The sun is hanging high, it is noon, it is already the climate of spring is getting warmer, the spring breeze is warm, and the sun is dazzling in the middle of the day.

The south of the capital, winding mountain, halfway up the mountain.

The wind rustles through the bamboo forest, and there are birds chirping.

There is a white-haired man in plain clothes all year round bending over to dig bamboo shoots, and it is rare that he is not as sloppy as before on this day, and his face is very clean. Five or six men and women in different clothes flew down the mountain, and a few of them flashed into the bamboo forest where steel knives were inserted.

Because the beloved woman liked this high inner quality before her death, such a tenacious and upright temperament is to sort out a large piece of open space with the night Hongtu, and transplant these various kinds of bamboo directly from other places, after these years of careful care, in recent years, at the beginning of spring, bamboo shoots are emerging one after another, endlessly.

Originally, it was just allowed to grow savagely, but later the eldest daughter who was called "old girl" by the family because of the snack fast, a few years ago when Qingming came to the grave to dig a few pickles, but it does make people eat delicious and delicious, that is, since then, digging bamboo shoots every spring has become a routine of Ye Hongtu.

Hearing that someone was coming, the fourth master of the night family straightened up and looked at it, and it was not unusual to see a few brothers and sisters among the twelve horsemen, after all, there were only a few people on the whole mountain who could come and go freely in this place that was regarded as a forbidden place in the mountains.

At the moment, he joked: "How did so many people come here once, knowing that they are digging bamboo shoots and eating with the old girl today, this is all a dog's nose?" ”

"Fourth brother!" The white-haired man's joke was interrupted by a tall man with a cinnabar mark on his face first, "The second lady and the third son are back." ”

This person is the one who usually comes to drink and chat with Ye Hongtu, and is in the noon position when he is in front of the horse, and he is also the only person with the surname Ye among the twelve.

The white-haired man who was about to bend down and continue to work was obviously stagnant in his hands, and straightened up again, but he didn't look at those people, as if digesting the meaning of this sentence, and muttered: "Just come back?" ”

After just a few breaths, he wondered again: "Didn't you already know about their return?" What's all the fuss? ”

After that, he continued to bend down and dig bamboo shoots, obviously this matter did not let him take it to heart.

These people were quite puzzled by Ye Hongtu's reaction, one by one, you look at me, I look at you, one of them lined up and the other people came out of the crowd, but it was a woman in her forties dressed in green clothes, with a slender figure, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, dressed in a woman's clothes but born with a man's appearance, and she was also sassy.

This person is Ling Long, who is in the Chen position in the front pawn of the horse, and now he is also frowning slightly, and his face is indescribably anxious, and he said, "Fourth brother, what do you mean by this?" If you don't want to go down the mountain, we'll find it ourselves. ”

"Damn, you're not going to care about your own children? If the old accounts are turned up, what will the two children do? ”

A thin man on the side shouted angrily and echoed, this is Hou Shengyun who is in the Shen position, don't look at him as thin and weak, I am afraid that the wind will blow him down, but his temper is very short-tempered, and the gunpowder is generally ignited, even in front of the people who are regarded as their father-in-law by their brothers and sisters, he dares to say a few words, "If you don't care, Lao Tzu will go down the mountain to pick them up, but if Lao Tzu finds it, I see which of you can find it!" ”

The thin man said that he wanted to leave, but as soon as he raised his foot, he was pulled by the crutches man beside him, and it was the rabbit master who went to Wudang to treat the three watches overnight, and he glanced at Hou Shengyun vigorously.

The twelve horse pawns have been adopted by the night since they were young, and they are the same as their brothers and sisters, and they can understand each other's thoughts with just one look, but the irritable Hou Shengyun is impatient at the moment, how can he pay attention to the intention of the rabbit master?

Hou Shengyun, who wanted to shake off his hands and break free, listened to Ye Yuan, who was the first to speak: "Do you want to make an exception and ask the prince for a letter?" These two children are too unreassuring. ”

It's just that the fourth master of the night family, who had the courage to reject the hereditary reckless replacement, simply squatted down, and this time he even stopped moving his hands, but he still didn't say a word, it seemed that this very fat spring bamboo shoot in front of him was more attractive than his own sons and daughters.

At this time, a bald woman in a purple short shirt walked out of the wooden house next to her, holding the washed clothes, and said while busy drying them: "Uncle Xiaoma, they must have their own plans if they didn't go back to the mountains directly, so let's not worry about it." ”

Another burly man, with a big waist and a round tiger's back and a bear's waist, his eyes are like copper bells and beards, and his big voice is shocking, and those who are close to him are all owed, so I heard this man almost roar: "The three sons are not all ......"

It's just that as soon as the loud man's mouth opened angrily, he was dragged by a small woman on the side, and then closed his mouth with interest, shaking his head and sulking.

These two people are the only couple in the pawn, Niu Ben in the ugly position and Luoyang in the unseated position.

Don't look at Niu Ben's five big and three thick, Luoyang, who is like a child, is very different from him, but Niu Ben is notoriously afraid of guilt, Luoyang, who has the same name as Dongdu, can make Niu Ben tremble with one look, and he is not less ridiculed by several brothers on weekdays. What's more, he is being pulled by his mother-in-law now, and he doesn't dare to say anything more if he scratches his head and is in a hurry.

Ye Yuan looked at the indifferent Ye Hongtu, and then looked at Ye Linling, who was holding a wooden basin with the monk name of the purple shirt, wanted to speak but tried a few times but didn't say it, "oops" turned around and left, and the rest of the people looked at me and I looked at you, and I didn't know what to do for a while.

Finally, the white-haired man stopped digging the bamboo shoot, patted the dirt on his hands and got up, and didn't look at a few people, as if talking to himself, he muttered: "Look at a few of you, whether it's a round night or Linglong, Brother Xian'er didn't come over, and add him, how smart he is on weekdays, how can he be so hypocritical now?" It's not as good as an old girl. When you hide, you are chattering one by one to find it, don't hide, worry about blaming the top one by one, come back to prevent me from beating that little rabbit cub, and if you don't come back, hang them and suffer outside. Are you all tired? ”

Seeing that several people were all about to speak and stopped, Ye Hongtu waved his hand a little impatiently and said, "Let's go, let's go, don't delay me digging bamboo shoots here." ”

Those few people are you look at me and I look at you I don't know what to do, and finally turned around and left with Yeyuan, but they walked lonely, not as eager as when they first came, obviously still worried, and couldn't be so open-minded as a white-haired man.

Looking at the dejected backs of several people, Ye Hongtu laughed, threw away the small hoe in his hand, and stretched a big lazy waist.

"What's the matter, it's also my son and daughter, can I make them both angry?"

As he spoke, he looked at the tomb not far away, and his eyes were full of tenderness.

"Isn't it?"

It didn't matter who he was asking, but when the voice landed, it caused a strong wind to rise in the bamboo forest, and the steel knife rattled around.

The man, who seemed to have been doing nothing all his life, turned to the majestic city to the north, which had only one outline, and his eyes were full of light.

"I haven't moved for seven years, so I forgot that I can't make a plan for the night?"

The mountains in this spring day are actually piercing.

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There are descendants wearing hats to climb the mountain.

As the only prince's mansion on the ground in Gyeonggi, it is still a whole mountain rewarded by the emperor, and it is naturally heavily guarded, unlike those surrounding mountains, there will be hunters in the surrounding villages to set foot in the mountain, this mountain is equivalent to the existence of the imperial city, but no one who is not long-sighted will dare to enter it by mistake.

As soon as this person appeared near the left side of the mountain, there was a secret guard who passed the news up to the deep house on the top of the mountain, covering an area of 100 acres, waiting for the disposal of this person.

But it was surprisingly quiet today, and no instructions came back as quickly as before.

You must know that the owner of this mountain is from the rivers and lakes, different from other feudal officials in the court, the guards are all soldiers in the army who can fight well, and they are all martial arts masters who are in the stream, anyway, they can enter the eyes of this prince with a different surname, and become the guard of the forbidden land of this mountain.

It is a message, from the fact that he has just entered the boundary of the mountain, to the top of the mountain, a round trip, the foot power master in the secret guard is responsible for the transmission, up and down the mountain less than a hundred miles, the news has passed through the hand is not more than a cup of tea, but until now the secret guard who has been secretly following this descendant has followed to the foot of the mountain, and has not seen any movement, which is indeed incomprehensible.

Anyway, the patrol guard at the foot of the mountain was an old man on the mountain, and told the secret guard the identity of this person, although he covered his face with a hat, but like those of them who have been on the mountain for a few years, it seems that the figure of the person also knows who it is.

He is also a master of the Diamond Sutra of foreign martial artists, and the secret guard who has been following the descendants thinks that he has only served in this palace in the past few years, and under the soft face of the senior, he was stunned by who this person was.

Naturally, it is the third watch of the night.

Earlier, he went to the capital with Hege and sent the prince of Fuying, who was shouldering the secret of pouring the sky, into the palace, and then he went around and around the mountain.

The so-called hometown cowardice, but it is just a close hometown, and it has already entered the mountain, but it is not as upset as a few days ago, and even he feels abnormal in his heart.

Not to mention anything else, there was a muffled thunder in the capital in the north just now, and I don't know if it was a salute set off by a red wedding event, which scared Ye Sangen.

Gathering his thoughts, Ye Sangen originally wanted to find the hidden secret guard on the road and go up the mountain to say, but then he thought about it, he was going back to his own house, and he had to let people know, it was really a joke.

Thoughts are linked, the foot is not slack at all, not long to the halfway up the mountainside, no longer do not have to deliberately hide the head and tail, the night three more take off the hat and look at the white marble stone steps that are still winding upwards without end, this is thirty years ago that the old man of his own family completed the gambling contract with the emperor, promoted to the queen of the mountain, the emperor personally appointed the Ministry of Engineering to plan and supervise, and was carved by the white marble at the Youyan.

The third night turned into the path that was only artificially walked out later, and six people paced out and stood on the spot.

The leader of Ye Yuan was speechless, and the cinnabar mark on the man's face seemed to be alive.

Obviously, the last few people also had different expressions, but they couldn't speak with their mouths open.

It is true that no one would have imagined that they only heard yesterday that these two people appeared in the Qingniyi Station outside the capital, and then they disappeared. Anyway, it was Gou Rixin, the watchdog of Beijing City who was on good friends with the night, sent the news, and the family had not sent anyone to inquire about further news, and quietly appeared on the mountain, which really made people puzzled.

The woman is so anxious, not to mention that she is still called Ling Long with a thousand knots in her heart by the nightfall, this woman with a manly spirit between her eyebrows has never been married for any reason, and she looks at the young man in front of her, her eyes are red, and she calls softly: "Three watches..."

Just calling out a name was covered by a choked voice, Ling Long endured the worry of not seeing him for three years, tugged at Luoyang on the side, and sobbed in a low voice.

Ye San couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Auntie, why are you here?" ”

Ye Yuan was the first to come back to his senses, looked at Ye Sangen alone, and asked, "What about the second miss?" ”

"If there's something, don't come back."

The answer was very concise and clear, and Ye San even crossed a few people, "I'll go see my mother." ”

On this day, the third son of the night family who had been away for three years returned home, and there was jubilation up and down the mountain.

The group of people who were just waiting for the third watch to go up the mountain at night were just waiting for the message from the third son of the family to leave again.

On this day, Ye San kowtowed to his mother nine times, drove Ye Linling away, and had a long talk with his father Ye Hongtu, the content of which no one knew.

On this day, Ye San fully understood Ye Yao's good intentions.

The night family should be prosperous, and it should be prosperous for 500 years.