The first fifteen years of my life were spent in the Great General's Mansion in Mengshezhao, Southern Xinjiang. （1）

The General's Mansion is majestic and solemn, and everything is a stroke of the rules. However, every spring, when the peach blossoms of thousands of trees in the house bloom into a sea of fragrant snow, and even the heavens and the earth seem to be covered with rouge color, the scenery at that end is picturesque. I have never seen Gusu, but I always feel that the General's Mansion in spring is more romantic and magnificent than Gusu.

Yes, even after 20 years of my journey to the Western Regions of Middle-earth, I still feel that the most beautiful scenery in the world is nothing more beautiful than the peach blossom rain that prompts spring every year.

I was sent to the mountains to learn art since I was a child, and since I can remember, it was my master who raised me, Duan Qingya, the great general of Mengshezhao. Master can fight well, and he is the pillar of Mengshe's country, but he has a face that is brighter than peach blossoms and softer than a woman. Therefore, people often compare him with Gao Changgong of the Northern Qi Dynasty. But I am deeply convinced that the person who said this has never seen the head of the military attache of the Edict of Mengshe, and his face is extremely commensurate with his face.

Like, now.

The white-clothed beauty master sat cross-legged on the branch of a peach tree and chanted "Tao Yao", the long-sleeved dance drove the corners of the clothes to fly like butterflies, and the ten fingers moved smartly to pull out the silk silver thread like the gentle embroidery thread in the hands of the Gusu embroiderer. He is so leisurely, freely, gently, lazily, and unconcernedly dissolving the flying flower stream that can be used to kill people that I have ten percent of my internal force. At the end, he still clamped the last hairpin on his sideburns, "Good apprentice, thank you." ”

The voice is soft and gentle, and the tone is plain, but it is like a warbler sliding under the flower, which arouses a little flashiness and ripples. It seems that there is still a little blurry laughter at the end.

It is said that white clothes make people look more lonely and tall, why does it look charming and enchanting on my master?

However, the man on the tree directly ignored my glares and sighs, and stroked his sideburns with his slender fingers: "The posture is as beautiful as a teacher, but it's a pity that the internal strength is still seven points insufficient, hehe." Good apprentice, are you going to fail your eleventh challenge again? Hey, it's a pity, it's a pity, when will the teacher's love be given away? It's going to be thankful for the flowers. With that, he looked up at the metasequoia box hanging on the higher branches, and sighed bitterly.

"Old man, it's the tenth time." I yelled angrily. When he heard the old man, he pursed his lips and wanted to ridicule him, but I stopped him in time, "And ......"

Suddenly, I spread my arms and turned on the spot, and the peach blossoms rose all over the ground, like countless pearls and jade splinters that hit the man on the tree.

"Who said I was going to lose?"

The master frowned: "Why don't you even ...... the head this time?" he didn't finish speaking, because at this time the branch he was sitting on broke silently. The branch had been wounded by me in the previous rounds of seemingly reckless attacks. No matter how good Master is in martial arts, his body will also increase when he gathers qi, becoming the last straw that breaks the branches. And with his pride, Feihua is not as close as it is recently, and he will never take action to resolve it. So now that the branch is broken, others are in mid-air, the petals that are full of internal force are close at hand, and there is an inaccurate attack just now, which has accurately covered his heavenly spirit, the face door, the heart and the big points around his body. It's not that Master can't resolve it, it's just that ......

The rope that held the metasequoia box was severed by the petals, and I gently and skillfully hugged the box.

The box contains the treasure of the General's Mansion. Master made a pact with me that if I could take my feet from him without leaving the ground, it would be mine. Looking at the light lines of metasequoia, I feel good.

"Oh, you stinky girl. Unscrupulous means for a broken box, ......" Master walked over with a light smile, the white clothes were still so dusty, and the peach blossoms on the sideburns were still in full bloom. It's just that no matter how graceful he is, there is absolutely no fat powder, even if he is wearing flowers, it only makes people feel elegant and delicate.

I stopped him again: "Master, Master, this is called a soldier who is not tired of cheating." Besides, don't be arrogant when you're old, if the demon queen knows that you sing "Taoyao" so badly, I don't want to send you some candy to make you suddenly old. ”

"Sima's girl doesn't have that guts, only you, my good apprentice, you are really good-hearted, and you have murdered the master." As he spoke, he raised his hand to look at my head, and I dodged left and right, but I didn't dodge.

Hey, sure enough, the merit is high and crushes people to death.

I flattered my mouth: "Master, who in this world can kill you, others are already bold if they don't ask you not to hurt them." Master, did you say that? "My hands are not idle, and I opened the lock of the thousand machines in three clicks and two clicks, but when I look left and right, there is only such a pair of translucent gloves in this box.

"Hey, what's going on?"

"Yo, it's already open. What a disciple, why haven't you learned any skills well, and you are so good at picking locks? Master smiled charmingly again, completely ignoring my questioning.

"Isn't it the Three Treasures? How is there only one piece? ”

"I only said that it is a treasure, did you say that three pieces will be given to you together?" The face of the beautiful master was filled with a treacherous smile, "Good apprentice, who said that just now?" Soldiers don't get tired of cheating? ”

I was breathless, but I couldn't help but smile. Looking at this colorful world, he whispered: "Huan Huan drinks fragrant floats, and dances in the air." "I'm in a good mood, not only for this treasure, but more importantly......

"Brother Duan, don't come unharmed." A grand and steady, Jin Zhenyu-like voice appeared. Immediately, a luxurious middle-aged man dressed in purple came into my sight.

"Daddy." I screamed sweetly, dragging a thick tail note, and threw myself into my father's arms.

"My family's brocade scales are becoming more and more a big beauty, are the brocades well-behaved, do you miss your father?"

"That is, my father and mother are good-looking, and the brocade scales will naturally grow well." I giggled and looked up at my dad. Dad is a man with handsome eyebrows, and he exudes a luxurious aura all over his body. His magnificence is not the nobility of a son, but the majesty of a person on top and the elegance of a nobleman. Even at this age, Dad is still very handsome.

"Jinlan, this girl is naughty, and she always causes you trouble. That is, Qingya, you have a good temper. My mother slowly came over and took my hand, and asked me about my life with concern. Every time I see my mother, I am reminded of the wise saying that Master used to say: For true beauty, the passage of time only increases its value. For my mother, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes just added a mature charm to her, and they didn't hurt her alluring face at all. So much so that every time the master saw her, he would say, "Ah Yun, you are really getting more and more beautiful." When he said this, he smiled very lightly.

Yes, whenever the peach blossoms in southern Xinjiang are at their peak, my father and mother will come up to the mountains to see me.

At night, I watched the patrol flow more densely than before, and I was still a little dissatisfied with my joy. The General's Mansion is said to be a mansion, but it is actually a Zhuangzi. Originally, it was full of all kinds of traps, so there was no need for too many people to patrol the night. As soon as my father and mother came, the mechanism had to be closed, but the mechanism array was too complicated, and the switch was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and my father and mother couldn't live for ten years after they came, so they always waited for them to go back before reopening the mechanism array. Manpower is required to patrol at night. I looked at the brightly lit front hall again, and there was a rush of anger for no apparent reason. On the first night of my father's mother's trip to the mountain, I had to drink and catch up with my master, and I always snubbed me who had been looking forward to a year if I didn't get drunk or return. But...... I have to say that this is really a good habit. I rolled up my baggage, carried light work, and flew out of the General's Mansion.

Since I was twelve years old, I thought about going to the Central Plains. At that time, I tried the master, but unfortunately he did not agree at all. In these years, it was the tyranny of the late Sui Dynasty, and the people were struggling to make a living, and all walks of life rebelled against the king and rebelled. At that time, my martial arts were not successful, and I didn't know the bottom of my heart, so I suppressed this matter. What's more, I didn't seem to be fit to do bad things since I was a child. I remember that I was greedy when I was a child, so I went to the imperial dining room of Mengshezhao to steal pastries. As a result, it was discovered for the first time by a little palace maid named Liuli. But I don't know if it's because of Master's name or because the girl is really good, not only does Liuli not squeak, but she will also make me a few freshly baked food every few days. Later, after the age of gluttony, he switched to stealing alcohol. As a result, the first time I went to the imperial wine cellar, I was caught by the old man Xia who was in charge of the wine cellar. But in the same way, I don't know if it's because of Master's name or because the father-in-law is really good, he really turned a blind eye.

However, I can be sure of one thing. My master, Duan Qingya, is neither a little palace maid nor an old husband. Once I escaped and was caught, Master's gorgeous smile really made me shudder. That's why I took advantage of the closure of the trap array and the best opportunity for the master to feast and escape.

But as it turned out, I was still too naïve.

At noon on the second day, when I came to the gates, I sighed deeply.

There were already a group of soldiers standing at the gate of the city, and looking at the strict investigation, it was simply arresting wanted criminals. Just as I was turning the horse's head to hide first, the horse's reins were pulled. A delicate face appeared in front of me, and called softly: "Miss Jin, my young lady has something for you." ”

I recognized it as the maid Yin'er next to the enchantress, and I immediately saw a savior. Almost snatched the burden from her hand and hurriedly opened it. Inside is a customs clearance document and a human skin mask all the way out of southern Xinjiang, and the most amazing thing is a scroll of brocade silk, full of the ugly characters of the enchantress, as I expected, the first page is still a mockery of me running away and a self-praise for her own generosity in the ribs. However, the content of the brocade silk is the situation in the Central Plains in recent years. Realizing that she was unprepared for the most important thing, I asked, "What else did she say?" ”

"Miss Jin, Miss said that if you don't even have the money to escape from southern Xinjiang, she will let you be arrested. As for arriving in the Central Plains," she carefully took out a half-worn glazed pendant from her bosom, and the apricot yellow tassels were already old, "The young lady said that with this, she could go to any of the gambling houses to get money. ”

Miss Sima is really generous.

I took the glass pendant, and when I saw that it was the one that the enchantress never left every day, I also followed her example and tied it around my waist.

"Yin'er, tell your young lady for me, just say that if she is wanted one day, this girl will definitely harbor her to pay for her past affair." As he spoke, he smiled and walked away.

Note: (1) At that time, southern Xinjiang was divided into six edicts, which can be understood as six tribes.