Episode 11 (1) The Mountaintop
Yuquan Mountain is like a ring, and the scenery is beautiful. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the cold pool on the top of the mountain is like silver and jade, and the shadow is deep in the pool. There is a thick mist fluttering on the pond all year round, like clouds and snow. There is a small blue-purple flower growing on the edge of the pool, and the floral fragrance is elegant.
Qing Yao sat on the edge of the pool, looking at the princess enjoying the water in the pool. The heart that has been hanging in the past few days has finally fallen. Sent away the strange child called Yu'er by the princess, and during the time they went back and forth to Jingshan, the king did not send anyone. They left without a goof.
The taste of this small flower by the pool is really special, elegant and pleasant, if there is nothing, the fragrance lasts for a long time. No wonder princesses like it.
"Princess, it's really as you said, for so long, Shang Guo really didn't send a letter of state. Qing Yao said to the pond.
"It's said that it reassures you. Yu Zimo said lightly, enjoying the clear and soft water of the cold pool easily. "After running around for so long, I can finally rest for a while. ”
Qing Yao felt the same way, since she met Yu'er, since the princess decided to take her back to the palace, Qing Yao's heart has never been at peace. The environment here in Yuquan Mountain is quiet, worry-free and do not disturb, thanks to the blessing of the princess, she has the opportunity to stay here for a while every year.
Yuquan Mountain is also called White Bird Mountain. Because the mountain is inhabited by a kind of elf-like white bird all year round.
Xin Guo regarded the white bird as the sacred bird, and believed that the white bird was the messenger of the gods, and when the white bird flew into the sky, it could bring people's wishes to the gods and the will of the heavens to people.
The hunting of white birds is forbidden in the country of Xin, and almost no one enters Shiratori Mountain in normal times. On the one hand, because the people of Xin were afraid of disturbing the white birds in the mountains and frightening the messengers of the gods, on the other hand, there was a kind of tree called ice pine growing in the white bird mountain. The trunk of this tree is not very tall, but the branches are long and luxuriant, and the shape of the leaves of the ice pine tree is somewhat like the pine needles of a pine tree, but they are thicker than the pine needles and thinner than the willow leaves. Under the ice pine trees, it is difficult to tell the direction. The leaf color of ordinary trees varies from green to yellow, light to dark, or other from growth to fall. And the leaves of the ice pine are always the same color from birth to fall. The trunk of the ice pine is grayish-brown, and the leaves are grayish-white. The trees are similar in shape, unless you can distinguish each one of the ice pines, otherwise, even though there is ordinary green grass growing under the trees, it is still easy to get lost in this mountain.
When Yu Zimo was five years old, he suddenly fell seriously ill and had a high fever. King Xin asked for a famous doctor, but to no avail. King Xin asked the high priest, and the high priest said that perhaps the cold pool water at the top of Mt. Shiratori could cure the princess's illness. It's just that no one has entered White Bird Mountain for many years, and the mountain is clear and unclear, but I am afraid that people will lose their way after entering, not only can they not reach the cold pool, but they are also trapped in the mountain, but the princess's life is worried.
Although the method is dangerous, it is also the only way to save Zimo. King Xin decided to give it a try anyway. He sent the guards who were best at moving in the mountains to accompany Zimo up the mountain. As soon as they carried Yu Zimo to the foot of the White Bird Mountain, they saw the white birds in the mountain flying together in the mountain, chirping to guide them, and they followed the white bird and successfully sent the princess to the top of the mountain and reached the cold pool. The cold pool water cured Yu Zimo's illness.
The fact that the white bird led the way for the princess was seen by many people outside the mountain. The people were even more convinced that their princess was blessed by the gods and would bring them good luck.
In the future, King Xin would send someone to accompany Yu Zimo to the mountains to rest and recuperate every year. He also sent someone to build a temporary residence for Yu Zimo on the top of the mountain.
In the second year of Zimo's visit to White Bird Mountain, she found a white Luan-shaped jade in her cold pool. King Xin found the best craftsman to carve the jade into a jade pendant in the shape of a luan. Yu Zimo likes that jade pendant very much and always carries it with him. Because she went to the cold pool every year and got a jade pendant in the cold pool, she called White Bird Mountain Yuquan Mountain.
In the first few years, many guards accompanied Zimo into the mountain. Later, Yu Zimo's body gradually improved and became very healthy, so she told her father that she would only take Qingyao up the mountain. King Xin agreed, and let the guards protect him at the bottom of the mountain.
Qing Yao was very happy that she had the honor to accompany the princess to stay in this White Bird Mountain. It's strange to say, maybe it's influenced by the aura of the mountains. The princess is usually very active and rarely stays quietly in the palace, but when she arrives in this Yuquan Mountain, she becomes very quiet. During the day, she rests in the cold pool. It was to go fishing by a small stream not far from the cold pool. Fishing is so quiet, and the princess will do anything that challenges patience. Qing Yao was almost certainly the power of the mountain's aura. And the princess fishes, never puts bait on the hook, at first Qing Yao thought that the princess was reluctant to kill, but the princess's explanation was that the appearance of the bait was too disgusting, and she didn't want to touch it and wouldn't use it.
When the weather is good, whether it is by the cold pool or the stream, it is a place where the princess rests at any time, and the princess rests in these places, and her task is to drive away the mosquitoes that may appear for the princess.
At night, the princess likes to watch the sky from the top of the mountain. The sky above Yuquan Mountain is vast and tranquil, and the clean and shining stars are all over the night sky, as if within reach. The princess stared at them without saying a word, and gazed quietly, often all night.
On this day, the princess faced the sky all night. Qing Yao had been by the princess's side, a little tired. At dawn, the princess had to go to the cold pool to watch the sunrise. By the time they returned to their quarters, Qing Yao was exhausted.
Yu Zimo saw that she could fall asleep while standing, blamed her for being useless, and asked her to hurry up and rest. Qing Yao couldn't ask for it.
Qing Yao went back to sleep. Yu Zimo returned to her room alone, although she hadn't slept all night, her face was not tired. She sat down at the bluestone table in the room, picked up the teapot on the table, and brewed the green tea on the table unhurriedly. This green tea is made of the young buds of the blue-purple flowers in the cold pool and its young leaves, and the tea fragrance is light and long. Yu Zimo likes it very much.
The mountains are quiet and the tea is pleasant. When the tea boiled for the second time, Yu Zimo's hand pouring the tea paused slightly, and a calm and ethereal voice sounded in the quiet room. "I don't like this kind of light tea. ”
When Yu Zimo heard this voice, he smiled slightly, and said leisurely, "Whether the tea is light or not, you will only know until you drink it." ”
"Come out," Yu Zimo poured the boiled tea into a teacup on the table. A thin and slender figure appeared in the house, and the person who came was the monsoon at the foot of the Jingshan that Yu Zimo had just visited.
Ji Feng wore a blue-gray caftan with a thin belt made of broken jade, tied diagonally around his waist. Her long, jet-black hair was tied haphazardly back of her head. A detached look. After he appeared, he slowly walked to the bluestone table, stretched out two slender fingers, pinched the teacup, put it to his mouth and tasted it, "It's okay, but it's still a little more flowery." ”
"You drink too much tea from Jingshan, and you naturally feel mixed when you drink other teas, don't be so picky, just drink habits." Yu Zimo smelled the fragrance of tea and said.
"I'm not interested. He gently pushed the teacup to the side, "Where's your maid named Qing Yao?"
"What, you're interested in her?"
Monsoon smiled, "That's interesting,...... I thought that if you brought her to me, it showed that you were not hiding from her. ”
"I didn't want to hide it from her," Yu Zimo denied the visitor's statement, "I just didn't say it." Yu Zimo looked at the tea in his hand, "Since I'm not interested in this tea, let's say something that interests me." How's it going? How's Yu'er? ”
"Yu'er is very good, he just fell asleep before I came. Monsoon casually sat down at the stone table.
"Things. ”
"I went to the witch side for a while. The sacred stone of the witch side has been stolen, and they are secretly sending people to find it. ”
"Holy Stone? Do you know who it is?"
"Among the four elders, one of the elders' side is a spirit boy named Cui Peng. ”
"Wu Fang is alone in the pure mountain, stubborn and self-contained, and has serious shortcomings, and it is only a matter of time before something happens. I didn't expect it to be the holy stone. Among their sacred stones is the spirit of the pure mountain. ……”
"Yu'er should have broken free from the holy stone after it was stolen. ”
"He is only transformed by some of the spiritual power in the holy stone, and there should still be a large amount of spiritual power in the holy stone. Yu Zimo said worriedly.
"Whoever owns the holy stone will have the rest of the spiritual power. ”
"No matter what the purpose of the person who stole the holy stone, he takes the holy stone with him, and everywhere he goes, it is trouble. If the person who stole the holy stone is not right, it will be even more troublesome. ”
"That's your business. Monsoon said indifferently as a bystander.
"Aren't you always annoyed staying in Jingshan?" Yu Zimo looked sideways at Monsoon.
Ji Feng listened to the meaning of Zi Mo's words, "You can't be clean when you stay in Jingshan, and it's not more annoying to leave." I've figured things out for you, I'll take care of Yu'er, don't bother me if it's okay. ”
"It depends. Yu Zimo said to himself.
"I hope you don't have me in your case. Monsoon stood up.
A gust of wind blew, and Yu Zimo was the only one left in the house.
Yu Zimo smiled faintly at the slightly blue tea.