The leaves of the branches gradually turned from emerald green to yellow, and after a gust of wind, after a struggle, they fell from the branches with reluctance and fell into the blue water. In a few days, it will be the New Year, and Castle Peak Academy is already preparing to welcome the New Year.

"Master, there is news from King Yu, there is no snow in Mobei at present, and the border is quite peaceful," Ye Kai untied the bamboo stick on the leg of a carrier pigeon and said to the old man by the window.

"As soon as it comes to the New Year of our Liang Kingdom, it will inevitably snow in Mobei, and it has been like this for so many years, but I am afraid that it will snow in the next few days. Moreover, there is a great drought in the desert this summer, and once it is winter, it will be difficult for the border to be peaceful."

Glancing at the teenagers downstairs who were bustling with red lanterns, the old man slowly turned around, "Chu is right, I'm afraid this New Year will be a bad one."

"Master, do you need me to explore the wind?"

"No, with Chengfeng here, I'm not worried for the time being."

"With Senior Brother Mo here, the safety of King Yu can be guaranteed" Chu Guo also agreed.

"King Yu and the Xuanjia army can protect Mobei, but the division is more worried about the situation in the capital. Chu situation, recently I will go to visit Master Liao on behalf of the teacher."

"Yes, Master!"

"Huo Qing, the lantern is hanging crookedly, a little to the right," Duan Lang shouted at the top of his voice.

"Didn't you just say to the left?" Huo Qing stood on the high ladder, a little confused.

"Don't listen to him, just go to the left!" Yan Keran took the opportunity to make trouble.

Bai Luoyao on the side watched this group of people messing around, and he also smiled helplessly.

"Luo Yao, you look so good when you smile", Mu Qingyuan said timidly in a low voice, causing Bai Luoyao to blush.

"Then you still need to say that Luo Yao is a beauty embryo" Ling Feiyan helped aside.

"Yo, Qingyuan, why don't you use the words 'the country is picturesque and not as beautiful as a beauty' this time," Xiao Moyan teased.

Poof, Qi Wantong couldn't help laughing, and all of a sudden, everyone present laughed.

Hahahaha.....

The teenagers, who were filled with New Year's happiness, had no idea the uneasiness in the hearts of those on the second floor of Shangdetang.

"Their laughter is too loud, you can hear it here," Xuan Shaoning thought that it must be Xiao Moyan who raised the bar with Yan Keran again.

"Smile more while you can still laugh" Shi Gong Zhengyuan coldly dropped a sentence and continued to sweep the fallen leaves on the ground with a broom.

Such an inopportune sentence coming out of Shi Gong Zhengyuan's mouth does not make people feel abrupt.

"These days, they are all going to leave the academy and go home for the New Year, what about you?" Xuan Shaoning changed the subject.

"Nowhere to go"

"I've never heard you talk about your life experience, could it be that you're just like me?"

"The more lively the place, the more lonely it is, it's better to stay in the academy and be clean."

"It's good to be a companion together!"

Shi Gong Zhengyuan did not answer, and continued to sweep the ground by himself.

Xuan Shaoning only felt that this person might have experienced misfortune before arming himself with indifference, and it was not until many years later that he understood that there were few people in the world who could bear this kind of misfortune.

With a squeak, Xuan Shaoning gently pushed open the door, took a step and slowly walked to the courtyard, looking up at the sky in the direction of the capital, it seemed that he could still faintly see the light.

"Maybe it's the fireworks of Jingshi, it must be very lively tonight," Xuan Shaoning muttered to himself. The classmates all left the academy, the entire pavilion only left him and Shi Gong Zhengyuan, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, the master also allowed the academy people to go down the mountain to the capital to celebrate, originally he also wanted to go down the mountain with Shi Gong Zhengyuan with Ye Kai, but no matter how he persuaded him, Shi Gong Zhengyuan always refused to go along, so he decided to stay and accompany, although it seems that Shi Gong Zhengyuan does not appreciate much at present, and he practices words in the room.

Xuan Shaoning glanced back at the room, Shi Gong Zhengyuan was practicing calligraphy with his back to him, smiled bitterly, and turned his head to experience the tranquility of the academy. At this moment, a snowflake fell faintly on the tip of Xuan Shaoning's nose, and it was cold in an instant, "Hey, it's snowing?" Looking up, sure enough, the dark night sky was dotted with a little snow white, ink base, embroidered with white petals, a beautiful picture.

Xuan Shaoning stretched out his hand to catch the snowflake and wanted to take a closer look, but after a while, the snowflake had turned into a tear.

In the snow, the Liang Kingdom ushered in the 22nd year of the Liang calendar.

After a night of heavy snowfall, on the first day of the new year, the earth was already covered in silver, and all that was left of the entire Qingshan Academy was white, and the heavy snow seemed to show no signs of stopping, still sprinkled with water.

"Ho, the snow on the ground is so thick!" Xuan Shaoning looked at his feet that were about to be submerged, a little happy, in his memory, Liang Guo had not had such a heavy snow for many years. Xuan Shaoning pulled his collar, turned back to the house and shouted, "Zhengyuan, come out and take a look, the snow scene is beautiful."

Shi Gong Zhengyuan, who was dressed in snow-white, walked out of the house, his hair was combed high, and he stood in the snow, as if he was integrated with the white world, and Xuan Shaoning was a little stunned.

"I'm going to Sujian Courtyard, you can enjoy the snow scenery by yourself" Shi Gong Zhengyuan's voice was cold, like this vast world.

Sujian Courtyard and Suxin Building are in the same direction, which is the place where Qingshan Academy collects books, and it is obtained as the meaning of 'Tracing the Stream for the Original', and the style strictly imitates the Wenlu Pavilion of the Royal Academy, but the scale is much smaller, and there is no golden splendor of Wenyuan Pavilion, but there is a vast righteousness hidden in the simplicity.

Shi Gong Zhengyuan left without looking back, and he didn't care about the snowflakes falling on his body one by one, leaving only deep and shallow footprints on the snow, and it didn't take long for Shi Gong Zhengyuan, who was dressed in white, to melt with the heaven and earth, and couldn't tell the difference.

Walking and walking, Shi Gong Zhengyuan suddenly heard the sound of footsteps behind him gradually becoming clearer, and turned around to see that Xuan Shaoning had already caught up, but when the two passed by, Xuan Shaoning did not stop, and only left a sentence "Suddenly, I also feel that I should go to Sujian Courtyard to have a look."

Shi Gong Zhengyuan didn't stop in place for too long, he still followed with a blank face, but there was clearly something strange in his eyes. In this way, the two began to move forward side by side, but they were silent.

Castle Peak Academy is actually divided into two parts, one is the main courtyard and the other is the other courtyard, which is not deliberate, but naturally formed. There is a crack in the Yanshan Mountains here, like a crack in the wall that starts from the top of the mountain and extends into the valley, this crack is about six zhang wide, as if someone has chopped it with an axe. Many years ago, when Baishi selected the site of Castle Peak Academy, he deliberately built an arch bridge to connect the two parts. In fact, there are only two buildings in this part of the academy connected by the Yanbu Bridge, namely the Sujian Courtyard and the Linyuan Pavilion.

Shi Gong Zhengyuan and Xuan Shaoning came to the head of the Yanbu Bridge, the heavy snow overnight had completely wrapped the bridge, and it looked like it was made of snow from a distance, and there was always a little unreal feeling. Xuan Shaoning stepped on the bridge first, brushed away the snow on the railing with his hand, walked to the middle of the bridge, and couldn't help but glance down, only to see the fog in the vast expanse, he couldn't see the end at all, and the snowflakes fell as if they had fallen into the mouth of the monster with a big black mouth, and there was no return.

"Are you afraid?" Shi Gong Zhengyuan stood at the head of the bridge and asked.

"Why don't you come and see for yourself?" Xuan Shaoning responded and continued to move forward.

Shi Gong Zhengyuan immediately walked on the bridge, but he didn't look to either side and walked directly.

Standing at the head of the bridge, you can see two buildings standing one after the other, and the distance between the two is only half of the Yanbu Bridge. In front is the Sujian Courtyard, there are four floors high, the spire is accumulated, covered with green glazed tiles, the stairs are all outside the building, like a python winding around the main building and winding up, very distinctive. The Linyuan Pavilion behind is just like its name, just near the cliff, it is not like the square appearance of the Sujian Courtyard, but the whole circle is stacked on top of three layers, there is a ring fence between each two floors, the top of the head is round and sharp, the whole is pitch black, it is very solemn.

"It's the first time I've crossed the Yanbu Bridge, the Sujian Courtyard and the Linyuan Pavilion here are so special, this Sujian Courtyard is a library building, but what is this Linyuan Pavilion used for?" Xuan Shaoning was a little stunned in the face of such a unique style.

"Linyuan Pavilion is for commemoration!"

The two of them were startled, and at the same time looked in the direction of Linyuan Pavilion, only to see a person standing there, wrapped in green clothes, the wind blowing, and the jade tree was in the wind.

"Senior Brother Shen Ming!?"

They didn't expect that there were still people in this place at this time, and what was even more surprising was that they had been here for a long time, and they didn't even notice anyone else.

"You two don't go down the mountain for the New Year, but you come here at this time, why are you here?" Shen Ming was the first to ask.

"The liveliness of the capital is not suitable for us", Shi Gong Zhengyuan rarely joined the "we", Xuan Shaoning immediately nodded in agreement, and at the same time couldn't help asking: "Senior Brother Shen, you just said that Linyuan Pavilion is used to commemorate, what do you mean?" ”

"Come with me, enter the pavilion, I'll explain in detail", as he spoke, Shen Ming turned around and entered the Linyuan Pavilion, Xuan Shaoning pulled Shi Gong Zhengyuan and hurriedly followed, although Shi Gong Zhengyuan quickly shook off his hand.

Inside the pavilion is lit with lanterns, and although it is snowing heavily, the interior is bright and warm. There are almost no objects in the main hall, except for many portraits hanging around, the figures on the portraits are lifelike and have their own characteristics, and each portrait has a detailed description of the life of the person in the painting.

"Who are these people, and why are their portraits hanging here?" Xuan Shaoning asked strange questions while browsing the portraits.

"They are all disciples of Qingshan Academy, that is, your senior brothers and sisters", Shen Ming replied lightly.

"They are?" Shi Gong Zhengyuan, who had not spoken since entering the Linyuan Pavilion, was a little surprised, "Since it is a commemoration, that is to say..... They...... Are they all gone? ”

"Yes, there are everlasting lights here," Xuan Shaoning added.

"That's right, there are a total of forty-seven portraits on the first and second floors here, and each of them is studying art in Qingshan Academy, and they are loyal to the country", Shen Ming became very respectful when he said this.

These two are the first disciples of Qingshan Academy, Zhong Lesong and Zhang Hanshan, who have studied in the academy for seven years, one literary and one martial arts, and assisted Emperor Hui. Zhong Lesong once served as an official and ordered a scholar, and Zhang Hanshan also served as an auxiliary general, and the two of them fulfilled their duties and died in office," Shen Ming pointed to the two portraits closest to the main entrance of the main hall on the first floor.

"Shang Shuling and the general of the auxiliary country are in our Liang country, they are the second rank, which is quite high" Shi Gong Zhengyuan didn't expect to have such a senior brother.

"That's right, they are also the highest officials in the history of our academy. Since them, there has been no shortage of outstanding people in each class of disciples, just like her", Shen Ming pointed to a portrait of a woman, "She is the only woman among the third class of disciples, and the first woman to enter the academy to study art."

Xuan Shaoning carefully looked at the painting in front of him, the person in the painting was dressed in a military uniform, and the charm of the woman was gone, replaced by a sassy heroic posture, and the heroism of the body made people ignore her beauty.

"Li Yunxi", Xuan Shaoning read out the name of the woman in the painting, why is this name so familiar, it seems that where has he heard it, where has he heard it, but he can't remember it for a while.

"Isn't she the heroine that Ling Scarlet Yan has always admired?" But Shi Gong Zhengyuan thought of it.

"Yes, Ling Feiyan mentioned her and said that she would join the army like her!"

"Our Liang State does not allow women to be officials, so she joined the army and never married until that battle ......" Shen Ming's tone suddenly turned low.

"That battle ......" Xuan Shaoning was thinking about what this sentence meant, and was suddenly interrupted by Shi Gong Zhengyuan.

"The ten here are all in the third session, and depending on the year of birth and death, they all died in the same year", Shi Gong Zhengyuan's question attracted Xuan Shaoning, he leaned over to take a look, and sure enough.

The two of them looked at Shen Ming at the same time, but Shen Ming deliberately avoided their inquiring gaze, "You still have a lot of time to study in the mountains, and you will have the opportunity to learn about their lives in the future." It's getting late, it's time to go back."

"But ......," Xuan Shaoning was about to say, "it's still early, why do you want to stay until later?" But Shi Gong Zhengyuan stopped him in time, "Senior Brother Shen is right, I'm hungry, it's time to go to Fat Kui."

While he was talking, a cold wind suddenly blew in, it turned out that Shen Ming had pushed open the door and left first, "keep up", Shi Gong Zhengyuan also followed Shen Ming after leaving a sentence, leaving Xuan Shaoning alone in place.

With a sigh, Xuan Shaoning looked back at the portraits again, bowed and turned to leave. When he walked to the door, it was already snowing, Xuan Shaoning tightened his collar again, and stepped to catch up with the two before.

In a few moments, the footprints they had left behind were reburied by the snow, as if they had never existed.