The spring in the south of the city is early, the peach blossoms of ten miles are like clouds, the willows of the lake embankment are like smoke, and there is an endless stream of people who come and go.

Tong Shuyan lifted the curtain, and saw a crimson color in the distance, she put down the curtain and smiled at Li Xuan: "It rained a little last night, I thought that most of the flowers had fallen, but I never thought it would be so dense." ”

"When the flowers bloom, where will they all fall?" Li Xuan said with a smile.

The coachman parked the car on the shore of the lake, and Tong Shuyan got out of the car first and turned around to help Li Xuan. He looked at the outstretched hand and hesitated to put it down.

Tong Shuyan helped him get out of the car, took the cloak and put it on him, and said with a smile: "We walked on the shore of the lake, there was a bridge in the past, and we will cross the bridge later, there is a teahouse over there, and the dim sum is well done." ”

"You can arrange it." Li Xuan looked at her and smiled softly.

Tong Shuyan pursed his lips and chuckled, and then babbled about where there was an inscription of whom, where the emperor had been when he was in Qingqing, and who had lived in seclusion here.

Li Xuan listened carefully and said with a smile: "Seclusion in the land of Gyeonggi? ”

"It's a shortcut to the south."

"Did it succeed?"

She frowned and thought for a while, shook her head and said: "It seems that the emperor of my dynasty does not like this kind of person who deliberately flaunts himself, I remember that my father said that there was a reclusive Taoist priest who was recommended to enter the court, and His Majesty asked him why he became a monk, and he said that he liked the life of idle clouds and wild cranes, and His Majesty said that this kind of life is something he can't envy, so he gave him freedom." ”

Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but laugh, "This Taoist chief's money is not worth it." ”

"Money?"

"Yes, if he hadn't gotten around for a relationship, a Taoist priest with no name would still be summoned by His Majesty in person?"

Tong Shuyan was instantly enlightened, and then smiled, "It seems that I don't dare to come here to live in seclusion if I don't have money." ”

"I can't eat enough if I don't have money, what else do you have to ask for immortals?"

"No money is just a good way to ask for immortals."

Li Xuan turned his eyes to look at her, a little confused, and saw her smile slyly, "Don't they all have to practice the art of Bigu when they are Taoist priests?" Only by practicing the art of Bigu can you become an immortal? ”

"That's starving to death, and becoming an immortal." Li Xuan laughed.

"You say, are there gods in this world?"

"It's all made up by the people who wrote the script, where did the gods come from?" Li Xuan smiled helplessly, "The year before last, there was a great drought in my house, and everyone worshiped the Dragon King every day, but it still didn't rain, and all the crops in that season were destroyed. ”

"Oh, the son is silent."

"As long as you do a good job, where are you afraid of ghosts and gods?" He looked ahead and said in a light tone.

"Do you believe in an afterlife?" She looked at him and asked with great sincerity.

Hearing this, Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, thought about it before looking at her and said slowly: "I want to have an afterlife." ”

Hearing this, Tong Shuyan smiled with satisfaction, pointed to a stone arch bridge and said, "After crossing the bridge, there is that teahouse." ”

Li Xuan snorted, followed her pace, and heard her smile: "I heard that there is a Nai He bridge on the road of reincarnation, and there is a three-life stone on the bridge, and you can see the marriage of the three generations." ”

"Well, I've heard that, too."

"You say, if two people who love each other see on your bridge that they have no fate in the next life, how painful it should be?"

"The people who can go up to the Nai He Bridge to see the Sansheng Stone together are already a rare fate, how can they be separated in the next life?"

Tong Shuyan thought about it, so he didn't say anything more. Entering the teahouse, she asked for a pot of tea, ordered two more snacks, and introduced him to the teahouse with a smile.

As he was talking, a family came outside the door, Tong Shuyan looked up, and saw a woman in a white dress walking in the front, and Tong Shuyan knew the person behind her.

"Yo, Shuyan's niece is also there?" The middle-aged man said to Tong Shuyan.

Tong Shuyan stood up and shouted with a smile: "Uncle Shi is coming to Qingqing?" ”

The man smiled and nodded, and when he saw Li Xuan in a blink of an eye, his face instantly became a little bad, and then he sneered: "Second Master Li, I didn't expect to meet here." ”

Li Xuan looked at the man, his face was also a little ugly, and he had to get up and salute: "Lord Rao." ”

"Hey, you don't have to be so polite outside, I'm your teacher anyway."

"Hello teacher."

Rao Chengwen smiled, "It's been a long time, how are you at home?" ”

"Teacher Xie is worried, it's very good."

"What did you do when you entered Beijing this time?"

"The students are here to catch the exam."

"Oh, yes, you worked hard to get a show at the beginning, but it was really not easy to come to the Jinshi exam." Rao Chengwen said with a smile, "Hurry up and sit down, I haven't seen you for a long time, you and I have a good chat with my master and apprentice." ”

"No, we're going back." Li Xuan said, getting up and leaving.

Tong Shuyan didn't know why, glanced at Rao Chengwen, hugged Li Xuan's cloak and walked out.

Seeing this, Rao Chengwen hooked the corners of his mouth and smiled disdainfully.

The woman in white had never seen her father so angry, and she frowned and asked, "Father, why did that person offend you?" ”

"A shameless person who sells his sister to buy fame."

Hearing this, the woman in white frowned, "How can there be such a person?" ”

"Why not? The Tong family probably doesn't know his details yet, you look at that Tong Shuyan, and he still serves him stupidly, there will be a day of regret. ”

The woman in white sighed and glanced at the young man beside her. The man was a little speechless, "He's him and I'm me, can you do it if you don't think about it?" ”

The woman smiled and turned to the shop for tea.

Let's talk about Li Xuan, he came out of the store angrily and walked for a long time before looking back at Tong Shuyan. She didn't ask much, just relieved: "You don't have to be angry with yourself for that kind of person." ”

"Do you know who he is?"

"He is the same year as his father, he is narrow-minded and mean, he will repay him, and he also wants to have a son, maybe he has done too much evil, and he married a few aunts and grandmothers and gave birth to daughters."

Li Xuan frowned and listened, and sure enough, it was not much different from what he understood. When his mother got the exam questions in him, he deliberately told himself to listen, and he thought that his mother's unintentional move guessed the test questions, but later found out that his mother sold his sister to him. And after his sister passed away, he made things difficult for his family in every way, and his father gave him a lot of silver before he sent people away.

"But what do you have to do with him? How did he speak in a weird way? Tong Shuyan asked with a puzzled face.

Li Xuan sighed and thought about it before telling what happened back then.

Tong Shuyan listened quietly, and when she heard about the deaths of Li March and Zhang Jin, she had already burst into tears, "The third girl is really pitiful. ”

Li Xuan sighed, his expression painful, "I have too many people's blood on my fame. ”

"Don't think like that, you didn't know it at the time."

Li Xuan shook his head and smiled bitterly, and turned his eyes to look at her, "Don't cry, it's all over." ”

She wiped her tears and tried to adjust her emotions, "However, the third girl and Zhang Xianggong passed away before and after, and they will definitely be together in the next life." ”

Li Xuan smiled, "Hmm." ”

"It's getting late, let's go back."

Li Xuan got up first and helped Tong Shuyan, Tong Shuyan smiled and said to leave, but he didn't see him move.

"What's wrong?" She asked, confused.

"Look at the small island in the water, the willows are still around, and the peach blossoms are scattered among them, and they are really exquisite."

Tong Shuyan raised his eyes and saw the small continent he said, "That's called Mandarin Duck Continent." ”

"Why the name?"

"I heard that Mr. Feng Shui said that it was a mandarin duck land, and according to legend, when one of the husband and wife died, he would be buried there, and the other half would die three years later."

When Li Xuan heard this, he felt mysterious and mysterious, and said with a smile: "Isn't it that gentleman wants to monopolize that piece of land, so he talked such nonsense?" ”

"I don't know, but that piece of land is really magical, no matter how the lake rises, it has never been flooded, plus that rumor, everyone thinks it is mysterious, so it is called Mandarin Duck Continent."

Li Xuan thought it was interesting to hear it, so Tong Shuyan found a fishing boat and took him up to have a look.

There are often people on the island who come to play, and some people cut a path to make it easier for pedestrians. There is nothing special on the continent, and there is no sense of paradise, but it is rare to be pure, if you can sleep here after a hundred years, it is indeed a beautiful thing.

"If the person I love dies before me, I will bury him here." Tong Shuyan looked at the peach blossoms on the other side and smiled lightly.

"Little girl, what are you talking about life and death?" Li Xuan smiled helplessly.

She let out a long sigh of relief, "But I don't think I have that chance." ”

"The days to come are still long, don't think nonsense."

Hearing this, she turned her eyes to look at him, "If my sister-in-law dies before you, will you bury her here?" ”

He glanced at her, then turned his gaze elsewhere, and said in a light tone: "Where to be buried after death should be determined according to the birth date of the deceased, not what you think." ”

Tong Shuyan smiled subconsciously, leaned lightly on his shoulder, carefully held his hand, and called softly, "Li Xuan." ”

Li Xuan endured the sourness in his heart and responded.

"How good would it be if you hadn't helped me pick the plum blossoms that day? Wouldn't it be nice if that riddle wasn't a 'fate' word? I thought we were destined, but I never thought that we were destined. She looked ahead and smiled bitterly.

"You're still young, you'll meet the right person in the future." He said softly with relief.

"But how many nights do I have to spend thinking about you before I meet him?" She let out a long sigh, "I knew it was so stumbling, how could I not know each other at the beginning." ”

Li Xuan listened quietly and didn't say a word. What do you want him to say? said that when you meet her with Jinfeng Yulu, you will win countless people in the world? Or is it that Jun Mingzhu is in tears, and he hates to meet when he is not married? It's fate, so why bother to say that these things only add to your troubles? After today, the two will not see each other again, it is better to be ruthless, and forget about each other.

When he went back later, Tong Jinnan was already waiting for the two to eat, Tong Shuyan smiled and said to his father what he had seen and heard along the way, how beautiful the scenery was, Tong Jinnan was very envious when he heard it, and said that he was going to see it in a few days, and then told Li Xuan not to be tired of reading books in recent days, and to take the exam with full spirit after cultivation.

Li Xuan smiled and said yes, busy with Tong Jinnan's dishes.

After dinner, go back to their rooms to rest. Tong Shuyan walked in front, and Li Xuan walked behind. When she arrived outside Li Xuan's courtyard, she looked back at him and said with a smile, "Rest early." ”

Li Xuan nodded, "I know, after a day's walk, you should rest earlier." ”

She raised the corners of her mouth and said okay, the moment she turned around, tears suddenly fell, her heart was sour, she wanted to turn back but didn't dare to look back, hoping that he was still looking at herself outside the door, and she was afraid that he would look at herself, after all, he didn't look back. And at the moment when she turned around, Li Xuan pushed the door in without the slightest pause, he was also afraid, afraid of seeing her lost back, and even more afraid that she would turn back with tears in her eyes.