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Suzhou, close to the first lunar month, although the weather is cold, but compared with the Far East's biting frozen tendons, it seems insignificant, especially these days of sunny days, bringing strong warmth to the winter in the south of the Yangtze River. Vertex Says X 23 U OM

In Jiang Ruoyan's boudoir in Jiang Mansion, Jiang Ruoyan, who has been back in Suzhou for more than two months, is sitting at a table at this time, quietly looking at the proud Hanmei outside the window, a smile appears on her face from time to time, as if she remembered something happy.

In the past few days, whenever she has free time, Jiang Ruoyan will sit alone in the room in a daze, and whenever she thinks of the scene when she first met Liu Ce, she can't help but chuckle out loud, and that man makes her feel very different......

"Why are you so stubborn, what can you do if you retreat a little......?"

Thinking of Liu Ce's repeated refusal to help him, even if he was seriously injured, Jiang Ruoyan always had a strange flash in his heart.

"Miss, Wan'er cleaned up these old things for you, right? So as not to put the room in the ......."

A call brought Jiang Ruoyan's thoughts back to reality, looked back at Wan'er and a few maids who were cleaning up the room, and couldn't help but nod slightly.

Wan'er took out a dusty wooden box from under Jiang Ruoyan's bed, frowned, and muttered: "How can there be such a box?" Why didn't you find out before? ”

After speaking, he didn't think about it, wiped it with a rag and opened it to take a look, his eyes were full of confusion, and he couldn't help but say, "Why is such a broken stone placed in such a delicate box?"

When Jiang Ruoyan heard this, she said to her, "Wan'er, what are you muttering?" ”

Wan'er said: "Miss, I dug out this box under your bed, I thought it was a rare treasure inside, and I didn't want it to be an ordinary pebble......

"Pebbles?" When Jiang Ruoyan heard this, she suddenly felt as if something was shaking in her mind.

"Wan'er, bring the box and I'll take a look."

Wan'er put the wooden box in her hand in front of Jiang Ruoyan as she said, looking at the exquisite wooden box, Jiang Ruoyan slowly opened it, and a dark red pebble was imprinted in her eyes......

"This is ......" Jiang Ruoyan put the pebble in his palm, his beautiful eyes were shining, and the next moment the dusty memory hit his mind like a tide.

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At the turn of spring and summer when she was eight years old, Jiang Ruoyan went to the suburbs of Suzhou with her mother and clansmen, and stopped to rest when she passed by a temple......

The young Jiang Ruoyan was playful, and he rarely went out with a strict tutor on weekdays, but now he finally went out of the city once, and he was full of curiosity about everything outside.

He sneaked out of the temple while his people were not looking, ran towards a dense forested mountain, and while chasing a gray rabbit, he accidentally slipped down a small hill and hit his feet.

"Wow......"

Jiang Ruoyan, who had never suffered like this, couldn't help crying in the barren mountains and mountains.

"What's going on? Why are you crying? ”

Just when Jiang Ruoyan was crying in fear, a ten-year-old boy in ragged clothes and carrying a large bundle of dry firewood appeared in front of her.

Jiang Ruoyan saw the young man and cried and said, "My leg is broken, and I won't be able to walk anymore, it's so painful......"

When the young man heard him say this, he hurriedly put the firewood on his back on the ground, came to her and leaned down, looked at Jiang Ruoyan covering his injured ankle and said, "Can you show me?" Maybe I can help you......"

"Hmm......" Jiang Ruoyan burst into tears like pear blossoms, enduring the pain points and nodding.

The young man squatted on the ground and gently lifted her legs, put them on his knees, then pulled up the corner of the embroidered skirt on Jiang Ruoyan's feet, gently took off the embroidered shoes and the torn socks, looked at the red and swollen ankles, and began to gently pinch them with his hands.

"It hurts...... Wow...... It hurts ......."

When the young man's palm touched the affected area, Jiang Ruoyan couldn't help crying bitterly.

Seeing Jiang Ruoyan's painful appearance, the young man hurriedly comforted: "Don't cry, your leg is not broken, but it hurts some muscles and bones, bear with me, I'll go find you some herbs to compress it, you wait here, I'll be back in a while......"

After saying that, the young man got up and walked towards the dense forest with a scythe, and after about a quarter of an hour, he ran back to Jiang Ruoyan with an excited face.

"Great, I found a bone-setting herb as soon as I entered the forest, I'll put it on you now, and you'll be fine after two days......"

After speaking, the young man put the herbs on a stone, smashed them all with the handle of the sickle, and then held them in the palm of his hand and came to Jiang Ruoyan's side.

When Jiang Ruoyan heard him say this, she gradually stopped crying and said to the young man, "Can these really treat my feet?" Is it true that my leg won't break? ”

The young man said firmly: "It won't break, I've fallen several times, and I've applied my own medicine, don't be afraid, with me, you'll be fine......"

After speaking, the young man applied the medicine for the palm injury to Jiang Ruoyan's ankle, and then asked, "By the way, do you have any strips of cloth on you?" I'll bandage you......"

Jiang Ruoyan felt a burst of coolness coming from the wound, which was very comfortable, and shook his head after hearing the young man speak: "No, why don't you tear a piece of my skirt......"

The young man nodded and didn't think much about it, used a sickle to cut a corner at the bottom of Jiang Ruoyan's white skirt, and then tore off a small piece to bandage her.

"Okay, it's okay now......" When the boy saw that he had finished bandaging, he got up and wanted to leave.

Seeing that the young man was leaving, the young Jiang Ruoyan hurriedly said, "Wait, I can't walk now, do you want to leave me here alone?" ”

The young man was right when he thought about it, and he turned around: "Then you tell me where your family is?" I'm going to inform them if they're coming here to find you. ”

Jiang Ruoyan hurriedly shook his head: "Don't, I'm scared here alone, can you send me down the mountain?" ”

The young man hesitated for a while, looked around, and then returned to Jiang Ruoyan and said, "That'...... How about I carry you home?"

"Okay......" Jiang Ruoyan was very happy when she heard this, and kept clapping her little hands.

The young man leaned in front of Jiang Ruoyan, turned his back to her and said, "Come up......"

Jiang Ruoyan put her hands around the young man's neck and lay on his back, and after the young man got up, he carried her down the mountain like this.

"What are you doing here alone? There are a lot of poisonous insects and beasts here, and if you encounter them, you will be in trouble......"

In the middle of the mountain road, a ragged boy carried a brightly dressed girl down the mountain on his back, and the boy timidly asked the girl on his back.

Jiang Ruoyan's little head rested on the young man's shoulder and whispered: "I went out to play with my mother, and now she is at the foot of the mountain and settles down to worship the Buddha, I was bored and secretly ran out......"

The young man said: "Nian'an Temple? It's a coincidence, I also live in Nian'an Temple, and I happened to drop you back on the way. ”

Jiang Ruoyan was overjoyed: "Really? By the way, what are you doing in the mountains? Also, the temple is full of monks, why do you still have your hair? ”

The young man said: "I am an orphan adopted by the elders of the temple, and the elder said that I am not suitable to become a monk, so I can only do a miscellaneous work in the temple......"

"So?" Jiang Ruoyan's eyes kept flickering, "That's too bad, the firewood you just chopped was wasted......"

The young man said: "It's okay, when I send you to the temple, I'll just run again, anyway, there are no people in this mountain forest, and I won't lose ......."

Jiang Ruoyan saw that the sweat on the young man's temples was dripping, so he wiped his sleeve for him and said, "How old are you?" Don't you want to study? Why do you do all this hard work? ”

The boy said: "I'm nine years old this year, studying? The elders taught me to learn martial arts and literacy, and if I don't work, I will go hungry. ”

"Oh......" Jiang Ruoyan's ignorant age and wealthy family background, obviously don't know the people's suffering, and don't feel much about his words, but he also knows that the life of the young man in front of him is not easy, so he said: "Why don't you go to my house, I'll tell my father, let you play with me, okay?" I'm alone at home, it's boring to study here and there every day......"

"No," the young man shook his head and said, "......The elder treats me very well, he is very old, and I still have to take care of him, if I leave like this, I will definitely be sad." ”

Jiang Ruoyan was disappointed when she heard this, and when she passed by a mountain spring, she patted the young man and said, "Is it okay to take me to the water, I'm so thirsty, I want to drink saliva, see that you are sweating profusely, can you also clean it?" ”

Hearing this, the young man nodded, carried Jiang Ruoyan to the spring, put her lightly on a big stone, and then cut a bamboo from a bamboo forest on the side, cut it in half, and filled it with water and handed it to Jiang Ruoyan.

"This water is so cold and sweet...... Jiang Ruoyan drank the cool mountain spring, seemed to forget the pain in his ankle, and laughed happily.

The young man looked at Jiang Ruoyan's pure and lovely appearance, couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously said: "I want to marry a bride in the future, if I can marry a girl like you......"

Jiang Ruoyan pursed her lips when she heard this, "You want me to be your bride?" ”

The young man hurriedly ducked to the side, looking embarrassed and not knowing how to answer her words.

"Talk? Do you want me to be your bride?" Jiang Ruoyan saw the young man's appearance, and asked immaturely.

The young man nodded nervously, and Jiang Ruoyan let out a clear laugh when he saw this, which made the young man blush even more......

"That's ......," Jiang Ruoyan said, "Want me to be your bride?" Yes, but you have to promise me one thing. ”

The young man lowered his head and remained silent, waiting for Jiang Ruoyan to continue.

Jiang Ruoyan continued to the young man: "I heard my father say that the Hu people outside the Saiwai are fierce, and they often come to bully the people of our Great Zhou, if you drive them all away one day, I will be your bride, how about it?"

When the young man heard this, he raised his head and looked at the innocent Jiang Ruoyan and said, "Okay, I will definitely drive them all away!" ”

Jiang Ruoyan smiled and stretched out his little thumb and said to the young man: "Then it's decided!" Come on, pull the hook! ”

The young man timidly stretched out his little finger and hooked Jiang Ruoyan's little hand together......

"Pull the hook and hang it, it will not change for a hundred years, so it's decided, whoever is a puppy is ......"

Jiang Ruoyan seemed to be very happy, the young man smirked a few times, then picked up a red pebble from the stream and handed it to her and said: "If one day I really drive the Hu people away, you can take this stone to me, that very powerful general must be me......" After speaking, the young man laughed again.

"Okay...... Jiang Ruoyan put away the pebbles and said to the young man: "I will be your bride on that day, you must marry me......"

The young man nodded vigorously, then rested for a while and picked up Jiang Ruoyan and walked down the mountain.

Looking at the surrounding mountains and rivers along the way, Jiang Ruoyan was very happy, in the beautiful scenery, laughing with the young man for a while, leaning on his shoulder for a while, completely ignoring the pain in his ankles.

At the end of the sunset, when the servants of the Jiang family and the monks in the temple, who had been anxiously looking for Jiang Ruoyan for a day, saw the young man on the back mountain carrying his own young lady, and Jiang Ruoyan was holding a bouquet of wild flowers on the young man's back and laughing happily, he finally exhaled and greeted him angrily.

"Put Miss down, what are your identities! Is my young lady something that someone like you can touch casually? ”

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