The years have passed leisurely, and there are many trivial things in the red dust. The red plum and green willows in the yard have been honored several times, the bright moon at the top of the willow tree has been missing several times, the geese in the moon shadow are cold and summer, and the colored notes on the feet of the geese are looking at the twilight. The soft breeze and drizzle of the mountain pond ten miles of the south of the Yangtze River, the towering Luo Qi Zhuji city of Bitai, the bell of the Hanshan Temple, the water waves of the swallow rock, the tide of the Qiantang and the cold moon in the west. How much creation of heaven and earth, how many scenery in the world, can't stop the footsteps, and leave not enough victories.

The term of office was about to expire, and Yuan Guogong was urged back by the emperor with a secret decree, and Mrs. Yuan was worried about her young son, and she was even more anxious. Shuheng closed the book and sighed with emotion, although I believe in the United States and not my land, it is better to return home early. Change the sedan car and pedal the car, abandon the shore and board the boat. The waterway is stable, and from time to time you can see white and gray birds flying over the water, and there are long, slender but very dense plants lined up on the shore, floating in large handfuls of white plush flowers, which are called reeds in the fisherman's mouth, and are called pampas in the Book of Songs.

Yuan Guogong didn't know if he knew that he would be busy with mundane affairs when he returned to the capital, so he deliberately made the journey unhurried. Looking at the clouds at dusk, sometimes landing on the shore to visit the deceased, the moon rises to have wine, the flowers bloom with poetry, of course, the nominal saying is that the child who is only more than a year old can not stand the boat, everyone or slow down and walk leisurely. The little doll born in office is called Shuyan, and Shuheng has a little brother.

The original two-to-three-month trip went straight for half a year, and Shuheng's twelfth birthday was spent on the ship. Mrs. Yuan couldn't wait in a hurry, so she simply sent a team of strong servants to take the first step with her child. "The master of the huge Guogong Mansion has been absent for three or four years, and I don't know what it has become now, I have to go back and ask someone to clean up the house, set up a good banquet, and prepare for the grandfather and the guests who come to the door to rest."

Sure enough, it's a worrying life, and I'm in a hurry when I'm free. Yuan Guogong was helpless, so he assigned another group of guards to follow, and he and his daughter took a small boat and followed slowly. Shuheng lay on the table and watched him write, the pen was chic and elegant, and he really deserved to be the first in Daxia Xingshu. "Daddy, you don't really want to go back to the capital, why?"

"Actually, I'm just lazy." Yuan Guogong rubbed his wrist lightly and said with a smile: "The sky is high and the earth is far away, and if you enjoy the freedom, you are not willing to go back to the past, inertia." He threw his pen, turned back and sat on the chair carved in beech wood and black lacquer in the cabin, and tasted the glass: "I have decayed, and I have lost my old will." ”

Shuheng silently black line, the years are too kind to you, you often stay up late and worry about it, and you don't see the aging accelerating, or the face is like a crown of jade and jade trees, and the wind is blowing in the sky. Don't be blind and sad, you will be hated for taking advantage of the cheap and being obedient. Sure enough, temperament is very important, Shu Heng thought silently, there is a gap, I haven't seen you change a lot in four years, but your peers have already become uncles. Temperament! Temperament! Shuheng learns from the experience around him and trains himself to take the temperament route.

After many years, Shuheng remembers this day. However, what I remember is not her suddenly literary and sad father-in-law, but the father-in-law who is possessed by a god.

That night, I don't know if it was the crow's mouth or the foresight, in short, they were really hated.

The moon is dark and the stars are broken, the black magpie stands in the treetops, Shuheng is used to twelve hours of sleep, and washes and rests early, but unexpectedly in the middle of the night, there is a sudden movement outside, and the shouting is terrifying like a ghost roar. Shuheng woke up suddenly, lifted the quilt, put on his shoes, and took out the Persian gold knife from the dresser. Honey walked in with a small jacket, and her face was snow-white: "Miss, it's Shui Kou." ”

When something really happened, Shu Heng didn't panic, she clenched the knife tighter: "Where's Daddy?" Is there anyone around? ”

"Sanyu and Grandpa are together, don't worry, Grandpa sent me here. The grandfather happened to be sleepy, and he didn't sleep at all, so he was on the deck, so he found out early. Honey pulled her hair and pulled the book balance with one hand: "Behind the boat is a small raft, let's go first." Tangerines have gone to prepare. ”

Shu Heng was stunned: "What about my father?" A thought popped up in her heart, and a layer of cold sweat rose up her back in an instant, Yuan Guo's official scholar is weak, what does he want to do?

This situation is clearly unreasonable. Whenever Yuan Guogong went to a place, he would greet the local officials, and the local officials were also willing to offer favors, and always sent the government officials or officials to accompany him for protection, and then changed to another group when he arrived in the next place. The journey was safe and sound, and I saw that there was still such a thing in the capital?

"The robbers are only for money, why don't we break the money and eliminate the disaster?" Shuheng stood there like a nail under his feet: "Since you plan to give up your wealth, why doesn't Daddy leave?" She rushed out with a knife in her hand, these people are not water cowards, not for money, they are simply for their lives! Yuan Guogong must have known, so he let Shuheng go and stayed in front.

Most animals in nature will also lure away predators and let the cubs run away when danger comes, but now don't play with me about the animal world! Shu Heng's tears were almost pouring out—this tragic and deep emotion flowed to an abrupt end the moment he saw Yuan Guogong.

Yuan Guogong really put a couch and a pot on the deck, dressed in azure flowing cloud pattern Xianghe big he, and his hair scattered proved that he was really ready to rest, but he couldn't sleep and got up again, none of this mattered, the important thing was that he was still drinking tea, sitting motionless, sipping tea slowly, watching the fight not far ahead - are you watching the gladiatorial performance?

In this situation, Jing Shuheng couldn't get nervous for some reason, obviously at such a critical moment, the miserable cry sounded in her ears, and she still had the leisure to make a joke: "Daddy, today's wind is a little noisy." ”

Yuan Guogong looked at her in surprise, and after a while, he smiled loudly and encircled her into his arms: "Hey, why don't you leave?" ”

"I'm going to pull Daddy to retreat together."

"You're not afraid?"

"-I was a little scared." Shuheng touched his nose, but seeing you so calm, I suddenly felt ashamed of myself in a panic. "Is there a way for Daddy to retreat from the enemy?" Either way, you're a little too calm.

Yuan Guogong stretched out his fingers and calculated, and said seriously: "I shouldn't be destined for this, but you may not be, so I let you go." "Hey," he sighed, "you're going to have a bloody plague lately." ”

Shuheng suddenly looked slumped, aren't you usually very reliable, what do you want to do when you suddenly come to such a show? You really stayed with the monk for too long, so it's better to go to the temple less in the future.

Just as he was hesitating, he suddenly heard a sound of water, and several ** black shadows suddenly appeared and rushed onto the deck, Shuheng was startled and subconsciously shrank into Yuan Guogong's arms, and tightly pinched the hilt of the knife. Yuan Guogong looked at her quite amusedly, "So, do you want me to protect you, or do you want to protect me?" ”

Shu Hengxin said that I was originally in another world, ** trusted, by the grace of your many years of upbringing, if I really can't escape today, I will at least die in front of you. And Mrs. and two little brothers, you can still live well, and I, maybe I can see my parents.

"Grandpa, it's all ready. The reeds have been laid as required, and the oil and wine have been poured. ”

"Good." Yuan Guogong looked down at Shuheng: "Are you really not leaving?" ”

Shuheng shook his head firmly, straightened up, and pulled his knife out of its sheath.

The sound of the fighting over there was already much weaker, and the water coars were menacing, and the accompanying guards couldn't resist it. I saw that there was already a figure coming this way. Yuan Guogong looked at Shuheng and sighed lightly: "Okay, you don't go." Then he shouted softly: "Set fire!" ”

When the words fell, the fire flickered, and thousands of heat waves rose on the water surface five feet in front of the boat, and red snakes flew and swam on the water. Shuheng was stunned, and the heat rushed to his face, and the ship was immediately blocked by the wall of fire. Shuheng blinked in disbelief, and finally reacted, "That's a good idea." ”

At night, when the fleet shrank and the ships gathered together, and the escort ships were around, Yuan Guogong noticed the abnormality, so he ordered the escort team to take the initiative to attack, blocking the visitors from a distance, buying time and space for his side.

Yuan Guogong ordered the boat to sail and said slowly: "Mrs. To's blessing, she thinks that the tung oil made in the Suzhou workshop is very good, and she has to bring it back all the way, hey, it is for the old lady of Zhongyi Bofu to oil the ten thousand years house." When I left, it was too heavy, and the ship couldn't run fast, so I simply left the cumbersome for us to watch and move slowly. Unexpectedly, this catastrophe turned into good fortune. ”

Mrs. Yuan is very filial, after all, Mrs. Zhongyi is old, and she has been preparing Shoumu since nine years ago, and she has been oiled over and over again, and she has to go to see it in person when she is idle, so she almost lies in it directly to try to be comfortable. Although people are taboo to die, but when they live to seventy or eighty, they have already seen it.

"In another thirty miles, it will belong to the jurisdiction of Shuntian Mansion" Yuan Guogong gently fanned away the heat with his sleeve: "The prefect of Shuntian Mansion is not your fourth uncle, otherwise he would have sent someone to pick it up." ”

Shu Heng was surprised: "Could it be that the current Shuntian prefect doesn't care about us?" This firelight can be seen as far away as Tianjin Wei. Either way, you can see that something is wrong. She was now aware of the drawbacks of this approach, and it was only a matter of time before the fire on the water quickly weakened without outside help to clear them out of the thieves. That's why she was asked to withdraw first - this plan is not foolproof.

And once they cross the wall of fire, these people can swim as fast as a boat. As for why you don't use a light raft to run quickly, it's because the ship can still rely on the cabin side to resist if it is overtaken, and the raft is only a dead end if it is overtaken. It's faster on a raft, but is it guaranteed to go beyond thirty miles? No, so that's all.

This series of events is complicated to describe, but the real course of events is only a few sentences long.

It was three points slower than Yuan Guogong's change, and Shuheng only figured out the cause and effect this time. She stared at the river, noticing the waves. Sure enough, after the fire weakened, there were people who were not afraid of death under the water, flying like white stripes in the waves, even though the speed of the boat was not slow, but the distance between the two was still shrinking, and Shuheng's heart was pounding.

"Is the hot water in the kitchen boiling?"

"Alright. It's only now that there are two cauldrons. Seeing that Yuan Guogong was calm and orderly, the originally flustered servants and servants all shook their spirits and turned fear into strength.

"Okay, use all the utensils you can use. Today, we have to rely on water. The kitchen is left to continue burning. ”

Seeing that someone was going to pick up the boats, a basin of boiling water poured down the meat and the smell overflowed, and the screams disappeared under the river.

"Miss." A girl came over quickly with a jug: "Miss, let me come if you stay away." ”

"Honey? Good girl. Shuheng was a little moved: "I'll leave first with you and Honey Orange." ”

"If Miss doesn't leave, where can we go?" Honey's face turned pale, but her eyes were very bright: "Two hateful mothers-in-law, smashed the tangerine and snatched the raft by herself, I just woke up the tangerine, she is now boiling hot water in the kitchen." ”

Before Shu Heng could speak, Yuan Guogong had already said sharply: "If this tribulation is over, the two of them will be asked, even if they are from the south and the north, they must not be let go, find out, and kill them directly!" "His eyes are like cold blades, and his voice is like broken ice, Shu Heng has never seen him so angry." Others, after this calamity, each person will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, and their descendants can enter the Yuan family to study! ”

Morale boosting and severe punishment of deserters is a must. Shuheng didn't think about nonsense like "everyone is equal in front of life" at this time, and anger was also full of his chest.

There was a sudden exclamation from behind the boat, and it turned out that a cunning gangster took advantage of the fact that people were unprepared to put the bottom of the boat around and attack from behind. Seeing that he ignored the obstacles around him, he pushed away everyone, and rushed over in a few steps, very fierce. Yuan Guogong, who was standing with his back to him, pulled Shuheng to press down his body slightly, turned around suddenly, grabbed her hand, took a step forward, and stabbed into the lower abdomen of the man in black, the screams sounded, and the hot and sticky blood flowed all over his hands, Shuheng was stunned, watching the dead eyes slide down from in front of him, and a scream lingered in his chest without spitting out.

"Our Yuan family also won the title on the battlefield with the founding emperor, and it was only changed to a civilian position three generations after the founding of the People's Republic of China." Yuan Guogong held her hand and withdrew the knife: "In my lifetime, there is such an opportunity." Seeing that the dead gangster fell to the ground, and his calm and elegant voice was still as calm as folding flowers and admiring the moon, Shuheng found his senses, and was surprised to find that he didn't feel terrible.

The so-called courage is the light that bursts out when it is forced to retreat. Hearing Honey's scream, it turned out that she was slow to dodge, and after pouring hot water, she was dragged by the comer's arm, and now she was clutching the boat gang to avoid being dragged down, Shuheng immediately made a decision, turned around and dived, and slashed the blade fiercely, killing the opponent's eyes, seeing the blood flowing, Honey took the opportunity to withdraw her arm.

"Miss." Honey is horrified.

"Don't be afraid." Shuheng held his arm slightly, and the red blood marks on it were shocking, lining the snow-white skin, which looked strange. "My mother once stood up to the horse, how can I, as her daughter, retreat?"

Everyone was stimulated by the sudden change of Fang Cai, and they were a little stunned, and suddenly heard Shuheng say this, and were surprised to see that the daughter of the cardamom boudoir had such a calm spirit, and was shocked, and was greatly encouraged, and some people shouted angrily: "Fight, it's a big deal to be a good man again in 20 years!" The echo was echoed, and the crowd was indignant for a while.

This round of resistance lasted about half an hour.

"Lately arrived rescuers." Yuan Guogong looked into the distance and smiled slightly.

A sharp arrow came into the wind, hitting the back of the gangster's neck as he was about to climb the side of the ship, the sharp blade pierced his neck directly, and the arrow pierced through the front.

Yuan Guogong beckoned everyone to gather together, gathered in a group, and then a succession of locust arrows broke through the air, as if shooting at a fixed point, one by one into the heads that emerged from the water.

"The personal guard of the Qin Palace." Yuan Guogong squinted slightly at the swaggering and arrogant royal banner in the moonlight: "There are not many people with such archery skills, and there can be a team of such archers, and that is the family of King Qin." The head of the sect that he dug out of the mountains and forests. Every day, Bala coaxes, persuades, and excites him to be a coach. ”

"Your Majesty wrote to you?" Shuheng smiled slightly, with a little smugness in his smile, which was the pride of sharing a little secret together. I already knew. I don't know how the King of the Mountains and Forests is doing now, and if the Chef Hunter version of Kung Fu Panda is a little fatter.

Just as he was thinking, there was a sound of water hula, and a large black shadow jumped out of the water, plopped down on the deck, and rolled. The people were panicked and tried to beat them. "Slow!" Shuheng hurriedly stopped: "Senior, is it you?" ”

Who is not the king Orion? He shook his big head, water splashed, and his chubby hand immediately pulled out two kitchen knives from his waist. Shu Heng didn't mind, he just smiled and wiped off the water droplets that flew to his face with his hand: "The king of the mountains and forests is such a good swimming kung fu, needless to say, it must be practiced for catching fish and turtles!" ”

"Ah, you know me!" The king of the mountains and forests turned around and smiled at her, revealing two big teeth, and looked at Shuheng seriously: "Ah, aren't you that little cousin, you have grown so tall!" ”

"Do you still recognize me?" Shuheng felt very honored, and excitedly told his father: "The master still remembers me." ”

Yuan Guogong took out a handkerchief to wipe her face: there was blood sticking to her hands and wiping her face at this time, making it look like a ghost, and it was really not easy to recognize.

Wang Orion originally only thought that those eyes were still as bright and full of aura as ever, but when the snow-white and flawless face was revealed, his eyes suddenly became amazing: "Hey, you have become like a fairy." ”

"Daddy, the master praises me!" Shuheng is proud. It's really that she originally grew up watching martial arts dramas, and she has a strong plot of worshipping masters, and she has a fascination for people with extraordinary skills. People are like this, it is useless for people who are not uncommon to praise themselves to the sky, if they are recognized by people who value them, even if they are just a little bit will be overjoyed.

Forcefully cut off a pair of hands climbing on the chain to board the ship, as if cutting off a rib, Wang Orion turned around and glanced at it when he was in a hurry.

"Oh, I was born to a handsome and clever doll like you, and I only found out today——"

"Found what?" Shuheng answered excitedly.

"I found out that you were really born by your son, hey, your father is better looking than you." ——

I wasn't born to my son, who else could have given birth to. Well, the first half of the sentence aside, what's going on with the second half? Shuheng couldn't wait to hug his neck: What do you mean by saying this, saying it! Then when I turned around, I saw her father smiling in the green silk cloak, and she was suddenly shocked like a celestial person, and she was hit by an arrow in her knee! Gee, you always feel like you've reached new heights of beauty tonight?

Where have the people of the Guogong Mansion seen such a straightforward, vulgar but interesting man? I couldn't react for a while, you look at me, I look at you, and there is a sentence echoing in my heart - I always feel that the life-saving benefactor has flirted with our young lady and grandfather, how can it be broken?

The appearance of the Qin Wangfu Arrow Team quickly turned the tide. Seeing that the danger was gradually eliminated, Yuan Guogong arranged for people to clean things up, and asked Honey to take Shuheng down to rest. A small boat on the water rushed over quickly, like flying, brisk as a ghost. A tall and tall young man stood proudly in the bow of the ship like a javelin, his instrument was magnificent, as cold as a sword, dazzling and conspicuous between heaven and earth.

Shu Heng glanced at it from afar, and felt that his heart was squeezed, he had not seen him for more than three years, and he was so heroic.

Liu Yang jumped forward, jumped on the deck first, looked at Yuan Guogong seriously, and arched his hand for a while: "I came to greet you on the order of Your Majesty, I was a step late, and I frightened you." ”

Yuan Guogong stretched out his hand to help: "Don't dare, there is His Royal Highness Lao." ”

In the middle of the question, a servant quickly and briskly threw away the corpse, cleaned the deck, and laid out the small tables and futon brocade mats. There is also a turn-top feather man Boshan furnace next to it, and the fragrance of lilies rises, quickly and gently dispelling the smell of blood and water. Yuan Guogong waved his hand lightly:

"Please."

Immediately, Sanyu brought a copper kettle over, and rushed into two cups of hot water, and the rich aroma of tea immediately emanated.

Liu Yang was silent. Seeing that Ding Guogong deliberately went back to the cabin to change clothes and freshen up, he was even more speechless when he returned to the deck after finishing it all over the time. The two of them sat down separately, and there was a bright moon and a light wind here, as if the tragic encirclement and suppression had never happened at all.

He drank a cup of tea sullenly before saying, "I was not convinced that you wanted to go to Jiangdong in person, but after this night, I believed it." ”

With such a bearing, mentality, change, and demeanor, it is no wonder that he dares to take the initiative to ask for help. Those who dare to regard Yuan Guogong as a weak scholar are either blind or brain-dead.

Yuan Guogong smoothed his hair and said with a slight smile: "When His Royal Highness was going to Jiangdong, I was not convinced, but I believed it on the third day of your arrival in Jiangdong." ”

The means of renovating Jiangdong made him not only a young talent, but even a worldly talent.

"Is Your Majesty okay?"

King Qin pondered for a while and smiled: "Except for a few more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and his head, and people are more and more nagging, everything else is normal." ”

The image of the young talent was shattered in an instant under this exaggerated cynical laughter.

"It's a cool breeze at night, why does Your Highness not sleep and haunt here?"

"It's Your Majesty. He heard that Mrs. Yuan had returned to the mansion three days ago, so he couldn't wait to go to your mansion to see, but when he found that you had not returned, he was angry and sent me to greet you. These people are really bold and dare to harm the officials of the imperial court. ”——

Your father also played the robbery of the imperial court officials, and he was playing happily. Yuan Guogong smiled lightly: "Your Highness is also alert, and he has the habit of welcoming guests with his personal guards. ”

"Oh, I was originally taking the guard Tian Hunting, and when I received an order from His Majesty, I simply pulled the men and horses over. There are so many people. How enjoyable it is to ride a thousand horses to roll Hiraoka! Liu Yang responded casually.

The expression was too frivolous and funny, and the shattered image of a young talent had been wiped out.

Shuheng changed his clothes and freshened up, and when he was lying by the window and saw through the crack in the window, he couldn't help but crook the corners of his mouth: Handsome for only three seconds, you can't be a little more restrained, do you have to create a zào emoji? But then again, his restraint was limited to the two days when he was alone with her - it should have been very difficult to pretend.

She is now old and can't see foreign men without scruples like before, so she has to choose voyeurism. It's no wonder that young ladies in ancient times liked to hide behind the screen and peek, which is really interesting. "Jinping people can see this Shaoguang cheap." After surviving the catastrophe, the bookstrings of the heartstrings are almost about to be sung.

The tangerines on the side prepared hot water for her to bathe, so that she could have a good rest. Honey came over happily with a bowl of red dates and eight-treasure porridge: "Miss, let's eat something to suppress the shock!" ”

"Where do these people come from, do you have eyebrows?"

"Political enemies Diao Min, except for these two ears." Yuan Guogong's words were light, as if assassination was nothing. Liu Yang raised his eyebrows slightly: "What is the loss?" ”

"Hmm-" Yuan Guogong thought for a moment: "A good night's sleep?" ”

"It seems like it's just a thrill." Liu Yang suddenly felt a headache, why is it so difficult to communicate? He silently decided that if Yuan Guogong said that money was something outside his body next, but Fuyun'er, he would get up and leave directly.

"There are about some antiquities found in the south of the Yangtze River, Zi Shen's father has seen the clouds with Liuzun, the three tigers and the feathers are hollowed out with high-handled beans, and the Zhaobo Tiger Shou face is patterned, and the cocoon-shaped pot with the pattern is something." Yuan Guogong touched his chin: "It's hard to meet, out of the soil and returning to the water, I think it's also a blessing for my mortals, they have found their own destiny." ”

"—you're so open-minded." What more can I say? Liu Yang looked at the sky silently: there is no need to be frightened, no need to be appeased, no need to be encouraged, and I always feel that I have not played the role I expected.

Speaking of his fate, Yuan Guogong frowned slightly, Heng'er has passed twelve. It's not like I'm going to talk about marriage soon when I return to Beijing this time - hey, I'm so sad. Liu Yang looked at Yuan Guogong, who was suddenly shrouded in a sad atmosphere, and now seemed to need to be appeased and encouraged. But I can't figure out what to do at all - I suddenly feel that my emperor father is very powerful, and he can get along with him so well.

Two days later, the boat docked, and the carriage and horse wife sent by Mrs. Yuan to pick up the people were already waiting on the shore. A mother-in-law wearing a rusty red vest with an autumn fragrance jacket smiled and got out of the car with Shuheng in person. This is her nursing mother, Mother Li, whom she has not seen for a long time. She gently stroked the white and soft hand like mutton fat and warm jade, and couldn't help but inhale softly in her heart.

The catkins are all over the city, and the sun is warm and the wind is blowing.

The peach pink is embroidered all over the lily of the valley and the butterfly tunic waist to stay in the fairy skirt, covered with a milky white gauze dark silver line auspicious cloud long coat, the body is slender, the physique is just formed, the behavior is dignified and noble, and there is naturally an indescribable bearing. She wore a hat with a red hairpin pearl four-cornered ribbon pendant on her head, and she couldn't see what her face was, but Yingying's shot seemed to have just probed into people's hearts, making people itch, and I couldn't wait for a gust of wind to blow and lift the curtain to let people see the true face.

However, this beauty was only for a moment, and it was short-lived, and it quickly disappeared. A few large pieces of flowers flew by, the curtain was lowered, and the shadow disappeared.

Shu Heng returned to the house and fell soft on the bed, without him, she came to the first monthly case after being reborn as a human being. "Bloodlight disaster, bloodlight disaster." She slumped on the bed and sighed: "Daddy doesn't deceive me." ”