During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a small village like Wuling Yuan in an unknown remote mountainous area.

The mountains here stand in a forest, the mountains are dripping green, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the clouds and mist are shrouded all the year round, there are many birds and beasts here, the rare fairy grass is all over, there is the dendrobium officinale that is called the "life-saving fairy grass", and there is also the black medicine in the name of "elixir".

Directly north of the village, there is a Taoist temple with yellow walls and blue tiles on the mountainside. I saw that it was built next to the cave, surrounded by ancient cypresses, flowers and trees, and covered in the pine and bamboo.

If you look down on the whole village, you can see the missed villages, the farmland dotted around, the traffic, the smell of chickens and dogs, a pleasant, peaceful scene of paradise.

This village is called Dongsang Village, and the residents have been farming for generations, and the people are simple and have no quarrel with the world.

Halfway up the mountainside, there lives a Taoist priest Pei Zhutian with his hair in a bun, wearing a blue and blue robe, full of fairy spirit.

Pei Zhutian, a diaspora Taoist priest who was obsessed with the art of alchemy, belonged to the Quanzhen Sect. According to his own account, his ancestor was originally a Maoshan Taoist priest from Ge Hong's sect, who was good at alchemy. Later, with the integration of the three religions and the prevalence of the Quanzhen Sect, he was changed to a diaspora Taoist.

Of course, in more popular terms, it is the little Taoist priest who was originally quiet and inactive and devoted himself to cultivating immortals, but because he went astray and indulged in red dust eroticism, he finally degenerated.

"Grandpa, I'm back." The crisp female voice sounded, and I saw a white-skinned girl holding a few peach blossoms in her hands, standing at the door with smiling eyes.

Looking at the appearance of about fourteen or fifteen years old, although the clothes are simple, they have long been slim and elegant, and they have become Peugeot's lovely children.

Pei Zhutian glanced at his granddaughter and sighed: "Spring is peach blossoms, summer is lotus, autumn is osmanthus, winter is plum blossoms, when will you grow up?" I go everywhere to pick flowers all day long, and I really think I am a flower fairy? ”

Pei Xiuxiu pursed her pink little mouth and smiled: "You also said me, what about you, you know alchemy all day long." The useful pill is not refined, and the appetizing pill that I ate last time caused my stomach to be troubled for several days, and I didn't say anything about you. ”

Pei Zhutian shook his sleeves and raised his eyebrows and said: "No big or small stinky girl, if it weren't for the fact that you have been lonely and have no father and mother since you were a child, I wouldn't care about you." ”

"My good grandfather, you're the best, I'll go cook for you right away."

As soon as she talked about this topic, Pei Xiuxiu's big eyes immediately showed a flattering look, and she intimately held Pei Zhutian's hand and laughed.

Pei Zhutian glanced at the sensible little girl and sighed helplessly.

Pei Xiuxiu, fifteen years old, her mother died after giving birth to her due to difficult childbirth, and her father couldn't withstand the blow of losing his beloved wife, and his whereabouts are unknown since then, and he doesn't know whether he lives or dies.

Since then, Pei Xiuxiu and Taoist grandfather Pei Zhutian have relied on each other for their lives, living in seclusion here, although it is coarse tea and light rice, they have also ended up at ease.

In spring, the red rhododendrons all over the mountains, the yellow terraced rape flowers, and the peach blossoms, unknown wild wild flowers can be seen everywhere.

In the summer, the tireless children who know how to sing and catch fish and shrimp by the crystal clear stream laugh constantly.

There are also lotus leaves He Tiantian, elegant lotus flowers one by one. At night, the glow of fireflies and the distant starry sky complement each other, and the sound of frogs and crickets perform an ensemble lullaby.

In autumn, there is a picturesque autumn harvest of the countryside, golden sweet oranges hang on the branches, red persimmons are red in the yellow, and the plump ears of rice are lowered and seem to be waiting for people to pick.

There is always a lot of popularity under the tall chestnut trees, and children are always happy to enjoy the game of "treasure hunting", and the crunchy and sweet raw chestnuts satisfy the taste buds and increase the happiness.

In winter, the snow is wrapped in silver, immersed in the snow-white fairy tale world, and the branches of the trees are full of ice hangings, ice cubes, and ice flowers, which are beautiful.

At the foot of the mountain to the east of Dongsang Village, there are several dilapidated thatched houses, and only a few ancient trees are lush and green to surround the whole thatched house.

This is the home of Pei Xiuxiu's nurse Aunt Zeng and Pei Xiuxiu's childhood sweetheart Zeng Qingfeng.

Fifteen years ago, Pei Xiuxiu's biological mother, who was born not long ago, died unfortunately because of dystocia and hemorrhage, and the neighbor Zeng Auntie sympathized with the poor baby in the swaddling clothes, so she hugged them and breastfed them together, since then their feelings are different, they grew up together, childhood sweethearts, Pei Xiuxiu and Zeng Auntie are also like mother and daughter, and the relationship is excellent.

Who have you ever left? Zeng Qingfeng, nicknamed Zeng Li, is about fifteen years old.

He is more than eight feet tall, with long eyebrows like a sword, black eyes like deep pools, a high nose bridge, and thin lips that are sexy and charming. Although he was wearing coarse linen clothes, he still couldn't hide his outstanding abundance, and he looked like an extraordinary person.

His skin was slightly darker and bronzed, probably the result of years of hard work. The figure is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the chest muscles are developed, and the arms are powerful.

About 16 years ago, a young couple wandered here and settled in Dongsang Village.

This dilapidated thatched house was built by Zeng Qingfeng's father and mother, and decades have passed in a blink of an eye, and the original new house has long been dilapidated in the wind and rain.

Aunt Zeng watched herself change from young to old, and saw Zeng Qingfeng grow up little by little, the only thing that remained unchanged was this thatched house, although it was a little dilapidated, it still stands.

How many times had she wished that the hut would collapse, so that she would have an excuse to take her son away from this sad place, but her hopes were always disappointed, and the house he and she had repaired with her own hands was as strong and secure as she missed him.

When he brought her here, Li Longwei confidently concluded that the land he chose was definitely a treasure of feng shui, and the two evergreen pines in front of the door were flourishing, and the thriving scene was the best witness.

It's a pity that Zeng Qingfeng's father, Li Longwei, came to Dongsang Village to live in seclusion for less than a year, and was taken away by the officers and soldiers who came after him. According to the officers and soldiers, Li Longwei is still a felony in the imperial court who assisted the rebel generals and attempted to rebel, and he has been absconding, and he was finally caught, and it is estimated that nine times out of ten, he will not escape death.

It happened so unexpectedly that Lee was taken away without even knowing the fact that his wife was pregnant.

After watching Xianggong being taken away by officers and soldiers, Aunt Zeng washed her face with tears all day long, and was so sad that she wanted to commit suicide, but she couldn't bear it because of the child in her belly.

After experiencing the initial pain, Aunt Zeng bravely decided to give birth to the child and raise him with her own hands. So the mother and son have depended on each other since then, although they have lived a life of coarse tea and light rice, lack of rice and less salt, fortunately, the mother and son are filial piety, and they are happy.

When Pei Xiuxiu and Zeng Qingfeng were children, the other children in the village always laughed at their fatherless or motherless births, and never played with them in private.

"Brother Qingfeng, it's enough for you to play with me." Pei Xiuxiu said seriously with big eyes.

Zeng Qingfeng nodded and replied, "Well, I will always protect you from letting them bully you." ”

A bunch of mischievous tricksters chased after their butts and hurled, "Oh...... Oh...... A pair of fatherless and motherless wild hybrids...... Hahaha......"

Pei Xiuxiu's watery eyes flowed from the clear spring and cried: "I hate you...... Stay away from me! ”

Six-year-old Zeng Qingfeng impulsively rushed forward and grabbed them for a while, and four or five children scuffled together, screaming.

"Don't fight, don't fight......" Pei Xiuxiu cried worriedly on the side.

Aunt Zeng, who came from afar, pulled away the children who were surrounded and beaten, only to see that Zeng Qingfeng's face and arms were scratched everywhere.

After that, six-year-old Zeng Qingfeng secretly climbed the wall of Wang Dabiao, a blacksmith in the same village, every day, peeked at him to practice martial arts, and then went home to practice secretly.

Pei Xiuxiu, who was squatting on the side digging earthworms, had a childish face full of puzzlement: "Brother Qingfeng, why are you secretly practicing?" ”

Zeng Qingfeng said while punching: "In order to protect you and my mother!" ”

Since then, the children in the village have known that they can't beat Zeng Qingfeng in a fight, and even if three or five of them go together, they can't take advantage of it, so they will never dare to bully them in person, and even verbal ridicule will be exchanged for Zeng Qingfeng's stone-like ruthless fist.

When they were children, Zeng Qingfeng and Pei Xiuxiu were carefree and played around all day long, they would go to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots, pick wild vegetables and wild fruits, and they would also run to the crystal clear stream to catch fish and shrimp.

In the spring, they pick raspberries and shoot bamboo shoots in the rhododendron-covered mountains, and in the summer, they go to the fields to fish for eels or catch fireflies.

Whenever it was too late, Aunt Zeng would always leave Pei Xiuxiu to have dinner with her, and then send her back to the Taoist Temple when she was done.

In autumn, along the ridges, Zeng Qingfeng and Pei Xiuxiu would carry a basket to pick wild chrysanthemums everywhere.

Wild chrysanthemums can be dried and sold as medicinal herbs to the Lu family, a large household in the same village. Zeng Qingfeng, who got the money, would spend a few dollars to buy a few sweet candies or freshly baked fire cakes and share them with Pei Xiuxiu.

With sweet sugar in her mouth, Pei Xiuxiu, who was wearing two pigtails, smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed: "Brother Qingfeng, you are so good, I will marry you when I grow up, okay?" ”

"Good"

"Can you buy me candy every day?"

"Yes, when I grow up, I must get ahead."

"What does it mean to get ahead?"

"I heard my mother say that everything is inferior, but if you are high in reading, you will be called out as a big official."

"Then when you become the champion, how about I be the champion lady?"

"Hmmm......"

……

Creaking sound......

Aunt Zeng walked in with a bowl of fish soup and said, "Ah Li, are you tired of reading?" Come and have a bowl of fish soup to refresh yourself. ”

Zeng Qingfeng pursed his lips and smiled lightly: "Okay." ”

Aunt Zeng asked, "I haven't seen Xiuxiu running to our house in the past few days, have you quarreled?" Both of you grew up drinking my milk together.,Since you were a child, you didn't guess.,Childhood sweethearts.,If you get married as soon as possible in the future, I'll die.。 ”

Zeng Qingfeng frowned and opened his mouth and said: "Mother, now is not the time to talk about the love of children, and it will not be too late for me to enter Beijing next year to catch the title of the gold list." ”

Aunt Zeng retorted with a smile: "Since ancient times, men should marry and women should marry, besides, you have reached the age of marriage, wouldn't it be better to settle down as soon as possible?" Xiuxiu is the daughter-in-law I have always identified, and you can't miss her. ”

Zeng Qingfeng sighed: "I'm afraid that King Xiang is interested in being ruthless!" ”

What do you mean by that? Could it be that Xiuxiu already has a favorite person? ”

Aunt Zeng scolded in surprise: "You, you know what the use of reading all day long, even your daughter-in-law can't look at it, what's the use of your good looks and full of economy?" I don't care, you will go and propose to Xiuxiu tomorrow. ”

Zeng Qingfeng hurriedly comforted his angry mother and said, "Mother, don't get excited, let's take a long-term view of this matter." ”

Aunt Zeng slapped her chest in annoyance and sighed repeatedly, and just as she sighed for a long time, there was a knock on the door........