Wu Yuan looked at the old man suspiciously, "Grandpa, can you tell me about it." Although she consciously believed that Bai Ran would not harm her, she still couldn't help but be curious.

The old man nodded and said, "This is a long story, if you are willing to listen to it, then I will talk about it." Wu Yuan nodded violently, "Yes, yes, grandpa." ”

The old man smiled and said slowly: "This' The legend is that the god of heaven went down to the earth to go through the calamity, to this gourd lake, perceiving the aura overflowing here, and stayed for a period of time, during which he met and fell in love with a mortal woman, and then had to go back to the heavenly realm immediately because of important things, and it happened that at this time the mortal woman was pregnant, and knew that one day in the sky, one year in the ground, the god was worried that the woman had to leave, so he went to find a piece of spiritual jade and carved a jade lock with his own hands, and gave the woman as a token, so that she must wear it every day, and promised to come back to her.

It's just that the spring goes to the autumn and the cold and the summer change, the gods and the women's children will walk, but the gods have not returned, until one day, the sky is covered with black clouds and thunder frequently, and a group of divine soldiers come down from the sky to ask for the guilt, at this time the mortal woman knows that the god of heaven is the son of the father, and the identity is very noble, and the day of departure is due to the failure of the calamity, and he is afraid that the father will investigate the details, so he will go back to receive the punishment by himself.

And because I know that the child who is about to be born has inherited half of his divine power, and will be tracked by heaven after birth, in order to ensure the stability of her mother and child, she injected a trace of her own spirit into the jade lock given to the woman at that time.

Under the anger of the father, the son was locked up, and sent someone to arrest the mortal mother and son, in the entanglement, the woman was injured by the divine power and the blood stained the jade lock, seeing that the medicine stone was about to go without a doctor, at this time the god appeared with the help of the spirit in the jade, and the two said goodbye with deep affection, as the woman's breath gradually disappeared, the god also dispersed the original god by itself.

The father forced his son to repent, and he saw that the face of the heavenly grandson was similar to that of the heavenly god, and the understanding was very high, and he loved it very much, but because he was half human and half god could not enter the immortal book, he left a few small gods who made mistakes to take care of in the mortal world, during that period near the gourd lake, some spiritual creatures have been cultivated into human form by overflowing fairy energy and increasingly vigorous aura, among which the female goblin with the most spiritual power is friendly with the heavenly grandson, and often takes two groups of human gods and spiritual things to cultivate together, and then slowly has a scale, becoming the later Shenxing tribe and spiritual domain, That Heavenly Sun is the ancestor of Shenxing, and the female goblin is the ancestor of the spiritual realm.

After that, the Shenxing tribe is becoming more and more prosperous, becoming a medium of dialogue with the gods, after adulthood, the ancestors of the gods for the reproduction of the tribe, in the annual thanks to the grace of heaven "Lixia Festival" and the ancestors of the spiritual realm married, the token of the father and mother - the jade lock, as a dowry to the ancestors of the spiritual domain, and in the jade lock into a trace of spirit to show sincerity, the ancestors of the spiritual domain is endowed with spiritual power into a contract, at that moment, the colorful clouds and clouds reflect each other, a hundred birds take off and magpies become a bridge, and the two promise each other that the Yellow Spring will never give up. Until a hundred years later, the two immortals died only a cup of tea apart, which is the cause and effect of the 'Jade Deed'.

Therefore, since then, people have regarded the 'Lixia Festival, send the jade lock', as a marriage and a good union for a hundred years. When the words fell, the old man turned his head to look at the little girl who could listen attentively.

Wan Yuan was still a little surprised at this time, stroking the jade lock, thinking about what kind of tradition this is, it is clearly a myth and legend, but she still doesn't understand, if it is really as the old man said, then all the way before, the strange eyes of everyone and the words of the couple seem to be explained.

It's just that if that's the case, then does Bai Ran know this "tradition", and what can be the intention of choosing to give her this jade lock on this day? Or was he unaware of the "tradition" at all, it was just a coincidence, after all, he had said that the lock was originally hers.

Thinking of this, she had already helped Bai Ran automatically transform the act of sending jade into ignorance and no fault in her heart, and she just wanted to say something to the old man again, but she saw the old man get up and say: "Little girl, since this jade is worn, it must be protected, and we will meet again." Several figures flashed out of the enchantment, and "......" Wan Yuan stretched out his hand, but before he could call him, he was gone.

"What to do?" Bai Ran's warm voice came from behind him, and Wu Yuan scratched his ears, turned his head and said to Bai Ran: "An old man just came and chatted for a while." ”

"Oh? What are you talking about? Bai Ran didn't seem to be too surprised, so he only lifted his robe and sat cross-legged beside Wu Yuan.

"Hmm...... Didn't talk about anything, he said he was alone, and he had a grandson who wasn't by his side, and followed, huh...... My friend went out for a while, and I was afraid that he would be upset, so I chatted with him for a while, and he, he also told me...... Said a myth and legend. Thinking of the old man's original words, Wan Yuan simplified the words as much as possible, and when it came to the "myths and legends", she unconsciously blushed a little, and secretly glanced at Bai Ran.

Who knows, Bai Ran has been staring at her, and she was caught at a glance, looking at Bai Ran's eyes with a smile, Wan Yuan felt that she was embarrassed and wanted to jump into the lake again, "What are you staring at me, fruit?" Wu Yuan was embarrassed and angry, and he wanted to blow up his hair.

Bai Ran smiled slightly, didn't answer her, only took out a cloth bag from his side, took out a fruit and handed it over, "I've been playing for a long time, I'm tired, eat quickly, we'll go back after eating." Seeing him like this, Wu Yuan felt that most of it was because he was weak in heart and made a big fuss, so his anger disappeared, and then he lost his temper with some guilt, took the fruit and lowered his head and gnawed slowly, after eating the fruit, the two took advantage of the gray sky to return to the valley.

On the way, Wu Yuan really couldn't resist being a little tired, his steps were slightly vague, Bai Ran leaned down when he saw this, "Come up." Wu Yuan thought that he had stayed up all night, and he was embarrassed to be tired of him, so he wanted to push back, Bai Ran didn't say much, put the things he bought on the ground, pulled her wrist and straightened up, Wan Yuan leaned forward unsteadily, and was so frightened that she firmly hugged Bai Ran's neck, since she had come up, she didn't think much about it, she was really tired, her little head lay on Bai Ran's shoulder, Bai Ran smiled with her eyebrows, lifted her little body up, picked up the things on the ground, and walked steadily on the road between the mountains.

Entering the valley, Wan Yuan smelled the rich fragrance of osmanthus flowers, staring at Bai Ran's side face with hazy eyes, at this time the sky was already white, and it was so close, Bai Ran's appearance made her see clearly, he also didn't sleep all night, he was already wilting, but he was still a refreshed immortal, she raised her finger on a whim and poked Bai Ran's side face, this finger went down, the two of them were stunned, Bai Ran stopped, looked back slightly, looked at Wu Yuan with a surprised and somewhat surprised look, Wan Yuan blushed when he saw it, and his brain suddenly cleared up a little, and in order to ease the atmosphere, he cleared his throat and said, "Ahem, there was something on your face just now." ”

"Oh, yes." Bai Ran was afraid that she would be embarrassed again, so she turned her head with a smile and continued to walk forward, but these words still made her embarrassed.

"Well, do you know the legend about the Divine Tribe?" Wan Yuan continued, she felt that she should let the atmosphere just now pass quickly.

"Yes." Bai Ran's voice was faint.

"How much do you know?" Wu Yuan suddenly became interested.

"More than you know." Bai Ran probably guessed what she was going to ask, as early as when he met the old man before he entered the mountain two days ago, he knew that there were some things that he might not be able to hide, but fortunately, he didn't plan to hide them.

"Then, do you also know the tradition of 'Lixia Festival, send jade locks'?" Wan Yuan was a little apprehensive, she didn't even know which answer she wanted.

"Yes." Bai Ran stopped again, waiting for her to ask, but after he said this, Wu Yuan only said "oh" and didn't mention anything.

After waiting for a while, Bai Ran walked forward again, walked through the flower forest, and entered the wooden house, Wan Yuan jumped off his back, Bai Ran looked at her and said, "Have a good rest today, I'll do lunch, and the homework will be put after dinner." Hearing this, Wan Yuan waved his hand and said: "Don't be, it's this hour, I don't know when I will wake up when I sleep, don't make lunch, just eat some snacks brought back, and start the stove again for dinner." ”

Bai Ran thought for a while and said, "It's okay." Then he urged her to rest, and when she was just about to close the door, Bai Ran lifted his breath and said slowly: "After a while, you have almost learned everything, I can tell you what you want to know, but before that, you just believe me, is it feasible?" ”

Seeing that he looked upright and calm, Wan Yuan looked a little apprehensive and expectant, and ...... Expectation, what is this person looking forward to, she sighed slightly in her heart, every time she saw this appearance, she couldn't bear to refuse, so this time, she still dragged her tired look, gave him a smile, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

got a positive answer, Bai Ran also smiled slightly, stepped forward to close the door for her, turned around and went back to her room, and still glanced at the door with a smile before closing the door, and then lay down on the bed with satisfaction, and went to make up for sleep.

Yuehua County, post station

Yueyun Chu and a few people packed up their simple bags and gathered in the post station, Xiahou Chong asked his deputy to count the number of people earlier, and at this time he was talking to everyone about the arrangements on the road.

"I said it, if you don't take a carriage, Xueyan and I can ride horses, don't you understand what? Grinding, trouble is dead. Yue Yunchu was dissatisfied with Xiahou Chong's arrangement for her to ride in a carriage, and wanted to ride back to Beijing with the large army.

"If you're not the eldest princess, I'll take care of you." Xiahou Chong watched everyone talk to her for a long time, but he still couldn't persuade him, and his temper came up for a while, and he said in an unkind tone.

"I said if I don't sit, I don't sit, two choices, either you go first, I go by myself, or ride horses together, such a long way, I can't go back until the Year of the Monkey by carriage? The road may have been bumped to death. Yue Yunchu's temper also came up and said to everyone.

"Hey, baa, what's not going to die, don't talk nonsense." Xiahou Chun looked at the two of them and stared dryly, afraid that his brother would be blamed for his bad tone, so he glanced at everyone, and hurried out to play the round first.

"Yes, Aunt Huang doesn't talk nonsense, my cousin is also afraid that you will be tired." Yuexiao received the signal and immediately spoke.

"Lord Yan, if Aunt Huang doesn't like to ride in a carriage, can we skip the official road and move forward on the side road instead?" Yue Tianyu thought about it, turned to look at Yan Xingge on the side and asked.

Yan Xingge replied: "Back to His Royal Highness the King of the South, there is a path, but the lower officials do not recommend repurposing, Your Highness should know that recently, Beizhao has frequently disturbed the border, according to the report of the border garrison of Yuehua County, Beizhao Xizuo seems to have recently taken advantage of the 'Lixia Festival' to sneak in, and his whereabouts have not been locked yet, and the purpose and motive are not yet clear, so it is necessary to be careful and take the official road safer." His expression was a little serious at this time, and his words fell, and he turned his eyes to look at Yue Yunchu.

Everyone was a little worried when they heard this, and they all turned their heads to look at Yue Yunchu, who was stunned when she saw this, and said a little angrily: "It's up to me to do it, and I didn't let it in." Then he turned to Yan Xingge, "According to Lord Yan, you should return to the capital as soon as possible, so as not to worry the imperial brother, you say?" ”

Yan Xingge smiled, "What His Highness said is true. Seeing that Xiahou Chong was about to attack him, he said again: "The goal of the carriage is too obvious, and the horse is faster than the carriage for more than three days, so it is indeed more appropriate in terms of the current safety situation." If Lord Xiahou is afraid of extraneous branches, he can ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess and other ladies to wear hats. When the words fell, everyone thought it was feasible, Yue Yunchu also agreed, Xiahou Chong saw that the sky was getting brighter, and he didn't want to miss the hour, so he agreed.

Yan Xingge sent a group of Tianhuang nobles to the gate of Liangxian County, and it was inconvenient for him to send them off when he left the border of Liangzhou, and when he was leaving, everyone deliberately walked forward for a distance, leaving Yue Yunchu and Yan Xingge behind, Yan Xingge smiled at their backs, turned his head to look at Yue Yunchu and said slowly: "It may not be peaceful in recent years, Jingzhong is still stable, don't go out as much as possible...... Your Highness...... Take care all the way. ”

Yue Yunchu looked ahead, heard this, and didn't look at him, turned the horsewhip in his hand, put down the thin silk of the hat, and ran out a few steps with the horse's belly.

Suddenly, I saw the man in front of me reining in the horse's reins, turning the horse's head to face him and saying, "I lost the gift you prepared, I picked it up and kept it for you." Yan Xingge's eyes suddenly lit up, and he heard her say again: "Four years." ”

"What?" He wondered.

"Give you four years to figure out your own affairs, four years later, if you don't go back to Beijing to explain, that thing will be invalid, and then forget about the rivers and lakes, you will be your Lord Zhizhou, and I will still be my eldest princess." Yue Yunchu's voice was flat and she couldn't hear joy and anger, and after speaking, she turned the horse's head again, waved a horsewhip, and the horse's hooves flew towards everyone, and in the dust, she heard a shout behind her: "Okay, wait for me." ”

The corners of the lips of the two compartments are curved, and they are all riding away.