Chapter 1 The snow falls silently
(1) In the middle of spring on the stone bridge, the warmth of the capital is warm, and the screams suddenly sounded on the riverside of the willows.
"Ahh There are thieves! Catch the thief! Seeing that he was discovered, the thin thief naturally ran away desperately, and suddenly his left leg hurt, and he staggered to his knees and fell to the ground, and was caught by Jin Wuwei, who rushed to hear the sound.
On the stone bridge not far away, a girl in a light yellow dress clapped her hands and laughed, it turned out that she had just hit the thief with a flying stone.
At this time, a voice came from behind the girl: "Little girl is messing around." The girl staggered and turned around, looking at the young woman in front of her, smiling unabated,
"How can I mess around, isn't this a righteous help." The woman said, "Jin Wuwei can catch that thief without your help." "The girl stuck out her tongue,
"Faster, senior sister, what do you think of my hand just now?" The woman stretched out her index finger and poked the girl's forehead,
"You've fallen off."
"Oh," the girl touched her bun and heard her sister say, "on the steps." Hurriedly turned around and ran to pick it up, but a person wearing lotus lotus clothes appeared in front of him.
The man picked up the hairpin on the ground, and the girl looked up and saw that it was a young man with a face like a crown of jade, he smiled, and handed the hairpin with one hand.
"Is it a girl's?" The girl nodded and took it,
"Thank you." The man walked past the girl to the top of the bridge, and unconsciously turned back to see her and a woman walking hand in hand towards the west of the city.
"She's so good-looking." The man thought to himself, and walked on. The girl's name is Dan Jiang, and she is a disciple of Nie Yu, the head of the Huashan faction of the Five Peaks League.
Originally, the head of the family only sent Danjiang's senior brother Chi Yuan and senior sister Li Yun to the capital to run errands, but Danjiang had a playful heart for a while, so he begged the master to let her go with him.
"Well," said the master, "you haven't been down the mountain since you entered the mountain, it's been ten years." Dan Jiang nodded like pounding garlic, grabbed the master's sleeve and shook it, the master touched her head and said, "Go ahead." ”
"Thank you, Master!" Dan Jiang jumped up with joy,
"I'll tell Uncle Qing!"
"Go, go, go." The master waved his hand, looked at the figure rushing away, and said to himself: "You are most worried about her in Quanhua Mountain." "Uncle Qing Baili Qing lives alone on the Siguo Cliff - not to think about it, according to Uncle Qing's words, because
"It's remote enough to be quiet enough." In addition, as far as Dan Jiang knows, the cliff is only named
"Thought", no one in Huashan made a mistake and thought about it there.
"Then why do you still want to think about the cliff?" Dan Jiang once asked curiously, but did not get an answer.
From afar, Dan Jiang saw Uncle Qing practicing swords on the cliff, and the sword moves were flowing and free.
Baili Qing put the sword into the sheath, looked at Dan Jiang who was happily climbing the cliff all the way, and said in his heart: "Little shallots are here again." Bai Liqing felt happy, of course, just a little.
It's a good day today, Bai Liqing thought to himself. (2) Huashan Danjiang remembers clearly that she was taken to Huashan by Bailiqing when she was five years old.
"Call me senior." Bai Liqing said to her: "If the head of the sect really accepts you as an apprentice, then you can change your name to call me uncle." ”
"Senpai." Dan Jiang shouted very obediently:
"Will you take me?" Baili Qing wrapped strips of cloth around Danjiang's two small palms, and said lightly: "I don't accept apprentices, okay, climb the mountain by yourself, I will protect you behind." ”
"Oh." Dan Jiang nodded, and the young woman began to walk up the mountain wholeheartedly. In my memory, it was a very long day, the sun was very sunny, I sweated a lot, my legs were very sore, and I was very tired and tired.
The seniors said, if you can't go up, go down the mountain, you can't even climb Huashan, so you want to enter the gate of Huashan. When he saw the houses on the mountain, Dan Jiang knew that he had successfully climbed up.
The senior beckoned to a big sister with a long sword on her back. Yan Tongya smiled: "Hello Uncle Qing, is this doll Uncle Shi's apprentice?" Bai Liqing said: "This is your master's apprentice!" Is she back? Yan Tongya's eyes lit up and said, "Master hasn't come back yet." Bai Liqing pointed to the panting girl sitting on the ground and said, "Then she will be handed over to you to take care of, and when your master comes back, I will bring her over to see her." Yan Tongya said respectfully: "Yes." ”
"Remember to go and think about the cliff and let me know."
"Yes." When Dan Jiang raised her head, Bai Liqing was gone, and she stared blankly at her big sister who helped her up.
"What's your name?" Yan Tongya asked softly.
"Dan Jiang. Big sister, what about the seniors? ”
"She still has something to do, so let's go first. Hey? Your hand ......" Yan Tongya untied the strip of cloth on Dan Jiang's palm.
"Hiss......" Dan Jiang burst into tears in pain.
"Oops, it's bruised." Yan Tongya blew lightly on Danjiang's palm,
"I'll take you to get some medicine...... Did you climb up on your own? Dan Jiang nodded,
"Hmm." Yan Tongya's eyes widened, no wonder there would be bruises, if he hadn't wrapped the strips of cloth, he was afraid that these white and tender little hands would be hurt even more seriously.
Wait a minute?
"You guys came from this road?" Yan Tongya asked in disbelief.
"yes." Dan Jiang said.
“…… How old are you? "Oh my God! Yan Tongya, who heard the answer, roared in his heart, Uncle Shi, you are too much!
Such a little person, you let her climb up from such a steep west peak by herself?! If your foot slips, it's a human life!
Such a smart little doll, how can you be so ruthless! Danjiang later learned that the people of Huashanmen generally go up and down the mountain to take the North Peak Mountain Road, which is longer, but it is smoother than the West Peak Mountain Road.
She just laughed at this, but she couldn't help but secretly feel a little proud in her heart.
"Good boy, you're awesome." Yan Tongya felt sorry for this future little junior sister, and before she could get started, she was tossed by Uncle Qing at the ghost gate.
Yan Tongya took Dan Jiang to the medical hall, and on the way, Dan Jiang was so tired that she fell asleep on her shoulder. (3) Snowy nights
"The person who can make Baili look at it must be good."
"That's right, Uncle Min, I like it very much."
"Aren't you afraid that I will accept her as an apprentice first?"
"Hey, Uncle Min, who are you scaring ......" There was a slight coolness and pain in the palm of her hand, Dan Jiang opened her eyes in a daze, she was held in Yan Tongya's arms, in front of her was a gentle little aunt who was medicating herself, and there seemed to be many people next to her, Dan Jiang felt tired, closed her eyes and turned her head into Yan Tongya's arms.
Later, when Yan Tongya took her to dinner, many senior brothers and sisters gathered outside the door window when they heard the news, wanting to take a look at this sleepy-eyed little junior sister.
When Nie Yu returned to Huashan the next day, he was a little surprised, because he had not yet sat down in Changkong Hall and listened to the gossip of the disciples.
Dan Jiang, who was led to Changkong Hall by Yan Tongya, was not afraid of life when he saw a room of people, but he only felt that the aunt who was called the head of the house was very kind, and he also knew that she would be his master in the future, and he turned his head to see the senior sitting on the chair and was also very happy, so he smiled straight at Baili Qing.
"It's a good seedling." Nie Yu pinched Danjiang's shoulders and arms, looked at her carefully for a while, and asked Bai Liqing: "You don't think about it yourself...... Bai Liqing held her chin with one hand, looked out the window, and interrupted her: "You know me." Nie Yu knew that if he persuaded again, Bai Liqing didn't know what he would say, if it was boring to bluff Dan Jiang, he asked Dan Jiang to worship her teacher and officially accept her as an apprentice.
Baili Qing's unruly and withdrawn and perverse temperament is famous, but in Danjiang's eyes, this is not the case.
Dan Jiang felt that Uncle Shi's temper was very good. Because of this, the task of sending messages to Bailiqing fell on Dan Jiang.
Although the road to the cliff is not easy to walk, but Dan Jiang climbed up the mountain from the west peak, didn't he, the senior brothers and sisters thought about it, and felt that they were really not kind, but even the head of the house said to Dan Jiang: "Since Uncle Qing likes you, you can go and see her more when you have time." ”
"Yes!" Dan Jiang responded. She likes to go to see Uncle Qing, and Uncle Qing has never said that he doesn't want her to come, and often gives herself fruits to eat.
A senior sister once asked Dan Jiang intentionally or unintentionally if Uncle Qing had taught her any tricks.
"Nope." Dan Jiang blurted out. The innocence of that face made it clear that she was not lying.
Yan Tongya, who was passing by and heard the conversation, looked stunned, and the senior sister left in a daze.
"Senior Sister Yan, what's wrong with you?" Dan Jiang turned to look at Yan Tongya and asked puzzledly.
"It's nothing, let's go, senior sister steamed the buns and took you to eat."
"Good!" Danjang loves snow days. Especially on snowy nights. Dan Jiang has always remembered a night when he was ten years old.
Because I ate too much tea, I couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, so I went out alone, and unexpectedly saw Uncle Qing in a clearing...... Snowballs are being built.
"I just wanted to play on a whim, why did you come here?" Uncle Qing seems to be in a good mood.
On the snowy ground, the master and nephew built a big snowman. Baili Qing jumped to the cliff and broke off two plum blossoms.
Dan Jiang inhaled his nose vigorously and exhaled a cloud of white gas,
"It smells so good!" Bai Liqing plucked the flower buds to make the eyes of the snowman, and inserted the flower branches into the hands of the snowman on both sides.
Dan Jiang clapped his hands and laughed,
"Interesting!" Uncle Qing also had a smile on his face. Snowflakes began to fall in the sky, Danjiang raised his eyes and looked, the whole Huashan was dressed in a white robe, extremely beautiful.
The snow fell silently, on Mount Hua, on the heads and shoulders of the master and nephew, on the snowman and the plum blossoms.
This quiet and beautiful moment was cherished by Dan Jiang in his heart. (4) The carriage is about to go down to Huashan at the age of fifteen.
Bai Liqing looked at her, thought about it again and again, and admonished: "Keep a snack on the rivers and lakes, don't take care of people, don't believe the words of others, no matter what kind of person you are, you must always think more about yourself." Bai Liqing said that she felt that she was troubled, and the advice of the people who came over often did not play a role, of course, whether she was willing to say it was her own business, whether she could listen to it or not, it was the little girl's own business.
"Hmmm! I remember! Dan Jiang smiled. Bai Liqing pinched her face, thought about it again, and finally didn't say anything more.
This trip was originally smooth, but at this moment, on the outskirts of the capital, Dan Jiang's mind was blank, and all that filled his body was pain and panic.
Yesterday, the senior brother and sister were urgently called away, and for safety reasons, they asked Dan Jiang to stay in the capital temporarily, and then take her back to Huashan after the incident.
Dan Jiang sneaked out of the city to look at the flowers bored, but unexpectedly bumped into two waves of people fighting each other, looking at the costume, she could only recognize one of them as a beggar.
Dan Jiang was not stupid, he turned around and ran away when he saw this, but he was still discovered. This is the first time in Danjiang's life that he has fought with people in the rivers and lakes, and the first time is life-threatening.
The stranger in gray didn't allow her to distinguish anything at all, the long knife attack was as fast as lightning, Dan Jiang was caught off guard, and his own strength was still difficult to match.
She knew that she had been wounded in several places, and in the flash of lightning, the wings of death had come upon the little girl, and great fear came over her, and her moves became even more messy.
"Whew!" A bamboo stick swept from the side with a strong wind and repelled the gray-clothed man.
"Run!" Dan Jiang heard the beggar disciple who made the bamboo stick shout to herself, and she stumbled forward.
A group of people appeared in front of Dan Jiang's eyes, is this friend or foe? Is it a blessing or a curse? The little girl's mind was already spinning, and in fact she couldn't run either, so she fell to the ground.
There was a commotion in her ears, and it was pitch black in front of her, and when the black fog cleared, Dan Jiang realized that she was lying in a moving carriage, and the fragrant smell penetrated her nose, and she saw a face that seemed to be somewhat familiar.
Who is this...... The beggars need help...... Dan Jiang opened his mouth, but he couldn't make a sound, and was once again embraced by the darkness.
There was a voice outside the carriage,
"Master Hou, we followed the road to look for it, and we didn't find anyone, but there were indeed many traces of a fight."
"Well, then don't bother." In the carriage, the man sitting next to Dan Jiang said lightly, stretched out his hand to caress Dan Jiang's white face,
"I didn't think we'd see each other again." He is the person who picked up the Danjiang pearl hairpin on the stone bridge before - Li Ruining, Marquis of Yueping.
(5) Hou Fu Yue Ping Hou likes Danjiang very much. Not only because of her beauty, but also because Dan Jiang is more simple and hearty than those wealthy and noble women who follow the rules, and she is not pretentious.
Danjiang's bright and clear eyes didn't seem to be able to hide anything, and Yue Pinghou could see that she was from a civilian background, attracted by the rich mansion and the luxurious Ayaluo Zhucui, and could also see that she had no greed for these things outside her body.
"It's commendable." Yue Pinghou was secretly delighted. He asked Dan Jiang to recuperate in the Hou Mansion with peace of mind, invited the imperial doctor to treat Dan Jiang, asked the servants not to neglect her, and sent people to the inn to wait for Dan Jiang's senior brothers and sisters, and he would run to her as soon as he was free.
What made Yue Pinghou feel angry and funny was that Dan Jianglian
The "Marquis" didn't know anything, of course, after talking about how he had made a contribution, the Marquis of Yueping got the praise of the little girl as he wished.
After several considerations, Yue Pinghou made up his mind, and when Dan Jiang was able to get up and go to the back garden with him to play, he solemnly asked Dan Jiang for marriage.
He was confident that Dan Jiang had no reason to refuse, and she also liked herself, who wouldn't see it? As a marquis, he has a prominent reputation, and he has countless glory and wealth, although Danjiang is from a humble background and has the wrong door, but he is able to place a new identity for Danjiang.
From now on, the girl on the tip of Yue Pinghou's heart will no longer need to set foot in the rivers and lakes, if she doesn't meet herself this time, she will definitely lose her life!
Dan Jiang's eyes widened, and he didn't know how to react for a while.
"I ...... He's a swordsman. Dan Jiang was stunned for a while before squeezing a sentence. Yue Pinghou smiled: "I know, you will be Mrs. Houfu in the future, yes, you will have nothing to do in the future, you can dance the sword in this garden, and Benhou will also come to appreciate it." ”
"No, huh...... It was so sudden, I was a bit of a mess. Dan Jiang said.
"Oh, indeed, it's me who didn't think it through, if you think about it carefully, we still have to find a day to visit your master, or we will go when your senior brother and sister come back." Dan Jiang lowered his head to avoid Yue Pinghou's fiery gaze,
"I'll think about it again, I'll think about it alone."
"Okay, I'll go back first, the garden is very big, you can go shopping again, but don't get tired." Dan Jiang nodded, watching Yue Pinghou's figure disappear behind the moon gate, and slowly sat on the stone bench on the side.
What does it feel like to be in love with someone? Your heart will be filled with the person who will take the place of everything and take the place that is most important in your life at this time.
Walking or sitting, eating or sleeping, you can't help but think of him, his appearance, his glances, his smiles, his words and deeds, and everything related to it, including the fantasy of the future with him, and the corners of your mouth and eyes will be dyed with happiness.
Dan Jiang really likes Li Ruining, during this time in the Hou Mansion, although it is not comfortable to recuperate, but she thinks of Li Ruining, and when she sees him, she feels very happy, which is a beautiful feeling that she has never had.
Dan Jiang only hopes that this sweetness will never end, but Li Ruining's sudden marriage proposal forced Dan Jiang to think seriously - she is willing to be with Li Ruining forever, but in fact, can she marry Yue Pinghou?
No. Dan Jiang had to face this cold answer. (6) Long Street Danjiang's heart was twisted.
They are not the same kind of people at all, and the gap between the two cannot be bridged with effort.
Dan Jiang likes the handsome and gentle Li Ruining, and he can't deny that the life of the powerful is so comfortable that he seems to be in the Heavenly Palace, everything here is so fascinating, but if she puts down her long sword because of this, stays away from the rivers and lakes, and is detained in this deep mansion compound all her life, it is Dan Jiang who is absolutely unwilling.
Yue Pinghou's liking for himself, will it be just a momentary novelty? What's more, his words reveal disdain and indifference to the martial arts she loves, so can his liking for him survive after the inevitable differences in the future become bigger and bigger?
Dan Jiang's nose was sour, his eyes became blurry, and on a also sunny day in his memory, his senior brother Ah Zheng stretched out his voice while squatting on the horse, and recited in a subdued voice: "Fish, I want to do what I want; Bear's paws, as well as I want. You can't have both, and you can't have both, and you ...... take the bear's paw instead of the fish," she stood in front of her brother and tilted her head and asked, "Why do you have to say that you can't have both fish and bear's paws?" The senior brother laughed when he heard this, but what the senior brother said later, he can't remember it now, and the clearest memory is only the senior brother's smile as bright as the sun.
Tears fell on the back of her hand, Dan Jiang deeply missed her master, uncles and sisters, the sky, mountains, springs, bright moons, stars, and white snow of Huashan, she couldn't wait to go back immediately, but at the same time, she was very reluctant to leave Li Ruining.
How happy it is when you like someone, and how painful it is when you give up. Dan Jiang sat alone in the garden for a long, long time, until the sun was setting in the west, she returned to the room, and changed into her original clothes, which had been scratched and stained with blood before, but now they had been washed and mended by the servants of the Hou Mansion.
Taking the sword with a long indigo blue sword spike, Dan Jiang opened the door and saw the Marquis of Yue Ping.
Dan Jiang was flustered in her heart, looking at the handsome Li Ruining, she was even a little shaken.
"What are you ......?" asked Yue Pinghou in surprise. Dan Jiang gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, straightened his back and hugged his fists: "Thank you Lord Hou for saving me, I have been bothering for many days, it's time to leave." Yue Pinghou grabbed Dan Jiang's arms,
"What are you...... Don't want to? Won't you marry me? Dan Jiang's eyes uncontrollably welled up with tears again,
"Yes, I don't."
"No, you're lying." Yue Pinghou stared at Dan Jiang and said categorically,
"You're obviously willing to be with me, you like me, don't you?" Tears crossed Dan Jiang's cheeks,
"But I was born in the rivers and lakes, grew up in the rivers and lakes, and I want to walk in the rivers and lakes all my life, even if it is full of swords and swords, dangerous crises, I also belong to this piece of the world, I don't want to, I don't want to do anything as a lady of the Hou Mansion, just like, just like you will not be willing to give up the position of marquis." Yue Pinghou's forehead was bulging, his eyes were red, and he asked again unwillingly, "Have you thought about it?" Really don't want to? Really leaving? ”
"I don't know how to repay you, but I really don't want to." Yue Pinghou shook his head while listening, he grabbed the sleeves of Danjiangdao with both hands, and finally let go of his hand, let go of his hand, hung his head and said, "I don't need anything in return, you can go." On the way from the Hou Mansion to the inn, Dan Jiang walked slowly alone for a long, long time, and it seemed that it was too long to reach the destination.
As he walked, tears flowed uncontrollably, and Dan Jiang wiped his eyes with the back of his hand indiscriminately, telling himself that he must not turn back.
Dan Jiang sent away the servants of the Hou Mansion who were still guarding the inn room, and fell on the bed, curled up in a ball, she still felt uncomfortable in her heart, and couldn't help crying.
In the haze, it seemed that someone was whispering,
"The little girl doesn't even cover the quilt."
"Why does it smell like medicine?" Dan Jiang opened his eyes and immediately threw himself into the arms of the person in front of him,
"Senior sister!"
"Eh, and Senior Brother," Chi Yuan said as he stood at the door.
"What's going on?" Li Yun felt that something was wrong, and gently stroked Dan Jiang's head.
"I want to go back to Huashan......"
"Well, okay, let's leave tomorrow," Li Yun hugged her, thinking, forget it, let's ask later.
Tomorrow, I will return to Huashan.