Chapter 217 The Cold Buddhist Girl and the Sinister Young City Lord 13
Shen Suyuan's words were ridiculous, but Cha Jiu was still comforted.
She lay on her cloak, resting her head on her arms. Her eyes, after crying, were no longer as cold and clear as usual. Instead, they looked like misty mountains, making one feel pity for them.
Shen Suyuan pinched her fingertips and said, "Sleep well. I'll be here to watch over you."
Having said that, he prepared to get up and add some more wood to the fire.
At this moment, the fingers he had pinched turned around and grabbed his hand which was about to pull away.
Shen Suyuan was slightly startled and turned around.
Cha Jiu looked at him anxiously, as if hesitating, but in the end he couldn't help but speak: "Can you... just sit next to me?"
There were still some remaining tears hanging on her eyelashes, and her tone was filled with cautious pleading.
Looks very pitiful.
There was no way Shen Suyuan could resist his soft heart at that moment, so he didn't add any more firewood and sat beside her all night.
When Cha Jiu woke up the next morning, he saw him still sitting there, with his head supported by one hand and his eyes closed.
Cha Jiu knew that he was closing his eyes to rest, but he still deliberately stretched out his hand and copied his face through the void.
The narrow and soaring phoenix eyes, the sharp brow arches...
Her fingertips moved down inch by inch, as if she was completely unaware of the person's sudden straightening of his body and disordered breathing.
System: “He’s awake.”
Cha Jiu curled the corners of his lips slightly: "I know."
The system whistled and said cheerfully: "The favorability has reached 50%."
Shen Suyuan really couldn't hold his breath anymore, so he moved his eyes and pretended to wake up.
Sure enough, the hand quickly withdrew as if frightened.
Shen Suyuan opened his eyes and looked at Cha Jiu with her eyes tightly closed and her hands placed neatly on her chest. He couldn't help but find it a little funny.
He didn't expose her, but stood up and walked out.
Not long after, he came back with some edible wild fruits and saw that Cha Jiu had sat up, her face too shy to look him in the eye.
"Awake." Shen Suyuan handed her the fruit and said, "Eat something. I just checked and this place is not far from Qingzhou. If we send a signal, maybe it will be seen and someone will come to rescue us."
In order to ease Cha Jiu's embarrassment, he pretended to complain: "That scripture is useless. I haven't had a good sleep for many days. It was only last night when I was by your side, Master Yu Jing, that I could fall asleep peacefully."
Cha Jiu's eyes flickered: "Are scriptures useless?"
"Well, it's useless." But he still looked through it every night.
Cha Jiu pondered for a moment and said, "Then after we get out of the forest, I will go to Qingzhou with you. Maybe after I pray for Master Shen and preach the sutra for a while, the situation will get better."
Shen Suyuan's heart slowly filled with joy, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to confirm again: "Is this true?"
Cha Jiu nodded.
Shen Suyuan was extremely happy, and the aura around him became much softer.
This surprised Shen Qi, who came later following the signal.
This Master Yu Jing is truly amazing.
I feel happy when I can make my master roll down the cliff.
Incredible.
"Come." Shen Suyuan mounted his horse and extended his hand to Cha Jiu.
He is going to ride with Cha Jiu.
Shen Qi silently asked people to pull the extra horses to the back of the team.
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Qingzhou has a strong military force, and it is difficult for the common people to find a place to settle down in this chaotic world.
The Shen family mansion was built against the mountain and was luxurious and magnificent.
Along the way, Shen Suyuan introduced the Shen family to Cha Jiu.
"There is a twelve-story library in the mansion. If you are interested, you can go and have a look at it anytime. There are many rare copies of scriptures handwritten by masters."
After that, he counted them one by one, many of whom were famous monks.
Cha Jiu exclaimed: "There are all the original handwritten manuscripts of Master Yuanrong!"
Yuanrong was the abbot of Hanguang Temple. He was highly respected and could be considered the foremost Buddhist figure of his time.
His handwritten scriptures are hard to find in the world.
Shen Suyuan was obviously pleased by her admiring gaze, and his thin lips curled slightly: "This is nothing. If you saw the nunnery I renovated with your own eyes, you would know what is truly rare."
"When we get to the Shen family, I will arrange a meditation courtyard with a waterside pavilion for you. If you don't like staying in the nunnery all the time, you can live in that courtyard."
"In the spring, you can see the gorgeous flowers in the waterside pavilion, in the summer you can hear the cicadas and birds singing, in the autumn you can see the falling red flowers, and in the winter you can see the first snow. The scenery is different in each season."
"You will also meet my father." Shen Suyuan paused and said, "He may be a bit nagging, but he is kind to young people. You don't have to be afraid."
Shen Qi followed behind and listened, secretly complaining in his heart.
The master is not introducing the temporary guests here.
It was obvious that he wanted Master Yu Jing to come in and live there permanently.
When the group entered Qingzhou, they saw the guards in a mess and people running around.
Shen Qi dismounted and grabbed the guard leader: "What's going on? Where have all the guards gone?"
The leader saw that it was Shen Qi and the young city lord, and hurriedly said: "The eldest young lady set fire to the backyard of the Shen family, and the guards rushed to help put out the fire!"
When Shen Suyuan heard this, his eyes became sharp, and he immediately threw away his whip and rode towards the Shen family mansion!
Cha Jiu tightly grasped the clothes on his chest and asked the system inwardly: "Why is the Shen family so angry, and what's going on with the eldest young master's wife?"
The system explained: "Shen Suyuan had another brother, but he was also cursed and died at the age of 25. This eldest young lady is his widow."
Cha Jiu: "Then why did she set fire to her own house?"
"It's a sad thing to talk about this." The system sighed, "The eldest son of the Shen family and his wife were originally in harmony, but unfortunately, the closer he got to the age of 25, the more severe the curse on the eldest son became."
"First, he sleepwalked at midnight and ate raw meat. Later, he was like a ghost possessed. His temperament changed drastically and he lost all reason. He knocked over the candlestick in the room and caused a fire. The eldest young lady was unwilling to escape alone and almost died in the fire in order to save him."
"Fortunately, Mr. Shen regained consciousness at the last moment and used his body to protect his wife from the fire."
"But he himself died."
"Since then, the eldest young lady has gone mad and has always tried to set herself on fire to follow her husband."
After listening to this, Cha Jiu was overwhelmed with emotions.
He is also a poor man.
The horse galloped to the gate of Shen's house. Shen Suyuan quickly dismounted and headed towards the burning courtyard.
There was flames rising into the sky and buildings collapsing.
There was a vague figure of a woman in the fire, seeming to be crying and laughing.
The fire was too big, and the eldest young lady herself was unwilling to come out, so the guards tried to rescue her several times but failed.
"Sister-in-law!" Bloodshot filled Shen Suyuan's eyes. He took off his coat and was about to go in to save people.
A petite figure rushed into the sea of fire before him.
"System, help me redeem the fire-avoiding props. I want to go in and save people." Cha Jiu said.
The system exchanged 10,000 points for her fire-proof nano-invisibility cloak, which can isolate heat and prevent combustion.
With the help of props, Cha Jiu deftly dodged the falling beams and came to the woman.
"Come with me." Cha Jiu grabbed her hand and wanted to take her away from the fire.
The eldest young lady laughed sadly and pushed her away: "I'm not going anywhere! My husband is right here."
Although she was crazy, she remembered clearly that her husband died in the fire.
I dare not forget it for a single day.
Not a day to forget.
The fires around them grew more intense.
Cha Jiu knew that she would not follow him out as long as she had the obsession in her mind.
"Madam." Cha Jiu took off the Buddhist beads from his wrist and placed them on her hand, his eyes clear as spring water, "Look carefully, he is not here."
The Buddhist beads actually emitted a cool feeling in the scorching sea of fire, which brought back some of the eldest young lady's rationality.
Cha Jiu said: "Floating on the long river, you forget to return, and your thoughts grow longer and longer. The eldest son's soul lingers in the place where you first met him, not in this sea of fire."
The eldest young lady's body was shocked, and she was incredulous: "How did you know this?"
This is what her husband often said to her!
Cha Jiu did not answer, but took her hand again and asked: "Do you want to go out with me to meet him, or do you choose to stay here?"
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I can't finish writing. I'll finish it tomorrow. Good night everyone~
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