Half a year has passed in a blink of an eye, and under the scorching sun, I know that I can't stop screaming.

Gong Wanran was handling official business in the palace, and suddenly the guards came to report, saying that it was the envoy of the Yue Kingdom who asked to see him. Gong Wanran hurriedly put down his work and asked the guard to call the messenger in.

It didn't take long for Xiao She's excited shouts to come from outside, "Senior brother! Brother! I'm coming! ”

Gong Hui Ran was also very happy, and hurriedly beckoned Xiao Shi to sit down, he made Xiao Shi a cup of herbal tea, and said, "Is the business done?" ”

Xiao Shi poured down the herbal tea, wiped his mouth, and said, "Yes!" As soon as I came out of King Wu's place, I came to find Brother Gonghui! ”

"But you shouldn't have come here to look for me, after all, this is an office place, and you and I shouldn't have anything to do with each other in public office."

"Huh." Xiao Shi smiled and waved his hand, "Who said that we shouldn't have dealings in public office?" You are in charge of the government affairs of Wu State, and I am here for government affairs, so there is no problem for us to communicate! Besides, I can't wait to meet my brother! ”

Gong Wanran smiled and shook his head, "I really can't help you." ”

"Hey, hey!"

"By the way, you didn't mention to King Wu about last year's Chinese New Year's Eve."

"Of course I can't mention it, after all, the senior brother has already explained."

"Hey, Yun Qing, although I understand that you are also for the benefit of Yue Guo, but you have done too much in this matter, which makes Xiao Xun very painful."

"Then I can't help it, in her position, Shuang Tu is the princess of Yue Kingdom, I must leave her in Yue Kingdom. Although Senior Brother Zhang Xun had to endure the pain of lovesickness, I would not let King Yue hurt his life no matter what. But speaking of which, in fact, King Yue also knew in his heart that he couldn't hurt Zhang Xun until he completely tore his face. On the contrary, Senior Brother Ji is a bit stupid, and he can't coerce King Yue at all! ”

Gong Wanran shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Ji is not to coerce King Yue to let Xiao Xun go, but to protect Xiao Xun. If he hadn't personally refused Xiao Xun to take Frost away, who knows what stupid things Xiao Xun would have done? ”

"Maybe that's the case, Senior Brother always thinks of people as good, but I think Senior Brother Ji is mature and can distinguish between public and private, reason and affection."

"And then? Did King Yue punish Senior Brother Ji? ”

"No, King Yue didn't say anything, just took Shuang Tu back to the palace."

"How is King Yue doing to Frost?"

"Oh, that's nothing to say, King Yue has worked hard all these years, tasted gall, and suffered everything. But only for the frost, that's all kinds of care! Food, clothing, and housing are the best, and if you want me to say, the frost is really blessed! Moreover, Frost's aphasia is almost cured! The dogwood that Guo Shu gave me really worked, and now Frost can stammer, and it is estimated that in more than half a year, Frost Tree's illness will be completely cured! ”

"That's good, that's good......"

"In addition, there is one more thing, Yu and Yu are missing. He stayed in Yue at first, and wanted to go into the palace every day to see his sister, but King Yue just wouldn't let him see him. I guess he knew that he would never see the frost again, so he left with his fiancée in the spring, and I don't know where he went, did he go to find Zhang Xun? ”

"No, He Yu didn't return to Wu, and Xiao Xun and I didn't have any news of him."

"Hehe, forget it, whatever, he's not a child anyway."

"Yes, Heyu is already twenty-four years old, and when I first met Heyu, he was still a young man." Gong Wanran sighed, "Hey, time is really fast." ”

"No, senior brother, we are both past the age of our establishment."

"yes."

"Hey, by the way, senior brother, you were only eight years old when the two of us met, right?"

Gong Wanran nodded and said, "Yes, I also just entered the master that year. ”

"Well, I'm very impressed, the first time I met my senior brother, it was the same as today, it was very hot!"

"yes, it was really hot."

Twenty-four years ago, Gong Wanran was eight years old, that year, he was sent by his grandfather to the Iris Ling Mountain, worship Yan Lingyu as a teacher, at first, Yan Lingyu just let him pick medicine and carry water in the mountains every day, and occasionally taught him some pharmacology and martial arts.

The days were as plain as water, but one afternoon in the summer of that year, Gong Wanran still remembers it clearly.

On that day, the sun was scorching, the air was hot and humid, and the mountains and forests were filled with the lazy chirping of cicadas. He carried two buckets and came to the brook at the foot of the mountain, where he climbed a boulder and lay down in the shadow of the trees. Sunlight shines through the leaves, reflecting the clear veins of the leaves, and a gust of wind blows, and the branches and leaves sway and tremble, diffracting a dazzling halo.

Gong Wanran stretched his waist, took out a bamboo flute from his waist, and played it softly, the sound of the flute was melodious and ethereal, echoing in the mountain stream for a long time.

"Hey! Child! A woman's voice shouted.

The sound of the flute stopped abruptly, and Gong Wan sat up and looked towards the stream, only to see a ragged and gray-faced woman calling him not far away.

"Call me?" Gong Wanran asked suspiciously.

The woman walked under the boulder and asked, "Is there anyone else here?" You come down, you come down. ”

Gong stood up, rolled over, and jumped off the boulder. He stood in front of the woman, and then he found that the woman was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, although her face was dirty, her facial features were very good, and there was a child hidden behind the woman, and the child had a delicate face, and only when he could distinguish it carefully could he see that it was a boy, and the boy seemed to be about the same age as the public, but he looked very thin.

"Is there anyone around here? My mother and son fled here and didn't eat for two days. ”

Gong Wanran took out a piece of dry cake from his bag and handed it to the woman, "I only have this cake here." ”

The woman snatched the dry cake and gnawed it like a wolf, and the child behind her dragged the woman's clothes, looking at her with blank eyes, and the woman didn't care about the child, just ate it by herself, and finally left the size of a copper coin, so she was reluctant to give it to the child.

The child grabbed the rest of the bread and stuffed it into his mouth, and before he had time to chew a few bites, he swallowed it, and then he stuck out his tongue and licked his fingers desperately. The boy was obviously not full, but even hungrier, and he looked at him pitifully, but he never said a word.

"Kid, is there anyone around here? We want to beg for food. The woman said anxiously.

"No, but my master has opened a academy on the mountain, and he will take care of your food."

"Ahh That's great! Let's go! Take us to your master. ”

"Okay, I'll get water, let's go up the mountain." Gong said and pointed to the top of the mountain.

The woman raised her head and looked in the direction of Gong Wanran's finger, only to see that the mountain peak was towering into the clouds, not to mention the academy, and even the outline of the mountain peak was hidden in the clouds.

The woman complained, "Why is this mountain so high! How could we possibly go up?! ”

"You can only eat when you go up."

"How long?"

"An hour and a half." Gong replied suddenly.

"Huh?! After an hour and a half of mountain road, we died of exhaustion halfway up the mountain before we could eat at the top of the mountain. ”

"Oh, then you can wait a minute."

With that, Gong Hui broke off a branch from the side and sharpened the end of the branch with the knife he carried with him. Then he took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and walked slowly into the creek. I saw him grasping the branch with one hand and pinching his waist with the other, staring at the water vigilantly.

The jubilant stream was rhythmic with the ripples of joy, and the pebbles under the water swayed in a mottled projection, and at this time, a fat carp swam slowly with its tail wagging its tail, sometimes playing around the aquatic plants, sometimes wandering in the crevices of the stones, and unconsciously swimming in front of the public.

It was too late, but it was too late, and I saw Gong Hui suddenly thrust the branch downward, and then quickly pulled it up, and the big fish brush was taken out of the water.

The kid was obviously shocked by Gong Huiran's smooth movements, and he stared at Gong Hui Ran intently, his eyes full of adoration.

"Let's eat some fish first." After saying that, he began to use a knife to clean up the big fish he caught.

The woman seemed a little unhappy and said, "Raw? But how do you eat it? ”

The boy also looked at Gong Wanran suspiciously, although he was hungry, he obviously didn't want to eat raw fish.

Gong Wanran smiled at the child and said, "Wait for me a little." ”

Gong Hui gathered some dry branches and leaves, took out the fire folds, and made a bonfire. Then he shaved off the scales, took out the entrails, and cut a few more knife flowers on the fish, and finally put the big fish on the branches and grilled it on the fire.

The three of them sat around the campfire, and the woman and the child stared anxiously at the grilled fish on the fire. Soon, the skin of the fish became browned, the flesh exposed in the knife flower also became tender and white, and the rich fragrance spread to the nose, and the child's saliva flowed, staring at the big fish and licking his lips.

The woman was also hungry, and asked anxiously, "Child, child, can you eat now?" ”

Gong Hui turned the big fish on the bonfire, raised it to look at it, and said, "It's cooked, it's ready to eat." ”

"Quick, give it to me!" The woman reached out and grabbed it.

"Don't worry, I'll cut it first."

Gong Wanran took out a knife, divided the big fish in two, and handed the larger one to the woman, who took the fish and ate it regardless of the big one.

Gong Hui Ran handed the smaller one to the boy, and the boy took the fragrant fish, and was about to take his mouth, but stopped. He took a sip of saliva, lowered his head, raised his eyes to look at Gong Huiran, and then he handed the fish to Gong Huiran and said, "Brother, you can eat some." ”

Gong Wanran smiled and pushed the fish back and said, "I'm not hungry, you can eat." ”

The boy was a little shy, a little ashamed, but very happy, and he held the fish and forgot to put his mouth in it for a moment.

"Eat it, while it's hot." Gong looked at the boy and smiled.

"Hmm!" The child nodded vigorously, and then ate the fish.

Gong Huiran put his hands on his knees, put his head on his knees, tilted his head to look at the boy's gobbling up, and said gently, "Be careful, don't get stuck." ”

When the boy heard this, he nodded vigorously, and then ate slowly.

"What's your name?" Gong Wanran asked.

"Lu Yunqing." The boy's voice was very soft, like that of a girl.

"Nice name, how old are you?"

"Seven years old."

"Oh, then I'm a year older than you."

"Well, what's my brother's name?"

"My surname is Gonghui, and my name is Ran."

"Oh, Brother Gonghui. Brother, the tune you just played is so good, I like it so much. Lu Yunqing said while eating.

"I can teach you if you like."

"Good! All right! Lu Yunqing was very happy.

"What's good?! Hurry up and eat! The woman rebuked suddenly.

Lu Yunqing was taken aback, quickly lowered his head, and ate in a muffled voice.

The woman finished eating the fish, but she still didn't have enough to eat, and she said to the public, "Child, this is not enough, go catch another one." ”

"If we can carry it for a while, let's go up the mountain first, and I'll have to fetch water as soon as possible."

"It's annoying, I haven't eaten yet! Forget it, forget it, let's go up the mountain first! The woman was very displeased, she threw the eaten fish bones to the side casually, turned her head and shouted to Lu Yun: "Hurry up and eat!" Go up the hill after eating! ”

Lu Yunqing didn't dare to answer, just lowered his head and ate the fish. When he had finished eating, he picked up the fish bones that the woman had thrown aside, and threw them into the fire along with those in his own hands, and then he and Gong Wan took up the sand cover and extinguished the bonfire.

The woman said impatiently: "Hurry up the mountain, what do you care about it?" That's a lot to do. ”

Gong Wanran retorted: "The fire must be extinguished, otherwise it will catch fire." ”

The woman gave a blank look and muttered, "Hmph, little fart." ”

Then, Gong Hui Ran filled the two buckets, then put them on his shoulders and said, "Let's go." ”

"Brother, I'll pick it." Lu Yunqing hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to help Gong Wanran carry water.

"No, I'm used to it, this isn't heavy." Gong Wanran smiled, picked up the bucket and walked forward.

Lu Yun followed behind Gong Wanran, tried to lift the bucket hard, and found that the bucket was not light at all, so he hurriedly said: "Brother, this bucket is so heavy, otherwise, I'll help you lift one." ”

"No, it's more difficult to carry, and it's easier to carry."

"Then, when my brother is tired, I'll help my brother pick it for a while, right?"

"No, it's good that you can climb up."

With that, Gong Wanran pointed to the top of the mist-shrouded mountain.

The three of them walked for half an hour, and the woman suddenly sat on a big stone and didn't leave, she was so tired that she couldn't breathe, and Lu Yunqing also looked very tired.

"Also, how long will it take? I, I can't do it anymore. The woman gasped.

"There's still an hour." Gong Wanran wiped his sweat.

"I regret that I am dead, I should not come up, maybe there are people who go forward, what mountain do I go up, ahh

"Brother, I, I'll pick for a while, ahhh, I'll pick for a while." Lu Yunqing's face was pale, and he said breathlessly.

Gong Wanran smiled slightly at Lu Yun, "No need, I'm fine, but you, you have to hold on a little longer." ”

After resting for a while, the three of them continued on the road, usually a mountain road of one and a half hours, but this time they walked for more than two hours, and when it was getting late, the three of them finally climbed to the academy on the top of the mountain.