Jianshui goes south, and the drop drops all the way down. The section of the river within a 100-mile distance from Yumenuma is particularly spectacular, with a constant waterfall and waterfalls, from which the Baishui City in the center of Wanzhou gets its name.

In the Baishui City by the Jianshui River, there is the well-known Feiqiong Tower in the East Continent, which is a good place to watch the waterfall. Sitting in the building, the water splashes drifted into the building with the river breeze, watching the reckless white waves boiling in the gully, listening to the sound of the water and the echo of the high-pitched copper flute, which is enough to make people cry. As a place of interest and historic sites of Feiqiong Tower, there are always people who come from thousands of miles away, just to pay homage to the ancient and modern celebrities in it, and at the same time to see the style of one of the eight views of Wanzhou.

Lu Meng said: "Senior brother, one of the eight views of Wanzhou, Lei Qi Feiqiong, is really beautiful? This time when I arrived in Whitewater City, I would definitely invite a beautiful woman to visit with me. ”

Ling Han said: "There are two of the Eight Views of Baishui City in Wanzhou, in addition to Lei Qi Feiqiong, there is also the Lost Shadow Gate at the east gate of Baishui City. ”

Lu Meng said: "What's so beautiful about a city gate!" It's just a rumor! ”

Lu Meng regretted this when he said this, because he saw a majestic city gate appear like a mirage in the bright sun in the distance.

That is the east gate of Whitewater City, also known as the Lost Shadow Gate, which is the highest point in the city. The origin of the name "Lost Shadow" is because the city gate is slightly curled downward, so that there will be no projection directly below the arch day and night. The origin of the arch, the legend is that when Wanzhou was still friendly with Yuezhou, there were 12 Heluo craftsmen from Yuezhou who led hundreds of clansmen to design and build together with Wanzhou craftsmen, which took three years before and after.

The total height of the arch is seventy-nine feet, the total width is two hundred and thirty-eight feet, the thickness is about thirty-eight feet, the width of the hole is one hundred and three feet, and the height is thirty-six feet. The material of the arches is jade, which is as normal as lime, but if it is applied to it with the ancient recipe of Heluo, it has a strange effect of being indestructible. The whole building has only one arch with a barrel dome on top. There is a huge relief on the front, which is a picture of thunder and thunder. This picture is magnificent, divided into three sections. Therefore, the arch is also divided into three sections, which is in the form of a flying waterfall flow, which is more majestic. If you stand in the arch around sunrise and look into the distance. The morning glow is shining, the red sun is about to come out, and the distant mountains and fields and the arches are covered with a layer of golden light. Only the disciples are still the same, which is amazing.

Ling Han proudly walked into the Lost Shadow Gate, and Lu Meng followed behind him like a dirt bun, looking left and right and feeling that what he saw today was so strange.

Ling Han called, "Hey! Gone, just a city gate! ”

Lu Meng said: "Ming people don't say dark words, I like this city gate." ”

Ling Han chuckled: "Please put away your mantra." Let's go home first, and tomorrow we will take you to Feiqiong Tower to have a good meal. Let me enter the friendship of the landlords, maybe you can still have an affair or something, and I guarantee that you will not want to return. ”

Lu Meng kept his saliva and said: "Those who know me are also Senior Brother!" ”

Ling Han said: "Let's stop making sycophants!" I don't dare to be. ”

As soon as you enter Whitewater City, it is full of bustling streets, with shops on both sides of the street and pedestrians on the road. Lu Meng grew up in the grassland since he was a child, and everything in the city was very strange, whether it was food or play, it was refreshing for him.

It didn't take long to see him stop in front of a rouge gouache vendor, attracted by many strange bottles and cans. As soon as Lu Meng arrived at the stall with a reckless appearance, the pretty women who were originally talking about the price around the stall owner walked away embarrassedly. When the stall owner saw that he had stirred up the business, he was displeased, and he ignored him with a drooping face. Lu Meng didn't realize it, and Ling Han had no choice but to take him away.

After a few steps, Lu Meng found a stall selling clay puppets, and he was attracted by the various clay puppets.

Ling Han had long been accustomed to these things, and he dragged Lu Meng like a disobedient cow through in front of the vendors. Suddenly, Ling Han saw an old man selling broad beans, and he stopped and stopped.

"Grandpa Liu gave me a pack of broad beans!"

The old man who sold broad beans heard someone calling him, and looked up at the young man in front of him, but he couldn't remember where he had seen anyone.

Ling Han smiled and said, "I'm Ling Han!" ”

The old man who sold broad beans suddenly realized when he heard this: "Is it Xiao Ling Han of the City Lord's Mansion?" Ah! I haven't seen you in years, where have you gone? ”

Ling Han said: "In a few years, won't I come back to see you?" ”

The old man who sold broad beans said, "Oops! I don't dare to be! ”

Lu Meng silently watched the floating leaves and the old man on the side, only to know that Ling Han was from the City Lord's Mansion in White Water City.

In the end, the old man who bought broad beans gave Ling Han a large package of noodles and broad beans, and resolutely did not want Ling Han to pay. However, Ling Han was very fast, and he had already secretly put twenty yuan into his cash cabinet between being humble to the old man.

Ling Han happily walked in front with broad beans in his hands. Lu Meng said behind him: "Are you stupid, you give the old man twenty yuan for a penny of spiced broad beans!" ”

Ling Han said: "It's boring for the villagers to ask for money. Besides, this was given to me by Grandpa Liu. You don't know my mother, it's just this bite. She doesn't like the spiced broad beans cooked by other people, so she likes to eat Grandpa Liu's. When I was a child, I didn't run to Grandpa Liu's stall. Hurry up, this thing will taste different when it's cold. ”

Ling Han led Lu Meng through the streets and alleys to the door of a large mansion. Looking at the wall in front of him, Lu Meng said: "This house is so wide, why is the gate so small?" ”

Ling Han said: "This is the back door of the City Lord's Mansion. The front door is wide and is for people from the public house. The backyard is inhabited by the family of the city lord, so the back door is not wide. ”

Looking at the worn smooth copper ring on the door, Ling Han smirked stupidly, looking hesitant.

Lu Meng said: "It's all home, what are you doing in a daze?" Is it close to home! ”

"Bell, bell—" Ling Han slowly pulled the copper ring.

"Crunch-" The wooden door opened, revealing a cute little head.

A little maid in a water-green dress looked at Ling Han at the door with curious eyes. Although she had never seen Ling Han, she could feel a kind of earnest warmth from Ling Han's eyes.

"Who are you looking for?" The little maid has just reached her prime, and her voice is pleasant and beautiful.

Ling Han shook the broad bean in his hand and said, "I'm looking for your eldest lady!" ”

The little maid said: "The eldest lady went to the barracks, and I don't know when I will come back." ”

Ling Han was puzzled when he heard this: "My mother went to the barracks?" What was she doing there? ”

The little maidservant was surprised when she heard Ling Han's words, "What did you say? Miss—your mother? She is only sixteen years old, and she must not lie, or I will call the family to beat you all over the ground to find teeth. ”

Ling Han laughed: "The young lady in your mouth refers to Sister Ji'er?" ”

Hearing Ling Han's words, the little maidservant suddenly realized: "You are talking about the aunt who stayed in the garden." She ......"

Ling Han saw that the little maid wanted to speak and stopped, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "What's wrong with her?" Is she okay? Available at home now? ”

The little maidservant said, "She's here!" Who are you? ”

Ling Han said: "I am her son, she is my mother!" ”

The little maid was surprised again: "It turns out that you are the bastard ......"

Ling Han glanced at Lu Meng behind him embarrassedly, turned his head and said to the little maidservant, "It's me!" ”

The little maidservant said, "I'm sorry, I said the wrong thing!" ”

Ling Han said: "It's okay, you can let me in now!" ”

The little maid nodded hurriedly, opened the door and led Ling Han into the back house.

Ling Han's footsteps were hurried, and he didn't use the little maid to lead the way in the familiar courtyard. Occasionally, he didn't say hello when he saw someone passing by.

When passing by a long corridor by a lotus pond, the three of them happened to be blocked by a group of people.

The little maidservant said to Ling Han: "It's the city lord's wife who is watching the lotus flowers, do you want to avoid it?" ”

Ling Han said: "This is the place where I have played since I was a child, and I don't need to avoid anyone." ”

The graceful and luxurious lady of the city lord was supported by two maidservants and stood by the corridor. The lotus flowers in the pond are blooming, and a group of two or three feet long koi fish wander and play in the pond under the corridor as an old family member keeps throwing fish food into the lotus pond, competing for food.

The lady of the castle lord enjoyed the tranquility and named the largest of the koi fish: Little Pig.

Looking at the "little pig" eating, the city lord's wife laughed heartily and said, "This little guy is so cute!" Look how happy it eats! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! The maidservants and the family around him echoed their voices.

"Hey, who's squeezing around here? All stepped on my feet! Lao Ding, who sprinkled koi food, said loudly.

Ling Han ignored their feelings, pushed aside the crowd and left, Lu Meng following closely behind. His actions frightened the little maid into the face of dirt.

The city lord's wife looked displeased and called the little maidservant: "Xiaoping, who are those two just now?" ”

The little maidservant knelt on the ground in a panic and kowtowed: "Tell Madame, the young man in front is the son of Aunt Liuyuan!" ”

The city lord's wife instantly turned like frost: "Is it him?" She flicked her sleeves and walked out of the hallway.

The servants and the family couldn't catch up with each other, and they were in a panic. The city lord's wife walked out more than a dozen steps, Huo Ran turned around: "Fish up the biggest koi fish for me and send it to the kitchen." ”

When the old man heard this, he was puzzled: "I don't know what to do with sending the little pig to the kitchen?" ”

The city lord's wife said indifferently: "Steaming, I'm hot today, use it to vent my fire!" ”

Lao Ding looked confused after hearing this, isn't "Little Pig" Mrs.'s favorite? How could she be willing to eat it? But since Madame had given the order, he had no choice but to carry it out.

There is a vegetable garden in the courtyard in front of the Lingering Garden, and the vegetables carefully grown are only for the family of the lord of the castle for their own use. There is an artificially drawn stream in the backyard of the Lingering Garden. The bottom of the creek is paved with white cobblestones. The stream gurgles out of the lotus pond and meanders through a small bamboo forest, exiting the city lord's mansion and flowing into the Jianshui River. On weekdays, some simple laundry in the house is washed in front of the laundry counter by the stream.

There are more than a dozen low wooden houses in the middle of the Lingering Garden, which have fallen into disrepair. These cabins are used to store vegetables or other surplus items during the change of seasons.

When Ling Han was young, he remembered that there had never been a person living here.

Lu Meng followed Ling Han into the Lingering Garden, and saw a young woman washing clothes by the stream in the backyard.

The woman was born as praised in the poem: her hands were like soft wattles, her skin was like clotted fat, her face was like a peach blossom, her eyes were bright and her teeth were bright, and she was skillfully slender. At first glance, it is the name of the family's door valve boudoir embroidery pavilion, even if she is wearing a skirt cloth and a hairpin, it is difficult to hide her world-class appearance.

This woman is full of charm in her gestures, and her clothes and water are fiddled with indescribable beauty. This scene naturally aroused the heart of Lu Meng's young Mu Ai.

Lu Meng said to Ling Han stupidly: "I used to think that the most beautiful woman was in the painting, but now I know that the most beautiful woman is an intoxicating painting. ”

Ling Han said in a low tone: "Yes! She's still so pretty. ”

Lu Meng said: "Ming people don't say dark words, I like the woman in front of me." After meeting my aunt, you can introduce me to the girl and get to know her. ”

Ling Han couldn't help but smile: "That's impossible!" ”

Lu Meng grabbed Ling Han's arm in a hurry and said, "Why? Do you also fall in love with her? ”

Ling Han said: "I've been in love with her since I was born!" It is impossible to forget her in this life. ”

Lu Meng complained: "It's over, it's over, you are still childhood sweethearts......"

Ling Han stretched out his hand to cover Lu Meng's mouth, interrupting him and continuing to talk nonsense: "She is my mother!" ”

Lu Meng was dumbfounded, thinking that your mother is too young. He stammered, "Then why did she continue to work when she saw the two of us standing here, ignoring you?" ”

The two of them were still dozens of steps away from the stream. Those who practice martial arts can distinguish people and objects clearly at this distance, otherwise they will not be able to practice riding and archery.

Ling Han said: "My mother likes to dance and ink since she was a child, and it is normal for her eyes to be a little short-sighted if she reads too much. ”

Lu Meng suddenly realized: "Then shout, give the beauty...... No, it's a surprise from my aunt! ”

"Shh Ling Han said: "Don't disturb her, you stay here, I'll go over first." ”

Ling Han's mother's name is Shen Luoyi, who was known as the first beauty in Baishui City more than ten years ago. Time flies, and there are not many people who still remember her.

Ling Han walked lightly and quietly came behind Shen Luoyi. Looking affectionately at his back for the past few years, he felt that she was thinner than before.

Thinking that the city lord's wife is the same age as her mother, she has a graceful and luxurious body, and even retains a baby's fat face. His nose was sore, and tears were about to burst into the embankment.

He quickly wiped his face, and then squatted beside his mother with a smile and whispered softly like a yellow-mouthed child: "Mother! Let's eat some noodles and broad beans! ”

Shen Luoyi stared at the floating leaves with his face as if he had just woken up from a dream, and the crystal tears slid down his snow-white cheeks, like a river on the Tianshan Mountain.

Ling Han gently wiped his mother's tears with his hand: "The child is not filial, and you have suffered!" ”

After speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed deeply, tears welling up in his eyes.

Shen Luoyi looked at Ling Han sadly and said, "You are back!" Your own father was killed in the Moon Temple! I want you to go and kill the people who participated in his murder to avenge him. ”