Chapter 395 Flying Bird

The long night finally passed, and dawn opened the blue sky, heralding the gorgeous sunrise.

On the nameless mountain behind the Shili Taoist Temple, golden light brushed across Huo Luyu's fair and tranquil face.

Shan Ji watched from the side and felt that she looked very much like the gilded, immortal golden candle flower in the temple.

The sunlight grew brighter and brighter, and the golden waves of the sea of ​​clouds gradually dispersed, allowing one to clearly overlook the entire Guangyuan City, which looked like a pearl lost in the green mountains, with beautiful white-gold smoke rising from it.

Huo Luyu murmured, "Yun Chen grew up in a place like this, it's really beautiful..."

Shan Ji stared at Huo Luyu's face intently and said:

"Yes, it's beautiful."

At this moment, Huo Luyu suddenly remembered the purpose of Shan Ji bringing her to the top of the mountain:

"You said there would be a gift at dawn. What is it?"

Shan Ji smiled cunningly and pointed behind her with his chin:

"Here, this is for you."

Huo Luyu turned his head and was immediately surprised.

In the lush redbud forest, there is a small Taoist temple with flying eaves and exquisite and beautiful shape, bathed in the morning sun.

The roof is solemn and green, the pillars are crimson, and the walls are pearly white.

It looks brand new and clean, as if it was just built.

Huo Luyu looked at the plaque hanging high in the middle of the gate. On the redbud wood were written three elegant characters:

Looking out at the cloud house.

As he recited these three words, Huo Luyu's expression became softer and softer.

After sitting on the dark mountain top for half the night, Huo Luyu didn't even notice the Taoist temple so close to him because there was no light.

So this is the gift Shan Ji was talking about.

She was grateful and surprised, and looked at Shan Ji with mixed feelings. The latter bared his white teeth and showed a silly smile that looked very similar to Yun Chen's:

"Hehe, I finally chose the redbud tree. The purple color suits you."

Her heart trembled, and a thin mist appeared in her eyes. She pursed her lips, but didn't know what to say to express her gratitude. She opened her mouth and said:

"This is... an illegal building, right? I heard that land in Youzhou is hard to come by."

He was obviously amused, and pretended to be familiar with her as he walked forward and ruffled her hair.

"With Huo Gannian here, what land can't he buy? He's thinking of you."

After saying this, without waiting for Huo Luyu to speak again, Shan Ji stepped forward, pushed open the gate of the Taoist temple, stood at the door, performed a standard greeting, and pretended to be funny:

"We respectfully welcome Taoist Master Lu Yu back to our hut. Everything you need for food, clothing, and daily necessities is fully provided here. If there's anything missing, please don't blame me. I'll quickly fill it up for you."

Looking at Shan Ji's funny look, Huo Luyu burst out laughing.

Shan Ji smiled and said, "If you really want to enter the Taoist sect, this place is the most peaceful and suitable. You don't have to share food and lodging with that old Taoist at the foot of the mountain, and no one will come here to bother you."

Besides, there are many houses here, so it is convenient for me to live in. Shan Ji did not say this.

"Let's go in and take a look." Shan Ji said.

Huo Luyu lifted her skirt lightly and was about to step into the gate of the Taoist temple when she heard a trembling voice calling her from behind:

"Luyu!"

The voice was choked with tears, making Huo Luyu look back in surprise. Suddenly, his face lit up with joy, and he couldn't believe his eyes and shouted:

"Yun Chen?"

Yun Chen had just climbed to the top of the mountain, his chest was still heaving and he was breathing rapidly.

She stared at Huo Luyu blankly, tears gradually filling her eyes. Then she took two steps forward and knelt on her knees with a "thump", which scared Huo Luyu.

Huo Luyu rushed over to help Yun Chen, but the moment he leaned over, he was met with a face full of remorse and almost despair.

Yun Chen shed tears and asked in a trembling voice:

"Thirteen years ago, do you remember the grave under the crabapple tree at the foot of the mountain?"

Huo Luyu was surprised. "Of course I remember. Thirteen years ago, my brother and I came to Youzhou. When we passed by this Taoist temple, it was raining heavily. I saw a child crying alone, holding his deceased mother. I felt sorry for the child, so I asked the people around me to bury the mother. We buried her right here under this crabapple tree... Yunchen, how did you know?"

Finally, after waiting for the answer he had been searching for for thirteen years, and finding the benefactor who seemed far away but was actually always right before his eyes, Yun Chen closed his eyes, his heart filled with sorrow and regret, and he couldn't help crying and said:

"Plum Blossom and Broken Moon White Jade Pendant... You buried my mother and gave me two silver coins... You said, 'Poor little thing, go buy some bread,' and I've always remembered it... Yu Yu, I've been looking for you..."

Huo Luyu covered his mouth in shock and subconsciously turned his head to look at Shan Ji, as if he wanted to confirm this shocking fact with others, but he saw Shan Ji quickly turn around and leave.

She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she seemed to see that Shan Ji’s eyes were also red.

Before Huo Luyu could think about it, Yun Chen was already crying out of breath:

"Luyu... Thank you... I'm sorry... I didn't know it was you... You've always been by my side, but I... I was afraid to avoid you... I'm sorry... It's all my fault... It's all my fault... I'll give you my life... Luyu..."

The words were confusing and unwritten, but Huo Luyu understood them all.

Yun Chen hated his own coldness.

She hated herself for turning a blind eye to Huo Luyu's burning sincerity, and hated herself even more for watching Huo Luyu, who had come thousands of miles to admire and follow her, suffer all the things he shouldn't have in this chaotic world.

But what would she do now if she knew too early that Huo Luyu was her benefactor?

In shock, Huo Luyu could only smile bitterly, sighing that fate was really cruel. Why did it have to torture lovers like this by such a coincidence?

"Yun Chen, I don't blame you."

If you want to blame someone, blame it on the heavy rain that day, which prevented Yun Chen from seeing his benefactor clearly.

If you want to blame someone, blame it on the fact that in order to make it easier to travel, she imitated Huo Gannian and dressed up as a young man. Yun Chen never dreamed that the person who did her favor was actually a girl.

If you want to blame someone, blame her for asking the carriage to stop and help Yun Chen bury his mother. However, Huo Gannian, who was in another carriage, was only thinking about revenge for his mother.

He just looked up at the faded blue sea of ​​crabapple flowers and Yun Chen who was kneeling on the ground crying while holding his mother's body. He said "Oh" indifferently and didn't ask any more questions.

Huo Gannian and his guards continued forward, and were immediately surrounded and killed. However, Huo Luyu escaped the disaster due to her kindness.

Since then, some people have fallen off a cliff, become disabled in their legs, and have been depressed for several years.

Some people knelt in the rain, kowtowed to the slowly moving carriage to express their gratitude, and then embarked on a long and dangerous journey to seek gratitude among the crowds.

For a moment, Huo Luyu wished it was Huo Gannian who stopped the carriage and lent a helping hand...

She finally understood why one day, Huo Gannian's personal guard, Bu Yan, suddenly brought people to her courtyard, and under the pretext of renovating the flowers and plants inside and outside her courtyard, he "accidentally" smashed her plum blossom and broken moon white jade pendant into powder.

The two jade pendants with plum blossoms and broken moons were relics of her mother Du Wanyi. Whenever she saw them, they would bring back memories of her and Huo Gannian, so she and Huo Gannian almost never wore them.

Little did they know that there was a fool in this world who engraved the pattern on a silver coin and kept it with him day and night, searching for favors in the crowd, and he searched for a full thirteen years.

Thinking of this, Huo Luyu seemed to have made some solemn decision.

She let go of Yun Chen's hand, turned around resolutely, and walked towards the gate of the Taoist temple.

Yun Chen hurriedly got up and chased after him. Tears blurred her vision, and she ran too fast, so she tripped over a stone on the ground.

Hearing the voice, Huo Luyu paused obviously, but then strode towards the door even more firmly.

At this moment, a bird flew across the sky. It saw the figure in front of it walking straight and fast as if he was running for his life.

The people behind hurriedly got up from the ground, not caring about the dirt and mud on their bodies, the tears and dust on their faces, and continued to chase forward.

The bird felt very strange and regretful. It thought, if the person in front of it stopped and looked back, would it be able to fall into the embrace it had longed for.

Unfortunately, Huo Luyu just stepped over the threshold with great determination and closed the door firmly before Yun Chen caught up with him.

The bird perched on the wall curiously. It tilted its head to look at Huo Luyu who was leaning against the wall inside the door, biting the back of his hand tightly and not daring to cry out loud. It then looked at Yun Chen who was crying and knocking on the door outside the door, looking as pitiful as an abandoned child.

The bird does not understand love. It only feels that the morning sun is as red as blood, penetrating everyone's heart.