The spring breeze blew red on the peach blossom trees on both sides of the street, walking on the blue brick street, the peach blossoms flew all over the sky, and pedestrians couldn't help but stretch out their hands to touch the flying petals. Every peach blossom season, the residents of Yicheng will hold a temple fair on the street, and the most talked about is the peach blossom lang, because three years ago Ma Hong bought 800 peach trees to plant on both sides of the streets of Yicheng, and since then Yicheng has a beautiful name: Peach Blossom City.

The Ma family is a famous family in Yicheng, Ma Hong's father Ma Yan has five sons, and the eldest son Ma Lu is the county order of Yicheng; The second son, Ma Yun, did not come out and helped with family affairs at home; The third son Ma Hong, the fourth son Ma Liang, and the fifth son Ma Jian are still young. Ma Lu and Ma Yun were born to his deceased wife, Liang, and the other three sons were all born to his current wife, Xi. Xi's family is from the famous family of Xiangyang, and the Ma family in Yicheng has frequent contacts with the famous family in Xiangyang. Ma Hong and Pang Tong knew each other when they were young, and the two became friends after that.

In Ma Mansion, after Pang Tong accompanied Ma Hong to meet Ma Hong's father, he handed over the letter written by Pang Degong to Ma Yan. After reading the letter, Ma Yan smiled and said, "Little Five! My brother has been in good health lately. [Pang Tong ranks fifth among the Pang family's peers]

Pang Tong smiled: "Thank you uncle for your concern, my uncle is in good health." ”

Ma Yan nodded and said, "Well, my brother said in the letter that he wants you and San'er to go to Shuijing Villa together, do you know about this?" [The protagonist and Pang Tong have not yet performed the crown salute, so they have not yet received the word]

Pang Tong smiled and said, "Uncle, don't worry, with the ability of me and San'er, Mr. Shui Jing will definitely take the two of us as apprentices." ”

Ma Yan saw that Pang was bound to win, and he didn't say anything more.

The meeting date set by Mr. Shui Jing for them is March 15, and today is March 10, and they must enter the Shui Jing Villa to meet Mr. Shui Jing within five days, which is the first test that Mr. Shui Jing gives them.

Pang Tong said to Ma Hong before leaving: "Shuijing Villa is in Nanzhang County, Yicheng to Nanzhang County is only a one-day trip, you and I might as well have some fun before going to Shuijing Villa, how about it?" ”

Ma Hong heard Pang Tong's words, and said secretly: Xiang Lang, a fellow villager, has not left Shuijing Villa for five years after becoming Sima Wei's student, it seems that if he apprentices to Sima Wei, he must be restrained, and it is good to have some fun before leaving. So Ma Hong said, "What kind of fun?" ”

Pang Tong laughed and said: "It is said that Huang Chengyan has a daughter named Huang Yueying, who is about the same age as you, let's go to Baishui Township to see what she looks like?" ”

Ma Hong smiled: "This is a good idea, so let's hurry up!" ”

It takes nearly two days to ride a fast horse from Yicheng to Baishui Township, and it also takes two days to drive from Baishui Township to Shuijing Villa. Before coming to this world, Ma Hong knew the name of the talented girl Huang Yueying, and later generations spread that Huang Yueying looked ugly, but there were also rumors that Huang Yueying was extremely beautiful, whether she was ugly or beautiful, Ma Hong wanted to verify it with his own eyes. Yicheng is not far from Baishui Township, Ma Hongzai has also been to Baishui Township before, and has also inquired about Huang Yueying's appearance, but Huang Yueying lives in the boudoir, rarely shows up, and few people know her appearance. On the way to Baishui Township, Ma Hong and Pang Tong were both fast, eager to fly to Baishui Township immediately to see the girl's appearance. Ma Hong learned from Pang Tong that the reason why Pang Tong was in a hurry to see Huang Yueying turned out to be that Pang Degong did not match Pang Tong and Miss Xi (that is, Ma Hong's cousin), so he told Pang Tong that he wanted to match him and Huang Yueying's family affairs.

A day later, next to the stream in Baishui Township, the little maid of the Huang family rolled up her sleeves, sat on the smooth boulder and beat her clothes with a mallet very frequently, humming a little song in her mouth. Suddenly, the little maid saw a very ugly man standing behind her in the reflection in the water. The little girl screamed, and the mallet in her hand was thrown backwards and smashed on Pang Tong's face, Pang Tong covered his face and squatted on the ground screaming in pain.

Ma Hong bent down and picked up the mallet, squatted down beside the little maid, pulled the little maid's hand covered with water droplets, stuffed the mallet into the little maid's hand and smiled: "Little sister, what do you call it?" ”

The little maid was about eleven or twelve years old, and she looked at the handsome young man in front of her, and the expression on her face changed from horror to surprise, and the surprise soon turned into a blush, just like the rain falling on the ground and turning into ice and snow, and the spring breeze blew the ice and snow to melt, and then the wild flowers bloomed all over. The maid's face was blushing, she forgot to withdraw her hand from Ma Hong's hand, and said with a shy face: "Miss, miss...... Call me Bai'er. ”

After the little maid finished speaking, the young man in front of him smiled even more happily, and the smile flowed out of the eyes that were clearer than the stream, and spread from the corners of the eyes to the corners of the mouth, and then the corners of the mouth slightly arced slightly, revealing white teeth. The little maid looked at the young man intently, not even knowing when the clothes on the slate had been washed away, until Pang Tong picked up the clothes for her from the lower reaches of the stream.

Pang Tongyi held a blue skirt with a blank face, this skirt was extremely finely made, and it was made of fine fabric. Pang Tong held it in his hand, and his fingertips slid gently, as if rubbing the girl's blown-up skin, such a delicate skirt, the owner of this skirt must be a beauty, Pang Tong said secretly.

Ma Hong coughed dryly, which brought Pang Tong back to reality, Pang Tong looked at Ma Hong with an embarrassed face, then looked at the little girl with a black face, and sniffed the skirt with his nose again, and then reluctantly handed the skirt to the little girl.

Ma Hong let go of the little maid's hand and smiled at the little maid: "Bai'er, is your young lady's name Huang Yueying?" ”

The little maid nodded and said, "Mm-hmm." ”

Talking to girls, Ma Hong in his previous life was not a master, but in this era, at his age, he can definitely kill many of his peers in seconds. Half an hour later, Ma Hong had already taken out many of Huang Yueying's habits from the little girl's mouth. Ma Hong didn't ask Huang Yueying what she looked like, because he wanted to see the real face in person, but he knew that Huang Yueying liked to climb to the top of the slope from the backyard of the Huang Mansion to watch the sunset at dusk.

Ma Hong and Pang Tong climbed the small hill in the backyard of the Huangfu, separated by some distance, each hiding behind a tree and waiting for the sunset. When the sun was gradually setting, Ma Hong saw a girl open the back door of the Yellow Mansion, holding a bamboo pole in her hand and slowly climbing up the hillside. The girl approached slowly, sat down on the stone at the top of the slope, took the bamboo pole and gently tapped the stone, and looked up at the sunset, which dyed her hair yellow, and her snow-white slender fingers gently slid on the bamboo pole. In Ma Hong's angle just saw the girl's left side, Ma Hong was a little anxious because he couldn't see the girl's face, at this time suddenly a gust of wind blew, blowing away the green yarn on the girl's face, the girl stretched out her hand but did not catch the green yarn that was taken away by the wind. The girl didn't get up, but put the bamboo pole to her mouth lightly, and gently played it against the hole in the bamboo pole, and the crisp and pleasant sound instantly hooked Ma Hong's heart. Ma Hong looked at the girl's side face blankly, the sunset grazed her side face and shot into his eyes, he was stunned at this moment, the fair and beautiful side face, he had never seen it in the world, such a peerless beauty, I am afraid that the wind also wants to see her face. Ma Hong couldn't help but walk out from behind the tree, and walked towards the girl, at this moment he only saw the girl playing the flute in the sunset, and he didn't notice that Pang Tong, who was peeking at the girl on the other side, had also walked out from behind the tree and stepped back.

Under the sunset, two teenagers looked at the girl in the sunset, one couldn't help but move forward, and the other couldn't help but retreat.

The girl watched the sunset quietly, playing the bamboo flute, not noticing that there were two teenagers peeking at her beside her. Ma Hong was attracted by the girl's face, and walked towards the girl step by step, he kept looking at the girl's side face, but he didn't notice the stone under his feet, his foot stumbled on the stone and fell towards the girl. Ma Hong fell heavily to the ground, his hand touched the girl's leg, he endured the pain, did not make a sound, looked up at the girl, and his eyes met the girl's eyes. The girl turned her head to look at Ma Hong, her eyes clear and bright as stars.

Ma Hong looked at the girl's eyes, and tears flowed out involuntarily. He didn't know why he was crying, he didn't know, maybe he saw half of heaven first, and now he saw half of hell again. The other half of the girl's face was covered with a shocking scar, which was a burn.

Surprise was written on the girl's intact face, and she slowly reached out to him to help him up. Ma Hong sat down on the girl's left, and the girl turned her face away, and he saw half of heaven again.

The girl's voice trembled a little, and she said, "Did it scare you to cry?" ”

Ma Hong shook his head and said, "I want to hear you finish this song." ”

The girl picked up the bamboo flute and threw it heavily on the stone, with a crisp sound, the bamboo flute shattered, she stretched out her finger to Pang Tong who ran down the hill and said, "You lie, isn't he scared away?" ”

Ma Hong understood why Pang Tong fled, because Pang Tong saw a half-face hell from the beginning.