I laughed: "People are not birds, how can they fly." Li'er, what are you asking for? ”

She blinked her eyes wide, as if looking at me, as if she remembered something, and after a while she smiled at me and shook her head: "It's nothing." ”

I glanced at her, but the girl opened her mouth wide and yawned.

"Sleepy?"

"Hmm. The third uncle told me a few days ago that he could see his mother, and I couldn't sleep well every night. ”

"Okay, my mother is here tonight, and my mother will sleep with you."

"Mother is the best!"

She grinned and leaned in and kissed me the cheek.

I put her down and went out of the hatch to ask the maid for some hot water to wash. In fact, I should have gone to say hello to Liu Qinghan or Wen Fengxi again, but seeing that it was getting late outside, it didn't seem very appropriate to go to them again, so I could only give up for the time being, anyway, I believe there is still time to deal with them.

After a simple wash with Li'er, he hugged her to bed.

This girl probably didn't sleep well for a few days, and as soon as she lay down, her eyelids began to fight, and after a while, she fell asleep in my arms.

I looked down at her lovely sleeping face, only to feel that my heart had softened, and I lowered my head and kissed her lightly on the forehead, then closed my eyes and slept with her.

However, perhaps because I slept too much on the road in the past few days, and I was a little excited to reunite with Li'er, I only slept lightly for a while, and woke up to the sound of the murmuring of the river.

It's silent.

In the night, only a faint candle in the cabin lit up my eyes.

When I looked down, Li'er was still asleep.

I smiled, looked down and kissed her red cheek, gently took the little arms and long legs that were on top of me, sat up, looked back and saw her muttering twice, hugging my pillow and falling asleep again.

I sat on the edge of the bed, looking at this not small, although simple, but also comfortable cabin, for a while I didn't know what I should do, or what I wanted to do, and looked out the window in a daze, only to find that behind the dark mountain top, there was a thin burst of light.

There were also the sounds of some people walking around quietly outside, and I thought about it, then got up and walked out, and closed the door gently. As soon as I turned around, I ran into a few maids, and when they saw me, they hurriedly came over and said, "Mrs. Qingying, do you need a slave to serve and freshen up?" ”

"No need."

"Then ma'am, you-"

"I'll just walk around. Get busy. ”

They were still a little scared, but they also retreated.

Although the ship is large, but the structure of the cabin is simple, there is no winding corridor, I quickly walked out, as soon as I went on the deck, I suddenly felt a burst of cold water vapor rushing towards me, the surroundings were still dark, only a few red lanterns on the ship emitted the red light, the wind swept the cold air of the river water across the skirt corner, but it made me more sober.

Looking up, under the dark sky, the towering mountains around it, like the Dharma Protector Vajra, stood around.

I held on to the railing and walked slowly along the deck, the red lantern above me swaying in the wind, stretching my slender shadow very long, and looking along my shadow, a dark figure was sitting in the stern of the boat.

As if hearing my footsteps, the man turned his head.

The red lantern hanging under the porch not far away emitted a bright red light, shining on the cold mask on his face, but it was red, and there was more temperature than usual.

It's Liu Qinghan.

He was sitting there cross-legged, holding a long fishing rod in his hand, and when he saw me at first glance, he was also stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "Mrs. Qingying, it's early." ”

"Lord Liu, are you fishing?"

"Hehe, it's okay."

"Can you catch this?"

As I spoke, I walked over and leaned on the fence to look down, it was so dark that I couldn't see clearly when the fishing line hung down, and I could still see the floats in the water.

I looked at him with a smile: "My lord, is this 'the one who wishes to take the bait'?" ”

"Haha, don't laugh at Madam, how can He De in this mansion go to Bi Taigong?"

"I looked at the way the adults just looked, and I thought the adults were settled."

He smiled and waved his hand: "Madame made fun of it, where can a layman like this mansion settle down casually?" It's just that I can't sleep, so I come out and sit empty and think about something. It's just a matter of holding a fishing rod and putting it on a show. ”

Sit empty and think about something?

I laughed and said, "Your Excellency, this is meditating." ”

He smiled.

I walked over slowly, walked over to him and stood still, holding the fence with one hand, while looking at the dark mountain shadow in front of him, and said, "What did the Lord think?" ”

"Look at the mountains and think about the mountains, look at the water and think about the water."

"I want to hear about it."

He was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed to the towering valleys on the shore, but at this time it was impossible to distinguish where it was, and only the dark shadows of the mountains in front of us became more and more steep and majestic. He said: "Madame, how long has it been since you looked at these mountains and rivers? ”

"This? Probably, it has been since the beginning of Pangu. ”

"Then, what about the universe of heaven and earth?"

"Hehe, that's not clear. I don't know how many years they have gone through to have Pangu. ”

"yes." He nodded, looked at the mountains and rivers in front of him, raised his head and looked at the boundless canopy above his head, and said: "When I was in Yangzhou, I could be described as a man of his word, above 10,000 people, but standing in the imperial city and looking at the emperor, he is the Son of Heaven." But I think that even if it is the supreme in the world, it is too small in the face of these mountains and rivers...... I'm not talking about height. ”

I glanced down at him.

It was still dark, and I couldn't see his expression clearly, but I felt that those eyes were exceptionally bright.

"And compared to the universe of heaven and earth, it seems that these mountains and rivers are nothing."

“……”

"A hundred years of life, like a white horse passing through a gap, compared to mountains and rivers, it is just a drop in the ocean, and compared to the universe of heaven and earth that is sitting in danger, it is really insignificant."

I looked down at his dark eyes, as well as the long eyelashes that seemed to condense the night dew, and said slowly: "My lord, is this a sudden opening of the sky to see the red dust?" ”

He also looked up at me and said slowly, "Poor, I am a man in my eyes." ”

I laughed.

"Why did you suddenly sigh about this today? Adults and young talents, and so appreciated by the emperor, isn't it the time when the spring breeze is proud and shows off his ambitions, why do you learn from those old pedants and begin to enlighten? ”

He also smiled: "The universe is divided between good and evil, and heaven and earth are divided into yin and yang. If you don't realize it, the Tao is there. ”

“……”

"Besides, those who are in power may not be able to achieve enlightenment. I look at heaven and earth, the universe, mountains, rivers and rivers, these are all the ways of heaven, and my generation has nothing to do. Instead of lamenting the size of the world, it is better to do what you say and what you do. ”

“……”

I didn't say anything more, just looked at him with a smile, but the smile on my face was slowly fading.

You're about to be brought into the magic barrier by Fu Badai.

He was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't hear clearly, and raised his head to look at me: "What did Madame say just now?" ”

I was startled, only to realize that I had said what was in my heart, and hurriedly snorted: "It's nothing." ”

He looked at me quizzically.

I smiled in disguise.

He didn't say anything more, I talked to him for a while, naturally there was nothing to meditate on, good fishing, so I put the fishing rod back, and watched him raise his hand, skillfully reel in the line, take the hook, it was like returning to the small fishing village that was still full of salty smell.

Only this time, he didn't happily show me what he had gained.

I looked at the empty fishhook, and was a little stunned for a moment, but he was already reeling in the line and said, "By the way, why did Madame get up so early?" What about the child? ”

“……”

"Oh, don't be surprised, ma'am. This house is called accustomed to these days. Leave Miss She—"

"I'm not surprised, and adults don't have to see outside." I smiled: "According to the seniority, it is natural for adults to call her a child, and this time it is adults who are kind to her and our mother and daughter." ”

Madame was serious. Miss Li-" He glanced at me and smiled: "Li'er, this little girl, is innocent, lively and cute, and she is really very likable. I really wish I could have such a well-behaved daughter. ”

My hand holding the fence has been unconscious since the force I had just exerted.

I can't think about it, I don't think about anything.

I didn't listen to Rue, I had lost the right to be above board, to miss him.

But at the moment, he was right in front of me.

Alive, even the familiar aura of him, as always, surrounded me.

He had forgotten that he could even speak so easily in front of me, for he did not know that the name he was calling also had his part, and that the little girl he liked was once his daughter, crying in his arms, sucking his thumb, and even urinating on him.

He forgot, he forgot......

“…… Although Yangzhou Mansion is beautiful, those people are afraid of this mansion, standing in front of me and not daring to come out, making it lifeless. But there is a separation, which makes it a little lively. Madame, Madame didn't know, the day after Li'er arrived at the mansion, she climbed to the roof to see the scenery, which frightened the people in charge of the mansion and fainted directly. Hahahaha. ”

……

When I came back to my senses, he was still talking about Li'er's "glorious deeds" with great interest. He looks like this now, not like the diligent and motivated Liu San'er in the fishing village, not like Liu Qinghan who is cautious in his words and deeds in the court, and not like Lord Liu who is decisive in Yangzhou Mansion, but like an old man, nagging and talking about some meaningless little things, but like his own big things.

I looked at him with a smile, and when he finished nagging, I smiled and said, "Why do adults like Li'er so much?" ”

"Me?" He thought about it, smiled himself, and said, "I don't know about it, so I feel that I am in love with her, as if I was an uncle and nephew in my last life." ”

Uncle and nephew?

I smiled faintly.

Perhaps, one day in the future, if Li'er recognizes his ancestors and returns to his ancestors, if he marries the eldest princess, then if you count Li'er's identity and then count his identity, it may really be an uncle and nephew.

I just don't know if there will really be that day......

He had skillfully put away all the rods and lines, and picked up the obviously empty fishing basket on one side, and got up to leave, and I hurriedly said, "My lord." ”

He stopped and looked back at me.

I thought about it, and still said: "Although I don't thank you for my great kindness, I still really want to be grateful to Lord Liu for this incident." ”

He didn't speak, looked at me with a smile for a while, and suddenly said, "Is the lady willing to repay this house?" ”