Going Out From The Residence
Wearing very simple cloth, combing the hair with very simple braid, taking the opportunity when the general residence not really guarded because afternoon-break, Chu Zhu Yu was sneaking out from the general residence through back door.
Her hands carefully opened the knops of the door, at the time she ready to go out, suddenly a very familiar voice called her….
“What are you doing?”
Chu Zhu Yu body’s stiffen, slowly turn her head, it turns out to be the person who every night come to her room and sleep in her bed.
“Aren’t you imperial guard? Why you are here?” She furiously glaring at him after she asked him.
Xiao Zhi hand rounded in the center of his chest, very calm looking at Chu Zhu yu.
Being looking for some time, she winked her eyes desperately because she feels guilty. Standing too long in here, they will be found out by people. Until the time, even she wants to stay it will difficult. Once she thinks about it, she uses very soft voice, “I tell you something but you should swear won’t say to anyone.”
“Okay.” He agreed.
Chu Zhu Yu moving so close to Xiao Zhi until her face an inch to him, she spoke with very low and soft voice : “ I want to go out.”
Because of her close distance, her breath reaching him, he feels the air turn to be hot near his ear. It is strange feeling, a sense of numb.
“Where are you going?”
“To Avalokitesvara temple.” She spoke softly, looking at his clueless expression, she trying to explain : “Today is the Avalokitesvara birthday, I…, anyhow, I am Buddhist devotee, naturally I need to go for praying.”
After she spoke, she touched him “You can’t say to anyone.” She looked at Xiao Zhi.
He thought for a moment and said : “Okay, but…”
“But what?”
“I also want to go.”
What, OMG!
Even after the two person walking in the street, Chu Zhu Yu hasn’t finished murmured, why the imperial guard job seems to be so relax? Very easy to sneak out? Once she thinks again of the hardship she goes through for slipping out in this afternoon, she should finished all the job at the morning and bribed some maids, that show how she really persistent to go out.
At the bustling street of Luo Yang, Chu Zhu Yu finally relieved, she has been days in general residence, during the time she leaving her house, she told her father that she went for buying tea leaves. From here walking to two more street, that’s her tea house, if there is no that person standing next to her, she really wants to see her tea house.
“What are you thinking?” Xiao Zhi asking Chu Zhu Yu because she seems not focus. Just now, her face shown little sadness expression, he dislike to see her with that kind of expression. He likes to see her laughing expression.
“No, nothing.” She shook her head. They stop the horse carriage in front of the temple.
This avalokitesvara temple is filled with stick of incest that non-stop being burned, it so crowd. Chu Zhu Yu pulling Xiao Zhi and penetrate his body stays close to her, alike the tea time. Even they haven’t close to the temple’s door, Chu Zhu Yu is sweating all over her body.
“Extremely tired. Never thought people will be this many.” She wiped her sweat. She surprised the person next to her, no changes, the breath stable, his forehead no even one bead of sweat, “How can you not sweating?”
“Is it weird?” he even asked.
This… perhaps everybody has different body types, Chu Zhu Yu staring at people who forcing one to others in order to enter the temple, desperately said : “ So many people, don’t know how long to wait and enter to temple.”
“Do you really want to enter?” he bent down and looked at her.
“Of course. Coming here to praying Avalokitesvara, not entering how can praying ah~?” moreover today is the birthday of Avalokitesvara, as folk said, during this time praying to Avalokitesvara is the best time. Once she thinks, suddenly Chu Zhu Yu cheek turned red.
“If you want to get in, actually is so easy.” He said.
“Easy?”
“Right, just like this.” Xiao Zhi ill.u.s.trated, he straight up his body, walking to the crowd.
Chu Zhu Yu blinking her eyes, her mouth opens wider and wider. That black shadow, moves fast as wind, very simple pa.s.sing over the crowded till he reached the place, those people suddenly stopped moving, as if their body was set up.
It wasn’t set up! But they were acupuncture by him.
Then, she saw he standing right in front the temple door, waving to her and said : “Now, it easier for you to enter the temple.”
This is not about easy or not easy to enter the temple, but…Chu Zhu Yu is being slander by those who were acupuncture by Xiao Zhi. Suddenly she realized her understanding to Jue Qing (aka Xiao Zhi) is too little. “You faster released their acupuncture point!” she said when she arrived at in front.
“Really want to release?”
“Of course. If you don’t release it, there will cause big accommodation!” think about hundred of people standing can’t move in front of the temple, it will attract the officer to come.
“So what?” he seems didn’t care.
“Whatever it is, you should released the acupuncture point of these people.” She angrily staring him.
“Are you angry?” he glanced at her and confused.
Chu Zhu Yu uses her energy and nodding her head.
“I did as you asked for, why you angry?”she wants to enter faster to the temple, so he acupuncture all of the people acupuncture point in order to make her easier to enter the temple, so she doesn’t need to jostle will the people, but why, she didn’t show happy expression as he expected?
“Martial art isn’t use like this!” Chu Zhu Yu planning to “educate” him slowly. So, in the future he won’t do such things. “Your martial art perhaps very good, but you can’t use your martial art for your selfishness and hurt others.” Even… he did it for her.
Xiao Zhi lower his head, looking closely to Chu Zhu Yu “educate” expression. So far there is no one dares to speak like that to him, maybe they sees him as someone scary, whom by waving his hand, could determine people life. That’s why most of time people are afraid of him or very timid in front of him.
In this world, people who don’t scare of him, really, really a few.
Never thought, she is one of those few. Zhu Yu, his precious treasure….
“I like the way you told me.” He abruptly said.
“Hag?” Chu Zhu Yu stunned, she spoke for such long time but he only replied her that way without any repentance.
“You doesn’t afraid of me, very good.” His finger tips gently cross her cheek.
While she dumbstruck standing, only his finger tip crossed her check, her face feel kind “hot” and turned red.
Although, Xiao Zhi won’t spend much time to released the acupuncture point of those people, They are so furious after being releasing that why Chu Zhu Yu should pull Xiao Zhi entering inside of the temple.
Luckily people inside the temple didn’t know what happen out side the temple, so both of them safely praying in front of avalokitesvara.
The sculpture of the avalokitesvara, very peaceful standing in the altar, even it was ruckus outside, but Avalokitesvara (G.o.ddess of mercy) please help him (her) to maintain the equanimity.
Kind, dignified, elegant, only these words can describe Avalokitesvara, her smiling face could get rid the suffer of the world.
Chu Zhu Yu loosen her clutching to Xiao Zhi’s hand, reverently kneeling in front of the Avalokitesvara, she said :” Zhu Yu female Buddhist devotee, pleaded to the merciful Avalokitesvara, for giving me a baby, I will take the responsible to be the parent as mother and father, will teaching good…” a child, only one child, a child who will follow her surname, on that way, her tea house will be protected, father also can retire early.
After praying, she burned incest stick and finally walking out from the temple with Xiao Zhi.
Went out from Avalokitesvara temple, Chu Zhu Yu immediately thinking the fastest way, how she can pregnant, while Xiao Zhi face looked so gloomy.
He look askance with gloomy facial toward her, suddenly asking: “ You came to the temple, because for asking a child?”
“Ah!” Chu Zhu Yu shocked, at the moment her mind blank, and then she said : “You eavesdropping my conversation with Avalokitesvara?”
“No.”
“So, how could you know?”
“I learned martial art.” He replied. His hearing ability is sharper compare to the ordinary people.
Chu Zhu Yu biting her lip, “So whatever you heard, you shouldn’t tell anyone.” After all she is girl who hasn’t married. But carefully re-think, if she really born a baby with stranger, she won’t be afraid of married anyone.
Talking about marriage, talking about husband, she never thought about it. Every time when she was still in tea house hearing people said about those romance books, she would be very interested listen it, But… can she really marry?
Big uncle and Tang Ge (bother cousin) came to make ruckus at house, makes her no choice but urgently finding a man who wants married into her family, on her way to find the suitable candidate, she even think this plan, either good or bad plan.
Unmarried, how many people will understand this. Perhaps, when the time she pregnant, she could say to everyone that the child father is someone she encounters when visiting the tea field, when they are rushing the marriage, the bandit kills her husband, so she only can escape and bring the child to Luo Yang. This reason is still be able understand by people. After all the court isn’t stable now days, either rebellion or bandits are intrusion inside and outside.
Chu Zhu Yu looked gloomy, makes Xiao Zhi voice out: “What are you thinking of? Say!”
He used the commander intonation, she furrow her eyebrow, “I think, I don’t need to tell you what I am thinking.”
“Are you thinking about the child’s father?” he controlled himself, almost hug her entire body. He really hate her idea about that matter, if he could control the time, he wants she only thinks about him, all about him!
Since when he desires such thing? He doesn’t know. But he understands, even he can control this desire, he won’t control.
Chu Zhu Yu avoiding each other sight. To say to some extent, what she said earlier, the truth is related to the baby and the baby’s father.
“I won’t let it!” his nose breath thicken,
“Wei, based on what you won’t let me ah~?” she only about to argue to him, suddenly from far away she saw someone back, quickly she shrink back to his arms.
Walking slowly from the front, it really Chu Zhu Yu’s Tang Ge (brother cousin)Chu Mu Cai and his foxy doggy friends.
On the standing direction, Chu Mu Cai seem seeing Chu Zhu Yu but he doubts.
“Brother Chu, anything wrong?” one of his friend asked.
“I thought seeing my Tang Mei (sister cousin).” Said Chu Mu Cai, just now when he pa.s.ses the high posture man, he seems to see girl who looked alike his Tang Mei being hugged, her face really similar to Chu Zhu Yu.
“Your Tang Mei, didn’t she go to Yan Zhou for tea?”
“It might say so, but…” Chu Mu Cai decided to observe the girl whether she is Chu Zhu Yu or not. He decided to look once more the girl face.
Chu Zhu Yu lowered her head, hearing their foot step coming near, her heart secretly crying.
“Jue.. Jue Qing.” She softly calling Xiao Zhi.
“Hag?”
“You hugging me, somehow don’t let those people to see my face.” Her hand hug into his waist while her head drown to his chest, her cheek tightly pressed into his black cloth.
His heart suddenly beating hard, feeling that her body aroma comes out, let he smells the scent.
Xiao Zhi hands is in her shoulder lifting slightly her jaw, his nose gently rubbing into her hair to smell her scent.
Chu Zhu Yu face turning red. But she doesn’t care this thing anymore.
“Lady, I am Luo Yang Chu Mu Cai, your appearance seems resemble to someone I know, don’t know whether my lady could show me your face?” Asked Chu Mu Cai.
Chu Zhu Yu who was hugged by Xiao Zhi was shaking her head, it makes Chu Mu Cai more suspicious, “This lady, please…”
“Scram!” calm voice from Xiao Zhi with high tone, Chu Mu Cai just realized the man who hugged the girl.
This looked, let him wider his eyes. This eyes, this temperament, as long as his eye sight isn’t poor, only one person who has!
Suddenly his throat swallowing saliva, Chu Mu Cai stupidly looking at Xiao Zhi for moment, sweating opened his mouth : “Xiao…”
“Scram. Don’t make me to repeat once again.” Xiao Zhi seems to displeasure.
“Yes, yes, yes, this lowly will be gone.” Chu Mu Cai hating why he didn’t carefully. The well known general who dislikes women, at this time hugging a girl, this will be big news while he accidentally hit on this general. If makes the general unhappy, he might losing his head.
This, Chu Mu Cai scram so fast while the other ones, Chu Zu Yu is doubting, because of her, her Tang Ge (brother cousin) being bullied, as long as the other party fiercer, he will scram away as fast as he could.
The fact, she even didn’t know that the real truth and reason, what her Tang Ge was afraid of….