Qingzhou, Qiancheng Mountain.

In the early morning of the next day, Ning Xiaochuan got up early in the morning and prepared to climb the mountain.

Since you have come to Qiancheng Mountain, you have to go to the Confucian Hall to see what, and you don't understand it, but you only see people.

Under the leadership of the disciples in the door, Ning Xiaochuan came to the Confucian hall alone, pushed the door in, and the rising morning sun shone in along the crack in the door, just shining on Kong Luyan, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon and meditating.

Shining in the morning light, the creaking sound of the wooden door came, Kong Luyan silently raised his head, and was in a daze!

Ning Xiaochuan walked quickly to Kong Luyan's side, followed the customs, and sat cross-legged on the futon.

Kong Luyan, who came back to his senses, said softly, "I don't know if the son is asking or asking for scriptures?" ”

"Neither."

Ning Xiaochuan said quietly, the Confucian Hall is a very magical place, no matter how restless your heart was before you came, after coming here, you will feel extra calm when you kneel here.

"Childe doesn't ask, and he doesn't ask for scriptures, so what's the matter here?" Kong Luyan asked with a smile.

"Come and see someone."

"People haven't already met." Kong Luyan continued.

"I haven't seen you yet, but I see you now." Ning Xiaochuan was also frank and went straight to the point.

Kong Luyan smiled again, "Sir, he's okay." ”

The gentleman in Kong Luyan's mouth was Kong Zhenxuan, who followed Yu Xining to Xiangzhou, and Ning Xiaochuan nodded lightly.

"Grandpa Kong, he is very good, although he is in Xiangzhou, he will still miss Qianchengshan."

"Sometimes I also want to leave Qiancheng Mountain and go outside to see, when I was a child, Mr. Zhang Xi often said to read 10,000 books, travel 10,000 miles, I read 10,000 books, read Confucian sages, but this road did not go much, walking around, it is just this Qiancheng Mountain."

When Kong Luyan spoke, his eyes were calm and his attitude was pious, as if he was not a Confucian sage at all.

In his early twenties, he became the head of the Confucian family, whether he was a genius in a thousand or the youngest sage in Confucianism, but in his own heart, he was just a young man, an ordinary young man.

I am in the mountains, and the mountains are not mountains.

People are outside the mountains, and the mountains are all mountains.

The young man's eyes became soft, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "If you want to go down the mountain, go down and take a walk, look at the rivers and mountains of Dafeng, and see the suffering of the world." ”

Kong Luyan smiled, raised his hand and smiled, "I borrowed your auspicious words." ”

Modest and cautious, talking and laughing like a breeze leaning on the bright moon, Kong Luyan exerted his elegance to the extreme, for this Confucian sage, Ning Xiaochuan can't talk about much friendship, but he will feel extremely comfortable here.

After leaving the Confucian Palace, Ning Xiaochuan went down the mountain alone and said goodbye to Ning Song and his wife, who sent him down the mountain to a place where he could see the gold of the wilderness.

Ning Xiaochuan stopped, turned around and arched his hand, "Third brother, let's go here, go back with my sister-in-law, one day, we will meet again." ”

Ning Song nodded, and watched Ning Xiaochuan take out a jade pendant that had already been prepared from his waist, the jade pendant was engraved on one side, and it was the Ning character that was engraved, and the reverse side was as smooth as a mirror, empty.

"Giving this jade pendant to the eldest brother for the third brother is a small gift for my little nephew who I haven't met." Ning Song said in a deep voice.

This piece of jade is full of jasper, which can be penetrated through the light, and it is the best in jade and is very valuable.

Being able to give away such a precious thing is enough to see Ning Song's intentions, and Ning Xiaochuan did not pretend to be reserved, he directly took the third brother's jade pendant, put it in his arms, and arched his hand, "Third brother, don't say goodbye, we will see you in Xiangzhou." ”

After that, a whistle sounded, Xiaobai galloped out of the dense forest in the distance, Ning Xiaochuan turned over and got on the horse, the white horse cried, and he rode in the dust.

Kong Ying took Ning Song's arm, looked at the young figure who disappeared into the wheat waves, and sighed, "Are we really going to Xiangzhou?" ”

Ning Song's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously, "Of course, that's our home." ”

After galloping for more than 100 miles, Ning Xiaochuan turned over and dismounted, bowed in the direction of Qiancheng Mountain, three times in a row.

Kong Luyan in the Confucian hall opened his eyes and smiled softly.

It seems that he already knows that he has been staring at him.

……

Qingzhou, Lindaocheng.

Lindaocheng is the seat of Qingzhou Prefecture, that is, where Yu Xiling lived and grew up since childhood, but in Qingzhou, people talk more about Qiancheng Mountain.

There is a small courtyard in Lindao City, the street outside is very noisy, but the courtyard is very quiet, the elderly Yu Baijie made a pot of tea, leaned on the bamboo chair in the center of the original, listened to the bird in the cage, it was particularly comfortable.

But behind this comfort, there is more of a loneliness.

Ning Xiaochuan entered the city alone, and only after three or two inquiries did he find out the location of Yu Mansion, unlike other state pastors, this time he did not come as a junior, but as a son-in-law to visit Yu Baijie.

There was a knock on the door, and the young man had never been so nervous, his mind was racing, and he soon came up with a lot of words to deal with the possible problems of his father-in-law, and the villain in the Yu Mansion was particularly surprised to see the young man in front of him when he opened the door.

"Childe, are you ......" the subordinate looked at Ning Yan suspiciously.

Ning Xiaochuan laughed in a deep voice, "Xiangzhou, Ning Xiaochuan." ”

As soon as Ning Xiaochuan's three words came out, the subordinates were immediately ecstatic, and the door was opened, and they were overjoyed.

"It turned out to be my uncle, I said that the son of the family can be so handsome, it turned out to be his own family, master, master, you can see who is coming, it is my uncle who is here."

The young subordinate pulled Ning Yan to the courtyard, the Yu Mansion was not big, and soon came to the small courtyard in the front hall, looking at Yu Baijie who was dressed in plain clothes, Ning Xiaochuan hurriedly bowed his hand, "The son-in-law has seen the father-in-law." ”

I haven't seen him for many years, Yu Baijie seems to be a lot older, and Ning Yan has also grown up a lot, Yu Baijie looked at Ning Xiaochuan and suddenly laughed, without a word of gossip, he said, "Come and sit down." ”

Such simple words were beyond Ning Xiaochuan's expectations.

Ning Xiaochuan, who came to Yu Mansion for the first time, was a little overwhelmed, and pulled a small stool to sit opposite Yu Baijie, Yu Baijie said calmly, "Do you want tea?" ”

"Drink."

Ning Xiaochuan Mu Ne nodded.

Yu Baijie smiled and brought him a small cup of freshly brewed tea, Ning Xiaochuan was flattered, and quickly got up and reached out to take it.

A cup of tea is bitter in addition to bitterness, but the aftertaste after drinking it is indeed a little sweet.

"What's so good about you kid, you can make my girl so desperate for you, and even go thousands of miles to Xiangzhou to find you.

Tsk, honestly old man, I still don't think you're worthy of my girl. ”

Yu Baijie drank a cup of tea, and opened his mouth to Wang Fang, Ning Xiaochuan didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Xi Ning said that you are the best man in the world, and she is the person who must marry in her life, Ning Xiaochuan, do you think you are worthy of what my girl said?" This old man opened his mouth with a three-plate axe, and said that he was like sitting on pins and needles.

After pondering for a long time, Ning Xiaochuan raised his head and arched his hand, "Father-in-law, Xi Ning said that I am the best man in the world, and my son-in-law does not dare to admit it without permission, but my son-in-law will have facts to prove that Xi Ning married me is an absolutely correct decision."

I, Ning Xiaochuan, haven't done anything big in my life, I have no name, and I can understand if you say that I am not worthy of Xi Ning; The world is so big, there is always a place where I can make a name for myself, and I dare to swear in front of you that I am not a mediocre person. ”

Yu Baijie, a generation of heroes who once rejected the king of Jingbei in the north and arrived in the south of the king of the South China Sea, quietly finished sipping the tea in the cup, looked at Ning Xiaochuan quietly, and said, "Add tea." ”

Ning Xiaochuan let go and carefully added tea to his father-in-law.

"My Qingzhou rules, add tea to filial piety parents, this cup of tea should be regarded as the tea on your marriage day." Yu Baijie said without changing his face.

After Ning Xiaochuan heard this, he was surprised and delighted, "Do you recognize me as a son-in-law?" ”

Yu Baijie smiled helplessly, "If you don't agree, how can you be so relieved to hand over your daughter to you back then?" ”

Ning Xiaochuan touched his head and smiled awkwardly, "So, what you just said is testing me." ”

"No matter how I say it, Xi Ning is my daughter, I don't help her check, who will help her, now it seems that my daughter and I have a good vision." Yu Baijie smiled with satisfaction.

"You're scaring me to death." I have to say that this new son-in-law is indeed terrifying when he sees his father-in-law.

Getting back to business, Yu Baijie looked at Ning Xiaochuan and asked in a deep voice, "You did the Suzhou thing?" ”

"Sort of." Ning Xiaochuan did not deny that Yu Baijie was not a fool, if he could appear here, then he could also appear in Suzhou, but no one knew his identity.

If the Gongsun family bites and doesn't let go, it will be a matter of time before Ning Xiaochuan is found.

"Then why don't you hurry back to Xiangzhou and come to Qingzhou to do something?" Yu Baijie said coldly.

Ning Xiaochuan's face was gloomy, "Go to Qiancheng Mountain to see my third brother, and come to Daocheng to see you, that's all." ”

"It's not safe anywhere except Xiangzhou."

"It's the same in Xiangzhou, people who want to kill me will use all means to kill me." Ning Xiaochuan smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Why did you kill you?" Yu Baijie frowned and asked.

Ning Xiaochuan didn't know whether to answer or not, but asked rhetorically, "Do you believe in Daomen's luck?" ”

Yu Baijie was silent for a long time before he said, "The more you carry, the greater the responsibility, so do you know your responsibilities now?" ”

Ning Xiaochuan shook his head and said, "I'm stupid, I don't like to think too much, at first I just wanted my family to be safe, but I found that I couldn't even do this simplest thing." ”

The elderly Yu Baijie said in a deep voice, "In the past, people always liked to use a small family to force people to make a choice, but I don't know if there is no small family, how can everyone come."

But I have to admit that those who can make a small family for everyone are heroes with a heart and a world, will you be this kind of hero in the future? ”

"It's not." Ning Xiaochuan refused without thinking about it, "I'm an ordinary person." ”

"If you are, I can't spare you." Yu Baijie snorted coldly.

Ning Xiaochuan smiled helplessly, "Then father-in-law, what do you think of my responsibility?" ”

Yu Baijie suddenly smiled, stroked his beard and said, "You Ning Xiaochuan is a person who does big things, I believe that there are some things you have already heard and don't want to hear anymore, so I won't say what you have heard, just one sentence, if one day, if you have to choose between the country and the family, I hope you choose Dafeng." ”

"But didn't you just say that if I became a hero, I wouldn't be able to spare me?" Ning Xiaochuan said.

"The one who can make the most correct decision in a critical time is a hero; From the beginning, I was determined to sacrifice the small for the big, that is the hero, I want you to be a hero, not a hero. ”

Yu Baijie's words were very thorough, Ning Xiaochuan was stunned, and said after a long time, "I still want to be an ordinary person." ”

It's just that from the day he was born, he was destined not to be an ordinary person.