Xiao Shengnian left the capital, all the way to the east, drove a whole day's road, only to arrive in Qingcheng, he changed horses, rested in the inn for a night, and set off to Mengqi Mountain the next day refreshed.

Mengqi Mountain is a tall mountain in the north of Qingcheng, there are many birds and beasts in the mountain, occasionally wild beasts will come down the mountain and hurt people, so there are troops stationed under the mountain, of course, these armies will not prevent the hunters from the villages near Mengqi Mountain from hunting up the mountain, but will provide some help to the hunters.

Xiao Shengnian did not show his identity, he went up from a little-known path, occasionally you can hear the cheerful chirping of birds on the road, the mountain road is mixed with the smell of earth and the natural freshness of leaves and flowers, there are plants and trees all over, when he turns three corners, the road is relatively wide, a wooden house stands quietly surrounded by plants and flowers, the scenery is quiet and beautiful like a painting.

The most surprising thing is that there is a napping tiger lying in front of the wooden house. And there was a dexterous parrot standing on the door, and when he saw Xiao Shengnian, the parrot repeated four words in a clumsy tone: "The apprentice is here, the apprentice is here." ”

The napping tiger seemed to be a little impatient by the parrot's noise, it turned its head and roared, then turned its head to look at Xiao Shengnian, the strange thing is that the tiger did not have any special reaction after seeing someone coming, but lay down and took a nap again.

Xiao Shengnian walked to the door of the wooden house with a calm expression, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, and said in a humble and polite voice: "Teacher, Shengnian has come to see you." ”

There are not many people who can make Xiao Shengnian respect so much, and the person who lives in the wooden house is one of them.

After waiting for a while, the door of the wooden house was opened, and an old man in good spirits appeared in Xiao Shengnian's sight.

The old man was dressed in a plain gray robe, with two tattered cloth shoes under his feet, his expression was as indifferent as the spring water in the mountains, and his cloudy eyes seemed to contain endless vicissitudes.

"Teacher." Xiao Shengnian's eyes flowed with respect from the heart, which showed that this old man occupied a lot of place in his heart.

However, the old man just glanced at him with a bland gaze, and said in a cold tone: "I'm a bad old man, there's nothing to see, you, as a prince, don't stay in the capital, what are you doing here with me?" ”

"Sheng Nian didn't want to disturb the teacher's purity." Xiao Shengnian was not angry because of the old man's coldness, but expressed his apologies in a serious tone.

"What's the matter with me?" probably knew that Xiao Shengnian had always been stable and would not come to him for no reason, so Zhou Zaiyue turned sideways and gave up the vacant seat at the door, and finally planned to let Xiao Shengnian enter the door.

Xiao Shengnian entered the house and did not take the initiative to sit down, he took off the jade pendant belonging to Su Jie on his waist, and said: "Teacher, Shengnian accidentally found this jade pendant, because the pattern on the jade pendant is the same as the pattern of the medicine box given to Shengnian by the teacher, so I came to disturb the teacher today." ”

Zhou Zaiyue stretched out her hand to close the wooden door, turned her head and squinted at the jade pendant, and didn't seem to have any special reaction.

Xiao Shengnian looked at him quietly.

But Zhou Zaiyue didn't answer, he walked to the chair and sat down, picked up a bowl of cold water on the table and drank two sips.

His eyes were lowered, as if he was looking intently at the water in the bowl, so Xiao Shengnian didn't see that Zhou Zaiyue's originally cloudy eyes seemed to be clearing the clouds, and at this moment they gradually emitted a deep light.

Zhou Zaiyue drank all the cold water in the bowl in one go, but she still couldn't suppress the heat in her heart. It's just that his tone is very calm, so calm that people can't know what he thinks inside: "Bring the jade pendant and let me take a closer look." ”

Xiao Shengnian handed over the jade pendant with both hands.

This book was first published in Book King