The next day, Bai Tongchen joined Zhang Sandou's wood-cutting team in the early morning, and followed Zhang Sandou's posture to repeat the action of chopping wood, Bai Tongchen always felt that this method of chopping wood-cutting touched something in his heart, but he couldn't say it, in order to avoid Xu Xiaowan's sudden appearance of discovering the little green turtle, the two decided to go to the spring to catch a green turtle first after cutting it for a long time.

Nanbao Mountain is not very steep, but the road to and from is winding, often with a winding path sandwiched between two huge mountain walls.

Zhang Sandou skillfully walked towards the spring with Bai Tongchen and said, "Brother Gao, did you find anything different along the way?"

Bai Tongchen nodded and said, "I found it, the more you go to this spring, the more lush the flowers and plants on this mountain wall become, and some of them are even several times richer than normal flowers and plants." ”

Zhang Sandou laughed: "You have to carefully say that this place is not ordinary, in fact, most of the herbs that grow on this mountain wall are all kinds of herbs, all kinds, Brother Gao just said that the more you go to the spring, the more they grow, in fact, it is not, this herb is from the last piece of mountain stone to the west of the road, and there is no one to the east, you say it is not strange." ”

Bai Tongchen recalled it carefully, and it seemed that this was really the case.

Zhang Sandou continued in front: "Turn around and you'll be there." ”

Bai Tongchen can already hear the sound of the water falling from the stone in the spring, follow Zhang Sandou to turn over, and come into view of a circular cave sky, eight huge stones will be surrounded by this Wang Qingquan together, the stone wall is green and green, the water surface is clear as glass, the sun hangs down from the top of the cave, sprinkled on the spring stream sparkling, suddenly makes people feel relaxed and happy, the whole body is comfortable.

Zhang Sandou said: "How about Brother Gao, this is a good place." ”

Bai Tongchen nodded and said: "The boulder ring spring has no moisture, there is no moss on this rock wall at all, but it is lush and continuous, it is indeed a blessed place, but this spring is transparent to the bottom, and I have never seen a fish turtle." ”

Zhang Sandou grinned, took off his shoes and socks and began to pull up his trousers: "There are a lot of them in this spring on weekdays, but today I am afraid that I will see Brother Gao shy and hide, Brother Gao will stand on top and wait, I will go down and touch one for you." So saying, he stepped on the stones and went down to the spring.

Zhang Sandou waded back and forth in the spring water, touched it for a long time, and scratched his head strangely: "It's strange, there are usually a lot of spring water, why are there no ones today." He looked around.

Bai Tongchen pointed to a gap at the bottom of a boulder on the north side and said, "Brother Zhang, did you swim downstream along this gap?" ”

Zhang Sandou waved his hand and said: "The spring water goes down the gap to Fujing Lake, and the gap was not blocked in the past, and that kind of little Wang Ba is densely packed in this spring stream." ”

Bai Tongchen said: "Otherwise, forget it, I'll just tell Xiao Wan the truth, and it'll be okay to make a fuss." ”

Zhang Sandou nodded, stepped on the stone, sat on the ground and picked up his socks to wipe his feet, and said: "There were really a lot of them here in the past, Brother Gao, I didn't lie to you!"

Bai Tongchen smiled: "It's okay." While carefully looking at this Quanxi Cave, the more I observed, the more I felt that there was something unnatural, but I couldn't say anything wrong.

Just thinking about it, Zhang Sandou had already put on his shoes and socks, patted Bai Tongchen's shoulder and said, "Brother Gao, let's go back?"

Bai Tongchen nodded, and returned to the village along the road where Zhang Sandou came, and when he passed by the mountain and rock, Bai Tongchen also paid special attention to it, but vaguely found that the herbs on the side of the road had some signs of withering, but Zhang Sandou said that it was probably because the sun was up and it was dry, anyway, it was because of the length of the patches on the side of the Quanxi Cave, and he was not afraid of drying up and eating without medicine.

The two chatted with each other, and in a blink of an eye they arrived at the door of Zhang Sandou's house, but they saw Xu Xiaoyi pacing at the door of Zhang Sandou with a food box from the village chief's house.

Xu Xiaoyi also saw the two people who had just arrived at home, and shouted: "Gao Gongzi." With a wave of his hand, he trotted two steps to this side and came to Bai Tongchen.

When Zhang Sandou saw the food box in Xu Xiaoyi's hand, he quickly took it and said, "Touch our Gao Gongzi's light, what did Xiaoyi do deliciously." ”

Xu Xiaoyi's face flushed, and after the food box in her hand was taken over by Zhang Sandou, she felt that she didn't know where to put her hands, pinched the corners of her cyan clothes, and said, "Zhang Sandou, what nonsense are you talking about." ”

Zhang Sandou smiled evilly and said, "You talk, you talk." He turned around and ran back into the yard with the food box in his hand.

Bai Tongchen said with a smile: "My body is almost fine, Miss Xiaoyi doesn't have to be so troublesome to always run back and forth." ”

Xu Xiaoyi bowed her head slightly and said: "Yesterday Xiaowan's activities were too powerful, and she couldn't get up in bed when she went back. ”

Bai Tongchen thought of the little green turtle that Xiao Wan gave him, and said: "The little green turtle that Xiao Wan gave me yesterday ran to Fujing Lake, and Brother Zhang said that there were many springs and streams at the foot of the southwest mountain in the past, and I thought about catching one again today to avoid Xiao Wan getting angry, but I ran away and didn't find one." ”

Xu Xiaoyi frowned and said, "The little green turtle was indeed caught when I took Xiao Wan to Quanxi Cave to collect medicine, and there were still a lot of them in the spring stream yesterday, how could there be none?"

Bai Tongchen also shook his head incomprehensibly, and said with a smile: "It seems that Xiao Wan's temper has to happen to me." ”

"Gao Gongzi. Xu Xiaoyi suddenly lowered her head and whispered.

Bai Tongchen saw Xu Xiaoyi's sudden appearance and asked, "What's the matter, Miss Xiaoyi?"

Xu Xiaoyi pulled the green silk scattered at the corners of her forehead behind her ears with her hand, raised her head, and said, "Master Gao, can I ask you for something." ”

Bai Tongchen nodded and said: "Miss Xiaoyi's family and Brother Zhang have saved my life, if it weren't for the two of you, I'm afraid I would have been reincarnated by now, if there is anything I can help Miss Xiaoyi do, just ask, I will definitely help you do it." ”

Xu Xiaoyi bit her lip and said, "Can Gongzi Gao accompany me to the shore of Fujing Lake?"

"Good. Bai Tongchen said.

The two walked side by side to the shore of Fujing Lake, a gust of wind blew, Xu Xiaoyi's clothes fluttered slightly, she walked in small steps, Bai Tongchen followed slowly behind her, the girl's hand shook gently, walked under the reddish maple tree, she said: "Brother Gao, do you really remember what happened to you before?"

Bai Tongchen sighed slightly and said, "I can't remember at all." ”

The girl turned to face Bai Tongchen, slowly walked forward backwards, and said, "Grandpa said, Gao Gongzi must have been a powerful person in the past. ”

Bai Tongchen didn't know how to answer, but he heard Xu Xiaoyi continue: "I also think that Gao Gongzi is a very powerful person, I grew up on this mountain since I was a child, and I have never come down the mountain, but I have seen masters, my father is, the way you hold a sword makes me feel very familiar." The more Xu Xiaoyi spoke, the quieter she became, but the smile on her face became thicker and thicker.

"Xiao Wan doesn't remember the appearance of her father, she was born weak, born in the cold winter, a heavy snow fell for three days and closed the mountain, the mother and daughter are not much water, Xiao Wan is hungry every day, and the fever for days, Dad has no choice but to go down the mountain to find a recipe for Xiao Wan, the village Cui Grandma squeezed goat milk a little bit to help her mother feed Xiao Wan, but within a few days was closed the mountain and could not find the wolves to eat to take the sheep mother-in-law away, I was still young at the time, but I always remember that my mother hugged Xiao Wan and shed tears. ”

Cui Orion went into the mountains every day to fight wolves, hit one and hang one around the village, the wolves were frightened every day, they did not dare to easily enter the village again, so they stayed up until the New Year, on the day of the New Year, a monk suddenly came to the village, neither fate, nor worship, so he asked what was going on with the wolves hanging in the village, and after the grandfather told the monk what was going on, he took the monk to see Xiao Wan, and the monk took out a small jade lock, saying that he could keep Xiao Wan alive for ten years, and he wanted to use the jade lock to exchange the lives of those wolf cubs. ”

Xiao Wan got the jade lock and didn't cry or make trouble, grandpa took Cui Orion to put down the wolf cubs one by one, the old monk sat down cross-legged, those wild wolves did not run, just around the old monk, not long after, the old monk said goodbye to grandpa, and took the wolves to the mountain, while walking, while reciting some scriptures that I didn't understand. ”

Bai Tongchen listened attentively, as if he saw the old monk walking in the wilderness on a snowy day, telling the good and evil in his heart to the dying wolf, to the howling wind and snow, and to the ruthless heaven and earth.

Xu Xiaoyi paused, calmed down her tone, and continued: "But as Xiao Wan gets older and older, that piece of jade slowly loses its luster, becomes turbid and no longer so transparent, and Xiao Wan's body is becoming weaker and weaker, so Gao Gongzi, if you want to go out of the mountains one day in the future, can you take Xiao Wan with you?"

Bai Tongchen was stunned for a moment and said, "But Xiao Wan's body is so weak, if you want to go out of the mountain......

"I feel in my heart that Gao Gongzi must be a very powerful master, he may have traveled all over the world, he may have been to many places, but Xiao Wan is still too young, she should not be trapped in this mountain village and die, the day my mother left, told me that I want to take good care of Xiao Wan and take care of my grandfather, but Gao Gongzi, I can't do it. Xu Xiaoyi was already teary-eyed, for an eighteen-year-old girl, seeing her sister approaching death day by day, this burden was too heavy, Xu Xiaoyi took a long breath, as if she was going to spit out the turbidity that had accumulated over the years, and then continued: "Even if you take her out to see the world." ”

Bai Tongchen's expression slowly became solemn, after listening to the girl's eloquent story, he seemed to suddenly understand something, no matter who he used to be, at this moment, he must be the master brother, he nodded slowly and resolutely, and said: "I promised Xiaowan, if I am a master, I will definitely take her to cure her illness, because I still don't even know who I am, I dare not guarantee, I am afraid that when I walk out of this mountain, there is no place for me in the world." ”

Bai Tongchen unexpectedly poured out a gratuitous aura from the bottom of his heart, and continued: "But you are right, Xiao Wan should not be trapped in this mountain village waiting to die, my life is what you helped me pick up, that Xiao Wan's life, even if I climb on her back, I will send her to the doctor who can heal her, even if Xiao Wan wants to die, I will let her die on the highest building in Chang'an, and see the prosperity of this earthly world." ”

Some people are born heroes, some people have a rich life after all, but there are always people who want to live desperately, eat more good food, take a look at their favorites, the autumn breeze is still slight on the shore of Fujing Lake, and the girl slowly curls the corners of her mouth, this moment will change the fate of many people.