wrong song

Chapter 43

"Which sweet-scented osmanthus does Madam want?"

Ah Shui thought for a while, and pointed to the right: "That one, there are a few more over there. An He, pick it carefully."

An He replied with a smile, bouncing around to help her pick sweet-scented osmanthus.Standing alone under the tree, Ah Shui suddenly remembered how he was sitting alone by the side of the mountain road and was comforted by Kong Qing in every possible way. Only then did he realize that more than a year had passed in a flash.

For more than a year, He Lianming was not at home all year round, but Kunlun disciples often came to her to see a doctor, and the room was quite lively.It's just that it's cold at night, and as a young girl, she still can't help feeling lonely.

Ah Shui was engrossed in her thoughts, when suddenly she heard someone behind her say: "...Sister-in-law, the sweet-scented osmanthus fell on her shoulder."

Only then did she realize that the gusts of autumn wind had covered her shoulders and hair with sweet-scented osmanthus flowers.Ah Shui, of course, had never learned any manners and manners, but she was inexplicably embarrassed, lowered her head and silently brushed off the falling flowers, and then tidied her hair.

The man was also very considerate, and after she finished tidying up her appearance, he called out respectfully, "Sister-in-law, good day."

The one who came was none other than He Lianming's younger brother, He Lianjing.Although they are brothers, the two have no similarities in appearance and personality.

Probably because the elders were so disappointed in He Lianming. They taught He Lianjing extremely strictly. On weekdays, the future head of Kunlun was either handling housework or practicing swordsmanship. Kunlun has only met him a few times at wedding banquets and family banquets for more than a year, and only remembers that he is gentle and refined, his words and deeds are decent, and he has the air of a patriarch.

Taking a closer look now, probably because he was not wearing a tuxedo, but only a duck-egg blue gown, Ah Shui felt that he was much younger than at the family banquet, and he was a handsome young man in his early twenties.

As if sensing her gaze, Helian Jing tilted his head and said softly, "Sister-in-law? What's wrong?"

Only then did Ah Shui realize that she had just been rude, and before she could speak, her face turned half red.She was not good at words, and now she opened her mouth in embarrassment several times, but she only uttered the word "I". However, the more embarrassed and impatient she was in this room, the eyes of Helian Jing in the other room were always as calm as water, Fall on her.

"Ma'am!" An He hurried over, "The flowers are picked... Ah, Second Young Master!"

Ah Shui hurriedly turned her head away, not to let the maid see her embarrassment.An He said hello to He Lianjing, and held her bosom full of sweet-scented osmanthus in front of her: "Ma'am, smell it, it's fragrant!"

Ah Shui hid her face behind the sweet-scented osmanthus as if she had been pardoned, lowered her eyes and smelled it, and praised sincerely: "The sweet-scented osmanthus in Kunlun blooms really well."

"It's just one, it's a bit taller, I can't pick it no matter what." An He pouted, a little unhappy.He Lianjing didn't like flowers and plants at first, but after listening to their compliments, he suddenly felt that the scent of autumn osmanthus became fragrant and golden, and he couldn't help but said, "Where is it? I'll pick it."

An He suddenly smiled, clapped his hands and cheered: "Yes! The second young master has high martial arts skills, and he won it with a little effort! Second young master, right there..."

She was not very old, and she was in the casual school of Kunlun, so she didn't think it was wrong to ask Second Young Master Helian to pick flowers.Ah Shui is very timid, so he hesitated: "If you fall..."

He Lianjing laughed when he heard the words: "Sister-in-law, you must have underestimated me too much. I can't even pick sweet-scented osmanthus. Isn't it a waste of all my martial arts training?"

After finishing speaking, he tapped his toes lightly, and Ah Shui felt that as soon as the green robe came down in front of her, a bunch of golden osmanthus branches were handed to her.

An He was overjoyed: "Second Young Master, tomorrow, my wife and I made sweet-scented osmanthus sachets, and I'll share one with you."

Ah Shui wanted to say something, but He Lianjing also smiled and replied: "The relationship is good, and the craftsmanship of sister-in-law and An He are naturally very good."

***

That sachet was done, but He Lianming came back half way through.

Qian Yuan was so drunk that he hugged Ah Shui with a playful smile, and said, "I made this for me? It's pretty pretty, and my husband likes it very much."

In more than a year, he has already shown his true colors. He doesn't practice martial arts well on weekdays, but just drinks and hunts with a group of friends, and then shows off his name as the young master of Kunlun.Ah Shui was disgusted and afraid of him at the same time, she couldn't help shrinking to the side, saying: "No."

He Lianming thought she was shy and wanted to hug her again, but Ah Shui still turned his head away.He usually hugs left and right outside, and it is only for others to fawn on him, but when he gets home, he is rejected by his wife, and suddenly loses his temper, shouting: "You Kunze, what kind of Joe do you have with me? If you know you are With this kind of temperament, there is no need to marry you back then..."

Ah Shui couldn't hear him say that the most, tears welled up all at once.She originally thought that this man had at least some affection for her, but after she got married, she learned from other people's gossip that He Lianming could play freely, but he was not very courageous. Hou Xueman made friends with Kong Qing again, so she immediately panicked, fearing that she would sue her master and senior sister.At that time, not only will he be reviled alone, but Kunlun and Tianshan will also have to tear their skins apart, so he married her cruelly, and it will be justifiable.

Who would have realized that Ah Shui was such a timid and cowardly character when she came back from her marriage. Even if she suffered from him, she probably wouldn't bring it up to others, let alone sue her.He Lianming consciously lifted a rock to shoot himself in the foot, regretting it.Fortunately, his wife was weak and didn't care about his spending time outside, so he just went on like this.

Her appearance is not very beautiful, but she still looks charming when she cries.He Lianming pushed her irritably, and said, "Forget it. Get lost."

Ah Shui clutched the unfinished sachet and went out the door. She wanted to continue sewing under the moonlight, but the flowers and trees in the courtyard were scattered and the moonlight was only faint, so she went outside, looking for a bright place. place.

Ah Shui searched east and west, and finally found a flat rock to sit down. Suddenly someone called out in surprise: "...Sister-in-law? Why are you here?"

She stood up abruptly, but saw He Lianjing walking towards her with a soft sword, probably just finished practicing martial arts: "Didn't the eldest brother come back?...Ah, this is the sweet-scented osmanthus sachet mentioned that day?"

Ah Shui followed his gaze to the half-embroidered sachet on the rock, feeling a little shy, and quickly held it in his hand: "I made it casually."

He Lianjing looked at it for a while, then suddenly poured out a small bouquet of sweet-scented osmanthus from the brocade bag at his waist, handed it in front of her, and said, "I also picked up some after my sister-in-law left that day. It's just right to put it here now."

Ah Shui should be in a daze, and had already forgotten the unhappiness between Cai Cai and He Lianming, just watched He Lianjing pull out the sachet from her hand, carefully put the petals into the bag, and then tied the bag tightly .He didn't know that the sachet was not finished yet, and he didn't know that it was made for him. He just smiled and stroked the orchid embroidery, and praised: "Sister-in-law's craftsmanship is really good, hurry up and help me embroider one too."

***

Since then, the number of times Ah Shui saw He Lianjing suddenly increased.

Sometimes when I was walking, I saw him practicing sword; sometimes when I passed by the main hall, I saw him come out in a hurry, but when I saw her, I still came to chat with her with a smile.

She didn't know when, she didn't care at all whether He Lianming came back or not.

An He would sometimes look at her with complicated eyes, hesitating to speak several times, but seeing her come alive so rarely, she couldn't bear to say it.

In the third year of Ah Shui's marriage with He Lianming, the bruises from He Lianming's beating began to appear on Ah Shui's body.On New Year's Eve, she did not wait for her husband, and stood alone in the yard far away from the fireworks and firecrackers, with the cold wind blowing.

Maybe it was because she was half drunk at the banquet, or maybe it was because she was too lonely and deserted, but she did the most daring thing in her life.

He Lianjing asked her many times if she regretted it, she kept shaking her head with tears in her eyes, and put the embroidered sachet into his palm.

Ah Shui felt that she was very despicable. She dragged the future head of Kunlun and walked with her on a wrong path that could never be turned back, and she couldn't help but secretly rejoiced.

***

After Ah Shui's death, everyone insisted that the dead are the most important, and no longer talked about the past between her and He Lianjing.He Lianming was expelled from Kunlun that night.He Lianjue visited him several times, and saw that he was insane and delirious.At first, he kindly stuffed some money for his father, but he was completely spent in the casino in a blink of an eye.

As time passed, He Lianjue didn't go to see him anymore.When the news of him was heard again, he had already been beaten to death by debtors, and he was left in a state of embarrassment on the street, without any trace of the glamor of the past.

He Lianming was no longer a Kunlun disciple, so logically speaking, he couldn't be buried inside the door.But He Lianjue couldn't bear it, so he and Zhong Wan collected his ashes and returned to Kunlun to prepare for a quiet burial.

In the cemetery, they saw Helian Jing, wearing a duck-egg blue robe that hadn't been worn for many years, standing in front of Ah Shui's tomb, burning a sachet to the deceased beauty.

The scent of sweet-scented osmanthus slowly permeates, and Zhong Wan suddenly realizes that today is also Ah Shui's death day.He just wanted to comfort him, but He Lianjue couldn't stand this ridiculous scene any longer, and flung his sleeves and ran away.

His going away lasted for several years, until He Lianjing broke with Wan Fangyuan, and Zhong Wan and his master hid in Yilin; Kunlun's previous hatred, He Lianjing and their leader died together, he has never been back to Kunlun, and he has never seen the second father who loved him for more than 20 years, but had an affair with his mother.

Before He Lianjing died, it was Wan Fangyuan and Zhong Wan, his old friends who had been at odds with him for many years, by his bedside.After Ah Shui's death, his energy and spirit were far worse than before. At this time, it was rare to come back to the light, so he explained the funeral one by one.

He arranged Kunlun in an orderly manner, and finally took out a letter and handed it to Zhong Wan, saying, "Ah Wan, have you heard the rumors about Tianshan? After death, people have to wander in the snow-capped mountains for 20 years before they can be reincarnated."

He didn't look sad, as if he had expected this moment: "I've been an upright person all my life, but my relationship with her was wrong every step of the way. When the entanglement in this life is over, and when we meet again decades later, she shouldn't know But even so, I still want to ask you to burn this letter to her on the day of her twentieth death."

Zhong Wan took the letter with sobs, and saw the words "Ah Shui's Dear Father" neatly written on the envelope, and put it into his bosom with great care: "Second Master, don't worry."

He Lianjing sighed: "I often tell her, Amin treats you like this, and you are sad, so you should break up with him. However, she tried several times, but finally refused. I love her gentleness, but also hate her. She is weak, unknowingly, love and hate are left to her, and she can no longer think about other people. A Jue is a good boy, whether he looks down on me or resents me, it's all... It's all right. But, if Tell him to take good care of Yun..."

Zhong Wan tightly held his hands that were getting colder, and saw that his eyes that were once bright were gradually dimming.The palm of the demon monk from the Western Regions directly shattered his viscera, making him useless.He and Wan Fangyuan tried all the remedies in the world, but no matter what, they couldn't save his life.

At this moment, someone broke into the door and shouted, "Father Zhong!"

Zhong Wan felt Helian Jing's finger move, and then it slowly slipped down as if he finally felt relieved.He Lianjue rushed to his bedside, tears streaming down his face: "Father Zhong! It was my fault... I shouldn't, I shouldn't..."

However, he came a step late after all, and if he said it a thousand or ten thousand times, it would not help the matter.

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The title comes from "Even if we meet, we should not know each other, our face is covered with dust, and our temples are like frost", a poem that makes me very sad when I read it

The past of Kunlun comes to an end here, and the next chapter will switch back to the present to continue the story

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