Ah Chang

Chapter 59

Mrs. Song said that she wanted to look at the sword again, but the next day when A-Shang brought it as promised, she learned that Mrs. Song had suddenly fallen ill. A-Shang was a little worried and told Keli about it. We went to Song Mansion together.

The mansion of the prefect of Qingcheng is not as luxurious as imagined, but the scenery in the mansion is fresh and elegant, and even the servants are respectful and courteous, Keli can't help but sigh: "No wonder the prefect couple are so popular among the people, the details can see people's hearts, see Is there that little girl who welcomed us in just now? We are almost gone. She still maintains a welcoming posture, and she hasn’t lifted it up for the first time. If it’s the little ghost Taohua, she doesn’t know where she went. I went to gossip, and I will let Xiao Yunyun teach her well when I go back."

A Chang smiled back from the side, thinking that Keli might be thinking about peach blossoms, and she also wanted peach blossoms a little bit. Although it is good to be courteous, A Chang felt that the "ignorance" of peach blossoms should come from Qi Yun's favor. It's good to be spoiled by someone like that.

There was a man guarding Mrs. Song's bed. He looked haggard and looked like he hadn't rested for a few days. Unlike the imagined government lord, the man was dressed in plain clothes and full of bookishness.

The two explained their purpose of coming. Although the man was full of tired eyes, he was still reluctant to leave. Mrs. Song comforted her, "Don't worry, Shiro, I'm fine." The man who was the magistrate left the house after a while. .

"My Madam and Your Excellency have such a good relationship." Keli took another look at the man when they passed each other, and went straight to the bedside without any formalities and began to give Mrs. Song a pulse: "Master Song, these days Hiei didn’t take much rest or eat much, did he?”

When Ke Li mentioned Mrs. Song's haggardness, Mrs. Song said with shame in her eyes: "Yes, Shiro said that he was really worried. Since I fell ill, I have been guarding here day and night, and the food I sent only said that I have no appetite... "

"..." Keli answered immediately after listening, and only said after confirming Mrs. Song's pulse: "Don't worry, Madam, I will take a look for Mrs. Song later."

"Thank you, doctor." Mrs. Song was weak and wanted to get up to thank her, but Li hurriedly helped her down: "Madam should take care of myself first, and Madam will be at ease when she is well."

"Yes."

"Ke Li's envoy, Mrs. Song, she..." When Ke Li turned to write the prescription, A Chang asked worriedly, but Ke Li kept his eyes on the pen and said: "This is the root of her disease accumulated over the years, it should be something she suffered when she was young , although there is no way to eradicate it, but I will prescribe a good prescription for her, and it should be fine if you keep taking it.”

After hearing this, A Chang felt relieved, took the sword and walked to Mrs. Song's bed: "Mrs. Song, I brought the sword."

As if receiving a supreme treasure, Mrs. Song's eyes lit up when she held the sword in her hands. It was a completely different light from when she was looking at Mr. Song, and it was hard to explain with the precipitation of the years.

"It's her sword." Madam Song raised the corners of her lips slightly as she caressed the end of the hilt with her drooping eyes, "The scratch here was left to save me."

Mrs. Song said, you know some people just by looking at them, and you will never forget them in this life.

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"My background is not good."

Before she became Mrs. Song, she also had her own name, Ah Ruan.

Twenty-one years ago, when she was 21 years old, a flood caused a famine in the south, and many people starved to death, including Ah Ruan's parents.

"I thought I wouldn't survive that winter either."

That winter, the funeral procession was more numerous than the chariots and horses on the street, and the outskirts of the city were full of starving people. A Ruan saw her among a pile of corpses, and was attracted by those eyes at a glance.

"Her eyes said, come here."

It was the first time the two met, looking at each other across the corpses all over the place and the barren land, A Ruan was so attracted, the girl covered in blood spoke with her eyes, asking her to help her.

"I hid her in my father's coffin from her pursuers."

The girl looked older than Ah Ruan, dressed in foreign clothes, spoke not fluent Chinese, and suffered some injuries. It seemed that she was fleeing.

The communication between Ah Ruan and her was not smooth at the beginning, and she realized that she was also alone after some stumbling blocks. Besides, the girl seemed to have something difficult to say, so when she saw that she didn't want to talk about it, A Ruan didn't ask.

A Ruan took her in and guarded her wounds, and the two lonely girls stayed together in this desolate and chaotic world.

"That winter was so bitter, so bitter, that I forgot the feeling of the sun shining on my body, and it was all snow when I opened my eyes."

In order to cure the girl and keep the two of them alive, Ah Ruan tried everything she could think of. She, who was indifferent to the world, was finally deceived by a wicked person who tricked her into signing a contract of prostitution with medicine and food. .

"I remember that the snow was so heavy that day that I couldn't keep my eyes open."

When those people with the contract came to arrest Ah Ruan, the girl's injuries had not yet healed, and the long-term hunger had already made Ah Ruan lose the strength to resist, like a small animal stuck in the snow, only Can be captured mercilessly.

"You know, when the snowflakes fall on the face, there is warmth."

Looking at the merciless snowfall, Ah Ruan gave up resistance, but regained hope when he was about to be taken away.The girl killed those people right in front of her eyes, in an almost ruthless way, the blood adhered to the snowflakes and floated to Ah Ruan's cheeks, it was a warm feeling.

The blood also fell on the girl's hand and sword, leaving wounds that would never fade away.

Ah Ruan will never forget the feeling when the girl tried to wipe away her tears with blood-stained hands. The tears are hot, and so is the blood, blending in the heavy snow, which made her know for the first time that the snow is also there. temperature.

Later, Ah Ruan taught her to recognize and speak the characters of Zhongtu, and the girl brought her back food to protect her, guarding the snow during the day, and sleeping in each other's arms at night, and the two of them went through the most difficult time together In the winter of that year, Ah Ruan gave her the Chinese name "Yaofang", saying that she was a flower that bloomed in winter.

"When I saw the sun again, I thought everything was alright, but she was gone."

The girl left very suddenly, without leaving a word. A Ruan stood in the morning light after recovery and looked at the snow gradually melting around her. She remembered a night when the girl was embracing each other, and the girl asked her in her unproficient Chinese. What is her wish? Ah Ruan said with sleepy eyes that she wanted a stable home.

The fragrant grass is already in the clouds, and the old man has not returned.

"I once resented her for leaving without saying goodbye, and then I met Shiro, who gave me a stable home, and I suddenly understood her leaving."

"..."

It's not a heart-stirring story, but an adventure when she was a girl. Mrs. Song spent a cup of tea calmly narrating it, but the memories filled her eyes.

A Chang thought she would go on to ask the owner of the sword if he was okay, but the person only thanked him decently when returning the sword.

"That was a very precious memory."

She restrained her words but her eyes were fierce, leaving half of her words in the snow that year.

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"She still misses her..." A Chang looked at the warm summer sun, it was hard to imagine the wild winter in the story, but Ke Li looked at her slightly: "Actually, the story is not finished yet."

Ke Li said that the "she" in that story went back to A Ruan later, when she could fulfill her wish.

"It happened to be her big wedding, and the celebration lanterns were lit from the street to the end of the alley for seven days. After that, she never went there again."

"..."

A Chang was very sad after hearing this, and felt that the two of them should not miss it, but Li said that it might be best to miss it: "That Mrs. Song is a smart person, she realized her ending, so she didn't ask anything, didn't ask If there is no answer, that person can always live in her heart."

"..."

"I'm curious, the she we've been talking about."

Ke Li said that she shouldn't have said these things, but it's okay for her to say these things, that "she" is the former owner of the Jianshui Pavilion, the person Qi Yun was thinking of, all of these are like Ah What Chang thinks.

"She" was born in a foreign land and was a noble princess. She was resolute, intelligent, and unparalleled in youth. After her country was defeated, she went into exile in the Middle Earth.

"She" took in many women who were also displaced, and gave them a shelter that could protect them from wind and rain. Those women were grateful and volunteered to use it.

"She has very bright eyes, like the moon embedded in the desert."

Keli said that "she" has experienced too much blood and seen too much filth in the world, but there is always light in her eyes.

"If that incident hadn't happened, she should still be the brightest moon in Jianshui Pavilion..."

The story about "her" ended with "that incident", and this woman called the moon remained in the hearts of everyone in Jianshui Pavilion.

"Do you know why the sword is in Xiao Yunyun's hands, because she is her faith and her mother."