The medical saint, who was over fifty years old, carried the medicine box, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued walking along the path. On the desolate Beishan Mountain, a small farmhouse could be seen in the distance.
No one has ever lived here in Beishan. Although the scenery is great, the terrain is wrong. It is between two peaks. It is difficult to train and build palaces, so Tianmu Peak has become a veritable barren mountain.
Ever since the former young city lord Yuhua Fuxian moved here, this medical saint came to see him once a month, which can be said to have paved a way out.
The old man wasn't angry at all, because this month and one trip had made his bones much stronger.
Yuhua Fuxiang has been waiting in the courtyard for a long time. Ever since he knew that the saint liked Zha Rong wine, he prepared it in advance every time.
"The little old man said he came to see the Lord, but it would be better to say that he was so greedy because he was thinking about this drink." Others would definitely say he was disrespectful after hearing this, but the two of them have seen each other every month for the past year, and they have a good relationship.
The friendship that lasts forever.
Fuxiao smiled and poured him wine, "Please, saint."
"Don't dare, don't dare." He said he didn't dare, but he held the cup in his hand and put it to his mouth. After drinking it in one gulp, he was full of praise, "Good wine!"
After drinking moderately, we got down to business, checked his pulse, made sure he was fine, and planned to leave.
Yuhua helped him and invited him into the room, "Sage, can you help me check this child's lifeline?"
The medical sage touched his beard and frowned, "This girl was born weak and her lifespan is not long. It looks like she will only live ten years at most. I advise the Lord not to take care of her too carefully."
He smiled and said, "What's the big deal? I might not live as long as her."
The old man hurriedly waved his hand, "The Lord's lifeline is long-lasting, how can you talk nonsense, otherwise my sign as a medical saint will be smashed here."
He smiled, "Don't worry, I'm just talking. You can go back first."
"Then, little old man, go back first."
Fu Xian walked him to the door, and saw the old man slowly climbing over the hill. Just as he was about to go back to the house, a sound of horse hooves came from the forest, startling him.
This northern mountain has not been visited for many years, so how could there be the sound of horse hooves?
Three teenagers rode horses and stopped directly at the entrance of the courtyard.
The young boy in the lead mocked: "Hey, isn't this our former young city lord Yuhua Fuxian? He can't be the city lord, so he went to the barren mountains to grow food obediently, hahaha..."
This sentence made the three of them laugh. Fuxiang naturally recognized that person, Suiyajiu from the same village. They came to Tianmu Peak together back then, but it was a pity that his ability and courage were not as good as Fuxiang.
Jealousy is more terrifying for men than for women, and it has been a headache for them to oppose Fuxiang at every turn over the years. This time Yuhua Fuxiang has lost power, and he will definitely not give up such a good opportunity to attack.
"I heard that the city lord gave him a baby to raise. I wonder if the baby is still alive? Hahahaha..."
Fu Xuan's face was expressionless, but his fists were so tight that veins popped out. If it had been before, he would have punched him long ago.
"If he can't support himself, how can he support others, hahahaha..."
A silver chain suddenly jumped out of the cold wind, like a long snake, and quickly tied up one of the people on the horse and threw him to the ground.
The laughter stopped suddenly. Looking at Yan Jue who suddenly appeared behind him, the other two people immediately dismounted and knelt down, "Young Master, Young City Master..."
"If you dare to have a next time..." He raised his hand and waved, and the silver thousand-knot whip swept across, cutting off a big tree not far away. The sound of the tree falling to the ground made the three of them tremble. Yanjue turned around, Leng Jue
He said coldly: "I will never forgive you!!"
"Yes, my subordinates are resigning..." They were all so frightened that they pissed themselves, mounted their horses and ran away as fast as they could.
"Senior brother, how can you let them bully you!"
Fu Xuan turned around and walked back into the house, "I am no longer their match. What else can I do except be patient?"
Yan Jue chased after him, "Senior brother, is it because of me that Master doesn't let you be the heir?"
He shook his head and said, "Don't think too much. Senior brother is weak and unable to master the Cold Warning Technique. So you have to work harder in the future and never slack off. Don't let Master down."
"but I……"
Yan Jue was about to say something, but the right to speak was snatched away by the baby who had already woken up on the bed.
"Daddy, hug~~" The child on the bed stretched out two small arms like lotus roots, kicked up his two short legs and giggled.
The milky sound of milk sounds can barely be heard.
Fu Xuan couldn't help but laugh, sat on the edge of the bed, picked her up, and nodded her little nose, "I've told you many times to call me brother."
Yanjue also sat over, sometimes poking her face, sometimes squeezing her hands, "She's so little, she can actually talk~"
She looked at him and drooled, "Daddy~~"
Yanjue was speechless, "Why do you care about calling everyone daddy..."
Fu Xian laughed so hard, "She can only say this now." He turned her around and faced him, "This is my brother, not my father, do you understand?"
"Daddy~"
He squeezed her little hand helplessly and said seriously: "Recite after me, brother-brother-"
"Guoguo~~"
"No, it's g, e, ge, brother - brother -"
"Everyone~~hehe~~"
Seeing her smiling face, he was finally defeated, "Okay, I won't scream if you don't like it." He pinched her round chin, looked at her pink mouth, and raised the corners of his mouth in surprise, "Again.
He’s got teeth! No wonder he’s drooling so much.”
A year later, Hua Ci was able to run on the ground and was so naughty that she couldn't even hold her.
After noon, the sun is not strong but the light is very good.
Hua Ci ran in front and bumped into Yan Jue who was looking at them. Her eyes immediately dazzled, she raised her little head and stretched out her little hands, "Daddy, junior brother, give me a hug~~"
Nai Fu's body is always cold, and the weak baby always loves to rub against the warm and gentle Yan Jue.
Yan Jue picked up Hua Ci and went into the house, "Xiao Ci, you are naughty again, aren't you?"
"No!"
Fu Xuan was out of breath after catching up, so he returned to the chair and sat down. "Seeing that Dongyue is coming, what is the assessment this time?"
"Well, I'm not sure yet." Yan Jue teased Hua Ci, lifting the candy in his hand but refusing to put it in her mouth, "But the brothers who participated in the assessment all have their own tasks, and it's not an assessment, eh
, it’s an experience to see how everyone handles things.”
"Are you sure?"
"Whatever, if I fail, I won't still have you as a senior brother." Seeing that he was about to get angry, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, this assessment is very simple, very simple, ouch..."
As soon as he was distracted, Hua Ci's two rows of small teeth bit directly on his finger holding the candy.
"Xiao Ci!" Fu Xuan grabbed the clothes at the back of her neck with two fingers and pulled them down directly.
Seeing that he was getting angry, she hurriedly crawled back and rubbed her saliva on him, "Daddy, I'm hungry~~"
"You just finished lunch, why are you hungry again?"
She said confidently, "Daddy only talks to dad and junior brother and ignores me, so I'm hungry."
The two laughed helplessly.
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In the blink of an eye, spring turned to winter four times, and Tianmu Peak disciples came and left one after another. Although the twelfth lunar month was cold, the entire Tianmu Peak was very lively because of the promotion assessment.
Throughout the year, there are no other holidays except Master Dad's birthday. Although the high-level assessment is exciting, it is very bloody. She doesn't like it, and her father won't let her watch it, so she is still happy to watch the low-level assessment competition until the end. This is
The only fun of the year.
This time, the more than one hundred new disciples happened to be undergoing the assessment, which meant that they could open their eyes before they officially entered the school. Her point was that they were not bound by the rules of Tianmu Peak, so she could learn from them.
You can find some gadgets you haven't seen before, or hear some stories you haven't heard before.
On the way there, Bengbeng suddenly met a group of people. She stopped and curiously hid behind a stone to peek.
It turned out that two young ladies were grabbing things, and no one around them came to help. Seeing that the weak young lady was about to be beaten, she couldn't help but jump out, "You are not allowed to fight in private at Tianmu Peak. You are bullying others in large numbers."
Less, that’s too much!”
The onlookers were all newcomers, all in their teens. The kid in front of me who dared to stand out was only six or seven years old, and there was really no threat at all. The sturdy little girl was naturally more confident, "She stole me."
The jade pendant, shouldn’t we catch the thief?”
"The jade pendant is mine..." The weak young lady squeezed the jade pendant tightly in her hand, with a panicked look on her face. She was probably helpless and couldn't bear it anymore. She finally plucked up the courage to yell, "I didn't steal anything!"
"Hey! Little hooves is getting braver. Believe it or not... Ouch!"
The strong little girl raised her hand to hit her, but unexpectedly she was pushed in the butt by a child who was ten years younger than her.
There was a burst of laughter all around.
"It's okay, little sister, don't be afraid." She held the girl's right hand and looked up at the people on the ground, "You don't want to make the matter a big deal, right? Everything depends on evidence. If you can't produce proof, you will be slandering others. When the time comes,
If you make trouble to the supervisor, don't blame me for not warning you."
The people on the ground are old and have no brains. They were so frightened by the position of supervisor that they forgot about it. "I, of course I have evidence!"
"In this case, let's spread it out and solve it." There are so many people around, even if they don't help, they are still strong witnesses. Hua Ci said: "You have evidence, then you tell me first."
She got up from the ground, her eyes rolling around, "Well, that jade pendant is made of black jade, and it's engraved with dragon patterns."
He put a pestle on his chin with his little hand, imitating Yan Jue and pretending to think, "Describing the characteristics of the jade pendant doesn't prove that it is yours. May I ask your surname, young lady? Where and who are you from?"
"I will not change my name or surname. Fang Ruwan is the only daughter of Fang De, the Prime Minister of Su County."
"Oh?" She turned to the girl behind her and asked with a smile: "Sister, where are you?"
The girl hugged the jade pendant tightly and shrank and said: "Lingnan Mo, Mo family, Shuruo."
"I already know who is lying." Hua Ci's eyebrows were bright, she nodded and walked slowly to Fang Ruwan with her little hands behind her back, "This black jade dragon-breaking stone is not made of black jade, but a spiritual stone from the secret realm of Lingnan.
It’s here to ward off evil spirits. Moreover, the back of the jade pendant is engraved with the word "ink". May I ask Miss Fang, why is your jade pendant engraved with the word "ink" from the Mohist family?"
"You, you are talking nonsense!"
Hua Ci approached her and whispered: "Go away quickly. If this spreads out, the reputation will not be good~"
Fang Ruwan said angrily: "Just wait." She took a few followers and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Everyone watching the excitement slowly dispersed.
Mo Shuruo whispered: "Thank you."
Hua Ci looked at her, she was pretty good-looking, but she was too thin, so she looked easy to bully. She suddenly felt proud to protect others, "My name is Hua Ci, and I live in the yard over there in Beishan. If I
If someone dares to bully you again, just come to me and I will help you vent your anger."
The girl was full of gratitude and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." She smiled, "Ah, by the way, I want to go to the assessment competition. Do you want to go?"
Mo Shuruo shook his head, "I'm not going."
Hua Ci took Mo Shuruo's hand and dragged her back face to face, "Don't stay alone all the time. You can walk around if you don't want to see it. Although Tianmu Peak is a mountain, it is not as good as the one in Donglu."
It is vast, but it can accommodate thousands of people. It is still very big, and the scenery is good. The sea breeze can blow on the mountainside, there are fruit trees in the valley, the green top is covered with snow all year round, and the back mountain is like spring all year round. Flowers are blooming all over the field. It is beautiful. I have time.
Just take you to play, okay?"
She was talking a lot to herself and without looking at the road, she bumped into a guy behind her.
"Ouch, why did you hit me?"
This man was kind-hearted. He apologized after being hit and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
Hua Ci looked him up and down and said, "Since you look pretty good, I won't blame you." She didn't know who she learned this temperament from. She would make friends with anyone she saw comfortable with, even at such a young age.
"What's your name, little brother, where are you from? Are you alone? Do you want to go to the game?"
This child looks to be only about ten years old, and he has a very good personality. "Yao Qingdong, you can call me Xiaoyao, Xiaoqing or Xiaodong."
Hua Ci folded one of her eyelids, "What the hell?"
"Ah, Dongdong is okay too? Just like it."
"..."
The three of them were walking together, but they didn't expect that it was this little boy who talked a lot.
"My father said that as long as no one is offended, after two or three years, after passing the examination, I will be lucky enough to return to Yujiang alive."
"This Tianmu Peak is not as scary as the rumors say!"
"Ah, ah, suddenly I remembered that I brought candied haws."
Hua Ci almost jumped up, and Tanghulu Tianmu Peak didn't. Only when her father and master went out once could he bring her back one or two, and those were rare snacks.
Yao Qingdong took out three skewers from his satchel, divided them into pieces, licked them and continued on his way.
"Ah, I heard that Young Master Yanjue will also participate in this assessment."
Hua Ci couldn't care less about what he said, but Mo Shuruo had a puzzled look on his face. If someone listened to him, he would speak more energetically, "You don't know! But I also heard from hearsay that this Yan is definitely the city lord's apprentice, although he doesn't
It has been officially announced, but it seems that he has been unofficially chosen as the next city lord."
Hua Ci licked the candied haws and praised: "Dongdong, you are so amazing, you actually know so much."
"Of course, our Yujiang Yao family is a family friend of the Shiji Mo family in Lingnan."
She bit the hawthorn and glanced at Mo Shuruo, who didn't respond, and then looked back at him, "You know people from the Mo family!"
"What's wrong? You...you don't have any grudge against them, do you?!!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" She pushed him and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Do you know Mo Shuruo?"
He replied in the same way, "Mo family in Lingnan, Mo Shuruo, the direct granddaughter of Duke Mo?"
"Hmm, do you know her?"
"I've heard of it, but it seems that he is seriously ill and is going to die. He hasn't seen anyone for a long time."
"Seriously ill?" She started to feel strange, but it seemed interesting~
"Why do you suddenly ask about her?"
Hua Ci came back to her senses and said, "Oh, it's nothing. I'll ask if I remember it. Let's go and watch my father and junior brother fight." After saying that, she picked up Mo Shuruo and ran forward.
Yao Qingdong said strangely: "Father and junior brother??? Oh! Wait for me!!!!!"
In the crowd of Wu Yaya, Hua Ci was wearing a goose-yellow jacket, with a silver longevity lock necklace hanging around her neck. She was not tall, but she dragged the girl behind her and ran forward, "Hurry up, hurry up, we can't catch up with daddy."
Junior brother is competing."
By the time they found a good place to stop, the young man in white on the stage had easily defeated his opponent.
Hua Ci pouted, "I'm so angry. The fight was finished so quickly and I didn't even see it."
The eyes of the girl next to him became inexplicably stupid.
Hua Ci pushed her, "Sister Mo, Sister Mo."
The girl came back to her senses and asked, "What's wrong?"
Hua Ci raised her eyebrows with a malicious look on her face, "Do you have a crush on my father and junior brother~"
The girl's face was flushed, and she finally managed to hold back a few words, "I, I don't..."
Hua Ci tilted her head innocently, "Why, my father and junior brother are so good-looking, why don't you like him? Do you like him for a while~"
"..." She blushed even more.
"Do you want to go see him? How about I take you to see him~"
"..." The girl trembled, "I, I'm going back first, see you next time..." The figure from behind was quite embarrassed.
Hua Ci looked at Mo Shuruo for a while and then looked at Yao Qingdong, "Why is she running?"
Xiaoyao threw a peanut into his mouth, "If it were me, I would run too."
She went to grab food, "Why?"
"Because you are stupid..."
Hua Ci raised her hand and slapped him on the forehead, "I'll hit you again."
Yao Qingdong covered his head and said aggrievedly, "You have already beaten..."
"Bang!" He snatched the peanut away from him and looked back at the stage again.
Uncle Mo was indeed moved, but maybe she was not aware of the move. She was just scared out of her wits by Hua Ci's series of words. She was really timid, and she had relied on Mr. Mo all these years, like a new vine growing around a tree.
It cannot withstand even a little bit of devastation.
For her, Yan Jue is too dazzling. She longs for it, but dare not touch it. Have you ever seen a stone that is so humble that it is in the dust? That is the most appropriate metaphor for the two of them.
Naturally, she lost her way after running around. She was scared, but she had to move forward. She walked for several hours. The sun was setting in the distance, but the place in front of her seemed to have changed, with heavy snow all over the place.
Snow white.
She felt a little hungry and tired. She bent down and shrank into the gap in the unfamiliar pavilion. The sky gradually darkened and the air around her became colder. Mo Shuruo was in a trance and only saw a lamp passing across the stone bridge.
, a person came over - that person was none other than Yan Jue.
Yanjue's footsteps were brisk and he didn't notice her at all. He glanced sideways and thought it was a cat. He turned around and slowly walked towards her. When he got closer, he realized it was a person.
The little girl in front of me is too fragile to make people think of danger. Outsiders are never allowed to enter this snow-covered heavenly palace. She must be a newcomer who has just climbed Tianmu Peak. She doesn't know where she is and has lost her way.
Yanjue squatted in front of her, raised a lantern to shine on himself, and called her: "Hey, are you awake?"
Mo Shuruo's hands and feet were cold and his mind was numb, but at least he still had the last thought. When he looked up, he was scared to death, and immediately lowered his head and huddled up in a ball. He thought that he was so humble, just like a person on the roadside.
A piece of grass is as inconspicuous as a stone.
Yanjue grabbed her shoulders, "What are you afraid of? I just want to ask if you can't find the way back."
Mo Shuruo trembled all over and slowly raised his head, his big eyes misty with moisture.
Yan Jue chuckled and said: "Why are you crying? Although this snowy sky is huge, it is also man-made. Even if you are alone, you can still get out in a few hours. But now that you have met me, you will naturally save yourself."
Those few hours. Come on, I will take you out."
Yan Jue pulled her up and turned around to leave. Mo Shuruo was no longer afraid and followed him obediently, still timid, with a distance of ten feet.
"Where do you live?"
Mo Shuruo shook his head with his big eyes open.
"Then what's your name? I can help you go to Tianji Pavilion to check."
Mo Shuruo blinked and lowered his head again.
Yanjue was puzzled: This girl can't speak? She sighed and shook her head, "In that case, I will just take you to a place that is familiar to new people, and you can return by the way you came."
The two of them were silent all the way until they stopped in the courtyard where they met Hua Ci during the day. They were still standing one behind the other.
"You must know this place." Yan Jue turned to look at her, "It's already very late, go back quickly to avoid being punished." After saying that, he put the lantern in Mo Shuruo's hand and walked away from her.
go.
Mo Shuruo held a lantern and quietly watched his retreating figure. In the end, he couldn't even say thank you.