When Li Hongxiu dragged Dongfang Yu'er, who had finished breakfast, back downstairs, the guards from the Territory Lord's Mansion had already rushed over from the City Lord's Mansion. Eight armored guards rode eight wildebeests, and two more were not riding behind.

The wildebeest followed.

The carriage Li Mingzhu was riding in had also arrived downstairs with the escort. Li Mingzhu stood quietly beside the carriage, waiting for Dongfang Yu'er and Li Hongxiu to finish breakfast.

Seeing Li Hongxiu dragging the reluctant Dongfang Yu'er, Li Mingzhu walked over, touched his daughter's head, and sighed softly.

He said: "Sifang City is not far from here. Go back with your mother first. If one day you really get too anxious, you can send someone to send you over to find him. Don't let your father get too anxious, okay?"

Dongfang Yu'er nodded and didn't say anything. She just lowered her head, shed tears, and hugged Li Hongxiu tightly.

Li Hongxiu also looked distressed. He couldn't think of anything to do, so he could only coax him and said: "Yu'er, don't worry. In a few days, my aunt will go to Tianshan to capture the boy and take him to Sifang City to look for him."

you."

Dongfang Yu'er raised her tearful face, looked at Li Hongxiu and said, "Auntie, do you promise to find him?"

"Well, we'll go to Tianshan to catch him." Li Hongxiu said with a smile.

The older one and the younger one held their fingers together and hooked them together. Li Mingzhu looked at this and didn't say much, and gently picked up Dongfang Yu'er.

She turned around and followed Li Hongxiu and said, "Come to Sifang City when you have time. If you don't want to live with me, just live in Mr. Mo's house. Yu'er can live with you."

Li Hongxiu handed the silk scarf in her hand to Dongfang Yu'er, waved to Li Mingzhu without saying a word, turned around, and entered the Hongxiu Building.

Li Mingzhu also got on the carriage and called out to the driver.

Only the sound of a whip was heard, the two dragon horses raised their iron hooves, the wheels of the carriage pressed against the bluestone, making an unpleasant sound, and slowly left the Hongxiu Tower.

In the thin morning mist, inside the carriage, there was a small head sticking out of the window.

I looked at the Hongxiu Tower, at the Academy, and in the direction of Tianshan Mountain.

The autumn sunshine shines on the Red Sleeve Tower in the morning mist.

On the quiet fourth floor, the melancholy sound of the piano came from the "Yangguan Three Pieces" given to Li Hongxiu by his husband.

As Li Hongxiu's Qi circulated and played, the melancholy sound of the piano penetrated the morning fog, passed through the empty long street, and reached the ears of Li Mingzhu and Dongfang Yu'er.

Listening to the tinkling sound of the piano, Dongfang Yu'er couldn't help but shed tears again, and she lay in Li Mingzhu's arms and cried.

Li Mingzhu hugged her daughter tightly and listened to the sound of her sister's piano, feeling an inexplicable sadness in her heart.

The swallow is flying, and its feathers are missing

Looking beyond reach, standing still and crying

...

Dongfang Yu'er murmured the verses she learned from Li Ye, and gradually faded away with the sound of the piano.

Li Hongxiu looked at the empty piano room, with Dongfang Yu'er's flawless laughter echoing in her ears, and sighed quietly.

Thought: The most painful thing in life is separation. You should never be separated from the person you like in this life.

The girls in the building and the passers-by outside the building, listening to the sound of the piano that penetrated the clouds and mist, all thought about what happened to the red-sleeved building owner today, why he suddenly played such a sad tune.

...

Li Ye on the mountain was dividing the work with his husband. The husband went to chop down trees, and he went to look for dry thatch on the sunny hillside.

There were towering trees outside the cave they lived in. He had to walk through the woods to find a hillside with few trees.

After walking for five miles, I finally found a sunny hillside, which was neatly lying upside down and covered with thatch that had lost all its moisture and been dried by the sun.

Waving the iron sword in his hand, he knocked down two large piles of thatch in less than half an hour.

He went to find some rattan, tied up the thatch, cut a branch, walked through the grass, got in with his thin body, got up, and headed towards the cave.

Carrying thatch on my shoulders, I was running the Fuhu Luohan Fist in my heart. Every step I took was in accordance with the intention of the fist.

The hand holding the long sword also swung the sword with the intention of the fist from time to time. I saw a whirlwind rolling up on the empty mountain road, wrapping two piles of hay and rolling all the way.

When he returned to the cave and put the thatch on his shoulders after whirlwinding all the way, he realized that it was already missing a lot.

The gentleman was carrying two trees over. Seeing Li Ye's stunned look, he couldn't help but laugh.

"You have been carrying grass all the way and practicing your boxing skills at the same time. There are still these grasses left, which is pretty good. It's almost enough. Let's take it to the cave and spread it."

When Li Ye heard what his husband said, his face turned red, he grabbed two piles of hay and ran towards the cave.

When Li Ye laid the thatch and came out of the cave, he was already peeling off the bark of the tree with a knife.

Li Ye was puzzled and stepped forward and asked, "Sir, what are you doing peeling off the bark of this tree?"

The gentleman turned back and glanced at Li Ye, and said: "This is a cedar from Tianshan Mountain. The bark is very thick. It can be covered on the roof to prevent rain, and it can also be attached to the sides of the house to prevent wind. You can continue to peel it off. There are still a few trees.

I have to move back."

Li Ye took the knife from his husband and prepared to peel off the bark.

The husband put down what he was doing and was about to leave. He turned around and said, "Pay attention, try to peel it as completely as possible, so that it can be used more easily."

Li Ye nodded, circulated his true energy, gathered the energy in his hand, pressed the Shura knife against the bark of the tree, and slowly tried to peel off the first piece of bark.

The time in the mountains was leisurely, and no one came to disturb him. Li Ye peeled it off smoothly. After he peeled off the first piece carefully, he peeled off the second piece much faster.

In a short time, he finished peeling the bark of two cedar trees. Li Ye leaned the bark on the edge of the cliff to let the sun shine on it.

When I saw that my husband hadn't come back yet, I went back to the cave to collect snow water from the mountain along the Yin River. I went outside the cave to pick up cut branches, hung up a copper kettle, and boiled water to make tea.

After a while, the water was boiling. Although there was no tea table, Li Ye still warmed the pot, washed the tea, and washed the cups, hoping to have a sip of tea when his husband came back.

There are few people on Tianshan Mountain, and the birds on it are not surprising. When I saw Li Ye making tea, the birds that smelled the aroma also flew over, hoping to find food.

Li Ye was naturally very happy when he saw it. There were so many colorful birds that could not be seen in Fengyun City.

He got up, went into the cave, took out some rice, threw it on the stone platform, and watched a few birds flying over, pecking happily at his feet with their small beaks, and chirping non-stop.

Li Ye poured himself a cup of tea, sat on the stone, looked at the birds around him, and said softly, regardless of whether they understood it or not: "Don't be anxious, eat slowly. When it snows in a few days,

If you can’t find anything to eat, come here.”

The small palm was stretched out, and there were still a few grains of rice in the palm.

A bold little bird flew over, flapped its wings, and grabbed the rice grains in the palm of my hand.

"How can they understand what you are listening to? If they could, you would know animal language." The gentleman came back, and with a force, the two trees on his shoulders fell onto the stone slab.

The birds were frightened and flew away in all directions.

Li Ye poured tea into Mr.'s cup and said, "Sir, come here and have a sip of hot tea."

The husband nodded, took out a towel and wiped the sweat from his face, then came over and sat next to Li Ye.

He picked up the cup, blew on it, and drank the tea in the cup. He looked at Li Ye who was busy adding firewood and said, "The two of us will work harder on this shed. It will be almost done in two days."

"Today we will set up the pillars, and tomorrow we will cut down some moso bamboo, cut them into walls, and then wrap them with some bark. This way, we won't have to worry about wind or snow."

"After setting up the shed in the next two days, you should practice swordsmanship. Once you start, you won't be able to stop. When you have nothing to do in the next two days, you can walk around and see if there is anything delicious to eat.

Gather some wild fruits and bring them back."

Li Ye nodded and said, "Everything depends on sir."

The husband got up to wash rice and cook. Li Ye then peeled off the bark of the cedar trees that the husband had returned. This time, Li Ye went much faster. Before the husband's meal was ready, the bark of the two snow trees had been peeled off.

The stone wall covering the cave door was dried and piled all over the floor.

After lunch, the master and the apprentice began to cut trees. They cut the four cedars brought back by the master into twelve sections. They used the four cedars at the roots to build four pillars and used the eight trunks to open tenons and make beams.

and the earth circle.

The two of them worked together to connect the tenons, then cut the wood pieces and hammered them firmly. A square house frame stood on the edge of the four cliffs. As long as the top was put on, it would come down to decorate the walls.

The husband looked happy and said, "I'll cut down two more trees. You go to the bamboo forest outside the forest and cut down some thick bamboos. Let's hurry up."

Li Ye was also happy. He had never seen a house being built in his entire life.

This is the first time that my husband and I build our own house, so we are naturally very happy.

After knocking in the last tenon board, the two of them left.

On this day, my husband and Li Ye built the roof, and Li Ye cut down a lot of moso bamboo from outside the woods.

The husband said that after breaking it open, he would build a shed for the roof, and then cover the shed with cedar bark to protect it from wind and rain.

...

There is no sun or moon in the cave, nor in the mountain.

The two worked hard for three days and finally built a complete wooden house. The wooden house had no doors and was sealed on three sides. The three sides were sealed with branches and bamboo slices, and two windows were opened for light and ventilation.

The side facing the cliff is semi-open. Only three-thirds of the top is sealed, and the bottom is open.

The teacher said that you can sit inside, drink tea, and watch the mountain scenery and clarify your mind while practicing.

The floor is also raised, half a foot above the ground, so there is no need to worry about water entering the house when it rains.

First, I used branches the size of my arms to spread it, and then I cut it into slices with the moso bamboo chopped back by Li Ye, and covered it with another thin layer, which looked comfortable and clean.

The two masters and apprentices used the remaining cedar to build the base of a table. On the table, they knocked a piece of stone slab from the edge of the cliff and placed it on top, forming a complete tabletop for writing, making tea, and eating.

Unknowingly, the two of them built a warm home in this deep mountain and old forest.

Li Ye was so happy that he went to the cave to fetch water, brought the teapot and teacups to the stone platform of the wooden house, and built a stove with stones outside the house, lit the cedar branches, and boiled the water to make tea.

The husband came over to help light the fire. He looked at the happy Li Ye and said, "Tomorrow, you come back and chop some more bamboo, both large and small. I'll go find some rattan and make a few bamboo stools and two deck chairs."

When we have nothing to do, we lie on the Tianshan Mountain, make tea, watch the snow and wind in the sky, and watch the Tianshan Mountain turn green, red, and white.

While you have not yet entered the world, and are not bothered by all the things in the world, enjoy the beauty of this world.

After you enter the world, there will be countless complicated things waiting for you. I am afraid it will be impossible for you to settle down and read a book.

After the water boiled, Li Ye returned to the wooden house with the copper kettle for boiling water, took out the tea leaves, and began to warm the pot, wash the tea, and wash the cups.

While the years are quiet, we should enjoy this moment of joy and drink every cup of tea in this pot.

The sky is full of sunshine, shining on the red leaves all over the mountains, reflecting into patches of golden light.

The Buddha said that every second has sixty moments, and that moment is eternity.

Many years later, Mr. Li Yehe looked back on those days in the mountains with infinite emotion:
Chapter completed!