In Nanwan, there is such a place with beautiful mountains and rivers. There lives a group of people who have guarded their own world for generations, and who seem to be unworldly but deeply trapped in it.

Peach Blossom Stream, a place that stands in the rivers and lakes but is inextricably linked with the court. The predecessor of Peach Blossom Stream was the secret training place of the first generation of kings of Nanwan, and after the court was stable, all the troops were withdrawn, and this land was given as a gift to the partners who assisted him in laying down the country, and the people were not in the court, and gradually developed the Peach Blossom Stream into a Jianghu sect, accepting apprentices, developing a livelihood, and passing on from generation to generation, but no matter how the times change, Peach Blossom Stream always has a close connection with the court, like an invisible prince, sparing no effort to help the court when it is in need, and never dissent.

Gu Qingyan, she is currently the fourth girl of Peach Blossom Stream, and she is in charge of the stone gate of the Peach Blossom Stream Secret Guard Training Ground.

Her mother was originally the Yunluan Changdi Ji of Nanwan, who withdrew from the court due to an accident ten years ago and Gu Qingyan's father, that is, Gu Ning, the second master of Peach Blossom Stream at that time, lived in seclusion in this Peach Blossom Stream, and Gu Qingyan was already a half-grown girl at that time.

In addition to Gu Qingyan, there are three main directors in Peach Blossom Stream, and now Xu Shaolin, the owner of Peach Blossom Stream, is the apprentice of the original valley lord Qianhuayu, don't look at the day by day in Peach Blossom Stream, like an idle cloud and wild crane, but he has a bit of wisdom and means, controlling the major lifelines of Peach Blossom Stream, in Gu Qingyan's eyes, he is a strong backing, as long as he is there, the sky will fall without fear.

The second grandfather, Zong Yue, was born in a medical family, but when he was young, he was fortunate to have Gu Ning and his wife to help, and his father had become the head of the hospital, and Zong Yue had no intention of being an official so he went up the mountain to study medicine.

There is also a third master Bailimo, who was originally an orphan juggling on the side of the road, and was redeemed by the third master Xing Ming, and brought back to Yuhualou, passing on his skills and practicing good martial arts. Peach Blossom Stream has always been able to produce many people, and now these three masters are not only in their own way, but also in martial arts.

Although Gu Qingyan is a little worse than the three of them, it is not that she can't take it, otherwise how could Shimen, a place that specializes in secret guards, obey her. Just like Gu Qingyan and her master Qianhuayu said, "You are a girl's family, it is good to protect yourself first, and the others are your three senior brothers." ”

Therefore, he taught Gu Qingyan light skills and hidden weapons, and Gu Qingyan was arrogant, and after learning the light skills and hidden weapons, he also learned to use poison like his own father, thinking that it was enough, and those who beat guns, sticks, swords, etc., did not learn.

Peach Blossom Creek has been developing for several generations, and there are more livelihoods to survive, and Xu Shaolin's business and trading are almost all over the south on weekdays, and there are occasionally a few in the north.

Zong Yue traveled around from time to time, practiced medicine all the way, and collected some medicinal materials or raw materials for making poison that Gu Qingyan wanted.

Bailimo took over Yuhualou, which is the outer packaging of the restaurant, the distribution center of all kinds of news, some people come here to inquire about the news, and some people come here to seek answers, and they have to pay the corresponding reward.

Gu Qingyan has always been the most comfortable, because of the relationship between her motherhood, Gu Qingyan still keeps in touch with the people in the palace, sometimes those things that are inconvenient for people to do, Gu Qingyan doesn't mind helping them, of course, they also need to be paid, just like today-

Gu Qingyan has been coming to Langjiang for a few days, today is the Langjiang Painting Boat Lantern Festival, night falls, the painting boats on the water hang up the lights, erect flags and wait for today's visitors. There is a restaurant opposite the river, at the fence on the second floor, Gu Qingyan has finished dinner and tastes tea, a man figure came, and said: "Master, everything is right." ”

This man's name is Beiming, he is the first guard by Gu Qingyan's side, also known as the ghost, in addition to the twelve guards, called the ghost guard, Gu Qingyan travels with a personal maid, Su Xin, is these thirteen people hidden in the dark at any time to obey orders, and the other three are the same.

Gu Qingyan put down the teacup and looked into the distance, now that it is autumn, there is a wind blowing, and it is also a little cool, blowing Gu Qingyan's hair, and he clearly saw the face wearing a mask, the mask is finely made, half mask and half tassel, mainly covering the right half of Gu Qingyan's cheek, Gu Qingyan flicked the green silk in front of his forehead, and said: "Don't worry, let's take a look at the painting boat parade first." ”

It is the forerunner of the Lantern Festival, and before the visitors board the boat, the decorative boat will first parade around the river, followed by the playable boat. After a while, visitors began to board the boat one after another, the painting boat was lit with lights, and the flag floating below was the interactive painting boat, and it was up to the visitors to meet friends with poetry or to meet friends with wine.

A painting boat without a flag is a private painting boat, and you can quietly enjoy this scenery and a quiet night tour. Gu Qingyan's eyes fell not far from him, and after watching the person get on a private painting boat, he straightened out his clothes and took his own person to a private painting boat.

And Gu Qingyan stared at the painting boat, sitting in it is the right inspector Yushi Yuan Zhao Yuan, this Yuan Zhao went here because the old grandmother of the family will celebrate her eightieth birthday, Yuan Zhao deliberately took his wife and children back to Pingcheng to celebrate the old lady's birthday, these two days passing by Langjiang, his daughter Yuan Yin heard that there is a lantern festival of the painting boat, and felt fresh and wanted to stay to play, the husband and wife saw that the time was acceptable, and asked someone to hire a painting boat, at this time Yuan Yin was sitting on the side and looking at the scenery along the way, the husband and wife were also talking and laughing, and no one seemed to think that there was anything wrong.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, Yuan Yin looked for a sound, it was a juggling team performing on the bow of the painting boat, Yuan Yin was curious, so she went to the bow of the boat to see, and Mrs. Yuan went with her after a few words.

The frolicking sound gradually stopped, and a burst of piano sound came into Mrs. Yuan's ears, coming and going, and the melody was a little familiar, so he asked Yuan Zhao: "Can the master hear the sound of the piano?" ”

Yuan Zhao closed his eyes and listened carefully, there was a sound of the piano accompanied by the wind, and he listened quietly for a while and said, "It's a bit like Nanling's tune." ”

Nanling is Mrs. Yuan's hometown, since marrying Yuan Zhao, Mrs. Yuan has almost never returned to her hometown, this song is like nothing, but it evokes that touch of homesickness.

Yuan Zhao loved his wife, and when he saw that Mrs. Yuan's face was a little melancholy, he called the people next to him and asked him to ask where the voice came from and whether he could invite him to see him. After about two quarters of an hour, the slave replied: "Back to the old lady, the painting boat is not far from us, and someone has already asked that the one who plays the piano should be a girl, and that she will not be invited." ”

When Mrs. Yuan heard this, she was a little disappointed, and sighed lightly and said, "That's it, it's inconvenient to force it, it's just that I write a letter, and you transfer it to the girl for me." ”

After that, I walked to the table and wrote a brief letter, which roughly means: I am a native of Nanling, I have been away from home for a long time, and I have not heard the minor tune of my hometown for a long time. If the girl is still here after today, can she gather in Linjiang Building tomorrow, and she should apologize for today's abruptness.

After Mrs. Yuan finished writing, she folded it and handed it to the house slave, who took the letter and went out again. After a while, the slave came back quickly, with a smile on his face, and said, "Sir, madam, the girl will come over in a moment." ”

On the other side, Gu Qingyan deliberately waved his hand and refused when he heard that the painting boat came to invite people for the first time, Su Xin was still puzzled, and later saw the simple letter, Su Xin didn't understand why Gu Qingyan agreed, and then only heard Gu Qingyan say: "If I go as soon as he invites, Yuan Zhao will be a little precautionary when he sees me, don't forget, our painting boat is also a private painting boat." ”

After speaking, the simple book was handed to Su Xin, "Mrs. Yuan is from Nanling, if I am too, is it more reasonable for the two of them to meet in a foreign land?" Su Xin nodded as if she understood, and placed Jianshu on the candle flame according to her habit, and after a while, only ashes remained. Gu Qingyan turned his back and took off his mask and replaced it with a tassel to hide his face, so that he looked much less aggressive.

I picked up the piano and went out, but when I wanted to follow, I listened to Gu Qingyan's instructions: "We may come back faster, everyone has been tired for several days, we are all little housekeepers, you have to prepare things to treat everyone well, wait for us to come back." After speaking, Gu Qingyan tilted her head and smiled, Su Xin laughed embarrassedly twice in her heart, the master in front of her was indescribable.

When Gu Qingyan came to Yuan Zhao, she saw Yuan Zhao's thoughtful eyes, leaned up slightly and said hello, and listened to what Mrs. Yuan said: "This is abrupt girl, I hope the girl will forgive me." ”

Gu Qingyan answered: "Madame is polite, I didn't know that Madame was also from Nanling, so I refused. ”

"So, the girl is also from Nanling?" It was Yuan Zhao who asked, and he always felt that the woman in front of him had seen him, but he couldn't say.

Gu Qingyan nodded: "The master who taught me the piano is from Nanling, but the immortal passed away the year before last." "In the past, the master used to play the piano at the Festival of Lights, but now that she has gone, I have this habit too." ”

Gu Qingyan took her to see why she appeared here, Mrs. Yuan listened to it, and saw Gu Qingyan's pitiful appearance, and said with pity: "The girl's Nanling Xiaoqu is already a nine-point likeness." ”

Gu Qingyan smiled back, and secretly congratulated himself in his heart that his master Qianhuayu was really from Nanling, and he had learned seven or eight points at that time, and he had been practicing for half a month this time, so he could see the results.

Later, he didn't say anything more, Gu Qingyan picked up the piano, and Mrs. Yuan hummed the word in a co-tune...... At the end of the song, as soon as Mrs. Yuan relieved her homesickness, she began to feel tired.

Gu Qingyan sat next to the piano, with no intention of leaving, only quietly looked at the two people in front of him, and suddenly smiled, and Yuan Zhao's words also fell into his ears at the same time: "Who are you?" ”

"Lord Yuan didn't ask, I didn't think about it until the end of the song, is it too late?" Gu Qingyan still sat still, but the pitiful state was no longer half a point. Looking at Mrs. Yuan again, I don't know when, she had leaned on Yuan Zhao's shoulder and closed her eyes.

"Who are you? What did you do to my wife? Yuan Zhao was surprised that the woman in front of him called himself "Lord Yuan", Gu Qingyan put his hand on the table where the piano was played, found a comfortable position, and then said: "Madame is just tired and asleep." ”

Gu Qingyan only answered the second question, Yuan Zhao looked at the breezy expression of the woman in front of him, and couldn't help but be angry: "Who are you and what are you doing?" Now that you know your identity, you should know the consequences! ”

Gu Qingyan smiled and said disdainfully: "The consequences? What the consequences, I only know that I want your life. ”

Yuan Zhao didn't expect Gu Qingyan to be not afraid at all, so he thought that he couldn't come hard, his tone softened, and said: "This girl, Yuan's family wants to come and have no grievances with the girl......"

Gu Qingyan waved his hand: "Lord Yuan's words are wrong, there is a hatred, or a hatred that cannot be let go." ”

Gu Qingyan paused, there was a little movement outside, they all heard it, but Gu Qingyan didn't care, and then said, "Ten years ago, there was a fire in the Thousand Paper Pavilion of the Yunluan Changdi Ji Mansion, which weakened the power of the Changdi Ji and burned a bright path for Lord Yuan." ”

Gu Qingyan's words brought Yuan Zhao's thoughts back to ten years ago......