Spring in Northern Qi will come a little later, but it will come after all. It is not long to walk out of the capital from the capital of the Northern Qi Kingdom, bypassing the desolate topaz-like West Mountain, and then walking north for a few hours, and then you will come to a green and secluded mountain realm. This mountain is not very tall, but the tall trees and low bushes on the mountain are dense, which is particularly primitive and quiet, and the layers of light or dark green are interspersed, which is very beautiful.

Just as the status of the sword house in the hearts of the swordsmen of the world is similar, this green mountain is also an inviolable and lofty holy place in the eyes of the people of the Northern Qi Dynasty or the ascetics who walk in the world. Because this nameless green mountain is where the Dao Gate of the Northern Qi Heaven is located, and the place where the national teacher Kuhe sits and cultivates.

Walking from the rugged mountain road to the quiet valley, you can faintly see the place where ten thousand pine trees gather.

Ten thousand pines, pine needles in shape, the width of the tree is different, some pine needles are soft, like hair strands, some pine needles are like fire, hard and piercing, and some pine needles are like a thin round tube, which is particularly interesting. It's early in the morning, and the morning dew spreads all over the plants in the mountains, and most of the dew moistens the pine needles before sliding to the ground, and only those pine trees with dense pine needles store a puddle of crystal dew in their foliage. Reflecting the morning light. Bright as a jewel.

The eyes followed the glimmer of dew into the mountains. You can see the Tianyi Daomen building complex, which inherits the traditional aesthetic style of the Great Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty. It is mainly blue and black, black is the main killing, and cyan is close to nature. Standing between heaven and earth. The power is hidden in Kiyomi.

Although the Tianyi Tunnel Gate is not as wide as the Dongyi City Sword Mansion, it is cultivated here by Master Kuhe. Naturally, countless pilgrims came to worship, and they stopped for ten stops, even if the national teacher accepted fewer apprentices. However, adult apprentices such as Wolf Tao always had to accept apprentices, and over the decades, the number of people in the Dao Sect gradually increased, and now there are more than 100 people who have been practicing and studying in the green mountains for many years.

In the hearts of these disciples. Of course, I hope to cultivate in the mountains for many years and go out to Kuang Shiji, just like the fairy in their hearts.

At that time, the begonias of the Northern Qi saintess bloomed in this mountain, these pines. I don't know how many years I have been purifying. Before the begonias bloom out of the mountain. It is to grow vegetables in a field on the periphery of those plain black buildings. In addition to the consumption of their own green days, the vegetables planted were all sent to the school. To this day, there are still many disciples who are proud of having eaten begonias and planted vegetables with their own hands.

During the year. Begonias spend most of their time in the distant Gangnam of Gyeongguo. The fact of staying with the same name as Lord Xiao Fan made the people of Northern Qi feel resentful, especially the students in Qingshan these days, in addition to the negative emotions of jealousy and anger. What makes these students unhappy the most is that. It's hard to see the girl in a flower dress in Tian Yuan anymore, in the past, as long as you see that girl. The hearts of the people will be settled.

Not long after Haitang left, another girl's family lived in the field, and at the same time turned the vegetarian vegetables in the field into some medicinal herbs that could be grown.

The identity of this girl's family is very unusual, she is the newly closed disciple of the Bitter Lotus Patriarch. Instead of the position of the begonia junior girl, she lived in the begonia field and collected the rapeseed in the begonia field...... She, she, she, she is Fan Xian's sister-in-law.

The disciples of Yamanaka Qingxiu were extremely shocked. They didn't understand why Master Zu would go to Nanqing to accept female apprentices again, let alone why he wanted to accept Fan Xiandi's sister as an apprentice, who was Fan Xian? That was Nanqing's premier young minister.

And yet it has happened. The disciples in the mountains had no way to change anything, so they had to learn to accept it, and it took a long time to get used to the existence of Miss Fan.

The Southern Qing and Northern Qi are old enemies, although they have been in an unprecedented friendly relationship for the past two years. However, the emotions rooted in people's hearts are difficult to eliminate, so Fan Ruoruo's life in the green mountains was not very smooth at the beginning, no matter where she went, she was greeted by hostile eyes and whispers behind her back.

Fortunately, this girl's family didn't care about any of this. Coupled with his own cold temperament, where will he notice the attitude of others. After several months passed, the disciples of Tianyi discovered that this little senior aunt was even more indifferent than their own people, and they couldn't help but feel a little bored.

In fact, Fan Ruoruo was very satisfied with her study career in Northern Qi, and the smile on her face was much more than in Kyoto, but the people of Northern Qi did not understand this, after all, they didn't know that this Miss Fan had the nickname of an iceberg talent in Nanqing Kyoto.

Fan Ruoruo's happiness comes from a relaxed environment and a stressful life, the bitter lotus national teacher just taught her some introductory earth and heaven a mental method, gave a few volumes of scriptures, and didn't care much about her, she followed the second senior brother to learn medical skills the rest of the time, which is also one of the purposes of her going to Northern Qi, on weekdays, she used her learned medical skills to diagnose and treat the poor people under the mountain, and her life was very fulfilling.

This second senior brother's surname is Mu Mingpeng. The names of the bitter lotus to his apprentices are very interesting, wolf peach, begonia, wood canopy, white ginseng, are the names of some plants, people are as their name, wolf peach is like a literal feeling, full of murderous and angular, begonia is gentle and strong in the wind and rain.

Mu Peng is a traditional Chinese medicine, so you can imagine what Ruoruo, who is over forty years old, is best at.

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Fan Ruoruo picked up the leaves, took the dew on the pine leaves next to the courtyard, and poured the water into the drip bottle with a slight tilt, a little curious, why do you use dew in the prescription?

She walked out of the courtyard with the bottle in her arms and walked up the stone steps up the mountain, ready to study her daily life. Some young Tianyi disciples could be seen along the way, and these disciples saw the girl holding the bottle. They all stood sideways and saluted.

On the one hand, it's because she is a little aunt of these people no matter how she speaks. Two months down. Tianyi's disciples knew that although this Miss Fan Fu had a cold temperament, she was really kind-hearted. No hypocrisy. It's much better than the gentle-looking and vicious Fan Xian in the south. Especially this Miss Fan Fu has been going on for months. He worked tirelessly to go down the mountain to see a doctor for the people. It also makes these junior disciples deeply respect their virtues.

Fan Ruoruo nodded slightly. There was no expression on his face.

As she climbed the long stone steps. Standing on the top of the mountain, he stopped, looking at the lush landscape forest below. Suddenly stretched. Ahh There were two post-exercise blushes floating on his face. Some excitement.

She was born with nutritional deficiencies since childhood. Although he was conditioned by his brother for a while, he did not fundamentally improve. In the Kyoto season. The face is always predominantly pale. Looking at her healthy flush on her face today, it is conceivable that she has lived in Beiqi for more than a year. She's getting better, too.

The constitution is made by the heart. The main thing is to be in a relaxed relationship.

"You don't have to go to the princes' palaces to gossip with the women, you don't have to hide behind the screens to watch the men like those sisters. You don't have to be a female celebrity every day......"

Fan Ruoruo looked at the stone steps down the mountain in a daze, and a happy smile appeared on her face, "This kind of life is what I want." Thank you. Brother. ”

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In addition to the practice of the Tianyi Earth Heart Law in the mountains, the scriptures and books are also preached, and the land is basically revised by Zhuang Mohan and the people themselves. Fan Ruoruo ended an hour of practice. came to the second senior brother's wooden tent room. Salute respectfully, and then choose a few difficult questions about medical skills. Please ask the second senior brother for advice.

Mu Peng said a few words. Suddenly, I saw the happy look in the girl's eyes, and said with a smile: "Lord Xiao Fan has a letter again?"

Fan Ruoruo smiled and nodded. said: "Although it hasn't come yet." But counting the days, it should have come. ”

Mu Peng scratched at his somewhat unkempt hair. said with a smile: "So happy, I guess your brother and sister have a very good relationship." Case. Why don't you stay in Nanqing? Although Northern Qi is good, it is a foreign country after all. ”

Although the status of Mu Pengdi is certainly not as good as the old poison in the prison house. But whether it is a doctor or a big man who uses drugs. It seems that the hair is a little messy. Daily life is a bit chaotic, and it is natural that you can't notice this kind of thing.

Fan Ruoruo smiled and replied, "It doesn't matter where it is. My brother said that in life, you always need to make some sacrifices for the goals you want. ”

Mu Peng was surprised and asked, "Oh, what is your goal?"

"Save people. Fan Ruoruo replied calmly.

"It's as simple as that?"

"It's the ground. ”

"Hmm......" Mu Peng said after a moment of silence, "the heart of the healer's parents." But before you came to Northern Qi, you only audited in the Southern Chaotai Hospital for a period of time, why did you have such a big wish?"

"Senior brother. It's not a willingness. It's about what you want. Fan Ruoruo didn't think about it. Pinghe said: "My brother once said, how should a person spend his life? The first thing is to make oneself feel happy...... Healing and saving people makes me happy, so that's how I choose. ”

How should a person's life be spent? Mu Peng frowned slightly. sighed and didn't speak again, but he was thinking in his heart, what kind of person is the Fan family kid who can make Senior Sister Begonia mess up?

Before it was dusk, Fan Ruoruo walked down the stone steps with an empty drip bottle. returned to his own small courtyard and carefully took care of the medicinal materials in the circle. Then she walked back into the silent room. began to prepare paper and pen, and the furnishings in the house did not change in the slightest, because she knew that this was the former residence of the begonia girl after all, and it had a different meaning for the people of Northern Qi.

A letter rested quietly on the table, Fan Ruoruo's eyes flashed with joy, hurriedly opened the letter, carefully looked at the familiar handwriting on the paper, in the process of reading the letter, her expression was constantly changing, sometimes nervous, sometimes joyful, sometimes ...... A touch of sadness.

The letter was sent by Fan Xian, and he used a lot of effort to send his sister to the door of the Northern Qi Tianyi, the brother and sister were far apart, and it was quite inconvenient to exchange information, and they were thinking about each other. So after Ruo Ruo settled, Fan Xian immediately started a monthly letter to his family again.

When he was a child, Ruoruo returned to Kyoto from Shushu at a very young age. Ever since Ruo Ruo could read and write, Fan Xian began to correspond with her. With the well-developed postal route of Qingguo, the brother and sister wrote letters between Kyoto and Shuzhou rain or shine. One letter per month. It never stopped, until the fourth year of Qingli Fan Xianzhen entered Kyoto.

I don't know how many years I wrote the letter.

I don't know how much affection the brother and sister have in these letters.

In the letter said the Red Mansion. Talk about it and tell each other about the scenery and characters of the two places. Parents are short and trivial. Numerous. And so on. And it is through these letters. Fan Xian became one of his sister's spiritual teachers, Fan Ruoruo has been influenced by the content of these letters since she was a child, and her mood and attitude are ...... with that of most women in the world No. It's different from the vast majority of people in this world.

She is still filial to her parents, loves her brothers, and gets along very well with her sisters in the boudoir, but there are many different places in her heart, a relatively independent personality and yearning for freedom, which is so incompatible with this world. Partial, but not out of this world.

It is precisely because of this contradiction that she was in Kyoto. Become a self-respecting, indifferent and repulsive iceberg girl. Only later in front of Fan Xian. Only then did she dare to confide her sincerity. So go to a foreign country. Hardship life. This kind of life is extremely terrifying in the eyes of the aristocratic lady. But let her be happy. Very happy.

The origin of all this is the letter, which is the letter between Fan Xian and her.

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Fan Ruoruo looked at the letter in a daze. After a long time, he sighed faintly. There was some moisture in the eye sockets. The battles in Kyoto were far away from her. She also believed in the abilities of her father and brother, so she didn't care about the dangers written on the letter. Only this time Fan Xian mentioned Hongcheng in the letter.

Hongcheng ......

Fan Ruoruo wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and the gentle appearance of the son of the world appeared in her mind. He's going to the west to fight the Hu people, will he be hurt, will he come back?

King Jing's Mansion and Fan's Mansion are world friends, and Fan Ruoruo also grew up with Li Hongcheng since childhood. She knew that although the other party had great ambitions, he was a rare good person by nature, and she didn't talk about those romantic things on the boat. It's also infatuated with myself. Hongcheng invited himself out of Beijing this time, on the one hand, to get rid of the dispute between the princes of Kyoto, but she knew that this was not a kind of self-exile after she hurt him.

But Fan Ruoruo just can't accept Hongcheng, yes, her exquisite heart that has been dyed by Fan Xian is now even more ...... than Fan Xian himself It is impossible to accept the attitudes of men and women in this world.

Isn't this a ridiculous and funny thing?

Of course, even if there is no merry tent on those flower boats. Even if Hongcheng is a perfect person, Fan Ruoruo still can't accept that he will live with that man all his life.

Just like Fan Xian told a certain story in his letter back then.

That's all good, good, but ...... I just don't like it.

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"What story did he write to make you cry?" a lazy, clear voice came from the door of the house, "your brother is indeed hateful in some ways. ”

Fan Ruoruo was startled, looked up and saw Miss Begonia standing at the door wearing a thin flower dress, quickly stood up, and said, "It turned out that Senior Sister sent a letter, I thought it was someone sent by Lord Wang." ”

Haitang put his hands in his clothes, walked in with a shuffling step, and said, "Wang Qinian is not coming back, Fan Xian didn't say it? Now it's Deng Ziyue in the capital, you should have seen it." ”

Fan Ruoruo nodded.

Haitang smiled and said: "I'm really curious about the content of this letter, which actually made you, who have always been calm, cry." ”

Fan Ruoruo's fingers pinched the letter paper, lowered her head and said, "Senior sister, don't make fun of me, brother...... It's still as wordy as before. ”

Haitang sighed and said, "I have a deep understanding of this. ”

Fan Ruoruo tilted her head slightly, and asked suspiciously: "Senior sister is not in the capital, why did she go back to the mountain?"

Haitang returned to the mountain, of course, it was impossible to send a letter to his sister specifically for Fan Xian. She looked at Fan Ruoruo and said with a smile: "The master received a letter from the second senior brother, thinking that you can already go out of the mountain, let me accompany you to the capital." ”

"Go to the capital?" Fan Ruoruo said in embarrassment: "But there are still a lot of things to learn." ”

"It's just that someone wants to see you, so please let me take you there. Haitang said: "You like life in the mountains, and you will come back when the time comes." ”

"Senior sister, don't you also like life in the mountains?" Fan Ruoruo said with a smile: "I didn't dare to move this house, keep it, and we'll live together when the time comes." ”

Hearing this, Begonia fell into silence, and the girl's family sighed after a long time, and said helplessly: "Even if you want to return, where is it a matter of a year or two." ”

Fan Ruoruo knows that Senior Sister Haitang has been secretly doing something with her brother, originally Fan Xian was in the middle to make a bridge, the relationship between her and Haitang has always been good, and she speaks more casually, but every time she thinks of her sister-in-law Lin Wan'er who is far away in Qingguo...... Fan Ruoruo always deliberately keeps a distance from Begonia, which may be the careful thinking of her daughter's family.

She suddenly thought of what she said earlier, and asked curiously, "Go to the capital...... Who wants to see me?"

"Your Majesty. A smile appeared on the corner of Haitang's lips, thinking that his majesty's mind was as difficult to guess as Fan Xian.

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In the capital of Shangjing, which is not far from the Qingshan Mountain, where the gate of Tianyi is located, in the Qingmei Palace, which is unique and beautiful in the world, the master of the north of the world, His Majesty the Emperor of the Northern Qi Kingdom, is sitting on a low couch, with a pair of big feet covered with cloth socks, exuding heat, but his body is crooked in the arms of a palace beauty.

The young emperor sighed and asked the beauty behind him: "Lili, I haven't figured it out...... What did you say we did last summer?"