Chapter 145 I Grow Old with the Holy Monk (29)
Sang Tian quietly left the village. She had nowhere to go. Infected with the plague, she naturally could not return to the palace, let alone Longming Temple.
She wandered aimlessly outside the village for a while, but before she had walked for long, Sang Tian felt that her body was obviously not doing well, and even taking a step was very strenuous.
Finally, Sang Tian couldn't hold on and fainted on the side of the road.
When she woke up, the surrounding environment had changed. It was not as luxurious as the palace, but it was obvious that it was a wealthy family.
Sang Tian rubbed her swollen head and sat up. A clear and beautiful female voice sounded and Sang Tian looked up in the direction of the voice.
There was a beautiful woman sitting beside the bed, looking at her with a loving face.
The woman was dressed very simply, like a lotus blooming in the water, so pure that one could not take their eyes away.
Just when Sang Tian was confused, the woman suddenly reached out and hugged her into her arms, and her hot tears dripped onto her neck.
She clearly heard the woman calling the name Niao Niao over and over again.
Just when Sang Tian was at a loss, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a handsome and gentle man walked in from outside.
He looked at Sang Tian with an apologetic look in his eyes. The man stepped forward, put his arm around the woman's shoulders and said in a coaxing tone, "Look, Niao Niao is back! Can you let her have a good rest for a while?"
After hearing what the man said, the woman glanced at the pale-faced Sang Tian, then nodded, stood up, and left reluctantly.
When Sang Tian was about to get out of bed, the man stepped forward to stop her.
"Don't be afraid, girl. We are not bad people."
The man sat where the woman had just sat, lowered his eyes and explained to Sang Tian in a soft voice.
"My name is Li Qi. The one just now is my wife Du Qianyu. She has a younger sister, Du Niao, who was accidentally kidnapped and killed by mountain bandits years ago. Since then, she has become crazy and has been clamoring to find Niao Niao. It happened that she ran into you fainted on the ground that day, and she thought you were Niao Niao, so she brought you back."
Li Qi stopped talking for a while, then said with a hint of pleading in his tone: "Can you please stay here for a while, and wait until my wife is better before leaving."
Xia Qingli's face suddenly flashed through Sang Tian's mind. She was not sure whether Mei Yao would go crazy. She could not joke with Guan Yi and Xia Qingli's lives.
Thinking of this, Sang Tian nodded and agreed.
Li Qi was very happy. He immediately arranged Sang Tian to live in the room where Du Niao had lived before.
Li Qijia is a famous wealthy businessman in Yue State, and it is a good thing for Sang Tian to use Du Niao's identity.
Perhaps because he had contracted the plague, Sang Tian's health had always been poor and he often vomited blood.
Li Qi and Du Qianyu were very kind to Sang Tian and spent a lot of money to find a doctor for her, but her illness did not get better.
Sang Tian stayed in Li's house for three years.
Although she was away from the capital during these three years, she could still hear news about Guan Yi. He lived in the temple built for him by the emperor in the palace.
Rumor has it that the fifth princess, Xia Qingyu, has died of the plague.
Anyone in the capital who dared to say such words would die suddenly the next day for no apparent reason, with various ways of death.
Since her disappearance, the State of Yue has become less peaceful than before.
Guan Yi is still the holy monk of Yue State, but he is different from before.
He didn't care about the people's prayers and stayed in the palace every day, which made the people quite resentful.
Li Qi naturally noticed the difference in Sang Tian's identity. She had never gone out for the past three years and often sat in front of the window, staring at the sandalwood Buddhist beads on her wrist in a daze.