The high mountain where the Ye family lives in seclusion is located outside Jimo City in Qi State, adjacent to the Ink River, and is originally a lonely mountain that is inaccessible. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Gushan Mountain is steep, the top of the mountain is a lush and lush jungle, the ancient trees are towering, the branches are staggered, and the sun is almost not seen all year round. Halfway up the mountain, the scene is diametrically opposite, and most of the shrubs grow. In the meantime, the sunshine is abundant, the streams and waterfalls are vertical and horizontal, the fish and game are swimming, and the products are abundant, which is indeed a dreamy fairyland on earth.

In the early morning, before the dew had all subsided, Ye Yan took the middle girl up the mountain.

The path to the top of the hill is narrow and curved, with overgrown vines and a mess of plants creeping on the ground, occasionally snagging on clothing or tripped underfoot, making walking more difficult. The morning light is obscured by the staggered foliage, and only a soft halo shines through the gaps between the leaves. From time to time, the mountain breeze blows, and the branches of the trees sway gently, making a rustling sound, but it seems that this place is eerily quiet.

Ye Yan walked in front of him to open the way, his steps were very big, and he didn't care whether the villain behind him could keep up with his footsteps, he just hurried to the top of the mountain by himself. The middle girl silently followed behind Ye Yan and stepped on the footprints he had just walked, following in the same direction. The thin body was occasionally hooked by the vines that grew horizontally, fell to the ground, and got up without saying a word to continue to chase the back in front of him. The higher you go, the more difficult the road becomes.

The ground is damp and covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, and under the layer of fallen leaves is slippery mud mixed with rotting wood chips, and you can smell a musty smell. The middle girl slipped under her feet and fell directly to the ground, and her thin little face was also cut by the barbs of the bar, leaving a long red path, so painful that she couldn't help but 'snort', her eyes were filled with tears but she didn't dare to cry or shout in pain, she sniffed and quickly got up from the ground.

It took a lot of effort to get up from the slippery ground, and the middle girl looked down to see that the newly changed quilt was stained with dead leaves and dirt, and she hurriedly patted it carefully with her hand. I never thought that my hands were full of mud, and the more I patted them, the dirtier they became, the middle girl was stunned for a while, and finally cried. This dress was changed by Zheng Ji when she got up in the morning, and the middle girl liked it tightly, and it was the first time she felt her mother's care when she was so old, but this fall was covered with mud. The middle girl's heart began to be entangled, she remembered that when she left home, her mother smiled kindly while dressing her, and gently told her to listen to her father. Mother smiled so gently and beautifully, she didn't want to make her angry, she didn't want to be disgusted by her, but in the current situation, will her mother be unhappy when she goes back? Will he ignore her as he did before, and bother to look at her again?

The vision was blurred by tears, watching the hazy figure in front of her go farther and farther, the middle girl wanted to open her mouth to stop Ye Yan, but she opened her mouth, and the word 'father' couldn't be said unfamiliarly! She just stood there, motionless.

After Ye Yan walked a few more steps, he glanced back, and saw that the middle girl did not follow, so he scolded hatefully, and turned back to pick her up. With the previous footprints, Ye Yan walked back to the middle girl step by step, looking at her dirty and silly appearance, he couldn't help frowning, and said condescendingly: "Don't hurry up and keep up, if there are any beasts in this deep mountain, neither of us can try to escape, I don't want to be affected by you." ”

As soon as Ye Yan's words fell, as if it was in response to the situation, the sound of a wolf howling faintly came from the mountains and forests in the distance, distant and gloomy, echoing in the air. The sound was like a cold wind in winter, penetrating into the seams of clothes, penetrating the skin, and cold into the bone marrow, making Ye Yan creepy, and suddenly there was a small goosebump...... After a short period of distraction, Ye Yan collected his thoughts, swallowed his saliva nervously, didn't say a word, leaned over and picked up the middle girl, and walked towards the top of the mountain with great strides.

The middle girl's small body was lying on Ye Yan's shoulder, and the sudden surprise made her not come back to her senses for a long time, this was the first time she had been held in her father's arms when she was so big. Her father's arms were so wide and warm, and she used to see her father holding his brother to sleep with him, picking fruit from the high places on the tree, and watching her father go home with a wooden bucket and holding his brother's hand after catching fish...... Those small warmth, the family affection between father and daughter is something that the middle daughter has never experienced, and she has never dared to ask for extravagance. She couldn't understand why her father and mother hated her so much, she worked hard to learn to cook and wash, pick mulberry and spin hemp, and her small body did the work she could hardly bear, just hoping that her parents would one day look at her in the eye, even a word of encouragement. The middle daughter has also fantasized countless times, thinking that maybe one day, her parents will really accept her, he doesn't expect to have the same treatment as his younger brother, but her parents are half as good as her sister, and the middle daughter will be content. However, she thought, that day had really come, and her dream had finally come true! Today is her happiest day.

The trail up the hill was a long walk until it reached the top of the hill through a few small bushes. The scenery in front of me has completely changed, and the ancient trees are towering to the sky, covering the sky and the sun. Here there are branches after branches, leaves on leaves, no roads, and no people. It was pitch black ahead, and it looked eerie and mysterious.

Ye Yan walked to a nearby camphor tree and put the middle girl down, looked around, his heart became more and more hairy, and he just wanted to leave quickly.

The middle girl originally slept all the way on Ye Yan's shoulder, but when she was suddenly put down, she also woke up, looked around with wide eyes, and asked suspiciously, "Why are we here?" ”

Ye Yan sighed, didn't dare to look at the middle girl's eyes as bright as stars, and prevaricated: "I'll go hunt a few hares, don't run around here, wait for me to come back and pick you up." ”

Without thinking about it, the middle girl nodded obediently and sat curled up under the tree. "The middle girl is obedient, Daddy has to go early and come back early!"

"Hmm." Ye Yan walked back along the same road without looking back, and suddenly stopped after taking a few steps. After all, the blood is connected, and he can't bear to get to this point, but considering the safety of the rest of the family, he has to do it. Ye Yan sighed, didn't look back, and sped up his steps down the mountain.

The woods were dark and silent, but if you listened closely, there seemed to be a whisper. A drop of cold water fell onto the middle girl's neck, and she was thrilled by the ice, and reached out to touch it, and the tentacles felt slimy, not like dew but more like saliva. The middle girl hurriedly looked up, and the camphor tree was tall and stout, with its branches fangs and claws, like a demon and a monster. The middle girl was so frightened that her little face turned white instantly, and she hurriedly turned her head to ask Ye Yan for help, but Ye Yan's back was gradually moving away, and she was about to leave her field of vision, and the middle girl suddenly cried loudly and shouted: "Daddy, I'm afraid!" You must come back soon—" She tried to run after her father, but she retreated at the slightest movement, and sat down motionless under the camphor tree. Although the middle daughter was afraid of the environment at this time, she was even more afraid that her father would scold her for being disobedient, and she didn't want to lose the hard-won warmth.

The immature child's voice echoed in the forest, Ye Yan's heart tightened violently after hearing this, he took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and endured it without looking back. From time to time, the howl of wild beasts would be heard around, throwing a young child into the mountains like this, Ye Yan knew what her fate would be, and her eyes couldn't help but turn red. Although he didn't want to see her, he never thought of killing his own flesh and blood.

"Middle daughter, don't blame me for being a ruthless father, in the next life, let's be a good family in the next life!" Ye Yan stretched out his hand to wipe his tears, and walked towards the Ye family's wooden house halfway up the mountain, which had already passed the delicate noon.

In the depths of the forest, there is no day or night, no yin or yang, only endless terror and deathly silence.

The middle girl hugged her knees, curled herself up, buried her face in her lap, and did not look, knowing that there were things in the mountains that her grandmother had told her that she should not see. Because of curiosity, she should have a long memory. The middle daughter kept telling herself in her heart that it would be good to hold on a little longer, and her father would come to pick her up and take her home immediately.

But if she doesn't look, it doesn't mean she can't hear. The silence only lasted for a short while, and after Ye Yan left, there were one voice after another, which sounded lively and lively.

"Look, look, is that what the mountain god said about humans? But they don't look very powerful, so why does the mountain god want us to hide from them? ”

"That's just a young son of a human being, and it can't threaten us."

"Is it the child of the family under the mountain? Abandoned by her own relatives, she looks so pitiful. ”

"Yes, people are ruthless, and they are the best at ingratitude."

"Why don't we raise her!"

"Do you remember the words of the mountain god, don't approach humans!"

"Okay, okay! Listen to you. ”

"Hehehehe...... She smells so good and looks delicious. Another drop of cold liquid fell into the middle girl's neck, and the sharp voice came into her ears, and the middle girl was already trembling with fright, and she didn't dare to move with her head buried. Is she going to be eaten? But she didn't want to die yet, grandmother helped, come and save the middle daughter.

"Xiaozhang, you dare to mess around, be careful that I complain to the mountain god!"

"Hehehe...... You know the complaint. ”

"Xiao Zhang, you have to listen to Naidong, a little girl is nothing, but if you eat someone, you will be punished by heaven, and these hundreds of years of Taoism will be in vain."

"Hehehe...... I'm just talking about it. ”

The middle girl listened to their conversation silently, and the meaning of her words seemed not to hurt her, so she slowly mustered up the courage to raise her head. Maybe they were hiding when they saw outsiders, but at this time, the deep forest was very lively. The middle girl looked at everything in front of her in amazement, and the originally dark world was now bright, exuding a seven-colored halo, beautiful and colorful. The camphor tree she leaned on, the body of which emitted a faint silver light, and on the branch that grew obliquely sat a little man with wings, dangling his legs leisurely and comfortably. Not far away is a tall winter-resistant tree, with beautiful posture, thick leaves, and bright red petals, each of which is the size of a wooden barrel. Under the Naidong tree stood a beautiful and dignified woman, with a light robe, black hair like a waterfall, jade fingers slightly upturned, and a butterfly flapping its wings resting on her fingertips. A man sitting cross-legged on a boulder next to the woman, in an emerald robe, lowered his head slightly, and couldn't see his appearance, but his temperament was light and his demeanor was dignified.

Just as the middle girl was intoxicated, the man suddenly raised his head, and his eyes happened to stop on the middle girl's face. The moment their eyes met, both of them were stunned. The middle girl was frightened by the man's appearance, his face was pale, his sword eyebrows were starry, but he spat out a bright red letter like a snake. The man was surprised that some cultivators had never had the Heavenly Eye in their entire lives, but this mere human being was born with it.

"Interesting, interesting!" The man accepted the letter, pursed his lips and smiled, "You see me?" ”

The middle girl hurriedly shook her head, but in the face of the man's knowing eyes, she nodded dumbly for a while.

"What?!" The little man sitting on the camphor tree looked surprised and almost fell off the tree.

"Qingjun, what you said is true?"

The two inquiring eyes converged on the middle girl's face. Naidong and camphor are originally plant cultivation, and the Tao is still shallow and cannot be separated from the original body, otherwise they would have already rushed to the middle girl to take a closer look.

"True or not, what does it matter?" The man named Qingjun smiled slightly. "Since she was abandoned in this deep mountain, even if Xiao Zhangzhang doesn't eat her, there are countless fierce beasts eyeing her, after nightfall, the ghosts who have recently broken in will probably find her, do you think she can survive tomorrow?"

Naidong nodded regretfully, "It's a pity, we can't help it." ”

Qingjun thought about it and shook his head, "Not necessarily, you can go and ask Lord Mountain God." ”

"But Lord Mountain God went to Qingfeng Mountain the day before yesterday and hasn't returned yet."

Qingjun still smiled gently, "When I came down, I happened to meet that Lord Mountain God had returned. ”

"That's great!" Nai Dong glanced at Zhongnu, nodded and smiled, "Trouble Qingjun to go to the Mountain God Temple and help this poor child." ”

Qingjun nodded, "Naturally, do your best, this can be regarded as my cultivation." ”

Without asking the middle girl if she needed their help, Nai Dong and Qingjun arranged her place in a few words. The middle girl blinked her eyes and hurriedly retorted: "I don't go to the Mountain God Temple, I promised my father to wait here for him to come back!" ”

Nai Dong sighed helplessly, his face full of sympathy, "Silly boy, your father doesn't want you anymore, otherwise why didn't he come back for so long, I think he had already gone down the mountain and returned home." ”

"I don't believe it, you lied to me!"

"Why should I lie to you?"

The middle girl sniffed, pursed her lips and looked at Nai Dong stubbornly, "Daddy, he said he would come back to pick me up!" ”

"Really! He won't come back, how many more times will I say it! ”

After all, it was a child, and hearing Naidong's repeated emphasis, the middle girl finally couldn't help but cry, and the cry had the momentum of a flash flood. Maybe she had already vaguely realized that her parents' unusually good treatment of her today was just to abandon her, she thought of it, but she didn't want to believe it. Grandmother said that the things she saw that others couldn't see were actually spirits cultivated in the mountains, and although they looked strange, they were all kind and would not harm others, so naturally there was no reason to deceive her.

actually made a child cry, Nai Dong was also stunned, innocently looked at Xiaozhang, and then at Qingjun, who just spread his hands and smiled helplessly.

Listening to the middle girl's cry, Xiao Zhangzhang was upset, waved her wings and shouted: "Cry again, believe it or not, I will swallow you immediately!" ”

The middle girl was frightened by this sharp roar, and she choked with her nose, and there were tears on her fluttering eyelashes.

Seeing this, Qingjun's eyes turned pale, the corners of his mouth hooked up an imperceptible smile, the smile was weird and evil, and he said in a gentle and bewitching voice: "Good boy, didn't you promise your grandmother to live well?" Now that ghost has haunted you, if you want to live, you can only follow me and follow me to meet the mountain god. ”

"Grandmother......" Hearing Qingjun say this, the middle girl raised her head suddenly, her thin face and big eyes were bright and clear, and tears could be seen in her eyes, "How would you know?" ”

"Hehehehe." Before Qingjun could answer, Xiao Zhang sneered a few times, lay on the branch of the tree and crossed Erlang's legs, and interjected, "He is the deepest in our middle path, so he will naturally know!" Qingjun is willing to help you, that's your creation! ”

The middle girl ignored him, turned her head and looked at the green grass lying on the ground not far away, where was the path that Fang Cai Ye Yan stepped on when she took her up the mountain, and the home at the bottom of the mountain, without her grandmother, may not be able to accommodate her anymore, right? The more she thought about it, the more sad and aggrieved she became, her little hand wiped her face indiscriminately, but she accidentally wiped the wound on her face, which hurt her teeth and grinned, and she couldn't hold back her crying, the middle daughter clenched her fists tightly, her grandmother was gone, she had to be strong.

The middle girl pursed her lips and did not speak, hugged her knees, curled up on the boulder under the camphor tree, and looked at the road down the mountain with her big bright eyes without blinking. There was still a glimmer of hope in her heart, and she waited for Ye Yan's figure to appear and take her home. Qingjun smiled slightly on the side, and did not urge her, but conjured an emerald jade flute and sat under the Naidong tree with a flick of his robe, playing an unknown but very beautiful tune, one song after another, Naidong danced with the sound of the flute......

I don't know how long time has passed, the middle girl sat so that her legs were a little numb, and she didn't see Ye Yan who went and returned, and tears had already covered her whole little face. Grandmother, the middle daughter has no home anymore. Turning his head to look at Qingjun, he clenched his small fists tightly, and said in a muffled voice, "I'll go to the Mountain God Temple with you......"