Before leaving the Yixian Residence, the four of them came to the courtyard one after another, Xue Yan ran to the front, and Situ Yunmeng separated some softness from Han Yu's burden, during which the second daughter also talked about some things, Han Ye didn't listen carefully, he looked at the misty Ganquan bamboo forest in the distance, while drinking drunken fairy drink, glanced at Xue Yan, but saw that Xue Yan was also looking at him with a pair of watery eyes, and the two of them touched their eyes and immediately dodged.

Xue Yan saw Han Ye's subtle movements, her eyes were disappointed, and she said in her heart: "You and Yunmeng should get along well along the way, that's fine, it's not in vain that this woman will accompany you through all obstacles." She's a good match for you, and she really needs you, so you have to be nice to her, silly. Thinking about it, she even thought that once she helped Han Ye take revenge, she would simply leave and fulfill the two.

Han Ye lowered his head and thought, "Yan'er, no matter what, I'm sorry for you, you have paid so much for me, I remember it...... But I can't like two people at the same time, and if I do that, it's going to be even worse for you, can you understand me? ”

Soon, the two daughters of Meng and Yu finished dividing their things, and the four of them planned to leave the Hidden Bamboo Forest, Han Ye stood up with his sword, stretched out his hand to Situ Yunmeng and said, "Yunmeng, come up." ”

This time, Situ Yunmeng didn't rush up, she pulled Xue Yan over, pushed Xue Yan to Han Ye, and said, "Yan'er is with you, Xiaoyu and I haven't finished talking yet, I'll take her sword." ”

Han Ye and Xue Yan both looked at Situ Yunmeng in surprise, in their opinion, this should not be the decision that Situ Yunmeng would make.

But she did it.

Han Ye said puzzledly: "You don't mind? ”

Situ Yunmeng didn't respond, she only said: "Xiaoyu told me, when Yan'er accompanied you to Mingjian Hall to save me, you came by sword together, why, I can't take Xiaoyu's sword?" ”

Han Ye nodded and said to Xue Yan, "Yan'er, since that's the case, then you can come up." ”

"What do you mean, 'Then you come up'? What kind of attitude do you have! Xue Yan crossed her hands on her hips dissatisfied, glanced at Situ Yunmeng, and then at Han Ye, and said angrily: "Grandma is not leaving yet!" Just stay here with the old nerds! ”

Han Yu went over and hugged Xue Yan and gently persuaded, "Sister Yan'er, don't be angry with my brother." You and my brother have joined hands in the rivers and lakes, shared weal and woe, took care of Xiaoyu along the way, and helped Sister Meng so much in Mingjian Hall, you are like our family! ”

Situ Yunmeng also persuaded softly: "Yes! Yan'er, I almost felt guilty to the point of killing myself in Mingjian Hall, you helped me! You didn't treat me as a friend because we all liked Ah Ye, how could I leave you alone? ”

"Grandma likes him? Grandma will like him?! No kidding, okay! Okay, okay! I'll have a sword with him, who is afraid of whom! Xue Yan jumped onto the magic sword angrily, pushed Han Ye forward with one palm, and said, "Stinky dumb melon!" Stand a little ahead! Give me a good sword, don't think about taking advantage of this girl! ”

Han Ye also let Xue Yan and said with a wry smile: "Yan'er, I'm just giving you the sword, don't treat me as a coachman, okay?" ”

"You're the coachman!" Xue Yanling's eyes widened, and as soon as she remembered that she and Yun Meng both liked this guy, she was angry, and said angrily: "If you are asked to be a husband, you can't cook!" If you are called a fisherman, you will not be able to fish! If you are called a woodcutter, you won't be able to chop wood! You're fit for this, honestly Edgeworth! ”

Situ Yunmeng and Han Yu both laughed when they heard this.

So, Xue Yan still went to Mingjian Hall from Shushan before, and when the magic sword took off, she grabbed the scabbard behind Han Ye's back, and saw that the scabbard was worn out after several battles, so she frowned and said to Situ Yunmeng: "Yunmeng, this scabbard is too broken, you and the dumb melon sister will also help the dumb gourd make up for it if you have time." ”

"Okay. Got it! Dream and Jade said in unison.

The four of them flew out slowly in two swords, gradually increasing their speed, Han Ye's internal strength was stronger than Han Yu's, so they flew faster, Situ Yun dreamed that they were thirty zhang away from him, and said to Han Yu: "Xiaoyu, you said that Yan'er grabbed the scabbard I weaved for Ah Ye last time, and the sword that came to Mingjian Hall has never touched Ah Ye, so Yan'er is really good." ”

Han Yu said with a smile: "Of course, Sister Yan'er is chivalrous, let's go to Mingjian Hall to find you together, when she introduced me to those sisters in Bishui Palace, in order to prevent them from rejecting me, she also said that I was her sister, and hoped that they would cover me." ”

Situ Yunmeng nodded respectfully, and asked again: "During the time that Ah Ye and I went to help the medical fairy find Jin Fengyu, how did she get along with you?" ”

"She's fine." Han Yu looked at the flowing clouds in front of him and said, "Originally, she cured the poison of the medical immortal predecessors, but I asked her, you care so much about my brother, don't you go out to find it?" She said she'd wait for you to come back...... Sister Meng, my brother and I are brothers and sisters, and you are also sisters, only Sister Yan'er helps us regardless of returns, she is really a very good person! ”

"yes, got it!" Situ Yunmeng hugged Han Yu from behind, and said firmly with jade eyes: "I want to be better to her in the future!" So she dived into the wind spiritual power, so that Han Yu could keep up with Han Ye's spiritual power, and finally the four of them and the two swords stood side by side.

Han Ye was relieved to see that Mengyu and the others had caught up, but he saw Xue Yan wiping tears behind his back, and said sarcastically: "Eccentric, you lost your temper with me just now, and you are wronged again now?" ”

"Not really!" Xue Yan said with a pout: "I miss Master a little bit!" ”

Han Ye looked at her in astonishment and said, "Master? ”

Han Yu flew aside and laughed: "Because Sister Yan'er has officially worshipped Uncle Doctor Immortal as a teacher." ”

Night and Dream suddenly realized.

Xue Yan said: "Growing up so big, my grandfather is my relative, what about Sister Feng Ru, I wanted to worship her as a teacher at the time, but she didn't let me, I had to call me sister, in fact, I don't have a real master...... Although the old nerd is not forgiving on weekdays, he actually takes good care of us, and I always feel that if I don't recognize him as a master, I will just leave, and I will not be practical for the rest of my life. ”

Han Ye frowned, and said: "Okay, okay, it's not over, the medical immortal seniors are not bad, you now recognize him as a master, and you can also be regarded as half a Shushan disciple." ”

"yes." Han Yu said with a smile: "My master is the head of Shushan, my brother's master is Elder Zhenwu, and your master is a holy book medicine immortal, everyone is the same generation, which is very good." ”

Xue Yan chatted with everyone for a while, and immediately became cheerful again, and said with a smile: "It's good, think about you are not yet twenty years old, so a group of uncles and uncles came around to call you uncle, fortunately, I don't have to call you uncle!" ”

Han Yu said with a smile: "Then according to the seniority, there are many nephews who want to call you uncle, Sister Yan'er." ”

Xue Yan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Don't, don't!" Don't call me uncle! When I think of a bad old man who is dozens of years old, he still has to call Uncle Shi, and call this girl old! ”

Situ Yunmeng also smiled and said: "Yan'er, don't worry, we don't say that you were accepted as an apprentice by the medical immortal, won't no one call you uncle?" ”

Xue Yan said to Meng and Yu: "Also, the old nerd doesn't recognize himself as a Shushan faction, don't say that he accepted me as an apprentice when you go back!" ”

"Hmm." Situ Yunmeng and Han Yu both nodded.

Han Ye saw that the third daughter was chatting more and more happily, and his mood was also relaxed, what he was most worried about was that Xue Yan would be left out in the cold, and he couldn't care too much, but fortunately, Han Yu and Situ Yunmeng were extremely kind, and the three of them grew up together since childhood, even if Han Ye didn't take care of Xue Yan in person, the second daughter was also grateful, and slowly got closer to Xue Yan.

Han Ye looked at the white clouds in the sky, stretched his eyebrows, and said to the third girl: "Since it's okay for the time being, let's not rush back to Shushan first, Kyushu is so big, why don't you travel together?" ”

"Good!" Situ Yunmeng, Xue Yan, and Han Yu responded in unison.

Han Ye was taken aback by the three girls, but after thinking about it carefully, Situ Yunmeng had already wanted to travel to Mingjian Hall, Xue Yan also wanted to go out to play, and his sister had just gone down to Shushan, so of course they all wanted to play.

But after Han Yu finished shouting, he looked at everyone cautiously and said, "But...... Shall we go back and report our safety first? ”

Xue Yan said: "What kind of safety? The two old men went back, didn't they go and report their safety? We're all fine now, why are we going back so early? ”

Han Yu said: "Before Uncle Shouzheng and Uncle Yuanyun left, I didn't know if my brother had detoxified, what if I was worried?" ”

Xue Yan said angrily: "So you are a stupid melon girl!" The reason why they left with confidence and left the stupid melon to my master is that they believe that my master can cure it, otherwise they would have taken the stupid melon away and stayed there waiting to die? ”

Situ Yunmeng wrapped his arms around Han Yu's waist and said: "Sister, eight years ago, you said that you were going to take me to find Ah Ye, but we were forced to separate before we went, let's hurry up and play, and cherish the time together!" ”

"Okay." Han Yu stretched her soft eyebrows and said, "Actually, Xiaoyu also wants to go out and have a look, so it's all up to her brothers and sisters." ”

So, everyone turned around, flew in the air suitably, saw all the famous mountains and rivers under their feet, the old city of the new village, the splendid rivers and mountains in full view, when they were tired, they flew to the mountain or the lake, sat down to eat some dry food, the day passed quickly, and when it was almost dusk, everyone stopped in a red and white moon flower.

At that time, the sun was twilight, there was a red glow rising in the sky, and the flowers of the moon were like a delicate ocean, waving to Han Ye and others in the breeze, and there were many colorful butterflies flying on the flowers, and the colorful and gorgeous flowers were embellished.

Such a beautiful scenery in the world made Yun Meng's heart fascinated, she was the first to get off the sword, stepped into the flowers with lotus steps, and caressed those delicate flowers.

Han Yu put the sword back into its sheath, rushed with Yunmeng, and said, "Sister Meng, be careful, the moon flower is thorny. ”

"It's okay, Xiaoyu, they won't hurt me, their thorns are just to protect themselves, and they won't hurt the people who love them." Yun Meng lifted her skirt and bent over, stroked those petals with her bare hands, smiled at them gently, and said, "Are you right?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the breeze blew, and the moons swayed in the wind, as if they were happy with what Yunmeng said.

Han Yu stood beside Yun Meng, quietly watching her dance with the flowers.

Han Ye looked at the beautiful woman in the distance, opened the wine and drank freely, the beautiful scenery is still there, what is life?

Xue Yan was also in a particularly good mood, but after looking at the sky, she said to Han Ye: "Yunmeng is really, it's almost dark, it's time to find a town to rest, you can't let everyone sleep in the flowers, right?" Despite this, she didn't bother Yunmeng to enjoy the flowers.

At this time, Yun Meng seemed to think of something, got up and asked Han Yu, "Xiao Yu, by the way, where is this?" ”

There are many maps that record the geography of Kyushu in the Shushan Sutra Building, Han Yu recalled it carefully, and said to Yunmeng: "Sister Meng, it is not clear where Xiaoyu is here, but Xiaoyu saw a very large ancient city near here when he was flying, if I remember correctly, it is Shangqiu." ”

"Shangqiu?" Yun Meng opened his jade eyes and asked, "Is that where the ancient city of the Song Kingdom is located?" ”

Han Yu said to Yun Meng: "Exactly, sister." ”

"Hmm." Yun Meng seemed to understand something, nodded silently, and walked towards the end of the moon flowers.

Han Yu didn't know why, and asked, "Sister Meng, where are you going?" ”

Yun Meng held the shawl, turned her head in the brilliant flying flowers, her fragrant hair was like the Nine Heavens Galaxy drifting, her jade eyes were like spring waves rippling, she said to Han Yu: "I have heard that there is a Qingling Terrace next to the ancient city of the Song Kingdom, and I just want to go there to see it." ”

"Really?" Han Ye walked over and said, "Yunmeng, since you want to go, why don't we go with you?" ”

Xue Yan didn't force a stop, but said, "Okay, okay!" Don't make it too late, we'll have to go to Shangqiu to stay later! ”

After walking for a short time, through a short section of woods, everyone saw a stone platform several feet high, ancient mottled stone, and some old buildings attached to it, the sky was getting darker and darker, and several lights had been lit in the building, it seemed that although this place had been lost for a long time, there were still a few people living here.

"I seem to ...... A call was faintly heard. Yunmeng followed the sound that only she heard, climbed the stone steps, brushed the railing with her sleeves, and had thousands of thoughts in her heart, and went to the stage, but saw that there was nothing on the stage, she was a little lost and stunned, and then looked into the distance by the railing, and after a while, she seemed to have found something, but she frowned, closed her beautiful eyes, and the corners of her eyes were filled with pearl-like tears.

Xue Yan couldn't bear to disturb her, and asked in a low voice, "Yunmeng, what's the matter?" Have you been to this place before? Touching the scene? ”

Yunmeng shook his head.

It was Han Ye who saw the true cause, he looked towards Yun Meng's line of sight and said, "It's because of that tree." ”

When Xue Yan and Han Yu heard this, they noticed that there were two catalpa trees ten zhang in front of the stage, these two catalpa trees were different from other trees, their roots were intertwined, and their branches were intertwined, quite like a couple snuggling up to each other, and there was no other grass and trees around except this pair of trees, accompanied by the residual sun of dusk, which made people feel desolate.

Han Yu nodded and said, "It seems that the call that my sister heard came from here. ”

Yun Mengyue frowned lightly, and recited quite emotionally: "The sunlight on the side of the Qingling Terrace is slanting, the eternal soul is leaning on the twilight, and Mo Xu Han is a butterfly, waiting to fly on other branches and flowers." ①”

Yun Meng put his hand on his chest, tears were already sprinkled on his clothes, and Han Ye asked, "Yun Meng, what does this poem mean?" ”

Yun Meng looked at the intertwined love tree, and didn't answer him directly, but said gloomily: "Ah Ye, do you know what the name of that tree is?" ”

Han Ye nodded and said: "In the heavens, I wish to be a winged bird, and in the earth, I wish to be a Lian Li branch, this place is close to Shangqiu, presumably this is the Lian Li branch." ”

Yun Meng said softly: "Well, the name of this tree is 'Acacia Tree', also known as 'Lian Li Branch', legend has it that King Song Kang had a person named Han Ping during the Warring States Period, and his wife He was born as beautiful as a flower, and King Song Kang coveted He's beauty to forcibly occupy her ......"

"Eh, wait!" Xue Yan didn't wait for Yun Meng to speak, so she glanced at Ye Meng and said, "One is surnamed Han, and the other is as beautiful as a flower, are you talking about yourself?" ”

Han Ye said coldly: "Don't you forcibly put this story on me and Yunmeng, okay?" ”

Xue Yan stuck out her tongue at him and said, "I want it!" Grandma is happy! ”

Han Yu said, "Let's listen to Sister Meng's next words." ”

Yun Meng saw that everyone wanted to continue listening to the story, and said: "Han Ping and He are very affectionate, he doesn't want his beloved wife to be taken away by King Kang, so he resists many times, but King Song Kang is a tyrant, he imprisoned Han Ping, and forced him to do hard labor, Han Ping was discouraged, and fought against ...... death."

Han Ye was deeply touched when he heard this, and asked gently: "Han Ping is dead, what should he do with his wife?" ”

"His wife?" Yun Meng sighed sadly, as if the woman was her, and only said: "He saw that her husband was dead, she was sad, and cried for three days and three nights, that day, she wore the most beautiful clothes, dressed herself very beautiful, pretended to say to King Kang that she wanted to go on stage to accept his request for a concubine, and after going to the stage, she bowed to her husband to the sky, and then resolutely jumped off the Qingling Terrace, and went to Huangquan with Han Ping......" Yun Meng said sadly, there was a faint tenderness in her jade eyes, she said: "He also left a letter before he died, He asked King Kang to bury the couple together. ”

The brothers and sisters of the Han family were all filled with pity when they heard this, and even Xue Yan, who had always talked a lot, no longer interrupted, but asked with a frown, "What happened later?" Did King Song Kang show mercy? ”

"How could he be merciful?" Yun Meng leaned on the stone railing, looked at the acacia tree, and said, "Then King Song Kang saw that the He family had deceived him, and he lived and died with Han Ping, and he couldn't help but be furious, not only did he not accept the He family's last wish, but also ordered the graves of the two to be divided five miles away, hoping that they would never be together after death." ”

When Xue Yan heard this, he clenched his fists and said indignantly: "This hateful tyrant! People and husbands are dead, and they still do this kind of immoral thing! Beware of having a baby without a fart...... No nose! ”

Everyone looked at Xue Yan and smiled.

Yun Meng's mood eased slightly, and then said: "Later, for some reason, Han Ping and He's two graves both sprouted and grew into big trees, and the two trees seemed to be pulled by something, and they pulled each other closer a few feet every day. Later generations were moved by their unswerving love and named them 'Acacia Trees'. ”

"No wonder Sister Dream is here." Han Yu said with nostalgia: "It turns out that there is such a moving legend here. ”

"Hmm." Yun Meng frowned and said: "During the time when you and Ah Ye were not there, I often spent time alone with flowers and chess, and I often read books and recited poems, and every time I read a moving story, I would cry, and this story of Han Ping and He Shi touched me very deeply......

Xue Yan suddenly fell silent when she heard this, and thought to herself: "Mengmeng, it seems that I really misunderstood you, you were going to wipe your neck and commit suicide in Mingjian Hall that day, it was not willful, maybe in the hearts of all of you, loyalty is more important than death, Yunmeng." ”

So, Xue Yan took the initiative to move closer to the past, trying to find a way to make Yun Meng happy, Yun Meng was very warm, and secretly glanced at Han Ye, who was thinking about the acacia tree.

"Ah Ye, do you know why I care so much about this legend?" Yun Mengxin said: "Actually, for you, I can be that He clan, but I don't want you to be Han Ping." ”

Xue Yan looked at the sky, night fell, and there were already a few stars in the sky, so he said to everyone: "It's already dark, we can't always eat dry food, let's go for a walk, go to Shangqiu!" ”

Everyone nodded yes, and then went down to Qinglingtai and went to the ancient city of the Song Kingdom in Shangqiu.

Exegesis:

(1) "Qingling Terrace Sunshine Oblique ...... Don't spend it when you're flying. "Yongqing Lingtai", from the famous Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin, is about the love tragedy of Han Ping and his beloved wife He (also known as Hua's), bit by bit, turned into acacia trees, even branches, this legend is from Shangqiu. Another: Regarding the legend of the acacia tree Han Ping and the He family, the author has made some modifications after many researches, and the text is slightly different.