and then dragged the two of them into the distant warehouse where firewood and coal were stored, and put their hands together. The feet were each tied again with ordinary knots, but they were brought together so that they could help each other untie the knots, and the storehouse door was locked with chains.In this way, these two people will not be frozen to death outside in the cold weather, and when someone comes during the day, they can also be rescued.

After finishing these, she climbed to the roof of the front hall and squatted on a high place to watch the wind.Meng Kuang didn't dare to rule out the possibility that someone else would come here tonight, so he had to be on guard against Guo Dayou first.Because Guo Dayou had already investigated the fact that the old aunt had offended Tong Gufeng in the palace, he could easily think of the fate of this old palace man, and it is also possible to come to Jingletang to find the old aunt.What's more, Meng Kuang still can't rule out the possibility that Guo Dayou is secretly monitoring his home. If he has been monitoring his home, then they sneak out tonight, maybe he already knows.Although Meng Kuang carefully checked the surroundings for eyeliners when he went out tonight, and Wanji Tea Shop never gave any feedback about the presence of other eyeliners, but the situation is complicated now. Cao Guang and the fish seller who appeared this morning gave her a clue. It's a very bad feeling, and she is now 1 worried.Wanji Tea Shop is not a professionally trained spy, and the three Qingxu brothers are also incapable of separating themselves. Their current surveillance capabilities cannot deal with the professionally trained Jinyiwei spies. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish the eyeliner behind the disguise.

In the cold night, the Jingle Hall was surrounded by dead silence, the moonlight in the sky was shrouded in layers of clouds, and there was no light source in the surrounding fields, showing chaos and darkness.Although Meng Kuang's night vision ability is very strong, it is very difficult to detect in such an environment.The only thing she can rely on is her strong hearing. The wind is not weak tonight, but it will not affect her hearing.From time to time in the distance, there was the rustling sound of dense forest leaves being blown by the wind, and a few barks of dogs could be heard faintly, which came from the southeast. There was a shanty town for refugees, and many wild dogs were also roaming there. .

Suddenly, she seemed to hear some kind of noise.She carefully identified that it was in the northeast direction, very close, and it was the sound of something rubbing, and then carefully distinguished it, it was like the sound of leather boots kicking on the wall.

not good!somebody is coming.

Meng Kuang immediately jumped off the eaves with a somersault, and rushed towards Qingxu and Sui'er at the entrance of the kiln in the backyard.At that time, the ashes of the old aunt had already been burnt out, Qingxu and Sui'er found an empty urn and were collecting the ashes.Meng Kuang rushed to their side and said urgently in a low voice:

"Quick! Hide!"

After saying that, she pushed them to the gap between the cave where she had been hiding before and the outer wall. Sui'er was so frightened that she almost knocked over the urn in her hand. Fortunately, she had already collected all the ashes, and hurriedly Close the lid of the urn.The three of them squeezed into the crack, and Qingxu was the first to go in, so he was on the innermost side.Meng Kuang went in last, on the outermost side.Sui'er was caught between them, hugging the urn nervously, forgetting to breathe.

Meng Kuang clung to the wall of the kiln behind him, looking out bit by bit.After waiting for a long time, she finally saw a figure in black appearing at the entrance of the corridor leading from the front hall to the backyard.The black-clothed figure didn't appear at the first time, it is estimated that he entered the front hall to check first.Now he came slowly, the sound of his footsteps was very soft, it could be seen that he had received special training.With the faint light of the torch, Meng Kuang could barely make out his figure. He looked very tall and should be a man.

He was very experienced, and after scanning the entire backyard to confirm that there were no traps ambush, he stepped into the courtyard cautiously.Because the three of Meng Kuang hid too quickly just now, the iron gate of the kiln where the old aunt's ashes were burned just now was still open, and there was a faint spark inside, and the two-wheeled cart they used to push the coffin and Qingxu parked beside A tool for collecting ashes with Spike.The strong smell of burning lingered in the air, proving that there were people here just now.The tall figure in black slowly approached here, and Meng Kuang judged that it was only a matter of time before this person found out that they were hiding in the crack.

Meng Kuang raised his hand quietly, and gestured to Qingxu who was at the innermost side, signaling him to step back into the crack.Qingxu acted immediately, the gap was very narrow, only enough for one person to walk sideways.Sui'er followed Qingxu back inward, she was still holding the urn in her arms, she had to be very careful not to let the edge of the altar scratch the wall.The two retreated close to the exit and did not dare to move anymore.Because a pile of debris was piled up at the exit, blocking most of the way, if you wanted to exit without making a sound, it was really impossible.

Meng Kuang has been paying attention to the actions of the two of them. Seeing this situation, he made a gesture to signal them not to move for the time being, while she still stayed in the gap to observe the actions of the man in black.The man in black looked carefully around the cave, he didn't light any lighting, the only light source he relied on was the torch beside him.After checking for a few breaths, he slowly stood up, walked to the other side of the gap, and then slowly disappeared from Meng Kuang's sight.Because Meng Kuang was in the crack, her vision was very blind. If she wanted to see the scene on the other side, she had to lean out.But Meng Kuang didn't do that.She pressed against the wall tightly, reached into her pocket with her right hand, slowly took out a bag of lime powder, and pinched it between her fingers.

He knew that the man in black had already noticed the strangeness in the gap, and at this moment he was leaning against the vertical wall of the kiln at the corner, forming an angle with himself.

The arrow is on the string, there is no time to send, and the sense of tension in the game is almost suffocating.

Meng Kuang stretched out three fingers so that Qingxu and Sui'er on the inside could see clearly.Then she started counting down, three, two, one!run!Qingxu immediately smashed through the barrier at the exit of the crack, and made an unmistakable sound, and he rushed forward with Sui'er without looking back.Sui'er didn't dare to make a sound, let alone act without authorization, so she stumbled and ran after her.I couldn't see anything clearly in the darkness, and I couldn't know Meng Kuang's situation at all. I could only hear a man's cry of pain and the sound of fists and feet beating his flesh suddenly from behind.Her whole heart was in her throat, and when she thought that sister Qing might be injured or even die, her mind went blank.

The moment Qingxu smashed through the obstacle, the man in black really leaned out uncontrollably.He was very experienced and guarded. He covered his face with his hands and entered sideways to prevent people in the cracks from throwing hidden weapons and poisonous powder on him.But he underestimated Meng Kuang's skill. Meng Kuang flicked away her palm in front of her. The next moment, she pinched the lime powder bag in her hand with her fingers, and the powder sprayed out with the hidden weapon technique she had practiced for many years, flying straight into the eyes of the man in black.The man in black immediately let out a cry of pain, subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands, his body was exposed, Meng Kuang took the opportunity to kick the man in black in the stomach, and kicked him flying out.She herself rushed forward, sprinted out from the gap, and punched the man in black who was staggering back near the left ear, causing his head to sway violently, and finally fell to the ground. .Meng Kuang took advantage of the victory to pursue him again, knelt down on the man, imprisoned his body with his knees, punched the man in black with short distances in succession, and hit the man in black on the head with every punch. People are powerless to fight back, they can only hold their heads in defense.But the man in black was very strong, with strong muscles and bones. Meng Kuang felt that every punch he punched was like hitting an iron block, and his heavy punches could not cause effective damage to him.

She didn't want to continue entanglement, and she didn't want to draw a knife to kill without reason when she didn't know who the other party was.He simply stomped on the head of the man in black, trying to knock him out.Unexpectedly, the man in black dodged the kick with all his strength, and raised his elbow to lock her ankle.Immediately afterwards, he stood up abruptly and threw Meng Kuang over with a roar.Meng Kuang, who was in the air, made a volley kick, twisted his body, and kicked the man in black with his unlocked left toe to the temple. The man in black had to release the elbow that locked her to block her. Kuang stretched his waist and abdomen, curled up his body, and landed firmly in a somersault.

Although the man in black dodged fiercely from Meng Kuang's stampede trying to stun him, Meng Kuang's continuous blows to his head just now had no effect.At this moment, he stood up suddenly, spinning around for a while, and fell to the ground again, his eyes were dark, and he couldn't stand up for a while.Seeing this, Meng Kuang immediately turned around and ran towards the courtyard wall behind him, and jumped over the courtyard wall with extremely agility in an instant.

She can no longer fight with this man in black. The more fights, the easier it is to reveal her identity. Since she has held him back for a while, she should run away.Sui'er and Qingxu should have escaped through the back door in the north direction, and Meng Kuang rushed to the north to chase them.It was dark all around, the new wind suddenly picked up, and the branches and leaves of the forest were whistling.Meng Kuang ran in the night, and the cold wind easily cut her face through the mask, causing pain.Her heart was beating vigorously, and her vigorous movements and sensitive eyes and ears enabled her to walk on the ground in the uneven and obstacle-filled woods.In addition to his short panting and the sound of the wind, there were footsteps in his ears.She identified the direction, and soon found Qingxu and Sui'er rushing in front of Mo Yezhong.She whistled loudly:

"Hey, this way! Go to the carriage!"

Seeing that she was the one chasing up, Qingxu and Sui'er heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly followed her to turn around and run towards the carriage.The three of them had no time to speak, so they rushed all the way back to the carriage, Qingxu and Sui'er got into the carriage, Meng Kuang untied the rope, jumped onto the shaft, and drove the carriage to the slums.

"What's the situation?" Qingxu asked out of breath in the car.

"I knocked him out, and he couldn't recover for a while," Meng Kuang said.

"Where are we going?" Sui Er asked.

"Go to the shanty town ahead and find a hiding place to hide." Meng Kuang replied quickly.

"Will the man follow the ruts to find us?"

"When I get out of the woods, I'll go on the driveway and go around. He won't be able to recognize the ruts after running over them. Don't worry." Meng Kuang has already thought of a way to deal with it.

"Who the hell is that?" Sui Er asked.

"I don't know... I couldn't take off his mask, but his voice is not Guo Dayou, and his skills don't look like Jin Yiwei. He uses wrestling kung fu, and his skills feel a bit like a tartar."