The three of them finally climbed to the top of the mountain, the woman sat under the stone gate of the academy, panting heavily, Lu Yunqing also held on to the doorpost of the academy and panted, he raised his head, pointed to the three words carved on the door frame, and read word by word: "Kite, spirit, mountain." ”

Gong Wanran asked with some surprise: "Do you know the word 'kite'?" It's not a common word. ”

"I learned some words from my father."

The woman suddenly angrily rebuked, "Don't mention that bastard thing! ”

Lu Yunqing was taken aback, and hurriedly nodded and closed his mouth.

"Come with me, you two, and I'll take you to see Master."

The woman shouted, "Let's go! Let's go! I'm going to starve to death! ”

Gong Hui poured the water from the bucket into the water tank, and then led the two to the backyard.

At this time, the setting sun cast a warm glow on the academy, dragging the house into a slender shadow. The snow-white courtyard wall of the backyard is covered with gray tiles, and a few clusters of flowers and plants occasionally peek out of the cracks in the bricks on the ground of the green brick paved ground, and in the middle of the yard, a huge rock rises from the ground, surrounding the rock, building a circle of pools, in which golden koi fish are raised.

The woman was just about to step into the backyard, but was stopped by the public, who glared angrily and asked, "What are you doing?" Still not allowed in? ”

"Please wait a minute."

The woman snorted in displeasure, then spread her legs and crouched down against the stone wall.

Gong Wanran walked to the courtyard gate and shouted inside, "Master, I'm back." ”

At this time, a voice came from inside, "Ran'er, why did it take so long to come back today?" ”

"I met a mother and son, they fled here, they haven't eaten for two days, and the disciple thought that the master taught me to be kind to others on weekdays, so I took them up the mountain to eat and rest."

"Well, you're doing the right thing." Yan Lingyu said, bypassed the boulder, and came to Gong Huiran.

The woman looked up in search of the voice, and saw a man standing in front of her, shirtless and holding a thick hard bow in his hand. The man looked very young, he was muscular, with broad shoulders, hard chest, eight muscles in his abdomen were prominently exposed, probably because he was exercising, and a thin layer of sweat hung on his body, which seemed to exude an intoxicating aura in the rays of the setting sun.

The woman was fascinated, and when the man turned his handsome face and looked at her with a pair of blazing Danfeng eyes, the woman suddenly reacted, she hurriedly buried her head between her legs, used the movement of getting up as a cover, wiped her face with her sleeve, and then stood up against the wall, scratched her head and leaned against the wall, and said shyly: "Master, the little woman is so disturbed." ”

"Out of the way." Yan Lingyu waved his hand, and said to Gong Wanran: "Ran'er, take their mother and son to eat something, and then arrange for them to live in the west guest room." ”

"Yes, I see, Master." Gong Wanran saluted the master, and then said to the mother and son, "Please come with me, two of you." ”

The woman couldn't bear to leave, turned back to Yan Lingyu and said, "Master, I can help cook some food, wash clothes or something, and please don't dislike it." ”

"Please eat something and get some rest." Yan Lingyu said.

Walking out of the courtyard gate, the woman asked Gong Huiran in a low voice: "Child, what is your master's name?" ”

"The family teacher's surname is Yan."

"Oh." The woman nodded to herself, and then asked, "Is there any place where you can take a bath?" ”

"The bathroom on the west side is fine, but it hasn't rained for half a month, and there is not much water stored."

"Didn't you just fetch water today?"

"The one to drink."

"It's okay, it's okay, let Yun Qing go with you tomorrow to make two buckets." The woman said indifferently.

"He can't pick it up, and the water is going to be used for breakfast."

"Hmph, forget it, stingy." The woman said displeasedly.

After dinner, Lu Yunqing wandered around the academy alone, there were not many people in the academy, there were probably only about a dozen people. These people should all be Master Yan's apprentices, each older than him, probably thirteen or fourteen years old.

At this time, Lu Yunqing suddenly heard a beautiful sound of the flute, he followed the sound of the flute out of the academy, walked along the stone steps down the mountain for dozens of steps, there was a vacant space on the side of the stone steps, this is a suspended stone platform, under the stone platform is the abyss, the sound of the flute is coming from the stone platform. With the last sunset, he cautiously walked up to the stone platform, and sure enough, he saw Gong Wanran sitting on the edge of the cliff blowing the bamboo flute. The slanting sun was crimson, and the golden halo stretched the figure infinitely, disappearing into the mountains surrounded by clouds along with the shadows of the surrounding trees.

Lu Yunqing didn't dare to speak, for fear that his voice would defile this beautiful heavenly sound, and there were larks flying by in the mountains from time to time, and it seemed that only the lonely cry could match this poignant and melodious tune. After the song was blown, the aftermath echoed in the mountains for a long time, and Lu Yunqing almost forgot his existence, just followed the sound of the flute and felt the sadness in the song.

Gong Wanran turned his head, looked at Lu Yun and said lightly, "Have you eaten?" ”

Lu Yunqing suddenly felt a little nervous, and he nodded, "Eat." ”

Gong Wan beckoned Lu Yun to come over and asked, "Do you like this song?" ”

"Hmmm! Like! Lu Yunqing walked to Gong Wanran's side, sat down against him, and asked, "What's the name of this song?" ”

"Zhuolu."

"What do you mean?" Lu Yunqing was very puzzled.

"I don't know very well, but I just know a rough idea, legend has it that in ancient times, the Yellow Emperor fought Chiyou in the field of Zhuolu, and there were eighty-one Chiyou brothers, each with a copper head and iron arms, a human face and a beast body, and it was not good. In the end, the Yellow Emperor united with the Yan Emperor and finally defeated Chiyou, and since then, all the princes have returned to obedience and supported the Yellow Emperor as the Son of Heaven. That's probably what this song is about. ”

"Wow, that's such a great thing, but why is it so poignant about such a great achievement?"

"I don't know, I asked Master, and Master said that I will understand when I grow up."

"Oh, will you understand when you grow up? But I don't want to grow up, because when I grow up, I'll be a bad person. ”

"Why?"

"My mom said that my father was a bad guy and that I should never be like him when I grew up. I said I wouldn't, but my mom shook her head and said that I was too much like my father, and I would definitely be bad when I grew up, so I didn't want to grow up, I didn't want to be a bad person. ”

Gong Wanran looked at Lu Yunqing firmly, "No, I believe in you, you are kind-hearted, and you will definitely be a good person when you grow up." ”

"Hmm...... I don't know, I wish I could be like my brother. ”

"Haha, I'm only a year older than you, how do you know what will happen in the future, what if I become a bad person? Ha ha. ”

"No!" Lu Yun looked at Gong Wanran lightly and firmly, and said: "My brother is a good person, and he must be a good person when he grows up!" I want to be like my brother! ”

"We're all going to be good people when we grow up!" Gong Wanran put his hand on Lu Yun's light shoulder and said convictionally.

The next day, Gong Wanran got up early in the morning for morning exercises, and after doing a hundred handstands, he felt a little thirsty, so he lifted the lid on the water tank, intending to scoop some water to drink. But he found that the water tank, which had just been filled yesterday, was now almost at the bottom, and he barely leaned in to scoop out a scoop of water.

Gong Hui took a small sip and poured back the water from the scoop. After a while, the senior brothers got up one after another, and some of the senior brothers came to drink water, and when they saw that there was a pitiful amount of water in the water tank, they reprimanded Gong Huiran for being lazy and not fetching water yesterday.

Gong Wanran didn't explain, just silently picked up two buckets and prepared to go down the mountain to fetch water.

At this time, Lu Yun followed lightly, and I don't know where he found two buckets and a flat pole, which were carried on his shoulders in a decent manner, and he had to go down the mountain with Gong Wanran.

Gong Huiran smiled and said, "These two buckets are broken, you go back and rest, I'll just go down the mountain by myself." ”

Lu Yunqing was very persistent, "No, I want to go with my brother to fetch water." ”

"Go back, stay with your mother, or she'll be lonely."

"No...... I don't even know where she is. Lu Yun lowered his head lightly and whispered.

"Didn't I sleep with you last night?"

Lu Yunqing didn't answer Gong Wanran, but pointed to the bucket at the kitchen door and said, "Let's go, brother, I'll go fetch water with you, the bucket at the kitchen door can always be used." ”

"Yes." Gong Wanran nodded and didn't say anything more.

So, Gong Wanran took Lu Yunqing down the mountain to fetch water together, and the two talked and laughed all the way, and they were very happy. It was almost noon, and the two came to the place where they met yesterday.

He lay down in the shadow of the tree on the boulder, stretched his waist, and then pulled out his bamboo flute and played a little song at will.

Lu Yun lay on the edge of the boulder awkwardly, he carefully lifted his legs, picked up the boulder with his feet, and then climbed upwards hard, but he tried several times but failed.

He was a little annoyed, but when Gong Wanran turned his head to look at him, he was embarrassed to pretend to be relaxed and put on a look that he didn't intend to go up at all.

The sound of the flute stopped, Gong Wanran turned to look at him, stretched out his hand and said, "Yun Qing, come up and sit down, it's very cool here." ”

The first time Lu Yunqing heard Gong Wanran call his name like this, his shy cheeks suddenly turned crimson, he lowered his head and stretched out his right hand, and then grabbed Gong Wanran's hand tightly.

Lu Yunqing finally climbed the boulder with the help of Gong Wanran, who moved to the side, vacated a piece of land, and said, "Lie down, it's very comfortable." ”

After that, Gong Wanran didn't wait for Lu Yun to answer lightly, so he pressed Lu Yun lightly on the boulder.

At this time, Lu Yunqing felt a cool touch coming from his back, and the smooth and moist surface of the boulder was like ice crystals, moistening his body and mind, instantly eliminating the heat in the air.

The two men lay in the shadow of the trees, closed their eyes, and felt the silence and ethereal spirit of the valley, as if the whole world was only left with this silent corner, a bird flying through the sky, and the sharp chirping pierced the lonely sky. The breeze blows, the leaves rustle, the cicadas fill the ears, the water also rises, and the fish frolic suddenly out of the water and fall back into the water with a pop.

Gong Wanran stood up suddenly, took off his shirt, threw it at the boulder, and jumped into the water naked, he shouted with a smile: "Yunqing, come quickly!" Ha ha! ”

Lu Yunqing saw Gong Wanran playing happily in the water, and he was also eager to try, but he was a little embarrassed, Gong Wanran saw him hesitating, so he rushed to the boulder, picked up the water and splashed it at Lu Yun.

"Haha! Come down! It's so cool! Yes! Look, there's a fish! Let's go catch fish! Gong Wan laughed.

Lu Yunqing finally made up his mind to go into the water to play, he took off his clothes and sat naked on the boulder. He folded the clothes carefully, folded the clothes that Gong Wanran threw aside neatly, and finally carefully put the clothes of the two in a dry place in the sun. Finally, after these preparations, he carefully grabbed the boulder, and moved it down one small step at a time, and he was afraid, although he was only a few steps away from the stream, he hung awkwardly on the boulder, and was in a dilemma.

"Jump off! I'll pick you up! Gong Wanran shouted at Lu Yun.

"Hmm...... But ......" Lu Yun turned his head in fear and looked at the public below.

"Haha, don't be afraid, it's not tall at all, you see, I can catch your feet." With that, Gong Wanran reached out and grabbed Lu Yunqing's foot.

Lu Yun itched lightly, then let go of his hand, and the whole person slid off the boulder, and before he fell into the water, Gong Wanran hugged him and said with a smile: "Haha, it's not high at all." ”

"Thank you, brother." Lu Yun thanked him in a low voice.

Then Gong Wanran let go of Lu Yunqing, a fierce man swam far away, Lu Yunqing also learned from Gong Wanran's appearance, and lay down, but before he could swim out, he had already sunk to the bottom, Lu Yunqing hurriedly stood up, but still choked on a mouthful of water.

Gong Hui came back and said, "You don't know how to swim?" It's okay, I'll teach you. ”

"Hmm!" Lu Yun nodded vigorously.

The two of them frolicked and played in the water, and they were very happy.

In the afternoon, the two of them finished fetching water and returned to the academy on the top of the mountain.

Gong Hui carefully lowered the pole, then took off the hook, lifted a bucket, and poured the water from the bucket into the bucket on tiptoe, which was about shoulder high as his own. After pouring the two buckets of water, Gong Wanran wanted to help Lu Yunqing pour water, but Lu Yunqing shook his head and said, "Brother, I'll come by myself." ”

Gong Wanran smiled and said, "Yes." ”

Lu Yun gently rolled up his sleeves, revealing his thin arms, although on the way up the mountain, the two buckets of water he picked were spilled only half a bucket, but in the face of a water tank that was almost as high as him, his thin and weak figure still looked stretched. He lifted a bucket hard, supported the bottom of the bucket with the other hand, and then stood on tiptoe and lifted the bucket above his head with difficulty, his body trembled, and finally put the bucket on the edge of the tank, and just when he was almost about to succeed, the bucket suddenly slipped down, and the water spilled Lu Yunqing's body.

Lu Yunqing was very sad, and the half bucket of water that took most of the day to get was sprinkled on himself at the last moment. He felt very incompetent, and he looked at Gong Wanran in frustration, and almost cried.

Lu Yun whispered, "Brother, why don't you help me pour the remaining half of the bucket of water into it." ”

Gong Wanran did not agree, but encouraged him and said, "Try again, this time it will definitely be possible, come on!" ”

"Can I? I felt so useless that I couldn't do anything. ”

"Okay! I'm sure you can! ”

"Hmm...... Then I'll try again......"

"Come on! No problem this time! Gong Wanran put his hand on Lu Yunqing's shoulder and said.

Lu Yun lightly lifted the other bucket, stood on tiptoe, and lifted the bucket above his head, his face was flushed, and he finally put the bucket on the edge of the tank.

"Steady, drag the bottom and pour in." Gong Wanran gently held the barrel and said.

"Hmm."

Lu Yun dragged the bucket with both hands, and with the help of Gong Wanran, he finally poured the water in the bucket into the tank, which was really not easy for him.

"Haha! Cloud light, you're awesome! ”

Lu Yun lowered his head shyly and said, "Thanks to my brother for helping me." ”

"It's the result of your own efforts! Come! Come with me, you're soaking wet, change my clothes first. Gong Wan pulled Lu Yunqing and walked to his room.

"Hmm...... Well, thank you brother, my brother is so good to me. ”

After a while, Lu Yunqing changed into Gong's clothes, and the two returned to the courtyard, intending to put the bucket and flat pole back in the kitchen. As soon as I entered the kitchen, I happened to see Lu Yunqing's mother preparing dinner, which was completely different from the ragged and unkempt appearance when we met yesterday.

"Yun Qing, where did you go? I didn't see you that day. Lu Yunqing's mother asked.

"Brother Gonghui and I went to fetch water."

"Public? Child, your surname is Gonghui? ”

"Yes."

"Oh, Master Yan mentioned you to me yesterday, I thought your surname was Gong? Hehe, it turns out that the surname is Gonghui, I haven't heard of this surname. By the way, I didn't have time to introduce it, my name is Tongyun, you can just call me Aunt Yun. ”

"Aunt Yun is good." The public bowed.

"Well, your master said, let me and Yun Qing live on the mountain first, and then I will cook for you, wash clothes or something."

"Really? That's great! Lu Yunqing was excited when he heard this.

"Well, our mother and son don't have to flee." Tongyun squatted down and hugged Lu Yun and said softly.

"Hmm!" Lu Yun lightly put his head on Tongyun and nodded happily.

"Child, oh, no, Mr. Gonghui, I have to thank you for being so, come, come here, show you something good." Tongyun beckoned Gong Hui Ran to come over.

Gong Wanran walked over curiously and asked, "What is it?" ”

Tongyun took out a small jar from the corner of the kitchen and put it in front of Gong Wanran, "Have you ever drunk this?" ”

"What is this?" Gong Wanran asked.

Tongyun lifted the lid on the altar, and suddenly a fragrance came to his nose, and the public looked embarrassed and said, "This is wine." ”

"Well, yes, it's wine, it's called 'silk what', I don't remember, anyway, your master said that this is a famous wine in the Yue country, this morning an old friend of his asked someone to send ten jars, saying that it was just brewed, he gave me a jar, come, let's drink some together."

Gong Wanran hurriedly waved his hand, "No need, Aunt Yun, I haven't drunk and won't drink." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you're definitely going to drink in the future, how can a man not drink? Drink less, it's fine. ”

"No, no, I really won't drink."

Tongyun ignored Gong Wanran, just took down two bowls from the stove by himself, poured a little wine into each of the two bowls, lifted one himself, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Ahh It's really good wine! Delicious! Come on, you just take a small sip, it's okay, your master likes to drink, and after drinking, it is very charming. Tongyun's cheeks were slightly red.

When Gong Wanran heard this, he was a little moved, so he raised the bowl and took a small sip tentatively.

"Wow, that's spicy."

"Haha! What the hell is a child, haha! Forget it, it's a waste to give it to you, just this little wine, you and Yun lightly separated. Tongyun sneered.

Lu Yun looked at Gong Wanran lightly, and felt that his grinning appearance was very interesting, so he took the bowl from Gong Huiran's hand and took a small sip.

"Wow! It's spicy! ”

"Haha! Haha, yes, it's spicy. Gong Wanran said with a smile.

You look at me, I look at you, laughing.