Chapter 217: Yu fell into the water and Xu Suyuan was paralyzed by the fire
Xu Jingyang murmured two words between his lips and teeth.
She seemed to have heard it somewhere, but she couldn't remember where.
Qi Yunshen pretended not to hear. He pulled Xu Jingyang away and, as they passed Yue Lao Temple, asked, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Outside the main hall, there was smoke and fire, and pilgrims held long incense sticks in their hands to pray for marriage and children.
Xu Jingyang: "I don't have any wishes I want to fulfill, so there's no need."
She looked at Qi Yunshen and snorted, "If you have any wishes, I don't mind going in with you."
"No."
Xu Jingyang tilted his head. "Civil officials mostly want to leave their names in history, while military officials want to achieve great things. Do you really want nothing?"
Qi Yunshen pulled her forward and said, "People may have different opinions, but it has nothing to do with me."
In his opinion, everything except Xu Jingyang will eventually become nothingness.
He already has the most important thing in his life.
Not far from the Yue Lao Temple, there is a mask stall.
Xu Jingyang stopped.
…
Across the river from the mask stall, a woman was staring straight ahead. She had gray hair, a hunched body, and was wearing coarse cloth. No one would have guessed that she was the former eldest daughter of the Yu family.
Yu was leaning on a cane, her face full of wrinkles and furrows.
It was as if I had aged several years overnight.
When the woman turned around and revealed her face, Yu froze in place, with turbid tears flowing from her eyes.
The woman smiled at the man next to her, then put on a mask, and the two walked away side by side.
She limped onto the bridge, muttering something non-stop, and passers-by avoided her.
"Jingyang, Jingyang..."
How can a cripple catch up?
Just as Yu was getting off the bridge, she accidentally bumped into an oncoming street vendor. The peddler was carrying two baskets of eggs, which were immediately shattered to the ground.
Yu's feet were covered in egg liquid.
People around were pointing and talking, and Yu had no time to explain and had to move forward.
It's not easy for anyone who comes out to sell things.
Two baskets of eggs are the income that the whole family depends on for survival.
The peddler was so angry that his face turned red. He grabbed Yu by the collar and said, "Pay me the money!"
Yu's eyes followed Xu Jingyang's back closely. She quickly took out the last few copper coins and said, "Here you go."
How can a few copper coins be enough?
"I don't have much money left. Please wait here and I'll send you some money later. I have something urgent to do—"
"You have an emergency, and so do I!"
As he said this, the peddler spat at Yu. He only gave her a light push, and Yu slipped and fell directly into the river.
"Help! Someone fell into the water!"
They were all ordinary people, not vicious people, and a crowd of people soon gathered by the river.
"Hurry up and save them!"
After being rescued, Yu was in a coma for a long time.
"Hey? I recognize her. She seems to live in Qingyi Lane."
"So the Li family was burned down first, and then another family was burned down?"
"Yes, yes, that's the lady of that family. She lives next door to the Li family. I heard that an old woman died. Her family's accountant was a good man. He tried to save her but was burned beyond recognition and became paralyzed."
They were all miserable people. The peddler sat on the bridge pier and started crying.
Qi An walked over quietly, glanced at Yu lying on the ground, and then took out a few silver ingots and gave them to the peddler.
"My son gave it to me."
Yu was sent back to the temporary courtyard where Xu Suyuan lived in one of the small rooms.
After those people settled Yu down, they sighed several times in the yard before leaving.
In that room, Xu Suyuan heard some noise and saw a gap in the tightly closed wooden door, letting in sunlight.
Xu Suyuan's lower body was burned and his face was burned beyond recognition. He stared at the rays of light, his heart dead.
He was left in the darkness and no longer had the courage to go out.
When Yu woke up, it was already early morning the next day.
She was shocked to realize that yesterday was not a dream, but when she arrived at the Qi Mansion, it was empty. Qi Yunshen and Xu Jingyang had left early in the morning and returned to Beijing.
Yu slapped her legs and cried.
That was her Jingyang, and no matter what, she would never make a mistake again.
When Yu returned to the courtyard, she rushed directly into Xu Suyuan's room.
The fire that night was caused by a candle in Mrs. Liu's room that accidentally fell over. The room was made of wood, and the fire spread along the curtains. Xu Suyuan was awakened by the smoke and went to save Mrs. Yu, but was hit by a falling wooden beam and the fire fell on his face...
Finally, when the doctor was treating the scars on his face, he accidentally took off his mask.
Xu Suyuan hadn't seen the outside world for many days.
Yu's voice trembled: "Su Yuan, I saw Jing Yang. She was with Qi Yunshen."
Xu Suyuan was convinced that Yu was dazzled.
"Mom, Jingyang is dead. She died four years ago."
"The dead cannot be resurrected, it can't be her!"
"Maybe it's just someone who looks like her."
Yu didn't believe it: "Son, believe me, that's Jingyang, I won't make a mistake."
His figure, appearance, and temperament... are exactly the same as Xu Jingyang before.
There was no way she was mistaken.
Xu Suyuan smiled bitterly, "You said she was Jing Yang, then where is Jiang Yunzheng?"
Yu's face was pale and her whole body was shaking.
Xu Suyuan's voice was hoarse: "Mom, maybe it's just someone who looks like her."
Yu slid down against the door and burst into tears.
Neither Xu Jingyang nor Jiang Yunzheng would forgive her again.
Xu Suyuan looked at the dark beams, and two lines of tears flowed down the mottled scars on his face.
He is still alive.
How desperate Jingyang must have felt when he was burned by the fire.
Xu Suyuan suppressed his tears. Everything that happened now was retribution for their actions.
The Xu family was destroyed, and those who survived were like rats in the gutter, reaping the fruits of their own labor.
When Qi An reported the matter to Qi Yunshen, Qi Yunshen was carving a jade hairpin for Xu Jingyang.
Qi An: "Master, the fire was indeed an accident. Xu Suyuan is now completely destroyed."
Qi Yunshen's hands kept moving, and the ash carved from the white jade floated in the air. The man looked at him calmly, "Keep staring."
"yes."
After leaving Hangzhou, they were not in a hurry to return to the capital.
They saw many beautiful mountains and rivers along the way. On the last night before the capital, Qi Yunshen inserted the carved white jade hairpin into Xu Jingyang's hair.
Xu Jingyang looked at himself in the mirror and asked, "Is there another white jade ring?"
Qi Yunshen's fingers moved slightly, caressing Xu Jingyang's porcelain-white neck. "Maybe."
More than four years ago, a jade mine was discovered in the Western Regions, and several exquisite white jade products were presented to the Daliang royal family.
The eldest princess picked out a white jade ring and a jade hairpin and gave them to her eldest son and daughter-in-law respectively.
Xu Jingyang dressed simply and elegantly, and wore the hairpin until his death.
Seeing the object reminded him of the person. Later, when Qi Yunshen was not in the military camp, he often played with the white jade ring in his hand.
Looking at the person in the mirror.
Now it has been returned to its original owner.
At this time, Qi An knocked on the door and brought in a big box.
Qi An came in and went out, leaving only two people in the room.
Xu Jingyang was wearing a midriff-baring shirt. She stood up and asked, "What is this?"
Qi Yunshen opened the box, and inside was a thick stack of house deeds, land deeds, silver bills and many account books. These were all Qi Yunshen's private property.
At the same time, a household registration was added to the table.
The person above is named "Jing Yang" and is from Li County in the capital.
Qi Yunshen's voice sounded in her ears.
"Jingyang, let's get married after we return to Beijing, okay?"
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