The two of them slept for another hour before they got up, and when they saw that the three children were still sleeping, they made breakfast lightly. Jing Ran smelled the aroma of porridge, rubbed her eyes and ran out, cheering: "yes, there is dried fish again!" ”

Yanran pickled a lot of dried fish, even if five people ate it, it would be enough to eat for a while.

After breakfast, calmly asked Yanran how far away it was from the nearest town. Yanran said that after going down the mountain, she walked west for three days and could reach a small town called Kedah in Tianqian. She used to go shopping.

Tai Ran immediately assigned the task of picking up the book for the sword: riding an elk down the mountain and going to Kedah to buy goods. He took out a pen and paper, wrote a long shopping list, and took out a bag of silver: "Fortunately, I expected to find the princess, so I brought a lot of silver, otherwise I really wouldn't have thought about it." He also advised: "Do not let anyone find out, and do not let the elk enter the town, so as not to make a fuss about it." ”

The sword has been with him for many years, and he knows his mind very well, so he took the order and left. Yan Ran was a little worried: "They want to buy so many things, how can they get them?" ”

"Isn't there an elk? Not only can you push things, but you can also save time back and forth. I reckon that six or seven days of round trip is enough. ”

After the two left, Tairan began to polish the warm jade bed, and Yanran took Jingran to catch fish and play by the lake. Jing Ran couldn't think about it, so she told Yanran her thoughts.

"Sister, I have already told Brother Tairan, I don't want to be a prince, I want to be an emperor, I will leave the palace and live the life I want to live. He asked me to hear your thoughts. Sister, will you support me? ”

Yan Ran already knew that Jing Ran was different from Ding Ran, and knew that he had many similarities with Tai Ran in his bones, and that worldly fame, fortune and glory could not attract them at all, and the freedom and comfort of the soul were what they were pursuing. However, he was only ten years old after all......

Yan Ran frowned, and Jing Ran immediately understood her thoughts: "Brother Tairan is worried that I can't be so unmotivated. Sister, in fact, I am not young, you were also out of the palace at the age of ten. Besides, in the past two years, I have helped Brother Tairan to criticize and fold, I have seen many things in the world, and I can understand many kinds of people's thoughts, although he is only ten years old, he is actually equivalent to a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child in the people. ”

Yan Ran hugged his small body: "Sister knows, you are an understanding person, and you are willing to live clearly." My sister can't dissuade you, but she'll worry about you! So, in order not to resent you in the future, can you wait until you are older to make a decision? ”

"I won't regret it, I thought about this decision a few years ago! I'm sure I'll be able to take charge on my own, and I want to be here with you from now on, and if Brother Tairan doesn't allow it, I'll go and stay at the bottom of the mountain. ”

Seeing his resolute attitude, Yan Ran thought for a while and said, "When my brother will definitely send him to that position, will you leave again?" For more than a year, you still stay in the palace to help. Since you want to come out, you must see more of the world and experience more warmth and coldness. It's a deep mountain, empty and uninhabited, and it's not suitable for you to stay with a child. If you want, my sister can recommend a place for you to go to. What do you think? ”

Jing Ran thought silently for a while, and a smile bloomed on her face: "I listen to my sister, and when my brother arranges everything, I will leave the palace to be a free man." ”

The two agreed that Jing Ran was very happy, and although Yan Ran was smiling, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Enron, calm, and Jingran, the men of the Xie family seem to have the idea of escapism in their bones, they live clearly, but in the eyes of ordinary people, they are not sad.

Six years later, calmly polished all the warm jade beds and smoothed them, and it really became a flat big bed. They also collected clean sand and spread it on the top layer of the boulder to provide shade so that they would not have to be awakened by the sun very early in the day. Yanran collected plant vines and weaved a few more mats. These vines have been treated with her potion, and they are very flexible and strong, and people can not lie on them at all, and they can be used as sleeping cushions. In the morning and evening, the three of them went to the lake to catch fish, and these days Jingran drank a lot of fresh fish soup. On the seventh day, the sword picked up the book and rode the elk back to the peak, and unloaded a large pile of goods from the elk's back, including food, use, and everything, and especially bought two soft quilts, so that they would not have to suffer from the cold here.

calmly commanded the sword to pick up the books, sorted the items one by one, and then started to decorate the grottoes, hung bead curtains at the entrances of all the grottoes, and hung lamp holders. The various knives they had bought were distributed to the two of them, and the three of them began to rebuild the stove, collecting stones from the summit and polishing them into tables of different sizes.

After another five or six days of busyness, the grottoes took on a new look. There was a table in the bedroom, a couch in the bathroom, a desk in the study, a more beautiful stove, and the largest stone table made into a dining table, enough for the five of them to sit and eat loosely. Yanran sighed: "It's really a lot of people, and there is a lot of power!" ”

Unconsciously November has arrived, and on this day, Tairan picked up the sword and Jingran called out together, and asked them to go back.

"Brother, aren't you going back?" Jing Ran asked.

"My brother finally found his sister, so he naturally wanted to accompany her for the New Year. It must be alone in the palace, I don't worry, you have to go back to accompany him! ”

Jing Ran bowed his head and said nothing, he was very happy and carefree here these days, and he didn't want to leave at all. However, Brother Tairan's orders still can't be disobeyed.

Tairanna said to Shi Jian Shishu again: "The affairs at the end of the year are no different from previous years, you just need to supervise Dingran and don't let him be lazy." I still set off on the sixth day of junior high school. After a pause, he solemnly advised: "Be careful when you go out of the mountain, don't be seen by people who care." Not a word of our news here can be known to outsiders, even if it is not to be said, and I will explain it to him when I return. ”

Shi Jian Shishu and Jing Ran both nodded heavily. They knew what the price these two had spent to find this fairyland, and they would never leak it out.

Immediately, Yanran went to the lake to retrieve Da Wow and Xiao Zongzi. Since the two lion mastiffs came, Yan Ran felt that the defensive role of the Udra could be ignored, and the two lion mastiffs were enough to deal with all the external enemies, so they withdrew the formation, and those Udras no longer formed a circle of encirclement. The two lion mastiffs can also come and go freely, of course, his younger brothers are afraid to approach here.

Yan Ran said to Da Wow: "You go back with the two little brothers who are serving the sword and picking up the book, and Brother Tairan and I will stay here." ”

Big Wow snorted and looked impatient: I'm not going back! I've been looking for you for a few years, and I've almost traveled all over the Longyuan Continent, and it's easy to get together, and I'm going to drive me away again. Why do human beings not know how to cherish it so much!

Yan Ran could understand its expression and smiled: "You're not happy? But there must be one who wants to take the elk brother down the mountain, otherwise how will they rebel? ”

Big Wow wagged his tail: It's just such a trivial matter? My obedient little zongzi can handle it, let it go down the mountain for a trip!

It ran to Xiao Zongzi's side, stretched out its nose and rubbed Zeng Xiaozongzi's ears, Xiao Zongzi immediately stood up and roared, and not long after, a group of elk immediately appeared in front of everyone. Yanran patted Xiao Zongzi's head: "You take them down the mountain today and wait, tomorrow they will go down the mountain, and then let the elk send the three brothers out of the mountain." ”

Xiao Zongzi completed the task given by the master for the first time, was very excited, licked Yanran's hand, roared softly, and turned around with the elk and went down the mountain.

The next day, Yan Ran prepared enough dry food and water for the three of them, and after taking the three of them to the cliff, where long straight vines hung on the stone walls, hanging from the cliff to the bottomless. Yanran said: I will go down from the vine first, and then shake the rope, and you will go down one by one. Brother Tairan, you protect Jingran! ”

After that, she grabbed a long vine, rubbed it a few times and began to climb down the stone wall, and after a while, the whole person became a black spot. Tairan looked at it with her head very worried, but knowing that she hadn't gone up and down from here a few times, she was relieved.

In the end, Yan Ran's figure could no longer be seen, and after waiting for a while, there was a vibration on the vine, and she hurriedly said: She has arrived, let's go down together!

Tairan originally wanted to put Jing Ran on his back, but Jing Ran refused: "Brother, I can do it, I will only speed up more than you!" With that, he also chose a vine and slid down. Calmly hurriedly said: "Don't slip, you will break your hands, you have to drop them one by one, and step on the stone wall to borrow strength, it will be much easier." ”

Under the command of Tairan, the four of them climbed the vine and slowly descended, although it was slow, but it was very steady. After about half an hour, I finally saw Yan Ran really looking at them with her neck up. When the four of them fell to the ground, they said in surprise: "I can't imagine Jing Ran is so brave!" It's a warrior too! ”

Jing Ran's heart is sweeter than eating honey.

Yan Ran pointed to the vast hollow in the mountain behind him and said: "This is the belly of the mountain, we only need to go down through a few caves to the bottom of the mountain, so that it will only take a day, and we can meet with the little zongzi in the evening." ”

Yanran took Jing Ran's hand and walked through the mountainside with Tairan, a sword, and a book. I felt that I had been going down, and sure enough, it was a cave connected to a cave, and after walking for about two hours, I came out of a cave, and suddenly my eyes opened up, and when I looked up, they had reached the foot of the mountain, and there was an endless green bush on their heads, and they couldn't see the top at all.

Yan Ran put her finger to her mouth, and a whistle sounded. Immediately, there was a beast roar in the distance, it was the sound of Xiao Zongzi, and after a while, there was a hula and a chaotic sound in the bushes, and Xiao Zongzi appeared in front of everyone, followed by a group of elk. Yan Ran patted its head appreciatively, and said to Shi Jian Shishu and Jing Ran: "Go up, just go to the town and buy a carriage after leaving the Baling Mountains." ”

The five of them reluctantly said goodbye. The little zongzi roared softly, and the elk swooped out a few feet with a slight vertical. Jing Ran couldn't help but turn around and look back, Yanran waved at him, and said, "Be careful all the way!" ”

Knowing that she would never see their shadows again, Yan Ran turned around, still walked up from the cave with Tairan, came to the belly of the mountain, and went up the cliff with the help of vines, and the little zongzi still walked up from the mountain road.

When I returned to the lake, I saw that the sky was blue and sunny, the snow peaks and clear water, the fine sand and wild flowers, and the two of them seemed to be the only ones left in the pure world. The two held hands and walked barefoot, treading water by the lake.

"This place has to be named, or it's hard to say," he suggested. ”

Yan Ran nodded: "What's the best name?" ”

Calmly thought for a while: "This stone room is called Lianhua Hall, and this lake is called Lianhua Lake, how about it?" This is where our story begins and will end. ”

Yan Ran pursed her lips and smiled: "Okay! ”

calmly hugged her: "Do you remember what you said in Tianqian?" ”

"Which one?"

"You said that you will live in the mountains in the future, and you will find a mountain that is more secluded than the Red Leaf Peak and the White Tiger Peak, so that we will be with these treasures for the rest of our lives, and maybe we can live for hundreds of years. You said that as long as you have a thatched hut, raise two puppies, and plant three acres of flowers and plants. When you go out to see the mountains and rivers, and when you go home with my arms, you are very happy. Yanran, now that everything has become a reality, are you happy? ”

Yan Ran stood on tiptoe and grabbed his neck with both hands: "I'm very happy!" ”

In March of the fifth year of Jiahua, Emperor Shenglong announced to the world that Xie Dingran, the son of Emperor Lixian, was the prince. Hundreds of officials celebrated. We all know that this little prince can be criticized at the age of seven or eight, and he has long been familiar with state affairs, and it is rare that he can keep the world in mind at a young age, often pay private visits, and know the suffering of the people, and his lenient wisdom will definitely make Yuezhao more prosperous.

In October of the fifth year of Jiahua, the emperor left Beijing again to tour. When he returned to Beijing in February of the sixth year, he was ill. In March, Zen was located in Xie Dingran, which was for Emperor Qianfeng. In April, he died of illness in Bitong Hall at the age of 25. He reigned for six years, and worked hard, and the prosperity of Jiahua even surpassed the prosperity of Kanglai, and the people were not grateful for the title, and only hated the days and the year, which made people regret it.

The emperor's life was simple and quiet, not allowed extravagance, and strictly ordered the funeral to be simple. Seven days later, Emperor Qianfeng and the prince Xie Jingran helped the spirit into the Luoshan Imperial Mausoleum.

At the foot of Luoshan, both Dingran and Jingran got off their horses, came to the side of the hearse, and walked silently with the hearse. He definitely looked at Jing Ran, who had a solemn face, and asked for a long time: "You say, is there something wrong with his idea or me?" Is it necessary to completely disappear so unsparingly for the sake of a relationship? ”

Jing Ran was silent for a while, and said: "Everyone has their own aspirations, and what my brother is looking for is the freedom and satisfaction of the soul, which only Sister Yanran can give him." As for you, you regard the world as your own responsibility, so my brother has fulfilled you and himself. None of you is right or wrong. ”

Definitely stopped: "I know that you and my brother are the most confidant. He's gone, what about you? Will you leave me behind? ”

Both of them were dressed in white robes, and the wind swept their robes, hula and fluttered.

After a long time, Jingran said: "At the end of the fourth year of Jiahua, my brother found my sister, and at that time I told the two of them my wish, that is, to leave the palace and stand on their own, and to fend for themselves. My sister is worried that I am too old and will not be at ease, so she wants me to help you again and wait for my brother to send you to your place before leaving. Now that he's gone, and you've become an emperor, I don't have anything to worry about. ”

looked at him steadily, and something gradually swelled up in his eyes: "Why do they all want to leave?" Can't you find freedom and happiness in the palace, and you can't find deep love? I don't believe it! If your heart is really free, then you are all free, so why care about the people in the palace? You're all in love! ”

Jing Ran raised his hand, continued to walk forward, and said for a while: "My brother and I have also discussed this issue, do you know?" We all admire you because you are more responsible than we are. Of the four men in the Xie family, three have evaded responsibility, so we are not as good as you! ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions. If you don't admire Ronghua as long as you are free, I will stand firmly in the red dust, take all the responsibilities, and give you the freedom you want. He was full of pride, and the young man's face was exceptionally resolute.

"Surely, the Three Kingdoms of Longyuan have been peaceful for a long time, maybe you can make it change. This is what my father once had, but unfortunately he was disturbed by his own demons. My brother is only a transition between my father and you, so he just wants to maintain the balance between the three kingdoms. Now that you have inherited the unification, if you continue to balance, the prosperity of the moon will be difficult to continue, because the extremes of things will be reversed, and the prosperity will decline. You need to find another way. ”

His eyes lit up and he said, "I had planned to do so." No hurry, what I have is time to prove myself. ”

The tall building outside the mausoleum in Luoshan was presented in front of them, and the two looked up for a long time, and sighed quietly: "Xing, the people are suffering, dying, the people are suffering!" Whatever you do, remember to be kind to the people and do less evil. ”

He nodded silently.

In the underground palace, two new coffins were added, one was calm, and the other was Yanran, and Tairan was given the title of "Emperor Delong Xianming", and Yanran was given the title of "Empress Shude Minhui". Baiguan was puzzled at first, and then slowly accepted: since they all know that their brother and sister have a deep relationship, and now that one is dead, the other is unknown, and probably does not exist in the world, then the reunion after death is always necessary.

On another mountain facing Luoshan, Yanran, who was fluttering in white and wearing a pink dress, quietly watched the convoy enter the mausoleum, and then watched the convoy come out and drive to Yongzhou. calmly squeezed the soft hand in the palm of his hand and said, "From now on, there are only legends of the two of us in the world, Yanran!" ”

Yanran said: "No one will disturb the peace of the dead again." Brother, this is the wisdom of putting oneself to death and then being born. ”

He smiled calmly and turned his face sideways: "I know that you believe in your fate, and you believe in the words of the Daoist of the Divine Palace to you that you are alone, and now that such an arrangement has even deceived God, then you don't need to worry about those words anymore." Yanran, all my promises to you have been fulfilled, you will never be alone again, we are together in life and death. ”

Yan Ran smiled brightly: "Thank you for everything you have done for me, brother!" ”

The two turned back hand in hand, got on their horses, and headed south.

End of the full text. (To be continued.) )

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