"Smoke white, wake up."

"Yanbai, what are you waiting for, why haven't you woken up yet."

Shaking underneath, even if you lie down, you can feel a little unstable, the sound of water? Are you on a boat? Barely standing up and squinting at the place where the sound came, a black shadow sat on the bow of the boat, two ears fluttering above his head, something flicking behind him.

Fox?

The moonlight shone down, and a red fox looked at him from the bow of the boat, his crooked fox eyes full of smiles.

"Forgotten? Is that you? Ye Yanxing asked in a low voice.

The red fox walked up to him with his tail wagging his tail and sat there quietly without opening his mouth, "Yanbai, I pass by here on some official business, and I feel the smell of acquaintances to lead you into a dream." ”

"What?"

"I and the two of them came to the human world to cruise, and we sensed the activation of the demon formation many times, but when the time came, we repeatedly failed." The fox squinted, his tail hanging to the side and tilting his head to look at him, "The last time I felt that weirdness, there was a breath of your little Muzhi and the terrible scene after the catastrophe nearby, and I probably guessed what happened." Fortunately, I knew the boy well, so I pursued the faint smell and went to a cave. ”

"It's the man." As soon as he opened his mouth, he knew that the people who had conflicts with Mu Zhi forgot that the source of the three of them chasing all the way must be Luoyun National Teacher.

"It's really a Taoist." He yawned and opened his eyes lazily, "It's really amazing, the place where the man was staying was full of blood and souls, I asked him what he was doing, and he replied that he was cultivating the method of immortality, and he wanted to trick me into the copper furnace." ”

The crimson fox tail stood up, "It scared me at that time, I accompanied Liao Qian for hundreds of years, and promoted the fox fire alchemy pill for him for a thousand years, and it was the first time that someone wanted to refine me." I was a little afraid that a fire would put him into reincarnation with those wreckage, and I was really interested in the confiscated magic tripod and a few documents. ”

Ye Yanxing was not interested, leaned on the side of the boat and reached out to dip into the cold lake water, "Then why do you want to come to see me?" ”

"Among the several documents, I have to do with you, so I came." The red fox smiled treacherously, "Do you want to see it?" Smoke white. ”

"Don't look at it, you say, I still quite like the momentum of your chatter when you speak in ventriloquism."

The red fox made a long story short and concisely said the part of those national masters in the Chinese book about friends, got up and arched Ye Yanxing's left arm, "It's not a big injury, it's good to raise it for a while, but you are no different from mortals now, your body is still much weaker than ordinary people, take care of yourself, don't get hurt easily, everyone is worried about you." ”

Ye Yanxing was so weak that he lowered his entire arm, "It's me who is willful and makes you worried." ”

The cold wind blew, the moon on the horizon was covered by dark clouds, the red fox looked at the sky, and sighed, "Yanbai, it's time to go, it's good to see you again." Heqian misses you too, come back soon. ”

The boat capsized, Ye Yanxing sank into the water, and the lake water in early autumn was bitterly cold. I can't go back.

"Brother Lu, Childe is awake."

"Smoke, smoke, wake up." Ye Yanxing opened his eyes and watched Lu Zhiyuan reach out and stroke his forehead, "People are still a little confused, but the fever is over." ”

"Ah, it hurts, I always feel like I'm dead, but it hurts all over my body." I really don't want to wake up from a dream, at least it won't be so painful.

"Dead what, burned and confused? kept saying some inexplicable things, confusing me and Jiang'er. ”

Ye Yanxing covered his head, his head still hurting a little, "Where am I?" ”

"This is Luoying Valley, Jiang'er took you to the cottage, and now the shopkeeper has become Mochizuki, fortunately, it was not too late to fall the door, so he sent you over overnight." Lu Zhiyuan looked at Ye Yanxing, who was stunned, his eyes were distracted and lackluster, "My left arm is broken, I have helped you fix it, but after you recover, you have to pay more attention to it, and you can't use any more force." ”

"In the future, a few of us will live here, you, me, Jiang'er and the child. Look at me, huh? Smoke shop, he didn't cherish it, let him miss it. ”

Jiang Er held the child and stayed aside, watching Gongzi lying on the bed like a puppet with a lost soul, anxious but didn't know how to speak.

"Brother Lu, don't persuade me, let my son rest."

He watched the prince and the prince know each other and love each other, no matter what, he didn't believe that the prince would abandon the prince, they obviously paid so much for this relationship, something must have gone wrong in the middle, it would become like this, but in the current situation, he just wants to protect his son.

After waking up, Ye Yanxing leaned against the window in a daze without eating or drinking, the person was getting thinner and thinner, and the two tried to ask him to drink medicine and eat, but they met with strong resistance, constantly vomiting and coughing, until his mouth was full of blood. Lu Zhiyuan shook his head and said that he couldn't save this person anymore.

Jiang Er knelt in front of him with the child in his arms and begged him, no matter how much the wailing voice could not reach Ye Yanxing. The shape of the bones, the handsome and graceful beauty of the past, the unparalleled beauty of the past no longer exists.

The child is always naturally sensitive, easy to be affected by the surrounding atmosphere, sobbing and crying, Jiang Er coaxed and hugged the child and couldn't stop crying, thinking that he was afraid that he was hungry, so he took him to the kitchen to warm goat's milk. Looking at the milky milk in the pot, I fed it with a mouthful of cold.

Looking at the little master who was full and asleep, he warmed another pot of goat's milk, walked to Ye Yanxing's side, stirred the bowl of milk with the spoon, and whispered.

... ...

"Childe, do you remember what Jiang'er said to you in the Wasteland Palace? If you die, I'll die next to you. ”

"Brother Lu said that you don't want to live, so he can't save it, if you can't save it, don't save it, just let Jiang'er go with you all the way."

"It's just Childe, in the next life, can Jiang'er still serve you."

After talking for a long time, Ye Yanxing never responded, put down the bowl in his hand, and took out the knife he brought from the kitchen, "Childe, Brother Lu said that you don't have a few days, Jiang'er will go there first to get some work, just wait for you to come." ”

The warm blood splashed the back of his hand, Ye Yanxing turned his head to look at the little guy who was lying on his lap, tears suddenly fell, his voice was hoarse and shouted Lu Zhiyuan's name, his throat was cloudy, but the child on the side cried loudly for him, fortunately, Lu Zhiyuan hurriedly rushed over when he heard the movement, looked at the scene in front of him and was annoyed, untied the rope above Jiang Er's wound, and lost his temper at Ye Yanxing for the first time, "If you want to die, you will die alone, and I will keep Jiang Er to take care of Mu Yan for me." ”

"It's really a worry-free master and servant." Lying on the couch with Jiang'er in his arms, he took out the pill and gave it to him, loosened the rope, and disinfected the wound.

Ye Yanxing forcibly walked to the couch, looked at the pale little servant, choked up and said, "Jiang'er, don't cherish this life, the next life... Poop, no more. ”

"Childe, you, finally accept me." Jiang Er woke up faintly and reached out to touch his master's face.

"You said so, how can I ignore you, you are forcing you to die." Ye Yanxing shook that hand back.

"Well, you can't die now."

Lu Zhiyuan took out a silver needle, applied the needle to Jiang Er's sleeping point, took off Ye Yanxing's bloodstained white shirt, helped him lie on the bed, and gave him the medicinal powder to drink, "Yes, you two, if you don't rest, you will die." ”

After living in Luoying Valley for a long time, Ye Yanxing drank the medicine sent by Lu Zhiyuan every day, and in order to give birth to Mu Yan, his Yuan power was exhausted, he knew that these things were no longer of any help to him, everything was just to make the two of them feel at ease. Closing your eyes and falling asleep is also like a smoke in the past, entangled in yourself and unable to sleep. The babbling child in his arms was his sustenance, he was sorry for the child, he was immersed in the grief of heartbreak, he didn't take care of him at all, a pair of small hands held his fingers and desperately stuffed them into his mouth, smiling happily. "Oh, you can't eat this."

Accompany him well and raise him to grow up, as long as this is good, the past is cloudy.

"Zhixing, I want to leave Luoying Valley and find a friend."

"Is it so sudden?" Lu Zhiyuan stopped flipping through the books, and sighed helplessly, he was a doctor, the person who knew his physical condition best except Ye Yanxing, knew that he had no medicine and no doctor, and just wanted to extend his life for him. "Where are you going?"

"It's not sudden, I mentioned it to Jiang'er earlier, and he agreed." Ye Yanxing hugged his son and teased, Mu Yan reached out and grabbed his father's hand, "I'll leave tomorrow, Yan'er is still young, I can't leave him alone." ”

"Smoke shop, where are you going?"

"Go to the outskirts of the city, and there is a desperate situation on the outskirts of the city to the west."

"But your body is so weak that you can't stand the bumps."

"It's not going to die, I know it's hard, but I still have to take care of my smoke and live well, right?" Wen Zhou said that there were people waiting for me there, and since there was a place to go, it was better to go.

Mu Yan was already a little heavy, Ye Yanxing's arm was no longer allowed to bear this weight, Lu Zhiyuan looked at the father and son, and his heart was full of sorrow, and he couldn't speak.

"By the way, Zhixing, there is something I want to ask you."

"Do you really want to do that?" Lu Zhiyuan hesitantly held the medicinal powder in his hand, "It will hurt, Yanxing." ”

"It's okay, I can stand it."

Ye Yanxing carried a thin bag and said goodbye to Lu Zhiyuan in front of the small building.

"Are you leaving?" Lu Zhiyuan turned around and closed the small building, dropped the copper lock, and reached out to take his burden, "Then let's go." ”

"Zhixing, is this going to leave with me?" Ye Yanxing was stunned, "Don't you want this Luoying Valley?" ”

"Yes, no, if you chase me, I will have nowhere to go." Smiled and handed over the hat, "Don't drive me anymore, even if you really want to drive me away, please let me take you to your destination." ”

"Now I have nothing to worry about except you and the child, Mochizuki has become the shopkeeper of the cottage and has a place to go, and my small building and Luoying Valley will be left to him."

Ye Yanxing nodded and said okay.

It is said that the road is not far, but the place where the carriage can reach is limited, a few people can only move forward on foot, the mountain road is dangerous, Ye Yanxing's physical condition is too bad to hurry, he walked for three whole days and still circled in the mountains, but the worst thing is that he doesn't know where to go.

"Smoke shop, is this remote and winding place really inhabited?" Lu Zhiyuan supported the weak Ye Yanxing, watching him hold his chest and gasp softly, this mountain forest is continuous and precipitous, no one has come here, last time he also went into the mountains to look for medicine with a fluke, I really can't believe that there will be someone.

"How can there be people here, Zhixing, of course there are only earth fairy spirits here." Ye Yanxing reluctantly replied with a smile, looking at the child in Jiang Er's arms, "Mu Yan's food is not enough, you have to hurry up." ”

There was a loud noise overhead, a few leaves fell, and several people looked up, and a red fox was lazily lying on a tree yawning. "Now, it's time to take us over, Muyan will starve any later."

"Is this..."The fox who collects medicine for himself?

"Follow it." The four paws are black, and the red fox in front of him is not forgotten, but it is definitely not out of the relationship.

The fox walked and stopped with spirituality, and took a group of people to the courtyard, a red-clothed girl stood in front of the door and waited, facing the sky, only the red sand between her foreheads, and said respectfully to a few people: "The mountains are covered by fog, the mountains are stacked, the slave family's qualifications are limited and the mana is shallow, and it is impossible to sense that someone has entered the mountain. ”

"How dare you, thank you for taking it in." Ye Yanxing thanked.

"What a friend, the fox lord is the benefactor of the slave family." The woman in red hid her face and smiled, "It's been a hundred years, and the slave family still remembers that the fox monarch has a bad memory, and now he really forgets about people." ”

"The slave family is Miss Mu Zhi's ginseng essence red jade that was captured back to the mountain mansion to play, Miss didn't know how to destroy my roots, you felt pity for the wisdom of the people, so you sent me back, and dripped the essence blood to help me take root and enlighten my wisdom." The slender white fingers touched the red sand, "The grace of saving lives will never be repaid." ”

After showing that he was not a suspicious person, he leaned over to greet everyone, "A few people have trekked hard, please come in, and I hope you don't dislike the humble house." ”

In winter, the cold wind of Baijue Mountain howls and the world is plain, blocking the road up and down the mountain, and thick snow accumulates in the courtyard. The door of the house was pushed open and a white figure ran out, it was a chubby ball, the red fluttering cheeks and the corners of the eyes were slightly raised, and he looked angrily at the red fox that came out behind him.

Foxes fluttered in the snow and ran around the balls. The dumplings hurriedly followed it, but they were dizzy and almost unable to stand.

The fox ran to a distance and stopped, shaking its head to look at him, and the ball ran over to it with joy. Not far away, the little fox suddenly jumped towards him, knocked down the ball and rubbed hard, squinting the fox eyes as if laughing. Tuanzi hugged it and rolled in the snow, making it covered in snow, "Little fox, you stole my second uncle's marinated bacon again, he was so angry this time." ”

"That was the second uncle who specially stayed in the winter to cook for my father, you ate so secretly, I want to arrest you back."

When the fox heard that he was going to punish himself, he suddenly shrank up and got out of his embrace, and ran to the side of the green bamboo that was bent by the snow, and stepped on the bamboo fiercely, and the snow fell down and buried the little ball.

The snow bag was silent, the little fox was surprised and hurriedly rushed back, shaved his paws, revealing the ruddy face of the ball, seeing that he pursed the corners of his mouth and seemed to be a little angry, got up to shoot the snowflakes, and ran back to the house with his little shoes. The fox was so flattering that he followed him step by step, and from time to time ran to the group to look at him, and was very afraid.

Ran into the room and smelled the aroma of the room, and my stomach was so hungry.

Moved a few chairs, gathered around the dining table, climbed into his own chairs, waited quietly for the second uncle to finish frying the remaining dishes, and called everyone to dinner. The red fox crossed his feet on the side of the chair and shook his warm ears.

Jiang Er opened the curtain with the hot dishes and walked in, and said happily: "Okay, you kid, you are always playing with foxes, have you studied hard?" ”

"Have you washed your hands? It's time to eat. ”

Ye Yanxing hugged the velvet blanket, draped it on Mu Yan's body, took out a Jinpa, wiped his somewhat damp hair, and retied the two small horned buns, "Let's eat." ”

Eat without saying a word. The three of them ate the meal slowly, and two servings of vegetarian stir-fry, one steamed meat, and one bowl of broth on the table were enough.

Ye Yanxing leaned on the couch to tell Mu Yan a story, and when he was talking, he was tired, the corners of his eyes were heavy, and he fell asleep.

Mu Yan looked up at his father who was asleep, crept up, and stroked his pale face, "Daddy has a good dream." ”

Even though he was asleep, he seemed to hear the words, and wrapped his arms around his son.

Mu Yan found a comfortable position in that embrace, lay down, warmed up, and the two of them slept well.

The past is sweet in the dream, and I don't want to wake up. But this dream was so long, so long that it made him heartbroken and lonely, and he couldn't stop crying when he woke up.

Six years have passed, and the child in my arms has become more and more like the person I am worried about. Fortunately, he is lively and laughing, and he is not like his two biological fathers, who go over the mountains and rivers to stir up the mountains and forests, and every day there are little elves who come to Hongyu to complain, so that as long as Hongyu feels that there is a strange atmosphere around her, she feels that she is here to tell her about the brutal crime of this little overlord. It is said that this kid has been tossing and turning in the forest all day long, but he has not fallen behind at all, and he is very clever in drawing inferences from one another, and now he is much more knowledgeable than his second uncle.

It's good to live this life so peacefully, that's what he thought at the time, and he didn't ask for anything more.

Jiang Er walked in with the brocade box in her hand, looked at Mu Yan who was asleep, and said in a low voice, "Brother, it's time." ”

After leaving the palace, Ye Yanxing didn't want to remember those respectful and orderly pasts, if he regarded Jiang'er as a friend, he was sorry for his affection for him, and called Jiang'er his younger brother. Jiang Er was an orphan child, and remembered that his family could not be with the second lady of the son, so he cried and called his brother.

The fruit is white and round, and it is delicious to look at, but the entrance is sour, and from time to time the body gushes out bursts of warmth, and the face is ruddy. Mu Yan's body has long been hollowed out, his foundation is weak and he has been injured, I thought it was just that I couldn't use any more strength, but now it is winter, and my whole body is in pain, and I rely on these life-protecting elixirs to save my life, especially the broken left arm, which is stabbed as if I will experience that day again.

"Brother, this year's snow is much heavier than in previous years, Brother Lu will not return after going down the mountain for a few days, I am afraid that the mountain snow will close the road, and it will take more time to get up the mountain."

"It's hard to say." Ye Yanxing drank honey water and replied softly, "There is a lot of cold this year, and the villagers can't withstand the cold, and Zhixing is afraid that he is still treating patients in the hospital." ”

"It's really surprising, it's almost spring, the snow is still falling, and a lot of animals have frozen to death in the past few days."

"Yes, don't talk about those animals, even the red jade is lazy by taking advantage of the cold."

Jiang Er stirred the charcoal fire with an iron branch, and the tips of her ears were red, "A while ago, Mu Yan chased me and asked where Sister Hongyu went, and I don't know if she is doing now." ”

"Don't mention it, there is an air tube tube red ink, it is too clever, if it hadn't been discovered early, it would have been taken by Mu Yan to dig out the red jade by the roots." Ye Yanxing had a headache, "This fox knows that Mu Yan is looking for Hongyu, but he can't find out her body." ”

Looking at Jiang Er's sighing appearance now, he completely lost the surprise when he heard that Hongyu is ginseng essence, after too much experience, Lu Zhiyuan was so calm that he was no longer moved.

Although the red jade is a hundred years of ginseng, but because of the lack of talent and the original form of the period, in fact, it is worthy of stepping into a thousand years, a hundred years of flowering, a hundred years of fruit, a hundred years of maturity, the number of ripe fruits produced is very small, with the roots that fall off every year, enough to use the leaf smoke line no longer suffer from the disease, but can not be cured.

Hongyu and Jiang'er followed Lu Zhiyuan to take care of the vegetable garden and medicine courtyard when they had nothing to do on weekdays, Ye Yanxing folded his left arm and couldn't exert force, so he did some easy work in the room to cut medicine, write and draw, and when Lu Zhiyuan went down the mountain, he sold it for money, and he was poor and content.

Mu Yan pounced on the case and wrote his homework, so he touched the red ink and wanted to drill into the snow. Ye Yanxing knew that he had inherited himself in his blood, so he went to play with him without fear of the cold, and told him to be careful not to get hurt and go home early.

The snow stopped, and it was just right. Mu Yan ran to the side of the mountain path, looked at the end and waited. He can see the farthest here, as long as Lu Zhiyuan comes back, he can see it at a glance, and he is already thinking about what Uncle Lu will bring him back this time. It's so cold, if there is plum blossom crisp green bamboo cake, put it in the pot and steam, soft and glutinous sweet, eat warm and warm.

After waiting and waiting, I was sleepy, and I got into the tree shed built in the summer on the side, pulled the red curtain to block the cold wind, and fell asleep with the red ink. I was sleeping soundly, but I heard the noisy voices of people and the sound of horses, and I sat up with my eyes rubbed, and my eyes were hazy.

Someone removed the red cloth from the outside and said loudly, "Master, there is a child here." ”

Mu Yan climbed out of the tree shed, looking at the many people and horses on the mountain road, as well as the carriage, and felt a little annoyed that it was not his Uncle Lu. The fox sat down at his feet, stretched out his arms to block the way, and asked in a pretended seriousness, "Who are you and what are you doing here?" ”

Eucommia took a closer look, it was a beautiful and delicate milk doll. There is a milk doll in this remote and bitter cold weather, and there is indeed someone nearby, half kneeling in front of him and asking in a soft voice: "Doll, your home is near here?" ”

"yes, what's wrong?"

"And where is your home?"

The milk doll looked at him and didn't speak, turned around and ran away, but the fox next to him gave him a fierce look. Frightened, the fox is glaring at me? lost his mind for a while, and after looking at it again, one person and one fox had already run into the distance.

Hurriedly turned over and ran to the side of the luxury carriage and leaned over to report, 1510 made it all clear.

"A young son is a young son, and it really saves a lot of effort to go with him." The man in the car gave the order, and his voice was low mixed with majesty, making it impossible to resist.

There were a lot of people in the mountains, Mu Yan ran fast, his face was red with excitement, and he just wanted to go and talk to his father quickly.

Swept into the room like a whirlwind, he was so cold that he pounced at Ye Yanxing's feet, and said happily: "Daddy, there are many people in the mountains, and there are so beautiful carriages. ”

"Is it your Uncle Lu?" Ye Yanxing paused, and then asked again: "Or is it familiar on weekdays?" ”

Mu Yan thought about it seriously, "No, I can't bear to know anyone, and someone has taken the initiative to talk to me." ”

"And what did you say?"

"I didn't say anything, but my uncle asked me if my home was in the mountains, and then asked me where my home was. I was so happy that I didn't answer much, I just said that it was in the mountains, and I ran back to find my father. ”

"Mu Yan, don't go out to play more these days, avoid these people."

"Yes, my nephew is so smart and cute, don't let the bad guys kidnap him." Jiang Er looked at the child and couldn't help but want to scare him, but saw that the ball stuck out his tongue at him and grimaced.

"Got it, Daddy." Obediently had to hug his father, and he had to listen to the fairy things, and it was not easy to fall asleep.

"Jiang'er, there are outsiders in the mountains, it's better to be careful."

"Brother, don't worry, I'm afraid there are some people who are not afraid of things, where did I hear the rumor that there are miraculous medicine spirit beasts in Baijue Mountain, and I came to the mountains to find them."

Miracle medicine spirit beasts?

Ye Yanxing sighed, stretched out his hand and patted the red fox's head, "Spirit beast, do you hear that?" I'm here to get you. ”

Hongmo flicked his tail and brushed his cold hand and jumped on the bed, leaning on Mu Yan and falling asleep.