Qingtai Mountain, which runs north of Tianjinfu, is a southern branch of the Xuanying Mountains. At this time, it is the end of autumn, the peaks are golden and green, the river at the foot of the mountain is clear and turbulent, and the scenery is more profound than the spring and summer.

In the evening, when the boat traveled to Yuxian, the white stone under the water became clearer and clearer, Su warmed up and thanked the captain, paid the ferry money for more than ten miles of waterway, and fell crookedly and fell ashore.

Yesterday was the Long Solstice Festival, and it was easier for every household to get new clothes and prepare food. The most important festival in Beijing, the housewives in the streets and alleys buy red beans and glutinous rice to make a fire to cook, the northern chefs in the big restaurant also make dumplings with various fillings, boil up the delicious mutton soup, the capital is brightly lit after nightfall, and the flow of people is like weaving.

Su Huihui didn't see these with her own eyes, she got up early in the morning with Ruixiang, packed her things and stepped on the carriage hired by Rongfu to set off north, and she didn't have time to check the charcoal sent by the medical students. The official house was stuffed with the gifts brought by the Rong family's Yan family and the strange house, Su Huihui had never experienced others giving gifts so diligently when he first became the judge of the upper court, and it was estimated that everyone could not tell the direction of the wind in the palace, but this was the first big festival after she sat down, so they all rushed to send people to greet her.

"The day before yesterday, I saw that the doctor of Youtai Hospital sent a copy of the Zhang Rail manuscript of "Acupuncture and Moxibustion A and B Sutra", as well as the manuscript of Huangfu Mi's "Gao Shi Biography", which are all rare ancient books. I don't know which student is inconsiderate of his parents, this thing is hidden at home and secretly looks at it, maybe it is stolen out to please us, hoping that we will let him go when we mark the papers. ”

Su Huihui sat in the lobby of the only inn in the county drinking tea, the window was facing the Miao Miao River, and several gray mountains that were not tall were floating on the water. She resisted the urge to stretch her waist, and chatted casually with the maid while listening to the commentary.

"Isn't the exam a foolish system, the girl said that he was not confused? I knew that our girl was not the kind of villain who forgot his righteousness, and he wasted all his efforts. ”

Ruixiang stood at the window blowing the wind, Su Huihui couldn't see it, so she also rested on the stool for a while, but as soon as she sat down and couldn't make half a cup of tea, the sequelae of the little girl's seasickness came out again, and the two had to talk and cheer up.

"Is the girl really from the north, why didn't she react at all?"

Su Huihui was familiar with her, so she didn't hide that she was from the north, and the legendary Doctor Qin was also from Liang. She thought for a moment and said:

"I don't know, but I've been sitting on the boat for a long time, and my feet are touching the ground, and my head is dizzy. When General Rong took me to the capital, I took a merchant ship, and the wind and waves in Yingshui were high at that time, and I was particularly afraid that the ships would swing up and down on the river, and I almost cried out while holding on to the railing, and the water splashed on my clothes a few feet high, and forced my tears back. ”

Ruixiang spit out the ginger slices, "And what about later?"

"Later, General Rong sent a soldier to visit me and asked me if I would like to stay at the inn on the shore for a day, and I said that I would never see the river again. So I followed the army all the way into Beijing, and I was so frightened that I didn't even have the strength to control the horse given to me by others, so I was directly transported to the general's mansion for them to take care of. ”

Ruixiang laughed and said: "It's really scary, I thought that no matter what happened, the girl would have an expression that she was not afraid of heaven and earth." ”

Su Huihui almost rolled his eyes: "I didn't have it." ”

Xiao Er ran over with a light dish in one hand, and after a day and a half of tiring travel, he had no appetite, so he hurriedly went back to the room to tidy up his clothes. Su Huihui asked the guy for hot water to wash up and down, Ruixiang won her heart, rested for a while, cleaned up the dust in the room, cleaned up decently, and went downstairs to ask the shopkeeper where to find a guide to lead the way into the mountain. They confiscated two coins to make change, and the people in the inn were very polite.

The shopkeeper said: "Just follow the mountain where the medicine is collected." The Taoist temple on the mountain will also ask people to come down every few days to buy things, and when they see that there is no rice shop on the other side? What are you going up the hill for?"

Rui Xiangda heard that a distant relative entered the Taoist temple to practice, and this time he happened to pass through Yu County, so he came to visit by the way.

The shopkeeper smiled: "If you are in the view, I am afraid that the girl will disturb the aunt Qingxiu." Who doesn't know that Qingtai Mountain is full of female crowns dedicated to cultivation, and the ...... who has always been isolated from the world" suddenly and mysteriously said: "There are many lonely graves on the mountain, and the yin qi is very heavy, and the medicine collectors generally only go down halfway up the mountain, and I heard that there is a ghost fire at night...... Alas, it's a lot of mouth, but the girl's family still don't stay too long. ”

The old shopkeeper seemed to be afraid that people would inquire too much, so he turned his head and went to settle the accounts, Ruixiang said a few words of greeting, and said his words to Su Huihui as they were.

"Girl, are we going to spend the night on it?"

Su Huihui understood a little when he saw her timid appearance, and said, "How is it possible, and I don't plan to take you there tomorrow." Did you have a broken foot when you came ashore? Is it okay to pretend, I just saw that you dare to stand and talk about a lot of things before eating. ”

Ruixiang hurriedly said: "It's just a little, how can the girl go up the mountain alone? After all, the girl is not familiar with that elder relative, and I don't know her ......."

Su Hui said: "I used to be my own will, and it was none of her business. There's a plaster in the box, I don't think you're hurt too badly, so don't move on the bed after applying it. I won't go to the Taoist temple alone tomorrow. ”

I don't know that my grandmother, whom she has never met, is still alive, and she can't communicate in the wilderness, even if she has been a princess of the imperial court, after a few decades, once the family is defeated, human life is as dangerous as the withered grass in the field. If she is gone, she will carry two baskets of sacrifices to her old residence to worship, which is considered to be the custom of the winter solstice......

Su Huihui's action of opening the medicine box in his hand stopped, and a sourness surged in his heart. She looked up out the window, the sun had set behind the western peaks, the wide river was quietly covered with a layer of red afterglow, and the willow-leafed fishing boats had returned from the foot of the mountain and anchored at the shore.

It seemed to be a snap of the fingers, and the sky sank down.

*

The early morning sunlight penetrated the window paper, Su Huihui got up gently, washed up and went downstairs with his bag. The maid slept soundly outside the room, but she lost the momentum she had sworn to be with her yesterday.

Xiao Er got up very early, and Su Huihui swept a basket of soup dumplings on the first floor and slipped away to the rice shop with a basket of things. The rice shop is on the edge of the market, and before it is full, the residents of the county town are successively carrying vegetables and chickens and ducks from the market back to export.

She stared at the crowd with a pair of eyes intently, for fear that she would miss it. After waiting for about three quarters of an hour, I finally found a blue and black robe in the noisy and noisy crowd, and then looked up, it was a middle-aged woman's indifferent and ordinary face, opening her lips and talking about the price with the boss.

It is estimated that the incense in the Taoist temple is really not prosperous, and every time the people in it only buy some and store them in the kitchen, they do not hire anyone to help carry them. Su Huihui waited for her to leave the store with a large bag of rice on her front foot, and followed closely on her back foot.

Looking around the shuttling county citizens, there seemed to be a familiar tall figure in the chaos. She didn't think much about it, she was afraid of losing it, and after walking for a while, she saw that the house disappeared and the plain was open, and she knew that the river was not far away.

There was no one around, so she hurriedly called the female crown: "Master stay!"

The female crown straightened the rice bag on her shoulder, turned her head and hesitated to follow the sound, seeing that it was a stranger, she walked away.

Su Huihui strode to catch up: "Master, I went to visit my relatives in Guanli today but I don't know the way, I hope you can take me for a ride, and I won't disturb your Qingxiu!"

The female crown looked at the gravel road under her feet with low eyebrows and said nothing. She followed for a while, and the other party finally spoke:

"Female benefactor, cultivators have no concern in the world, even if relatives from outside the mountain come to them, they are not very willing to see them. ”

Su Huihui argued: "Although the cultivators do not pay attention to the dust, but to become an immortal and preach the Tao, it is necessary to start from humanity, and human affairs should not be sloppy. ”

The doctor does not take off the art of Huang Lao, so she can also talk about these Taoist things.

The female crown of the tie was blocked back by her, and said, "What is the surname of the donor's relatives?"

"The surname is Lu. ”

The hand on the female crown's shoulder suddenly stiffened, and said, "There is no such person, you are looking for the wrong one." After that, he walked a few steps away like a wind under his feet, as if the bag of rice was no heavier than a feather.

Su Hui was stunned at the moment, the female crown had already run to the river, threw the bag and the canopy boat to prop up, and the oars paddled a few times lightly and pushed away from the river beach, no matter how she shouted on the shore and didn't look back.

She was so angry that she became stubborn, and there was still a small ownerless canoe by the river to look at her, so she stepped into the boat and made two oars, but calmed down and gave up the idea.

She can't hold the boat by herself, maybe she won't be able to row out of the distance, she can't water, life is the most important. Will she run back to the street and pay a medicine picker to be a guide, or will she find a ferryman to take her across the river?

The rising sun reflected the white of the water, and the awning boat became smaller and smaller, until it became a small black dot, and Su Huihui squinted his eyes by the river alone, and his heart was at a loss.

She stood like this for a long time, thinking about why the female crown was afraid of people asking about the Lu family, thinking about how to save time and energy to cross the river, thinking about whether she would be driven down the mountain after crossing the river, and where she would live if she didn't come to the Taoist temple before dark and didn't leave any outsiders......

It's terrible.

"How long is Doctor Su going to hesitate here?"

A slightly low and pleasant voice came from behind, Su Huihui was startled, and when he reacted, his whole body was already in a tense state.

The voice was all too familiar to her.

It's not because she's listened to it so many times, but it's because it's extremely impressive for her every time. Someday she'll be scared to death by it.

Before the unnatural facial expressions were sorted out, the boat in front of him suddenly sank, and a person stood in the boat, his clothes fluttering and flying, quite the charm of Wu with the wind in ancient paintings.

The man was already very tall, and he was a lot taller than her when he stood on the boat. He looked down at Su Hui, who was leaning up his neck, half of his silver mask glowing with sunlight leaking from the white clouds, and his eyes had a cold smile.

Su Huihui almost broke his foot, confirming that this person's real appearance here was not a hallucination created by her upset, and she carefully identified it again in disbelief.

Sheng Yunyi had a headache, weighed the severity of his words, and said, "Doctor Su, have you never knelt down for me?"

Su Hui let out an "ah" in a daze, and thought about it obediently, it turned out to be like this. The first time he faced His Majesty after his identity was revealed, he lay down as a sick man while he sat comfortably in the carriage, and the second and third time...... Either he told her to be excused, or she was pressed on a stool or the floor by the little princess.

Sheng Yunyi sighed and said, "Doctor Su is trying to say that now there are a few more fishermen behind you, so you don't have to kneel in order not to attract attention?"

Su Huihui had never been so obedient, and when he turned around, he saw three or four fishermen pulling fishing nets walking past the river beach, and he didn't stop, straightened up and stretched out his hand to point at them:

I understand what Majesty means, I have wronged Majesty before, and I will definitely complete the number of courtesies in the future. ”

All in all, it didn't mean that, Sheng Yunyi was speechless for a while, her eyes stopped on her innocent face for a while, and there was a bit of sarcasm in her tone.

"Doctor Su stood so stunned, even if he was not wronged. ”

Su Hui pretended to be deaf and dumb and stared at the vast river, his clear pupils reflecting his hair swept by the wind. The brown eyes were as clear as glass, pure and ignorant, and calm enough to make people feel that she was slandering.

Sheng Yunyi looked into her eyes for a moment, raised his lips and said, "Doctor Su is going to cross the river?

When he laughed, Su Huihui seemed to return to the locust tree that night, the night wind lingered, the evening bell chimeled low, and the rising moon pulled a long shadow at his feet, gently spreading to the soles of her shoes like water.

There was an inexplicable silence at that moment, which made her feel at ease.

Sheng Yunyi looked at her for a long time, and suddenly leaned over and picked up a wooden paddle and flicked it easily in the shallow water, and the hull of the boat immediately retreated, and the movements were unexpectedly skillful.

He held the oar, his posture was elegant, as if he was holding a Yaoqin, and said slowly: "Isn't Doctor Su coming up?"

The waves of the water beat the hull of the boat, and the pedestrians on the shore gradually increased.

The only fishing boat on this section of the river was too far away, and she stomped her foot in her heart, and her mouth still stubbornly returned his kindness:

"Don't bother you, I'm not in a hurry, so I don't want to go today. Childe is going well. ”

Su Huihui didn't dare to get on his boat, let me assume that his skills were good, but who knows if such a small boat would be overturned by a wave halfway through? When the time comes, will he throw her down to feed the fish, or will she hold on to the edge of the boat and refuse to let go? Besides, staying with this person, she swears by all the encounters she has had since she met him, and there is always no good result.

Of course, she couldn't have said all of this.

The paddles bobbed back and forth, causing the canoe to spin a few feet away. Sheng Yunyi was very handy in controlling the boat, and after hearing this, his right hand held on the wooden handle paused, and he pulled the corners of his mouth and said:

"Yes, to become an immortal, you need to start from humanity, you can't be sloppy in human affairs, you don't have other relatives in your family, aren't you rushing to fulfill your filial piety?"

Su Huihui opened his mouth and stammered, when did he arrive? Even she could hear the conversation between her and Dao Gu clearly!

Besides...... He knew who she was going to see! But he said that he had come here to worship, and that there was really a shameful old man buried here?

From Fanjing to Yuxian, Su Hui took the fastest route, got off the car and changed boats, and the time spent in the middle added up to a few hours, so he should not be much earlier. The day before yesterday, there was a big banquet for the courtiers, and she thought about her relatives, how could he be so fast? If Weifu had a private visit, he should not take this remote route...... Who is he coming to see?

Only then did Su Huihui see that there was an extra cloth bag in the boat, was that what he was going to bring?

"I am not in a hurry to do my filial piety today, if the matter of the son is important, please don't delay it with me. ”

Sheng Yunyi raised his eyebrows, "Give me another reason." ”

"I'm afraid of water. ”

He deftly untied his fingers behind his ear a few times, and said quietly, "Did you sleep well on the boat last night?"

Su warmed up and choked, "I'm not seasick, Gongzi even knows this, but I'm afraid of being close to the water, this boat is so shallow, I won't be able to control it if I want to come in when I row to the heart of the river." ”

Sheng Yunyi threw the mask covering the upper half of his face into the water, his eyelashes fluttered, and Rong Hua suddenly illuminated the withered cold river.

Su Huihui didn't know where he got the confidence not to be moved by this face, standing by the stone and watching him turn his back, the boat swinging in the waves, as if walking on the smooth mirror, without hindrance.

One foot, three feet, one zhang......

Seeing off Sheng Yunyi, she involuntarily took a step forward, the opposite side of the empty river was where she was going, just blocking a river, there were few fishing boats, and the ferry was nowhere to be seen, how could she be so unlucky!

She tried to catch a pedestrian and ask, but the villagers of the county were all in a hurry, and people like them, who were difficult to get out of the local area, could not understand the dialect they spoke. It was all nonsense to say that I was not in a hurry just now, and I regretted that I was too guarded at the moment, and it was too evil to let the only labor force that could be used abandon me and cross the river.

Su Huihui put her hand under her brow to block the sun, and just when she had no hope, she found that the boat seemed to be moving slower and slower, and finally seemed to stop in one place.

The river and the sky are the same, and the people on the boat stand in the wind, and their clothes are fluttering like fairies.

Su warmed the ghost and beckoned at him.

The boat turned back in her rejoicing, and stopped again halfway through it at the critical moment.

Su Huihui understood what he meant, and his face was gone, and he shouted vigorously: "I'm in a hurry, I'm tired of the son giving me a ride!"

He should have heard it, the boat was a few points closer, and Su Huihui continued to overturn the original words without restraint: "I don't get seasick!

The entire hull of the ship was gradually enlarged, and Sheng Yunyi's faint voice came with the wind: "The girl is afraid of water." ”

"If you have a son, you will never be afraid!"

There was a little satisfaction in his voice, and he tortured him in the same way: "The wind in the heart of the river is very strong, the boat is shallow, and the water is easy to come in." ”

Su Huihui was about to cry, and expressed his determination categorically: "I won't jump down, and if I jump, it won't be counted on the child's head!"

The other end came with a painless sentence: "Turning back has already delayed my time, and my business is very important." ”

"I was wrong! I used to be my villain's heart, don't worry about me!"

As she finished the last word, she saw the pointed bow of the boat touch the rocky beach. The black-haired man stepped on the surface of the boat like riding a cloud, the wind and dew soaked the tips of the hair at the corners of his clothes, the smile on his lips was like a flash in the pan, and every line on his face was clamoring for pride.

The person who used to look like ice carving jade seemed to come to life at this moment, and came to her from the river.

She looked at him, speechless for a moment.