Xu Pan and his wife traveled from Jinan to Jining, and a little further south from Jining Mansion, they reached the northern edge of Weishan Lake.

Weishan Lake is a long and narrow existence from north to south, because it is also connected to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and there are not a few merchants coming and going. Because Xu Pan had an errand and needed to go to neighboring Yanzhou to inspect, he didn't come by water.

In the carriage, Yu Xiaoling said to Xu Pan: "Since leaving Jining Mansion, and then to the south, all the way along Weishan Lake, except for Fan County in the middle, there are no big towns and villages, I'm afraid we won't be able to settle down at that time." ”

Xu Pan glanced at her comfortingly and said, "Since there is a Fan County, why don't we go?" Wait for a few days to stay in Fan County, let's abandon the car and take the boat, and it is just right to go back to the capital by water. ”

Yu Xiaoling couldn't help but say to him: "Nafan County is not a big county, where can I get a big boat when the time comes?"

Xu Pan saw that she had returned to the place where she used to live, so she kept worrying about this and that, and couldn't help patting him on the shoulder and said, "You are here to visit the old place again, don't worry about these trivial matters, leave them to me." ”

Yu Xiaoling saw that his face was determined, and said in his heart that he must have instructed Fu Ping and them to make arrangements in advance, and he was no longer worried at the moment.

They traveled all the way south along the east side of the lake, and the warm and humid breeze blew on the lake, which reminded Yu Xiaoling of the days under the lotus leaves in those years.

When her spiritual consciousness was chaotic, she was in this lake, and later opened her spiritual consciousness, and she never left, until she was left and taken away by the monks, and she lived here for more than 100 years.

Yu Xiaoling's memories of the past are mostly to listen to the gossip of the people by the lake, or, from time to time, with the people who go into the water to fish, hide and seek, occasionally she also has a fight for the same kind of people, always free.

This lake is so big, but there are very few spiritual creatures at the same time, in Xiao Ling's memory, there have been two or three passing by here, but most of the time, only she enjoys this vast lake.

Yu Xiaoling actually fell asleep in her shallow memories of all these years with Xu Pan, in the swaying beat of the carriage, and in Xu Pan's arms.

When she woke up again, the carriage had stopped at the door of a small courtyard with blue bricks and tiles.

Xu Pan saw that she woke up at this time, and handed her a glass of water with a smile: "Seeing that you slept so soundly, I didn't disturb you." Have a glass of water, let's go down for a walk. ”

Yu Xiaoling rubbed her eyes, opened the curtain and took a look, and was stunned all of a sudden.

Under the sun, the sparkling water of the lake seems to be close in front of you, and the fine waves beat the mud and sand on the shore, and the clear lake water is blown by the breeze, sending gusts of fresh wind one after another.

"What kind of place is this, it's actually next to the lake?" asked Yu Xiaoling in surprise.

As he spoke, Xu Pan was already half-up, and smiled at her: "Come down and take a look, you will know." ”

Yu Xiaoling followed his hand, jumped out of the carriage, and when he got out of the car, his eyes were even more open.

The small courtyard of the blue bricks and tiles where the carriage stops, there is only one courtyard here, this courtyard looks like, there are also three into the appearance, the west edge of the courtyard, planted a row of willow trees, the willow trees are one or two zhang to the west, down a small slope, and then to the lake.

Yu Xiaoling took a deep breath of the fresh moisture by the lake, and spit it out again, about two or three times like this, she couldn't help but sigh: "It's been a long time." ”

Xu Pan stretched out his hand and hugged her in his arms, and whispered to her: "It's a pity that we can't stay for a long time, but it's good to live in peace for a few days." ”

After he finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed to this small courtyard, and said, "I have already placed this courtyard in your name, when we are empty, we will come and live again." ”

Yu Xiaoling glanced at Xu Pan unexpectedly, and saw the gentleness in his eyes, just like the water of this lake, completely submerged her.

"Xu Pan. She called to him in a low voice.

When no one is around, she always likes to call his name like this. was shouted by her name and surname, Xu Pan didn't think it was angry, and in a blink of an eye, she pursed her mouth, looked at herself with blinking eyes, her heart was soft and sweet, and then she pouted, as if she had been wronged, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Yu Xiaoling shook his head and said in a low voice: "The person who was wronged is not my ......"

After she said this, she paused, put her arms around Xu Pan's waist, pressed against his chest, and said, "It's you." ”

The people below had long since retreated, and in the pure sunlight, the weeping willows floated and swayed on the water, and the lake slapped against the sand and gravel on the shore, pouring the fine stones that had been washed over and over again poured onto the shore.

Where the sea and the sky are connected, there are white waterfowl chirping and flying over, and with the sound of the occasional fish jumping out of the water and falling down, it adds a bit of smart harmony to the tranquility here.

Between heaven and water, two figures stand embracing each other, just like a pair of beautiful people who come out of the painting, and they must be intoxicating from a distance.

Others must not have seen Yu Xiaoling's red eyes and sour nose. She rested her head on her solid chest, and felt that this heart and body were all about this person......

With Xu Pan indulging her wholeheartedly, she can do whatever she wants.

The two of them woke up from a nap, Yu Xiaoling and Xu Pan went to the lake together, saying that they had to take off their shoes and roll up their pants to go down and wade into the water.

Xu Pan naturally disagreed: "The lake water is still cold in March! How can you wade barefoot in the water? The so-called cold starts from the feet, and it is not a joke!"

However, Yu Xiaoling didn't listen to him at all, and said that if it weren't for the cold weather, she would have taken off her clothes and went in for a swim.

She didn't care and said: "I raised me in this aquatic life, and I gathered the aura of heaven and earth in the water, how could it be possible to freeze me?

Yu Xiaoling said a lot of things in the opposite direction, and finally grinded Xu Pan to agree, so he took off his shoes, pulled up his trousers, and went down to the lake to tread water.

However, on her side, as soon as her foot stepped into the water, she was so cold that she shivered, Xu Pan saw it at a glance, it was not equivalent to Xiao Ling's other foot stepping into the water, so he picked her up.

"Okay, the water has been stepped on, it's time to go back!"

Xu Pan couldn't help but say anything, so he hugged her and walked back, Yu Xiaoling fluttered her legs, and made a fuss with her eyes, seeing that there was no hope, she also went obediently and honestly.

The two of them sometimes went on a cruise, sometimes walked along the lakeside, shed their satin brocade clothes, and changed into less conspicuous coarse cloth clothes, just like an ordinary couple, living an unknown ordinary life. In the midst of calm, there is a sense of comfort.

Two days later, when the fog by the lake had not dissipated early that morning, Fu Ping suddenly came to report that he had found a suspected Gao Jiao's whereabouts in nearby Fan County.