Zhang Jinwen held the rice ball in one hand and chewed slowly, while looking at the scenery around the ambergris pool.

Since leaving her master and leaving Zhongnan Mountain, this is the first time she has come back, and she only feels that every grass and tree is so vivid, and this scene and place are so familiar.

"Ambergris Pool", the place where she lost her life and got a new life again, is still the same, the stream flows into the pool, the pool water is sweet and cool.

The three words of ambergris pond on the mountain stone, the handwriting faded slightly, and she couldn't help but walk over, her steps were shaky, as if she was stepping on the clouds.

She seemed to see Jin'er, who was eleven-year-old washing herbs, standing up and hitting the rocks, bleeding from her forehead, and falling into the pool with a pop.

I saw the adult Zhang Jinwen standing in front of the rock, and the hideous-looking Sixth Senior Brother picked up the stone and smashed it fiercely, blood burst from the front and back of the head, and was thrown into the pool by the Sixth Senior Brother.

Xiao Jin'er and her junior sister did not struggle, and quietly sank to the bottom of the pool......

Zhang Jinwen stared sadly at the bottom of the pool, and Xiao Jin'er and her junior sister in the water did not move until the water surface was calm.

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"Jin'er, Jin'er, let's hurry up and go to Taiping Peak." Seeing Jin'er in a daze, Zhufeng had to wake her up.

Before going down the mountain, the ancestor specially called Zhufeng and told him in private that no matter when and where, when and where he saw Jin'er's sadness, he must wake her up. The explanation of the master is the rule that must be implemented.

This is the first time Zhu Feng has seen Jin'er in a daze, he found that Jin'er's eyes, when staring at the ambergris pool, became more and more blurry, not at all like the usual responsive and delicate Jin'er.

Zhang Jinwen shuddered for a moment, withdrew her gaze from the crystal clear pool, closed her eyes and stared for a while before she opened her eyes and stood up with determination: "Senior Brother Zhufeng, Senior Brother Zhuqing, let's go." ”

She picked up the basket and put it on her back and walked to the front first.

Zhu Qing and Zhu Feng also followed with the basket on their backs, and the two exchanged a few words with their eyes behind Zhang Jin'an, and they couldn't guess what happened to Jin'er.

Walking on the mountain road, occasionally encountering one or two mountain people picking wild vegetables, Zhang Jinwen habitually looked at each other, subconsciously judging the other party's physical health and the corresponding dietary structure. In her eyes, the herbs and wild vegetables that are full of mountains are alive, and the mountain people and hunters walking in it are also part of the mountain, which is worthy of her attention.

Since Shizu sent two senior brothers to follow her, her defense against the outside world has been reduced to almost zero.

In normal times, she will take the initiative to go up to greet each other and teach them what kind of wild vegetables to pick and how to cook.

Today, Zhang Jin's eyes don't squint, just concentrate on walking her own path and thinking about her own thoughts.

What tugged at her heart was the birch tree in front of the cabin on Taiping Peak, which she had seen before leaving Zhongnan Mountain, and the strip of red cloth she had tied on her birthday last year was still hanging alone on the branches.

At the foot of the hill behind the cabin, Aunt Zhang once planted a large area of medicinal herbs. In the three years that Zhang Jinwen studied with her ancestor, she ran back to the cabin countless times in the name of taking care of medicinal herbs.

Shizu once asked her why she had a soft spot for the herbs behind the Taipingfeng cabin, and Zhang Jinwen swore that she planted it with her own hands, just like her own pets, she has feelings and different spirituality.

She remembered that the ancestor also praised her for this, saying that she was the most spiritual.

Last year's birthday was a two-year appointment between her and Brother Yu, she deliberately put on the green hosta given to her by Uncle Yuqing, changed into a new dress, and even Aunt Zhang didn't let her follow, and ran back to Taiping Peak alone.

She waited in front of the cabin for a whole day and a night, and did not wait for a single figure.

Early the next morning, she had to leave the cabin and go back to her ancestors.

On the mountain road near the official road, I met people who were fleeing the war, saying that there were rebels everywhere, and there were armies everywhere that caught strong men, and sometimes on the road, the father and son were dragged to different armies to fill the army.

Staying in the city, the official today said that it was the jurisdiction of Lord Wang, and when he got up tomorrow morning, he changed the jurisdiction of another official, and he was the people of the Great Sui for a while, and the people of the Great Zhou for a while.

In short, no matter whose people they are, they have to pay the tax again, and if they can't pay it, they have to go to the army.

The people are miserable and miserable.

Zhang Jinwen remembered that Uncle Yuqing and Brother Yu said that they were going to defect to Li Taishou.

She asked, how is Li Taishou's army?

Those people asked her rhetorically, which Li Taishou? Is it Taishou's Li Taishou in Taiyuan? Or is it Lord Li of the imperial court? Li Taishou's army heard that it was coming, and Li Dashou's army heard that it was defeated.

Zhang Jinwen was shocked and frightened, she only hated that she hadn't asked Brother Yu's whereabouts at that time, she was sad.

She didn't know if she would still appear in Taiping Peak alone two years later.

Fortunately, her master, Yuxu Daoist, will send letters to her ancestor from time to time to report safety.

She hadn't heard the bad news about Uncle Yuqing, but she hadn't heard the good news of peace either.

She can only pray that the people who care about her will live well and healthy, even if they live in any corner she doesn't know.

The closer she got to the cabin, the more nervous Zhang Jinwen became.

She looked forward to seeing surprises, but she was afraid of being disappointed without them.

The pace also began to slow down.

Zhufeng caught up: "Jin'er, are you tired?" Take a break? ”

Zhang Jinwen shook her head: "I'm not tired." ”

Zhufeng is not at ease, Jin'er is a little different today.

Zhu Feng gave Zhu Qing a look and asked him to look around to see if there was anything abnormal, while he followed Jin'er's side, maintaining a consistent pace, and paying attention to Jin'er's face.

Zhu Qing: "I'll go first, and you guys will follow slowly." ”

Zhang Jinwen cheered up: "It's okay, Senior Brother Zhuqing, you go to the hillside behind the cabin first and pick that piece of herb first." Be careful, the herbs have to be uprooted, and then turn over the soil when I pass. ”

Zhu Qing smiled: "Don't worry, I remember everything." "Three steps and two steps are far away.

Approaching the cabin only a dozen paces away, Zhang Jinwen stopped and closed her eyes.

Seeing that her face was pale and her breath was short, Zhu Feng was startled: "Jin'er, what's wrong?" Does it matter? “

Zhang Jinwen pressed her chest, took a deep breath, opened her eyes, and forced a smile: "It's okay, I haven't gone up the mountain for a long time, and it seems that I have a little difficulty walking." “

She lowered her head and counted her steps, yes, no, no, no,......

In the direction of the birch tree, she could walk over with her eyes closed.

...... Yes! Standing at the foot of the tree, there is actually "there"!

Zhang Jinwen lowered her head, put her hands above her head and clasped her palms, and muttered a few words of prayer before she mustered up her courage and raised her head.