Xie Mingxu was dressed in a navy blue robe, with a tall body, and an onyx-inlaid sword hanging from his narrow waist, with an indescribable temperament and a faint majesty.

"You've only been gone for a while, and you're not going to be able to? It seems that away from the frontier, you will become more and more lazy. "His voice was beautiful, like a clear spring hitting a stone.

Xie Mingxu stretched out his hand: "Keep up with me, otherwise when you go back, you will be punished for washing your horse." ”

The man in purple hugged his head and begged for mercy: "General Xie Xiao, just spare me, I'm just a dumb kid, useless!" This time, I followed you back to Beijing mainly to visit my grandmother. In this case, I will go down the mountain first, and I will put on a feast for you in the city, and you will come directly to my house to find me after you come down the mountain. ”

After that, he turned around and ran, for fear that if he slowed down, he would be caught by Xie Mingxu.

Seeing that his friend ran away without a trace, Xie Mingxu pursed his thin lips.

He didn't say any nonsense, and was about to continue up the mountain when he turned around, but saw a small figure sitting on the big rock beside him.

Shen Ningning blinked his big round and watery eyes and looked at them for a long time.

The little guy was wearing a thin pink dress, with flowing veils on his sleeves, his skin was snowy, but there were two hot red balls on his face.

Xie Mingxu was stunned.

There is a lack of water outside, and even the daughters of large families are laborious to raise.

Like such a beautiful little girl, he really hasn't seen much of it all the way back.

Moreover, the appearance of this little girl made him feel kind.

Shen Ningning's eyes kept chasing him, Xie Mingxu wanted to stop and exchange a few words, but he was afraid of scaring this little girl.

So he passed by her silently.

When his figure was out of sight, Shen Ningning blinked his big round eyes and thought about it: "The surname is Xie, will it be a relative of the prime minister's uncle?" ”

Shen Ningning had rested enough, so he jumped down from the stone and jumped up the steps again.

"Hey, hey......" she grunted as she crawled.

It's not very tired, it's just that the little belly is round and full of sugar water.

Shen Ningning climbed halfway and saw the eldest brother surnamed Xie standing in front of the steps in front of him, checking the soil of the forest on one side.

He frowned, his slender fingers rubbing the rough dirt, as if there was something unexpected about it.

Shen Ningning walked over: "Big brother~ What are you looking at!" ”

Xie Mingxu turned his head and looked at the little guy, his tone was a little cold: "It's nothing." ”

He clapped his hands and dusted them off.

It rained heavily in the capital last night, but the soil was wet and the color was different from the surrounding soil.

Xie Mingxu suspected that there were things buried under this different-colored soil.

But there was a strange little girl beside him, and it was inconvenient for him to dig, not to mention that he came up the mountain to worship the Buddha and offer lamps this time, so he put this matter aside for the time being.

Shen Ningning felt that the eldest brother surnamed Xie in front of him was so cold!

The other party was not enthusiastic, so she naturally didn't stick to the chat anymore, and she carried her little skirt and staggered up the steps again.

After a while, Xie Mingxu caught up with her pace and took the initiative to ask: "Little friend, did you go up the mountain alone, what about your family?" ”

Shen Ningning's dark eyes looked at him, and his voice was soft: "Big brother, you won't want to kidnap me!" We Huang Fuzi said that most strangers who call your children outside are not well-intentioned! ”

"Next, are you going to give me candy to eat and let me go with you?"

Xie Mingxu stumbled under his feet and almost fell down in shock by her words.

On his calm and serious face, there were two more cramps: "I'm not a human tooth dealer, how can I tie you up." ”

However, when he thought about it, he didn't know this little girl, so he rashly asked her where her family was, which would indeed make people doubt his purpose.

Xie Mingxu took the initiative to explain: "I want to remind you that now that you have gone to the mountains, if you go further, you will get lost, if you sneak out to play, go back as soon as possible, don't let your family worry." ”

Shen Ningning smiled sweetly at this time, and said strangely: "I'm not sneaking out to play, I'm going to go to Fashan Temple and let the monks and grandfathers help me cultivate Buddha beads, na, look!" ”

She took out a few round Buddha beads with her small hand.

Xie Mingxu glanced at it, and immediately twisted his eyebrows slightly.

The Buddha beads that this little girl took out turned out to be like the string of relics in the prince's hand that he had seen before.

According to legend, the crown prince was born with the legend of the evil god coming into the world, and his life was destined to be ill-fated.

For the sake of the crown prince, the emperor made all the relics left by a high monk a hundred years ago into a bracelet, and ordered the prince to wear it on his body after the consecration, praying for peace and dissolving evil spirits.

Xie Mingxu had seen a few of them, their whole body was brown, and when they were exposed to the light, they seemed to be transparent.

He looked at Shen Ningning's gaze and became unfathomable.

If it is really the prince's thing, how can it be in the hands of this little girl?

Shen Ningning only gave him two glances before putting it away.

Xie Mingxu followed her and said lightly: "In this case, let's go on the same road, I also went to Fashan Temple." ”

Shen Ningning suddenly became enthusiastic: "Big brother, what are you doing in the temple?" ”

"Lamps for the family." He said.

Shen Ningning is an optimistic talker, on the way up the mountain, when she sees strange flowers and grasses, she will excitedly share them with Xie Mingxu.

As soon as he saw her, Xie Mingxu thought of his sister.

His eyes couldn't help but darken.

If his little sister is still there, she should be as old as this little girl.

They will follow him, chase after him, or pester him and call him brother.

Thinking like this, Xie Mingxu couldn't help but remind Shen Ningning, who was running fast in front: "Slow down, be careful of wrestling." ”

The two of them came to Fashan Temple together.

Shen Ningning's little face was hot and red, and he wiped the sweat from his fair forehead with his little hands.

Her big dark eyes looked at the temple: "Hey, there are so few people!" ”

Xie Mingxu also glanced at it.

It's not just that there are few people, it's that there are no people.

Except for the monks sweeping the floor, not even a single pilgrim was seen.

He frowned a little keenly, and before he could speak, Shen Ningning had already stepped in heartlessly.

"Uncle Monk~" The little guy went straight to the sweeping monk.

Helpless, Xie Mingxu could only keep up with her.

The sweeping monk was a man over forty years old, with a sturdy body, and looking at Shen Ningning, surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Little donor, what do you need help with?"

"I want to string the broken Buddha beads, can you help me?" Shen Ningning said Nuonuo and took out his waist bag.

When I opened it for the monk to see, it was full of brown beads.

There has always been a tradition in Cangyun country, where people will take the items they wear with them and come to the temple to celebrate incense, commonly known as Kaiguang.

Therefore, the monk also thought that Shen Ningning had this idea, and immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Okay." ”

He glanced up at Xie Mingxu behind the little guy, thinking that the two of them were brother and sister, so he took the beads from his waist bag and sent them into the main hall.

"Buddha beads should be placed in front of the Buddha for half an hour, and then the poor monk will find a line to help the little donor string it."

Shen Ningning clasped his hands together and said obediently: "Okay, thank you, Uncle monk." ”

The monk smiled: "You're welcome, Amitabha." ”

He turned away.

Shen Ningning turned his head and saw Xie Mingxu looking at the offering table in front of the Buddha, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Big brother, you have been looking at the food on the table, are you hungry, I have delicious food here!" She hooked her small hand and directly took out the red fruit in her backpack to share.