In the middle of summer, the fog spirit mountain, the clouds and mountains are foggy, the forest and the sea are lush, the peaks and waterfalls are intertwined, and the sound of the water in Qingyue comes from far and near.

"Watch your step."

Xu Pan took Yu Xiaoling's hand and instructed her: "I don't know how many years these trees have grown, the roots of the trees are pulled up, they are all waist thick, and there are many raised roots, which are most likely to trip people, you be careful." ”

"Hmm." Yu Xiaoling responded, looked around this side of the mountains and forests, only to feel that the grass and trees are abundant, the aura is not shallow, and the end is the place where the aura of heaven and earth is contained.

She deliberately vomited a few times, and suddenly felt a lot calmer, and continued to follow Xu Pan all the way.

There are a lot of birds flying in the forest, or stop or walk, sometimes chirping, mixed with the sound of the stream, in the coolness brought by the mountain breeze, a little more lively.

The two of them walked out of the villa and walked all the way up for more than a quarter of an hour, Yu Xiaoling felt that his legs had sunk a lot, and he wanted to stop and drink water.

Xu Pan hurriedly handed her the water bladder, and the others brought a pestle to sit down for her, and said, "You will arrive after the forest in front, you rest, let's go over." ”

Yu Xiaoling nodded, drank half a pot of water, covered his stomach, and pondered: "It's only been less than four months, I feel panicked, if it's August or September, I still have to hold him every day?" ”

Xu Pan looked at her stomach seriously, thought about it, and said, "When we go back to the capital, why don't we go to the Wei family to find the eldest cousin, she gave birth to two children in one child, and she wants to come more heavily, maybe there is any way." ”

Yu Xiaoling thought so deeply and praised him for coming up with a good idea. Xu Pan bent the corners of her mouth and stroked her stomach.

The two of them paused, and continued to walk, and before they had crossed the woods that Xu Pan had pointed to, there was a small open space in front of them.

Two side-by-side clothed mounds, in the lush green grass, the stele is not too big, as if it is the appearance of ordinary people, it is impossible to see that it is the world-famous loyal and diligent uncle and uncle.

It's just that Xu Pan and Yu Xiaoling looked at that side and both paused in unison.

On the green grass in front of the tombstone on the west side, sat a man in an ivory-colored cloth robe, the man's face could not be seen, only a solid and somewhat rickety back, under the west slanting sun, the green grass was glowing with pale yellow light.

Yu Xiaoling raised his head and glanced at Xu Pan suspiciously, seeing that he frowned, his eyes were deep, he neither stepped forward nor spoke, only silently grabbed Yu Xiaoling's hand.

The man in front of the tomb somehow copied a white pottery round-bellied wine jug from there, laughed, and said, "Kaoru, this wine is delicious, and I'm about to become addicted, but if you don't like the smell of wine, I won't drink it." ”

He said that if he didn't drink, he would not drink, so he just threw the wine jug in front of the tombstone on the east side, turned around, added two pieces of paper money to the brazier in front of his face, and said in a rambling voice: "In half a month, the sky will turn cold." You are the most greedy for cold in summer, eat melons and drink ice, you can't be like this in autumn, cut a few more dresses. Forget about the snow blue, I don't like to see you wear that color, it's still willow yellow, and it's lively to watch. ”

When he said this, he seemed to remember something, paused, raised his head slightly, his eyes fell somewhere, and after a few breaths, he said softly: "On the day you entered the city, you were wearing a willow-yellow armor, and I saw you in the crowd at a glance." You were really troublesome at that time, and you even led those people to kowtow and shout, singing praises to your father. I've never seen a woman like this in the capital. But at that time, Shu was really good, the emperor was far away, and he could do whatever he wanted. If you make such a fuss, your father is just smiling and laughing, not afraid at all. ”

He laughed self-deprecatingly, sighed lightly, and said, "I was scared at the time, and I sweated for you in my heart." Heh, the Han family is a family that has been cut off, it would be good to be left by the imperial court to continue to serve, how can you be a man without a tail between your legs? Alas, perhaps...... That's why you don't like me. He, he wouldn't be like this......"

He paused again, glanced over the tombstone to the east, and smiled softly.

A gust of mountain wind blew, and the sun gradually set in the west, scraping off two of the leaves that had died early in the forest, but one of them happened to spin and fall on the tombstone on the west side.

The man picked up the leaf, and did not throw it away, but looked at it again and again for a while, put it in his arms, and whispered: "If I do it again, I will not take care of your father again, nor will I misunderstand your cousin, nor will I let him get the first ...... Kaoru ...... You...... You might be able to see me? ”

Another gust of mountain wind blew, and the leaves rattled, as if heaven and earth were whispering, but I didn't know whether they were responding to his question, or whether it was just letting the person who asked hear some ethereal echoes.

Xu Pan held Yu Xiaoling's hand, didn't let go of half a minute, but looked away.

The wind blew in front of the tomb, causing the man's clothes to float on the grass, making a rustling sound.

The man didn't care, but waved the dust on the tombstone with his cuff, and said softly: "He chose a good place, but it's closer to the woods, and there is always ash falling from the trees." You love cleanliness so much, why didn't he think of it? ”

He wiped the floating ash and looked from the bottom of the tombstone to the back.

There is no word written on the stele, but the pattern of the entwined lotus flower is engraved on both sides.

He couldn't help but stretch out his hand to cover the surface of the stele, and his fingertips rubbed it carefully, as if he was looking for something, and kept searching back and forth, but found nothing. His fingertips flickered, and he fell back to the bottom of the monument in a daze. He smiled and sighed.

The wind blew up his broken white hair between his sideburns, and he ignored it, only looking up at the sky.

The sun was already hidden in the treetops and could not be seen clearly, and in the distant forest, there was a bird-shaped figure flying alone, screaming from afar, and there was a little loneliness in Qingyue. He took a few breaths, withdrew his gaze, and looked back again.

"Kaoru, I have to go back earlier today, so I can't accompany you. That kid of mine is going to come and mess with me, and he's getting worse and worse. Alas...... I don't blame him, I know, he blames me for being sorry for his mother. ”

He let out another long sigh: "If you see the Fang clan one day, ...... for me Forget it, you better not come forward, how can she have a good face for you? That's it, I just hope that she will have a good birth in the next life and meet a good person. ”

He stretched out his hand again and stroked the tombstone, and his hand was very gentle, and after a moment, he stood up and said softly: "You are so resting, I will come back tomorrow." ”

After he finished speaking, he took a step to the east, bent down to pick up the white pottery wine jug on the grass, snorted softly, and said towards the tombstone on the east side, "Your kid is also looking for you, don't drink it......"

After he said that, he turned his back to the woods where Xu Pan and Yu Xiaoling were standing, and without looking back, he went to a small road in the southeast.

Xu Pan watched his figure fade away, sinking into the lush trees in the westward sun, his brows loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened.

Yu Xiaoling listened to these seemingly headless words, and somehow, his nose was a little inexplicably sour.

Who would have thought that on this green mountain, so many worldly relationships would be buried?

Yu Xiaoling raised his hand and rubbed his nose, feeling a little sour, before rubbing the back of his hand with another finger held by Xu Pan.

Xu Pan took a deep breath, slowly spit it out again, said a soft "um", and took her hand out of the woods.

The grass was green, the shadows of the trees were shaking, and in front of the two tombstones, Xu Pan helped Yu Xiaoling to kneel.

"Father, mother, the unfilial son brought his daughter-in-law here."