"It's not my fault! In the silk book left for Brother Yi that year, it was clearly agreed that it was the golden autumn season, and Brother Yi arrived outside the Yumen Pass in July, of course, he couldn't see Yanxi. ”

Shangguan Yanxi was completely relieved, left the piano platform and sat down cross-legged opposite me, filling my cup with green tea.

"Indeed it is! That year, before my caravan was launched, I heard the news that the yellow sand of Loulan in the Western Regions was buried in the city. Privately, I thought that since Loulan is no longer there, the business of your Luocheng Post Post will either move back to Chang'an Handi, or move to Qiuci and Rouran countries, and my caravan will always meet on the way back, but I never expected that your Miss Shangguan would change to a horse trader for a living! Hahaha! ”

I raised my hands and invited Miss Yanxi to drink together, and there were no distracting thoughts in my heart, only endless gratitude.

It is a great blessing to be alive in this life and sit on the red stove with Shangguan Yanxi to make tea!

"The money that my family post has earned in the Western Regions has always been to buy the equivalent value of Wusun green horses to drive back to Middle-earth, from which I can get twice as much water. Although the section of the trade road from Yangguan, Dunhuang and Tianzhishan to Liangzhou is close and convenient, it is not suitable for horses to walk. Therefore, horse merchants in Chang'an and the Central Plains went to the Western Regions to buy horses, and most of them chose to take Mobei Road. There is a boundless grassland that runs through the east and west, the water and grass are abundant and unobstructed, there is no change on the way, and the horse gallops for two months from Yancheng in the country of Qiuzi to the foot of this Taihua Mountain. ”

Shangguan Yanxi is worthy of being a postal merchant who dominates the world, although she has now become a female teacher of Yunzhong School, but when it comes to the past of business, she is still the first to go.

"Mobei is the world of the Huns, Xianbei, and Rouran, you are a girl of the Han family, you are not afraid of being robbed by these Hu Rong on the way?"

I took a sip of the teacup, and in the area of the yellow water of the Hetao, the Hu people and horses that came and went like the wind reappeared in front of my eyes.

Shangguan Yanxi is good at dealing with women in the world and does not let her eyebrows, although I have already been taught, but I was still shocked into a cold sweat when I heard what she said.

"Brother Yi is too worried, my family has business dealings with countries in the Western Regions. Yan Xi knows some of the local language and folk customs of the Xiongnu and Rouran countries, and it is not difficult to pretend to be their clansmen on the way. In addition, these guys who drove horses for my family were all herdsmen from the desert north of the Western Regions, and they had already traveled thousands of times in the grasslands of the bitter cold region in the north. ”

Miss Yanxi's words were light and light, as if these past events had nothing to do with her.

But I believe what she says is true.

Although Hu Rong in the north has been a fierce rival and enemy of our Han family for thousands of years, there has never been a shortage of loyal and loyal people like Uncle Sudersu, Uncle Menbat, and Brother Shamihan.

"Brother Yi and the two of them were like the two of them, and now their faces are full of vicissitudes, and their eyes are full of stories. Hehe, Brother Yi's experience over the years must be extraordinary, can you tell me? ”

Shangguan Yanxi smiled at me, as if listening to a schoolboy who made a mistake confessing to her, and it was impossible to refuse.

"Hey! That's a long story! Canaan, who was in Rome, strayed into a demon cave and worked as a slave for a year. Later, he participated in the local slave uprising and served as the commander of the rebel army for a period of time. Canaan's grievances are over, and he forgets his worries and poisons in the Tianzhu Buddha Kingdom. After being wounded, he returned to Han by sea on the old man's merchant ship, encountered an impermanent storm on the way, and wandered on the mainland and desert islands of the Southern Wilderness Sea Country for several years. Hahaha! Over the years, all the bad luck in this world has been met by my brother! Fortunately, the Buddha's mercy on the heavens does not destroy me, so I can sit here today and drink tea with the young lady to catch up with the old days. ”

In the past 15 years, the life of business has nothing to do with business, and it is all in the catastrophe.

After laughing, I couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

"Amitabha, the lost east corner of the mulberry elm, Yan Xi thanked Brother Yi for not marrying!"

Shangguan Yanxi listened to the pious clasp of his hands and sang a Buddhist verse, with a sad look on his face.

"What do you mean by Miss Yanxi?" This time it was my turn to be confused.

"Back then, if you and Brother Yi were on an appointment

See, marrying Brother Yi as his wife, he will definitely stay in the Yi Mansion of Khotan, waiting for his husband's return day and night. Ten years have passed, no one has died, no corpse has been heard, Yan Xi is an impatient person, and it is estimated that he has died many times. ”

Shangguan Yanxi refilled the tea for me, and said the reason with a wry smile.

"What are Miss Yanxi's plans for the future? Are you going to stay in this mountain for the rest of your life? ”

The snow outside the window is getting heavier and heavier, and the plum orchard has disappeared into the vast snow, and it seems that it will not be able to go down the mountain tonight.

"Yanxi is now a half-old, does the son still want to accept me?"

Shangguan Yanxi got up and cut off the thin slices of the clumsy Belo incense, threw it into the incense burner that was about to be extinguished, and asked with a smile when he looked back.

Without the dignity of the teacher, the stubborn and charming is better than the age of peach and plum.

"Hahaha! Now that I know that the young lady is in this mountain, I will definitely come to the East a few more times in my lifetime! Every time I go up the mountain to ask for green tea to quench my thirst, I hope Miss Yanxi won't get tired of us! ”

knew that Shangguan Yanxi was joking, so he bypassed the topic with haha.

The two ladies in the family, Kurina and Gulando, prayed for me day and night, prayed for blessings, and took care of the housework, and they were about to become Tu Shan's family.

Life is short and true love is rare, how can I bear them again in this life and this life.

also knew that Shangguan Yan was tired of business, and was uninhibited by nature and loved freedom. I have not been married for so many years, and I am willing to throw myself into the cage of the world again.

In this Taihua Mountain, there are flowers in spring, wind in summer, cold moon in autumn and snow in winter.

Wandering all day long in the south wind of Zhou Li, the long river of poetry and Han Fu, frolicking among the children in the plum garden, how easy life is!

Miss Yanxi's soul that used to sigh that there was nowhere to put it, now that she finally has a place to put it, why should I change her again.

"Brother Yi, you will always be my guest in the clouds! But next time you come up the mountain, don't forget to bring me some gifts! ”

The tea was finished, the room was darkened, and Shangguan Yanxi invited me out of the house to enjoy the snow scene on Taihua Mountain.

The towering south peak wall stands thousands of thousands, the pine waves are like the sea and the snow is like the clouds, beautiful and magnificent!

"It's a bit of a rush to come over this time, I hope my little sister will forgive me! Hahaha! My caravan is still stationed in Fengshui Yizhai, and now it specializes in the silk and spice business between Tianzhu and Chang'an and Jiankang. In a few days, I will ask people to send some Suhe and ambergris over, and return from Jiankang North next spring, what kind of gift do you want to tell your brother now! ”

Without the fetters of children's private feelings, Shangguan Yanxi is an old friend who has not been seen for a long time, and we suddenly feel relaxed when we get along with each other.

"Yizhai has been broken a few years ago, and now it has returned to your master, congratulations, Yan Xi will come to visit another day! As for the spices of this Tianzhu, of course, the more the merrier! Brother Yi has strange incense such as sandalwood and Suhe, although he is sent up to the mountain, burning incense and playing the piano and reading the scriptures in Wangchuan are already Yan Xi's biggest homework in this life! ”

Shangguan Yanxi smiled faintly, and a gust of wind blew, enveloping her in the white snow sand, like a fairy in the clouds.

"Hahaha! In the future, Miss Yanxi's pearl milk jade and spice ayara will all be wrapped in her brother's body! In addition, there is a reluctant invitation for my brother, I don't know if I should say it? ”

The top of the mountain is cold, and I have lived in the tropical southern wilderness for a long time, and now I am not very comfortable with it, and I keep rubbing my palms and asking Yan Xidao.

"Brother Yi has something unspeakable, just say it!"

"Your perennial tariff for Yunzhong Juku, I want to do my best for my brother. In addition, the shackles of those schoolchildren also want to be wrapped up for brothers! ”

Shangguan Yanxi is not married, and now he is half a monk, and he has no source of income, so it is not a long-term solution to always reach out to his brother in the family to ask for money.

So I put forward the above suggestions on my own initiative, and my original intention was to help Miss Yanxi not be burdened by money and live a more worry-free life on this Taihua Mountain.

"I Shangguan Yanxi joined the postal merchant with my father and brother when I was twelve years old, and this spare money is not a problem, so Brother Yi bothered, hehe. The hinterland of Chang'anguan, the western capital, has been ruled by the Hu people for a long time, and these Qiangrong aliens still respect the Han style and Chinese language, and practice the art of governing the country and controlling the people of the hundred schools of thought, how can we and other descendants of the Han family be willing to follow these Hu people! Yan Xi used his own mountain courtyard to open a school to teach Sinology, one is to find something to do so that he will not be lonely, and the other is the inheritance of the Han family's cultural context, which has no half-pennie relationship with Shu Yu. ”

The snow is falling heavier and heavier, and the peaks that were once full of shadows are gone.

"Reckless for my brother, let the young lady laugh!"

Miss Yanxi so politely declined my kindness, which made me feel deeply embarrassed, so I waved my hand and apologized to her.

Such a snowy region in the clouds like a void and illusion, but talking about offerings and restraints with Shangguan Yanxi, it is really a terrible scenery!

"The past cannot be traced! Brother Yi, do you still remember the ice and snow drama back then? ”

Shangguan Yanxi stretched out her hands, took the snowflakes falling from the sky, and smiled at me politely.

"How can you forget! Zhongnan Mountain, Qingqiao Mountain, Shangyuan Night, and the Shangguan little brother who fascinated all beings! Hahaha! Miss Yanxi, you are much quieter than before! ”

I helped Shangguan Yanxi back to the corridor, and the ice and snow elf who rode the dust and the little brother Shangguan of the Los Angeles Post Station seemed to be still in front of me.

"Yes, I used to love to be lively, and I couldn't stand the silence. Now it's the opposite, every time I go back to Chang'an East City, I feel noisy. Maybe it's because I've grown old and stayed in this mountain for too long. ”

Fifteen years ago, in the face of such snow, I would have been invited to play on this snowfield.

And Miss Yanxi in front of her stood there like a virgin, with a faint smile on her face.

"Otherwise, the caravan will go south in the spring of tomorrow, you will go to Luoyang and Jiankang with us after a few months of closure, and I haven't been there for many years in the Jiangnan of the Great Jin Dynasty!"

"I have jumped out of the red dust, and Brother Yi is still tempting me."

Still smiling lightly, Shangguan Yanxi no longer looked at me, her eyes were full of snow.

"Amitabha! Sin! Sin! ”

Miss Yanxi is based on Confucianism, and she is still able to prosper and not be shocked.

I am a Buddhist disciple, and I have received the careful teachings of the three ** masters of Kuma, Faxian, and Tianzhu Shura, but I have not learned to let go, which is really a sin.

As he spoke, two figures staggered back from the snowfield, carrying a fat boar together.

Qin Chong and Guo Helmet are really the sons of the mountains, but they never return empty-handed when they encounter the mountains.

The old man and the maid took the prey of the two and went to the back kitchen to take care of the cooking.

That night, on the icy and snowy Taihua Mountain, the four of them sat around the red furnace in Yunzhongshu, sipping plum wine and tea, and talking about the eight wildernesses.

After dawn, the blizzard has stopped, and the mountains and fields are like a fairyland.

The three of us are all outside, and we are very worried that there will be something wrong with Yizhai, and my son Sufeng can't cope with it.

So I thanked Miss Yanxi for her repeated stays, and hurried down the mountain with the melting snow in the afternoon.

Looking back, Miss Yanxi stood on the edge of the cliff and beckoned to us, her figure was lonely and poignant, and she couldn't help but feel full of sorrow.

Since you don't have a chance to get along, why not forget about each other!

There was a faint ballad of the Han Dynasty in my ears, which seemed to be a conjecture out of thin air, and it was like a woodcutter in the mountains, which was intoxicating and heartbreaking.

There are beautiful women in the north, peerless and independent.

One look at the city, and then look at the country.

Rather than know the city and the country, the beauty is rare.

(End of chapter)

Shang and Buddha