fan dance

Yu Chiqiu's injury recovered very quickly. Ever since he woke up, Su Chengjing has been changing ways to take care of his body.It was convenient for Zhuang Pu to travel to and from Anzhou, and Su Chengjing was not polite, and brought in a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas and rare medicinal materials.Because it was too late to find the God of Medicine to come, Su Chengjing was always worried that the doctors in the mountains would not look down on Yu Chiqiu and cause some disease, so he poured a lot of tonics into Yuchiqiu every day.

Yu Chiqiu refused several times, but Su Chengjing still refused to give up, and even coaxed him in a low voice, touched by Su Chengjing's actions, Yu Chiqiu just let him enjoy his service with peace of mind.Taking supplements in turn, Yu Chiqiu's face became more plump and supple, and his previous clothes were a little tight.

Su Chengjing was very happy, and occasionally poked Yu Chiqiu's cheek with his finger softly, which made him feel better. As for the clothes, just as the weather turned cold, he tossed and asked Anzhou's tailor to rush over to cut for Yuchiqiu. Made new clothes.

It was late autumn at this time, seeing that winter was approaching, the bleak autumn wind was getting worse day by day, and even the golden chrysanthemums placed under the corridor began to wither slowly.

Counting the days, Su Chengjing and Yu Chiqiu have been stranded in Taohua Town for half a year, and they don't know what's going on outside.Both of them knew in their hearts that such Japanese people could not last forever, and it might end soon.Sure enough, not long after, Su Chengjing received Leng Qiyu's order to return to Beijing before the New Year's Eve.

The situation in Beijing must be not good, Leng Qiyu didn't say much in the letter, but Su Chengjing could feel it.Even Leng Qiyu has let Su Chengjing follow Yuchiqiu to nest in Taohua Town, so it may not be that he didn't mean to let him stay away from the place of right and wrong.But this kind of protection cannot last forever, Su Chengjing calculated carefully, there is plenty of time to rush back to the capital, but Yu Chiqiu... He thought for a while, and then he had an idea.

Lan Xu's trip must be too late, and Yu Chiqiu's physical condition, Su Chengjing is not at ease to let him take risks again, after weighing the two, Su Chengjing suggested that Yuchiqiu go back to Beijing with him.In this way, the two of them don't have to be separated, there are many famous doctors in the capital, and the God of Medicine is bound to return to the capital during the New Year, just for Yu Chiqiu to recuperate more, and also for Su Chengjing to rest assured.When the affairs in Beijing and China are settled, the two will make a plan to go south when the spring of the next year begins.

Regarding this proposal, Yu Chiqiu did not object, and only said that he could return to Beijing with Su Chengjing only after his father's tomb was repaired and the worship was over.This request was reasonable, Su Chengjing had no choice but to agree although he was a little anxious.

Most of the work of repairing the tomb had already been completed, but it was only because of the submersion caused by the flood that it had to be completely redone, and it happened to be the busy time of autumn harvest, so it was delayed for a long time.

Su Chengjing originally wanted to return north by boat, after all, the waterway was more stable, and he was not in a hurry.But after procrastinating and procrastinating, it was more than a month after the repair of the cemetery was completed, Su Chengjing had to order Zhuang Pu to prepare a carriage first, and then return to Beijing from the official road.

Yu Chiqiu had no intention of procrastinating on purpose. As soon as the repairs were completed, he immediately asked An Yanheng to check the date, and found that the next day was an auspicious day, so he asked An Yanheng to prepare incense candle offerings, and asked Su Chengjing to go to worship together.

Su Chengjing nodded in agreement, seeing Yuchiqiu looking at him meaningfully, it took him a while to realize suddenly, going to worship his father and ancestor with Yuchiqiu, wouldn't it be like letting Yuchiqiu's family recognize him, he jumped up happily for a moment, hugged Yuchiqiu around several laps.

It's already winter, even in a place as far south as Peach Blossom Town, the weather is still very cold. The sun shines lazily, but it can't dispel the chill. Occasionally, a cold wind blows in through the collar of the collar, making it icy cold.

Yu Chiqiu and Su Chengjing only went to the cemetery, and no one else followed.Wearing exquisite white brocade fur coats and carrying a basket full of paper money and incense candles, the two walked hand in hand.

The cemetery of Yuchi's family is all built in one place, outside Taohua Town.Walk slowly along the newly repaired path, turn at the mountain pass, and you can see a large open space.Su Chengjing remembered that the open space was originally a forest, but he just wanted to build an ancestral hall for Yuchi's family, so he removed all the trees.

The foundation of the ancestral hall has not yet been laid, and Yu Chiqiu must nod for this matter. Yu Chiqiu told the neighbors not to spend money, which is a tactful rejection of their kindness.Not far behind the clearing, seven or eight tombs formed a circle, guarding two tombs.

Su Chengjing had seen it from a distance before, but felt that the shape of this cemetery was a bit strange, but Yuchi's family originated from Lanxu, and there were some differences in customs, so maybe it had some special significance, so he didn't ask any more questions. It was only when Yu Chiqiu approached with him that he felt the strangeness.

"The cemetery system is the last wish of our ancestors, and our descendants don't know why, but just obey." Yu Chiqiu seemed to see Su Chengjing's doubts, and explained in a low voice, "They are all my ancestors, so don't be restrained."

Yu Chiqiu paid homage to the cemetery, and said in a loud voice: "All ancestors, Aqiu bows, I brought my beloved to see all the ancestors today, and I would like to bow again." After saying that, he knelt down and kowtowed a few times.

Su Chengjing had already blushed when he heard about a beloved man, and he knelt down and kowtowed with Yu Chiqiu, and said: "Late birth, late birth Su Chengjing, I worship all... ancestors." He didn't know the rules, and Yu Chiqiu didn't explain it. I had to bite the bullet and say.

Yu Chiqiu seemed to chuckle slightly, and without getting up, he just knelt down and took out the paper money for the incense candles, distributed some to Su Chengjing, then piled them up with yellow paper, lit them into a small fire, and said softly: "It's just here Burn it here."

"Ah, is this a custom here?" Su Chengjing followed Yu Chiqiu's example and lit a joss stick, then poured paper money into the fire bit by bit, and then lit the incense and kowtowed.

Yu Chiqiu didn't answer, but just repeated the steps silently, turning on the fire once in a while, so that the paper money could be fully burned, and the curling light smoke lingered on his face. Su Chengjing frowned slightly when he saw his serious expression.

Half an hour later, all the incense sticks and paper money had been burned out. Yu Chiqiu fiddled with the ashes with a branch, and found that there was nothing left, so he clapped his hands and supported Su Chengjing to get up.After kneeling for a long time, his knees felt numb, he couldn't stand still for a while, and he sprained, and he let out a low "ouch".

Su Chengjing hurriedly pulled him back and rubbed his knees for him: "What's the matter, are your legs numb?" Su Chengjing didn't understand the etiquette of worshiping sacrifices, but he was very interested in the tombstone not far away, and kept changing his posture to see clearly. So I didn't kneel down and my legs became numb.

"It's okay." Yu Chiqiu stretched his legs, feeling that there was no hindrance, he took Su Chengjing's hand and led him to the cemetery, "Come on, I just wanted to see it."

All the tombs have been renovated, and fresh fruits are offered in front of each tomb. It seems that the townspeople are also grateful for Yuchi's family, so they came here to offer offerings.Yu Chiqiu led Su Chengjing through the seven outer tombs, all buried together by husband and wife, with names and dates of birth and death engraved on the steles.Su Chengjing noticed that the lifespan of the owner of each tomb was not long. According to the time engraved on it, he passed away in his teens, to his twenties, to his thirties, to the one where Yuchiqiu finally stopped. Before the tomb, the owner of the tomb lived a full 40 years old.

Different from other tombs, this tomb is for a single person, and the name engraved on the tomb is Yuchi Ning.Yu Chiqiu stood in front of the tomb, softly calling: "Father."

Su Chengjing was a little surprised, and after thinking about it, this circle of tombs is all the ancestors of Yuchiqiu. Except for two who are obviously brothers, the other ages happened to be passed down from generation to generation. There is only one empty tomb that has not yet erected a monument.

Suddenly realizing that the empty tomb belonged to Yu Chiqiu, Su Chengjing was immediately uneasy, and couldn't help holding Yuchiqiu's hand tightly.Yu Chiqiu followed his gaze and said with a smile, "It's not a problem, it's just a custom, so don't worry about it." He motioned Su Chengjing to pay attention to the tombstone in front of him, leaned over and whispered a few words to the tombstone, and then raised his head again : "Young master, this is my father's tomb."

"Well," Su Chengjing was a little at a loss, not knowing what to say. Seeing that there was only one name on the tombstone, he asked, "Hey, why is only your father here, and Lingtang... is still alive?"

"My mother passed away after I was born," Yu Chiqiu shook his head, "She was nostalgic for her homeland, and she didn't want to be buried with her father in another land, so she was buried at my maternal grandfather's house, and my father was buried with his belongings, and it's the same here , Mother's belongings are also here to accompany Dad, but Mother's bones are not there, so I don't engrave her name."

"I see."

Yu Chiqiu suddenly regained his composure, and his tone was a little strange: "That empty grave over there, in the future, will you use your belongings to accompany me to bury it there?"

"What did you say?" Su Chengjing's heart tightened, and he stared into Yu Chiqiu's eyes, but Yu Chiqiu suddenly avoided his gaze, shook his head and sighed, "It's nothing, I made a slip of the tongue."

Some chills filled his heart, Su Chengjing couldn't help shaking his body, Yuchiqiu was silent for a moment, and said to Su Chengjing: "Young master, give my father a kowtow, shall we go back?"

Su Chengjing responded, knelt down as he said, and kowtowed three times to Yu Chining's tombstone. Before getting up, he suddenly said seriously: "Uncle, Su Chengjing, who was born late, will take good care of Ah Qiu. Don't worry, old man." Yu Chiqiu turned his face away. , lowering his eyelids slightly, hiding the bitter smile in his eyes.

After kowtowing, Yu Chiqiu bowed to the other tombstones again, and then led Su Chengjing to the two guarded tombs in the middle.It was only at this time that Su Chengjing discovered that the two tombs were connected together, that is, Lianli's tomb.There is no name on the tomb, and a unicorn is engraved on the left and right, but both are unicorns.

"This is..." Su Chengjing hesitated, the unicorn is a common decoration of the nobles of the Great Mian Dynasty, and Yuchi's family is the descendant of the Lanxu royal family, so it is not surprising to use this decoration, but the tombstone without words seems a bit strange, "Could it be the tomb of the Phoenix son... So what makes sense is...?"

"It's the son of Yan Qinghou, Shu Yun Luo Yue Jian Shu Yun." Yu Chiqiu clasped his palms together, prayed silently, and explained, "Didn't expect that two of the seven romantic sons who were famous all over the world in those days ended up it's here."

"Aqiu..."

"Don't even dare to engrave your name on the tombstone. You are silent and speechless to this world." Yu Chiqiu looked stern, and when he said this, a bit of resentment flashed in his eyes, which was fleeting, and he lowered his eyes again , as if it was just Su Chengjing's illusion.

Su Chengjing was inexplicably terrified. He didn't know what happened to Yuchiqiu. It seemed that Yuchiqiu's behavior had been not quite right since the beginning of the sacrifice. Standing on this ancestral cemetery, looking at the empty grave prepared for him, Yuchiqiu seemed to be Changing someone made Su Chengjing unpredictable.

Su Chengjing realized what was wrong, and shouted in a low voice: "Yu Chiqiu!"

Yu Chiqiu's whole body shook, as if he had woken up from a dream, or suddenly realized his gaffe. He lowered his head, deeply suppressed his emotions, remained silent for a long time, and then suddenly squatted down.

Su Chengjing took two steps back, squatted down as well, and asked, "Aqiu, what's wrong with you?"

Yu Chiqiu shrugged his shoulders, and it took him a long time to calm down. He stretched out his hand to Su Chengjing, his voice choked up: "My lord, let's go back."

Su Chengjing couldn't see Yu Chiqiu's face, but he just felt that he was crying.Slowly moving to Yu Chiqiu's side, Su Chengjing thought for a while, then suddenly put his arms around Yuchiqiu's shoulders, and sighed: "What do you want to say to me?"

"Son..."

"Well, I'm here." Su Chengjing hugged Yu Chiqiu into his arms, and looked up at the wordless monolith, like two benevolent elders silently looking at their only concern for future generations.Is it because of this that Yu Chiqiu suddenly lost his composure? "Okay, let's go home." Without bowing his head, Su Chengjing directly hugged Yu Chiqiu and let him bury his face in his chest.

Su Chengjing bowed slightly towards the surroundings, as if promising in his heart to the ancestors of the Yuchi family that he would take their only blood away from here, and that the curse of premature death would not continue.

That empty grave, let it remain empty forever.