After Xiao Yiran woke up, he endured the pain in his heart for no reason and sat alone until dawn. I kept thinking about the scene in my dream. A tall poplar tree, two wildflowers, a clear blue sky, a gurgling stream, and the sudden lightning and thunder, especially the lightning that struck the poplar tree, always made Xiao Yiran's heart clench. It's as if that poplar tree is the most important person in his life, how can he worry so much?

Xiao Yiran thought about it, but he couldn't remember what he looked like in his dream. It seems that he just feels as light as nothing, but he has never seen his body from beginning to end, not even a hand. What does this mean exactly?

"Miss, it's time to get up."

Xiao Yiran, who was immersed in reminiscing about dreams, was awakened by the sound of Musk Yue's gentle knock on the door, slowly moved to the side of the bed, put on his clothes, and opened the door.

"Miss, it's already the beginning of the hour, don't you have to hurry up today?"

Xiao Yiran nodded indifferently, and under the service of Qingwen and Musk Yue, after sparsely, he walked out of the room and saw that Xiaoxi's family was already there in good spirits. A few people simply had breakfast, then left Pingliang City in a carriage and drove northeast.

Xiao Yiran only knew that Yan'an Mansion was in the northeast of Pingliang City, but he didn't know the specific route, so he let Xiao Qing drive the carriage, follow the official road, and go all the way along the general direction. At noon, after eating some food bought in Pingliang City on the side of the road, I continued to walk along the official road. When the sun was waning, they came to the bottom of a high mountain.

"Miss, I haven't seen the village or town since noon, and it seems that I can only find a place to spend the night by climbing over the mountain in front of me."

Xiao Qing rarely speaks unless he asks for directions.

"Then let's get nervous and go after the mountain."

The mountain in front of you is extremely steep, and the road is so narrow that only one horse-drawn carriage can pass through Guò. In some bends, even the wheels on the outside of the carriage will be half overhanging. At this time, Xiao Qing would stop and let Xiao Yiran and the others go over on foot first, and then drive the carriage alone, carefully passing Guò. As the mountain road winds up, when the sky is hazy, you come to the top of the mountain.

"Brother Xiao Qing, stop."

Xiao Yiran got out of the carriage and stood on the top of the mountain, looking into the distance. The wilderness in the twilight stretches as far as the eye can see, and there is silence all around. In the western sky, shining stars have long since leaked out of the blue sky. Except for the west-facing hillside, where the trees can be seen, the rest of the place is hidden in the darkness, and only a few faint shadows can be seen.

Looking ahead of the mountain that was about to descend, there were no villages and towns, let alone any lights.

"Miss, there don't seem to be any villages and towns ahead."

Xiao Qing's tone revealed a little worry. At this time, Xiao Yuesheng, who had been jolting on the carriage for a day, seemed to be a little tired, and quietly snuggled in Xiaoxi's arms, completely losing his usual liveliness.

"If I'm not mistaken, today should be June 20, right? In a little while, the moon should rise. If you really can't find a place to spend the night, just take advantage of the moonlight to drive a little more. ”

After Xiao Qing saw that Miss said this, she didn't mean to get into the car, so she had to wait where she was.

Xiao Yiran looked at the night in front of him getting thicker and thicker, listening to the breeze passing by, and the sound of the surrounding grass and trees, his thoughts returned to last night's dream again.

Poplar tree, poplar, Xiao Yiran's heart suddenly moved. Could it be him? There are also those two little flowers, Xiao Yiran subconsciously looked at Qingwen and Musk Yue beside him. As if I felt that the two of them had really turned into two wild flowers, gently swaying in the wind on the mountain.

How can it be?

Xiao Yiran shook his head vigorously, wanting to drive away this too absurd thought in his heart.

If that poplar tree is an aspen that feels familiar to you and never appears in your memory, then what is you? Why don't you see your body in your dreams.

"A wisp of wind that is formless and substantial?"

Impossible, never. Xiao Yiran connected with the first line of the poem in Xu Ying's sister's note, and categorically denied in his heart, how could he be a wisp of wind?

"Miss, it's time to go down the mountain, otherwise it will be completely dark in a while, and you won't be able to see the road clearly."

Xiaoxi reminded with some concern.

"Let's go."

Xiao Yiran didn't want to dwell on last night's dream anymore, so he hurried down the mountain, and finding a place to spend the night was the first priority. After a day of walking, not only are the people tired, but the horses can't stand it, so it's time to rest. As you descend the mountain, the road widens as you get closer to the bottom of the mountain. As soon as we reached the base of the mountain, the moon rose. Then in the faint moonlight, Xiao Qing turned back to Xiao Yiran and said:

"Miss, the dark place ahead seems to be a village."

"Impossible, if so, how can you not see it from the top of the mountain?"

Xiaoxi was skeptical.

"Let's go and see, we made several turns when we came down the mountain, and now this direction is no longer the direction we see on the top of the mountain."

When the carriage approached, I saw a small village surrounded by greenery.

"Well, finally a place to spend the night."

Xiao Xi hugged Xiao Yuesheng in his arms hard and said happily.

When the carriage came to the edge of the village, it found that it was a small village with only twenty or thirty families. From the south side of the village where Xiao Yiran and the others stood, they could see the north side of the village at a glance. Following the only north-south passage in the village, he walked past several houses, and saw that they were all small courtyards, but Xiao Qing did not come forward and knock on the door. It wasn't until he came to the middle of the village, under a tall old locust tree, that he saw a raised gatehouse, and the yard looked two or three times the size of ordinary people, that Xiao Qing stopped the carriage and stepped forward to knock on the door.

After a while, with a fierce barking of dogs, the door opened from the middle, and the head of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy protruded. Then the faint moonlight looked at a few people in front of him before asking:

"Is there something wrong with you?"

"Little brother, we are pedestrians who came the same way, because we missed the accommodation, we want to borrow a night in your mansion, I don't know if we can?"

The young man heard that Xiao Qing's accent was not local, and looked up behind Xiao Qing again, and at this time Xiao Yiran had also gotten off the carriage.

"How many of you? Is it male or female? ”

"There were five adults and one child. Only me and the child are men. ”

"Oh, in that case, please come in."

As the young man spoke, he casually opened the two gates, and turned sideways to let Xiao Qing hurry to the carriage. After Xiao Yiran and a few people also walked in, he squeaked, closed the door, and bolted the door with his hand.

Xiao Yiran saw that the courtyard was very large, as if there was a further entrance behind. I just felt empty, and I couldn't help but ask the young man in confusion:

"Little brother, you won't be the only one in the family, right?"

Because the two are of the same age, Xiao Yiran doesn't know how to call each other, so he can only call him the little brother.

"Who said I was the only one?!"

The young man looked sideways at Xiao Yiran, and then turned back to greet a big black dog guarding the gate:

"Old Black, come here."

The big black dog quickly ran over, stood at the young man's feet, glared angrily at Xiao Yiran and his party, the black hair on his neck stood up, and his mouth made a fierce whimpering sound.

"No, is there still Lao Hei?"

When Qingwen heard this, she burst out laughing, which immediately attracted a wild bark from the young man's mouth. Frightened, Qingwen hurriedly raised her hand to cover her mouth, and didn't dare to make a sound.