Chapter 152 Dead Old Man
"Follow fate? Wouldn't that mean my Ah Heng is waiting to die?"
Jiang Rou became more and more excited after hearing this. Her body couldn't help but tremble, and her vision became dark. She almost fainted.
Shen Yue hurried forward to comfort her: "Don't be excited, your Majesty. Following the will of heaven doesn't necessarily mean this."
Xiao Yuheng also agreed: "Yes, mother, Ah Yue and I are planning to go out and play for a few days. Maybe during this time, he has already thought of a way to detoxify."
Jiang Rou raised her eyes and looked at him without saying a word.
This silly child is still thinking about comforting her at this time.
If the master really has a way to detoxify, how could he not show up until now?
She hesitated for a few moments, but ultimately did not reveal it.
"Then you must be careful along the way. If you can't find him, come back early."
As she spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. Before she could cry, she pushed the person out.
"Now that everything is planned, let's get going. Mom stayed up all night making meatballs last night and is still sleepy. You guys should leave quickly so I can go back and catch up on my sleep."
Watching the two people walking further and further away, Jiang Rou finally couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat and burst into tears.
Shen Yue heard a faint cry and subconsciously wanted to look back, but was stopped by Xiao Yuheng with red eyes.
"Ayue, don't look back. Mother doesn't like people seeing her crying."
"good."
"Where's our first stop?"
Shen Yue took a deep breath, "How about the Wanhua Valley in the south of the city?"
Legend has it that the Valley of Flowers is like spring all year round, with countless rare flowers, making it like a paradise, attracting countless people.
But Xiao Yuheng knew that this was not the point.
The point is, Medicine King Zhou Dian has appeared in the south of the city, and A Yue still holds a glimmer of hope in her heart.
He couldn't bear to reject her kindness, so he smiled and replied, "Okay."
The two of them rode a horse together and circled around the cemetery in the south of the city for a whole day, but they didn't see any trace of Zhou Dian. Shen Yue then frowned and let Xiao Yuheng drive the horse towards Wanhua Valley.
Seeing her discouraged look, Xiao Yuheng couldn't help but lower his head and rubbed her cheek to comfort her:
"Ayue, don't be like this. I'm fine now, right? Let's be happy for the rest of our lives, okay?"
Shen Yue tilted her head and stared at him for a long time before she smiled and said okay.
The Valley of Flowers is hidden among the mountains, and it is indeed as colorful as the legend says.
In addition to common flowers such as peonies, roses, jasmine, and crabapples, there are also night-blooming hibiscus flowers, the intoxicating orchids that smell like fairy wine, and the spiritual flowers that bloom more beautifully when they meet beautiful women.
In addition, there are blood flame flowers, psychedelic cloud vines, ice soul roses, seven-color flowers...
The two of them walked hand in hand among the flowers, talking and laughing. Whenever they came across a beautiful flower, Chen Yue would pick one and pin it in Xiao Yuheng's hair.
Xiao Yuheng also let her do as she pleased.
Because, compared to these charming flowers, her smile is the most beautiful.
Here, Xiao Yuheng lived in a thatched hut for the first time in his life, and also experienced the "cockroach war" in the bedroom for the first time.
After Shen Yue finished dealing with the cockroaches, she looked at Xiao Yuheng's pale face and couldn't help but laugh at him for a long time.
I don’t know if it was because he was scared or for some other reason, but Xiao Yuheng was particularly clingy that night.
Not only that night, but for several nights that followed, he was particularly clingy.
He put his arms around Shen Yue's waist, buried his head in the crook of her neck, and refused to let go all night.
Several times, when Shen Yue woke up in the middle of the night, she heard him mumbling in his sleep.
"Ayue, don't go."
"Ayue, I'm sorry."
Every time at this time, Shen Yue would pat him gently and kiss him on the forehead and lips. With her comfort, he really slept much more soundly.
In just a few days, Xiao Yuheng's seizure frequency had developed to once a day, and sometimes he would have an attack in the morning and another in the evening.
As always, he would make a fuss and refuse to drink the blood, and Shen Yue would always coax and force him to drink it. After he finished drinking, she would hug him in her arms and comfort him, saying that it was okay.
After leaving Wanhua Valley, the two went to Cangyan Mountain to watch the sunrise and then went to Jingchan Temple to pray.
Chen Yue originally did not believe in gods or Buddhas, but this time, she burned incense and prayed with great piety.
"Buddha Tathagata, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jade Emperor, please don't take my Hengheng away. Please also tell all the gods and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva not to take him away. Please bless him with a long life. Please, please!"
Xiao Yuheng knelt beside her and laughed at her for worshipping the wrong person. After all, there would be no statue of the Jade Emperor in the temple.
However, Shen Yue stubbornly said that Tathagata had helped the Jade Emperor suppress Monkey King, and the two were very familiar with each other. As long as he asked, the Jade Emperor would definitely do it.
After burning incense, she generously took out a stack of silver bills to add incense to the temple.
After leaving Jingchan Temple, the two of them let their horses run free, and when they came to some interesting place, they would stop and play for half a day.
It was the middle of summer and the weather was scorching hot. Sometimes, the two of them would buy a bucket of ice, rent a piece of watermelon field, snuggle in the watermelon shed, eat watermelons and chat, and stay there for the whole afternoon.
If the weather is too hot and humid, it will naturally rain.
Xiao Yuheng said that because he was infected with a cold poison, he had never dared to get wet in the rain in his life. Chen Yue listened and without saying a word, took him by the hand and walked into the heavy rain, running and playing.
She told him that in a certain story, there were two pink pigs whose favorite thing to do was to jump in mud puddles.
As she spoke, she arched her eyebrows and jumped around maliciously.
Mud and water splashed, staining the man's moon-white robe. He didn't get angry, but just bent down, scooped up a handful of rainwater, and splashed it at her with a smile.
Shen Yue pretended to be annoyed and tried to chase him, but she stepped on the moss and fell forward.
The man didn't know that she actually did it on purpose.
She knew that he would rush over to her immediately, hug her, and complain to her distressedly about her carelessness.
After succeeding, she leaned on the man's chest, laughing until she was out of breath.
The rain poured on the man's head and body. The water droplets dripped from his forehead, passed through his long eyelashes, high nose bridge, reached his rolling throat, and disappeared under his collar.
Shen Yue looked up at him and suddenly said, "Hengheng, I heard that kissing in the rain is the most romantic thing."
The man looked at the pair of sparkling peach blossom eyes, smiled gently, and then leaned over.
The kiss was lingering and long, so long that the wind became gentle and the rain stopped shyly.
At night, the two drowned rats found an inn to stay in.
Xiao Yuheng dried Shen Yue's hair and took off her wet clothes and muddy embroidered shoes.
Shen Yue put her arm around his shoulders and said, "It's time for us to return to Beijing, Hengheng."
Thinking of Jiang Rou who was still waiting in the palace, Xiao Yuheng curled up the corners of his lips.
"Okay, but we're going to a place first tomorrow."
The next day, the two men packed their bags, mounted their horses, and set off again.
"Hengheng, the Queen said that the peach forest under Lingyuan has been burned to ashes. Why did you still want to go there?"
Xiao Yuheng patiently explained, "The peach forest was destroyed because of my mother. For years, she has blamed herself for never taking me back. I thought that people always need to know where their roots are, so before I leave this world, I must go and see them."
Shen Yue, who was sitting in the front, did not reply.
Xiao Yuheng knew that the word "leave" made her sad again.
The two men and the horse walked forward silently. When they reached a wilderness, they smelled a foul smell ahead. Upon closer inspection, they realized it was a mass grave.
Xiao Yuheng took out a handkerchief to cover Shen Yue's mouth and nose, squeezed the horse's belly and prepared to pass quickly. Halfway through, Shen Yue suddenly tightened the reins.
Not far away, the old man stood with his back to them, on top of the pile of corpses, humming a tuneless tune and digging around with a thick branch in his hand.
She still had the same hunched body, was still wearing the same coarse linen clothes, and even her red hairband was the same one she had worn before.
Shen Yue couldn't help but yell excitedly, "Zhou Dian, you old man made me look for you so hard!"
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