She breathed a sigh of relief and turned east along the bare and white path beneath her feet. Before leaving, she noticed that the words on the one of the tombstones closest to her seemed to be darker than those on the others.

She bowed again to the owner of the tombstone in awe, "Offended." Then, as she approached, she noticed that the name engraved on the stele was not painted by cinnabar, but more like dried blood.

"Li Kite?" She murmured her name on the tablet.

Her forehead suddenly tingled briefly, and the drunken stamina made her put aside her curiosity for a while, and she went back to the way she came.

After about 100 steps, the mountain lake comes into view. The sparkling surface of the lake radiates a dazzling light like a jewel. Surrounded by rocks of various sizes, the tallest one is three feet high, making it look both secluded and safe.

Jinyunlan took off her coat and jumped into the lake wearing an autumn-colored inner gauze dress.

The lake is cool in May. She is like a fish in water in the middle of the lake, like a mermaid with a soft body and enjoying herself in the water.

She loved the feeling of being surrounded by water. She often felt that she might have been a mermaid swimming freely in the sea in her previous life. From time to time, he rushed out of the water and sang a long song with his friends on the reef full of splashes.

It's so free, I really want to stay here forever.

On the other side, Li Yi waited left and right, seeing that the sun was about to rise to the highest place, and the eldest lady of Jinyun was still nowhere to be seen.

It's been almost an hour, and this has to be washed and molted.

It can't be an accident.

He couldn't sit still, threw away the saw in his hand, got up and went to the mountain lake to find someone. He took a shortcut, and arrived in a few moments.

Lest he be offended, he stood in the distance and shouted Jinyunlan's name a few times in the direction of Shanxin Lake.

There was no response other than his own echoes.

A bad premonition came to mind. Didn't you stumble and drown? Although the water level here is not waist-high, people who are not familiar with water can drown.

He called her name as he approached the lake.

The surface of the lake was calm, with only a few leaves falling down and ripples on the lake's surface. He glanced around, but he didn't see half a figure.

At her feet were the clothes she had changed and the folded clothes. He stroked the dryness and heat of the two clothes, and guessed that she had been in them for more than half an hour.

"Jinyunlan! Are you still alive? He frowned and shouted at the lake.

A leaf swayed and fell left and right in the air, and the moment it touched the water, the middle of the lake burst into a half-zhang high splash, and a light and delicate figure rushed out of the water in countless crystal clear droplets. She was in the center of the wave with her eyes closed, and the splashes and flying droplets seemed to stand still at this moment, willingly becoming her foil.

The splash was annihilated, the hazy obscuration dissipated, and the true face was revealed. Her body was covered with a veil as thin as a cicada's wings, and her snow-white skin was revealed through the tiny pores.

The jet-black strands of her hair hang down smoothly, and the ends of her hair float on the surface of the water, spreading outward. Her unadorned face was covered with clear droplets, which seemed to be dotted with the brilliant scales of the mermaid in the sunlight, shining with dazzling brilliance.

The rocks around her seemed to enclose her on purpose, and she was alone in the middle of the lake, half of her body like a mermaid who longed for freedom but had to be delayed in the shallows.

Li Yi was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly understood why the legendary Cowherd had stolen the Weaver Girl's clothes when he first saw her.

I guess I saw this scene too.

"You've been soaking for too long." He looked away and opened his mouth to grumble.

Jin Yunlan's open-minded and hearty laughter came: "I'm sorry. It's just that the water temperature here is so comfortable that I lost track of time for a swim. And so it came up. ”

Li Yi turned to leave, and after walking calmly for dozens of steps, he suddenly stopped his steps and reached out to cover his hot cheeks.

Seeing him walk away, Jinyun Lan bent down again, submerged the part below her jaw in the water, and the cool lake water wrapped her again. She was nostalgic and said secretly: "The opportunity is rare, let's swim the last lap." ”

With that, she buried herself again in the lake.

After a while, she reluctantly went ashore and changed into a tender white dress. Her long, wet hair dries hard, so she has to wet and wash the rocks on the shore, then spread her long hair on the surface of the stones, and cover her face with a handkerchief, which the sun will dry naturally.

By the time she finished dressing, it was already time for a stick of incense.

She hurried back to the front mountain, and it was already noon, and the smoke wafted from every house, and the aroma of rice came to her face. She was inexplicably in a good mood. Does this mean that she is really helping these people? But after thinking about it, it was the Jinyun clan that caused their tragedy. Even though he is a descendant, he can't escape the blame, so that happiness is quickly covered up by guilt.

She trotted back to Li Yi's house, only to see Li Tang eating, but not Li Yi's figure, she stood at the door, leaned in, and asked, "What about Li Yi's others?" ”

Li Tang squinted at the woman standing in the light source, and for a moment he mistakenly thought he had seen his mother. He quickly came to his senses and walked forward to show her the way in a friendly way, "Xiao Yu, he is waiting for you in the ancestral hall." ”

Jin Yunlan thanked him with a smile, and then trotted away with her skirt like a young girl who couldn't wait to see her lover.

Li Tang looked at her back and sighed with emotion, "It's a pity." Why is it the Jinyun tribe? ”

When she was about to arrive at her destination, Jinyunlan slowed down her fast pace and walked dignifiedly.

The ancestral hall is a place where all families and ethnic groups place their ancestors' spiritual positions and spirits, which is extremely solemn and solemn, and should not be treated lightly.

No wonder Li Yi specially asked her to go to bathe in the front lake, how could she meet the ancestors when she was covered in mud and filth.

She stood at the door, and only after Li Yi had finished worshipping the incense and kowtowing her head did she cough lightly to attract his attention.

Li Yan slowly turned around, with a solemn and distant expression, "Come in." There was a majesty in his deep voice that could not be denied.

Jin Yunlan picked up the hem of her skirt and stepped in gently.

Somehow, as soon as she entered the door, a strange aura filled the entire hall.

The smoke from the three incense sticks on the incense burner drifted in three different directions, as if three invisible hands were pulling the three wisps of smoke.

The weather outside the door changed again, and in the blink of an eye, it was overcast. A strange wind poured into the gate, shuttling through the hall, caressing the tablets of each Li ancestor and rushing towards her.

She felt an extreme resentment turn into two invisible hands, one clenched into a fist and slammed into her abdomen, the other holding her head with five open fingers.

She was beaten and torn by these two invisible forces, but she had no power to fight back.

She roared like thunder in pain, like a hurricane roaring in her head, sweeping away her consciousness, and in her belly there was a real fire that burned her internal organs and scorched her heart.

Just when she felt that she was going to die of this pain, she suddenly came to her senses.

Li Yan in front of her was frowning, looking solemnly at her holding her stomach and head for no reason, and roaring heartbreakingly.

She looked back at the weather outside the door, and the sun was shining. The three wisps of white smoke in front of him also curled upward.

But the painful taste still seemed to remain in her body, and it refused to go away for a long time, until the last bit of blood on her face was squeezed dry.

Li Yan secretly wondered about her reaction, and knew it in her heart. He waited for him to calm down for a while before he spoke: "Jinyun Lan, the grievances between the Li clan and Jinyun have lasted for thousands of years. Although you are the first person to apologize to us in this millennium. But there is no basis for the rhetoric. With just a few beautiful words, I can't believe your sincerity. ”

"And what do you want me to do?" Jin Yunlan asked weakly.

Li Yi pointed to the spiritual seat of the full hall and said to her: "You kneel down in front of the tablet of our Li ancestor, and kowtow three times. ”

Jin Yunlan naturally knew what her kneeling meant.

She is the daughter of the Jinyun clan, and now she has joined the Jinyun clan association, although she has not yet taken on a big responsibility, but her words and deeds are also closely related to Jinyun.

It was easy for her to kneel, and it was not difficult for her to repent of her sins in front of the tablet of the ancestor of the Li family, and she was already ready to come to her senses. But her actions alone cannot represent the attitude of the entire Jinyun. But someone has to take the first step, and she is very glad that she became the first person, but she is very sad that the first person has not appeared until now.

It was their fault in the first place, and no matter how long the time has passed, the apology cannot be absent.

She nodded resolutely to Li Yi, and then stepped forward. She removed the futon, smoothed her dress, and fell to her knees on the hard ground.

The moment her bent knees touched the ground, there was a sudden storm outside, lightning and thunder. The thunder roared in the sky, as if it was telling grievances on behalf of the thousands of heroes of the Li clan.

Jin Yunlan's mood was surprisingly calm. She ignored the strange and changeable weather, and did not wonder if the strange weather had something to do with her actions at the moment. She just calmly and solemnly stretched out her palms to fold, touched the ground, and knocked her head three times in a row in front of the ancestors of the Li clan.

Every time she knocked, the thunder exploded above her head.

When she finished knocking her head three times, she straightened up, folded her hands, and said sincerely and sincerely: "I, Jinyun Lan, hereby admit the evil deeds committed by the Jinyun clan, and sincerely apologize to the entire Li clan. I hope that the souls of the ancestors will rest in peace and ascend to bliss as soon as possible. ”

Her voice fell, and silence returned to the inside and outside of the temple.

Jin Yunlan looked back and found that the outside of the ancestral hall was surrounded by people from the Li clan. They all stared at her with complicated expressions, strange, worried, and wary. These eyes flew towards her in unison, making her ashamed and embarrassed.

She couldn't help but cast a pleading glance at Li Yan, hoping that he could say something to alleviate the solemn atmosphere.

Li Yi solemnly stepped forward, and said loudly to his clansmen who did not know the truth: "This woman is from the Jinyun clan, and just now she admitted the sins of the Jinyun clan and knelt down to apologize to us. ”

The heavy faces of the crowd were not alleviated, but became more and more complicated.

Jinyunlan was even more difficult to deal with, especially when she met the innocent and innocent eyes of the children, she really couldn't open her mouth to tell them that she was not a fairy sister at all, but a descendant of a family feud that had hurt them for many years.

Li Qiang cautiously stepped into the main hall in front of everyone. Step by step in front of her. She wasn't tall, only a little taller than Jin Yunlan who was kneeling. She stared straight at her with her big clear, snowy eyes.

The corners of Jinyunlan's bitter mouth trembled twice in disobedience. She bowed her head in shame.

Li Qiang's warm palm covered her cheek, held her face up, and said childishly: "My father said that if you know your mistakes, you will be a good child." You apologized, and we'll be good friends from now on. She flashed a large, innocent smile at her.

Jin Yunlan suddenly burst into tears, and two lines of hot tears slipped into Li Qiang's warm palm.

Li Qiang took her head into her arms and kept stroking the top of her head like an elder, "Don't cry, don't cry." ”

Jin Yunlan hugged her and cried bitterly.

On that day, the three words "I'm sorry" resounded in the hall and dispersed for a long time.