Bai Yixue smiled slightly and said, "No matter how lonely the little brother is, these two sentences are also familiar. ”

Yang Cao said: "Lao Muwai doesn't ask about teaching affairs, just take care of his old age, but you think, Su Mianchou can make a third-rate sect in the south of the Yangtze River rise rapidly in a few years, and it has the potential to compete with the four major villas and the Tang Sect. ”

Bai Yixue nodded again and again after hearing this. Yang Cao said: "The four major villas are famous all over the world, and there are also Fubi Villas in the Jiangnan area, which have been operating here for many years, and Cangjia Villa is not far away. However, in recent years, compared to the momentum and prestige of the love religion, it is a bit ...... Somewhat......

Bai Yixue smiled: "It's a little dwarfed, yes or no?"

Yang Cao said: "Hmm. Fubi Villa and Cangjia Villa are not far from the main altar of the Love Sect, and the two owners of Zhong Mobi Zhong Zhuang and Lu Jingyin Lu should be quite deeply touched by this. ”

Bai Yixue thought to herself: "Zhong Shibo and Lu Shibo are both gentle gentlemen, valuing the way of loyalty and forgiveness, putting morality first everywhere, and disdainful of competing with Su Mianchou. ”

Yang Cao suddenly remembered something and said: "The foundation of love and education is in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not surprising that the injury made it appear in Lin'an." But as far as I know, Pi Qingday's Lingxu Cave is far away in the southwest border, and he has not appeared in the Central Plains rivers and lakes for many years, how could he suddenly appear in Ancheng, it is really strange. ”

Bai Yixue thought to herself: "Brother Yang looks like a rough man on the surface, but in fact, he is as careful as a hair. said: "Brother Yang, do you know why Pi Qingtian appeared in Jiangnan?"

Yang Cao shook his head and asked, "Why?"

Bai Yixue said: "He and Tang Cry of the Tang Sect Tantric Sect were both invited by the King of Enping County to come to Lin'an. Not only were the two of them guests in the Enping Palace, but even the sympathetic Jin Pestle and the Xiaoxiang faction's Sikong Beiqiu were also guests of the palace. ”

Yang Cao's wine bowl was slowly put down, and he muttered for a long time, and said: "These people of all kinds gather together, and they are afraid that there will be many strange things. ”

Bai Yixue said: "Yes, Mr. Shi also feels that there must be a major secret in the meantime. The younger brother and Miss Mo also met in Pingshui, and they didn't want her to have a clear relationship with these people, although it was difficult to understand for a while, I always felt ...... in my heart."

Yang Cao glanced at him with a smile and said, "There is always a faint uneasiness in my heart, right?"

Bai Yixue couldn't help but be stunned by what he said, and said, "Brother Yang, how do you know...... I...... I ......"

Yang Cao Zhengse said: "Brother, in the world, it is difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, and it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil in the world. You see the monks of the Silent Light Temple, who are in the Buddha Gate, but their hearts are not in the Buddha Gate. They were supposed to have morning bells and drums at dusk, green lights and yellow scrolls, but which of them was practicing asceticism and reciting Buddha wholeheartedly? Although the compassionate heart is gone, the vicious deeds are full of tricks. One thought of the Buddha, one thought of the devil, although the Buddha and the demon are not separated, but only between one thought. ”

Bai Yixue said: "Yes." The monks of the Silent Light Temple are really lawless. "Thinking that Mo Lingsha burned the Silent Light Temple to the ground, his heart was very happy.

Yang Cao said: "This Miss Mo is just a weak woman, she is alone in danger, she went to rescue a group of good women who were taken prisoner by thieves in the Silent Light Temple, and burned down the lewd cave with another fire. In that case, what do you care about her? When a husband makes friends, the other party is not a despicable and shameless person, but treats each other with sincerity and trust, but as for the others, what do you care about doing so much?"

Yang Cao's words made Bai Yixue feel relieved, and the worries and uneasiness that had been pressing on his heart turned into nothing in an instant, and he couldn't help but add a sense of respect to Yang Cao in his heart, thinking: "Brother Yang is a great person, rare in the world, very out of people's reach. He immediately picked up a bowl of wine and said, "The heart Buddha is the Buddha, and the heart demon is the devil." Brother Yang's words just now were as straight as an empowerment, and the nectar sprinkled his heart, which made the younger brother suddenly enlightened. The younger brother toasts the elder brother with a cup. The two raised their glasses and drank together, looked at each other and smiled, not against their hearts.

Yang Cao said with a smile: "Although my brother and I have known each other for a short time, we are like-minded and fall in love at first sight. My brother has always had a reluctant request in his heart, and I don't know whether to say it or not. ”

Bai Yixue hurriedly said: "Brother, just say it." ”

Yang Cao said: "I want to marry you as a brother of Jinlan, I don't know what you want?"

Bai Yixue was overjoyed and said with a smile: "I can worship my brother as a brother of Jinlan, and my younger brother can't ask for it!" At that moment, the two lit incense candles and bowed to the sky eight times. Talking to each other, Yangcao's Yang County is in Taiping Prefecture on Jiangnan East Road, and Bai Yixue is nineteen years older than him, and he is his brother. Bai Yixue bowed to the ground, and said "Big brother!" Yang Cao laughed and quickly helped him up, and their faces were full of joy.

Bai Yixue since leaving his teacher, alone for several months, during which the sinister rivers and lakes, the hardships experienced, the taste of the taste can only be known, to this day, he began to taste the joy of sympathy, the joy of heart, the bottom of his heart is infinitely happy, thinking: "That day on the bank of the Jialing River, I talked with the sister of the Shen family about the deep friendship between Yuan and Bai, and the thought is fascinating. It is enough to have a confidant in life, and it is really the joy of life to be able to become a brother with Brother Yang today. ”

Before he left, Hu Wanggui had warned him not to easily reveal his master, but now in front of his righteous brother, he should be insightful and sincere, and he couldn't hide it at all, so he told Yang Cao and Pan about his master and the bizarre experience of going south for several months.

Yang Cao couldn't help but be amazed when he heard it, and after listening to his words, he laughed and said: "Brother Xian turned out to be Hu Suihan's high feet, no wonder he is so handsome, but he is a tall climber." I remembered that I had mentioned the Four Great Villas before, but I never thought that this newly acquainted righteous brother was a disciple of the Four Great Villas.

The white-clothed Xue was uneasy, and said with a red face: "Brother made fun of it." Big brother's willow folding hand and invincible knife technique, that's what is called Jun!"

Yang Cao laughed, stretched out his big hand, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You and my brothers don't praise each other, so that outsiders will hear, just say that we are drunk and talk nonsense, I really don't know how thick the sky is, well, I'm afraid that the skin will be thicker!"

Bai Yixue also laughed and said, "My brother is so skilled, I don't know where he is taught?"

Yang Cao said: "Before his death, the ancestor opened a small martial arts hall in Yanglindu Town, Taiping Prefecture, and talked about making a living. ”

Bai Yixue was in awe and asked, "Dare to ask what the Venerable Man is called?"

Yang Cao said: "First the public name, the upper 'Rong' and the lower 'continent'." ”

Bai Yixue sighed: "I only hate that my little brother was born a few years late, but he didn't have the opportunity to get to know Weng Weiweifan." Xin Dao: "Yang Rongzhou, Yang Rongzhou, the teacher has never mentioned this name." I can't imagine that an ordinary martial artist with no nationality in the countryside has such a martial arts cultivation, which shows that in the recklessness of the rivers and lakes, I don't know how many strange people and strange people are hidden!"

Yang Cao said: "Brother, you are chivalrous and courageous, and you travel thousands of miles just for Yinuo, and you are very admired as a brother." Brother toasts you!"

The two sat down again, and said goodbye until the wine pot bottomed out and leaked even more, and then they were reluctant to say goodbye.

Early the next morning, after the white-clothed snow was washed, Ling Zhaoxuan came with a false expression and said: "The big thing is not good, King Enping sent someone to find Mr. Shi, saying that he would invite him to the palace of Enping, most of which was leaking news. ”

Bai Yixue was taken aback and said, "How many people are here?"

Ling Zhaoxu said: "There is only one person who came, and Mr. Shi accompanied him and was drinking tea and talking in the front hall. Bai Yixue felt a little relieved when she heard this, and walked quickly to the front hall with Ling Zhaoxu, hiding out the window, and listening carefully to the conversation between the two. I only heard Shi Zhongmo say: "Please forgive the old man for being clumsy, dare to ask the surname Gao?"

There was a sound of chairs dragging in the front hall, and I thought it was the man who stood up and replied, "Where does the little old man dare to call the surname Gao? His voice was hoarse and his tone was very humble.

Shi Zhongmo said: "It turned out to be Steward Jia, disrespectful, disrespectful." ”

Jia Yin said: "The word 'housekeeper' is even more daring. Xiao Lao'er was just introduced by someone, went to the palace to run errands and do chores, and ate a mouthful of food, Mr. Shi was so polite, wouldn't it break the little old man?" Bai Yixue was curious, and looked through the gap in the window, the person who came was wearing a gray cotton robe, his face was wrinkled, about sixty years old, his back was bent, his eyebrows were low, and his expression was very respectful.

Shi Zhongmo smiled and said, "Oh, Brother Jia said with a smile, please take a seat." Jia Yinqian gave in, and then sat down again. Shi Zhongmo said: "Brother Jia came in a hurry early in the morning, I don't know what happened?"

Jia Yin replied respectfully: "There is a distinguished guest in the prince's mansion who has visited, and I don't want to catch the cold recently, so I want to ask Mr. Shi to move and take a look." ”

Shi Zhongmo said: "Oh, since he is a guest of the palace, Shi should go there." May I ask if this honored guest in the house is a man or a woman, how old is it, and the old man is so prepared. ”

Jia Yin said: "This Tang Ye is nearly thirty years old, and his body and bones are good on weekdays, but the wind and snow have been very heavy recently, and the temperature has plummeted. Shi Zhongmo couldn't help but change color slightly when he heard this, and thought about it: "Could it be that the 'Tang Ye' he said in his mouth is Tang Cry of the Tang Sect?"

The white clothes and Ling Zhaoxu outside the door also changed their faces, and the two of them glanced at each other, thinking in their hearts: "Oops! The news really leaked, and Mr. Shi will definitely be more than lucky." I heard Jia Yin say again: "A few days ago, the chief manager of the palace invited the doctor from the Imperial Doctor's Department to come and take a look, grabbed a few pairs of medicines to eat, and Tang Ye did not get better. ”

Shi Zhongmo was uncertain, and with a "hmm" sound, he was noncommittal. Jia Yin took out a large ingot of silver from his arms, weighing five taels, and put it on the wooden table respectfully, and said: "Mr. Shang said that Mr. Shi is the reincarnation of Hua Tuo, and he has the skill of turning his hands into spring. Mr. will take these silver taels first, and when Tang Ye's illness is cured, the diagnosis money will not be lost to Mr. ”

Shi Zhongmo looked embarrassed and said: "The old man still has official business, and when the old man finishes dealing with the things at hand, he will go to see Tang Ye, how about it?"

When Jia Yin heard this, he was so anxious that he stood up, and said again and again: "When the villain went out, Mr. Shang repeatedly told the villain that the disease of frost and dew should not be delayed, so he must invite Mr. Shi to take a pulse for Tang Ye and prescribe a prescription. Please also ask Mr. Shi to make it convenient, so he will go with the villain, and the villain will have an explanation from Mr. Shang. ”

Shi Zhongmo was even more suspicious in his heart, and muttered: "It's just that the old man's official business at hand is very urgent, this ...... This ......"

Jia Yin cried with a sad face, suddenly leaned over to the ground, knocked his forehead on the ground, and said: "You know the temper of Manager Shang, if the villain asks Mr. Shi not to move, I am afraid that these old legs will not be saved." Mr. Shi, you are merciful and compassionate, and you hope to give the villain a way to live. As he spoke, he kowtowed again and again, and he knocked until he made a bang, and he couldn't stand on the ground.

Shi Zhongmo exclaimed: "Brother Jia, please get up, please get up quickly." Came forward to pick up Jia Yin, but Jia Yin knelt there, refused to get up, and only said: "If Mr. Shi doesn't allow it, the villain will only be able to kneel here." ”

Shi Zhongmo saw that he was in an embarrassed state, and his forehead was bruised on the ground, which did not seem to be fake, sighed, and said, "Okay, please wait here for Brother Jia, the old man has taken the medicine box and will go with you." ”

Jia Yin was overjoyed, kowtowed again and again, and said, "Mr. Shi, you are a living bodhisattva who saves suffering." He stood up, his eyes grateful, and his face full of gratifying smiles.

Shi Zhongmo came to the back hall, and Bai Yixue and Ling Zhaoxu were already waiting. Ling Zhaoxu saw him packing up the medicine box and asked, "Mr. Shi, are you planning to go to the Enping Palace?"

Shi Zhongmo said: "Yes, I'll go with him to find out." ”

Bai Yixue persuaded: "The current situation is unclear, if it is a trap arranged by Tang Wei, Mr. Shi enters the palace, it will be dangerous, this risk, no matter what, you can't take it." Ling Zhaoxu also persuaded: "Mr. Shi, you might as well delay for a while, and when we find out clearly, it's not too late to go." ”

Shi Zhongmo smiled slightly and said: "The old man secretly observed that Jia Yin, it doesn't seem to be a deception, besides, the palace is urging so tightly, if the old man doesn't go, I'm afraid that the other party will be suspicious." It's better for the old man to go with him, wait until he enters the palace, and act when he sees the opportunity, whether Tang Weeping's illness is true or not, will be clear at that time. As he spoke, he picked up the medicine box, took the two little medicine boys, Chuying and Lanxiu, and walked out. Bai Yixue and Ling Zhao couldn't be dissuaded, so they could only watch him and Jia Yin go out together, hidden in a snowstorm.

After Shi Zhongmo left, Bai Yixue returned to his room, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy, pacing back and forth in the room. Thinking of Shi Zhongmo's going, the auspicious and unpredictable must let Shen Lingshan know, so he walked out of the door, came to her door, and knocked lightly. Shen Lingshan's voice came from the room: "The door is not tethered, you can come in." ”

Bai Yixue said, "Then I'll come in." "Push open the wooden door and walk in. Outdoors, there are three large pots of charcoal fire in the center of the house, and the flames are burning up and down, and the interior is as warm as spring.

Shen Lingshan's face was haggard, his sick bones were fragmented, he stood on the table, and called in a low voice: "Brother Dusk Yan." ”

Seeing that she was wearing a thick winter jacket and was too weak, Bai Yixue felt sour in her heart and asked, "How does my sister feel today?"

Shen Lingshan said in a low voice: "Fortunately, I always feel that my body is very cold, and with these braziers, it is always difficult to resist the cold." ”

Bai Yixue was speechless for a while, and after a while, she said, "Are you still taking the pill given by Tang Zhuo?" The room was smoked with medicinal incense, strong but not strong, smelling it that made people flow qi and blood, and suddenly felt that they had reached the nine heavens.

Shen Lingshan said "um" and said, "I'm eating every day, but it just seems to be ...... It doesn't seem to have any effect......"

Bai Yixue was speechless, and raised her eyes to see a six-hole vase on the bookcase, with a branch of plum cutting, which was clear and thin, and the charm was like nature, and praised: "Sister, this is your craft, right? ”

Shen Lingshan smiled and said: "When I got up a few mornings ago, I saw the plum in the yard and the frost and snow, rushing to the cold, and I liked it very much, so I went to the yard to pick a branch. ”

Baiyi Xue stepped forward, and saw that on the branches that seemed to be withered but not withered, several small flowers with yellow stamens, fresh and elegant, were blooming from the cold, a faint fragrance, which made people feel refreshed, and said with a smile: "This flower is really beautiful." Plum is the first of a hundred flowers, before the flowers bloom in spring, they bloom alone in the cold winter wax moon, and they are called 'cold guests', and this name is wonderful. ”

Shen Lingshan said faintly: "Cold guest...... Chiller ...... Well, this flower has jade bones and ice muscles, the rhyme is high, not afraid of ice and snow, wind and frost, Ling Han blooms proudly, and his vitality is so tenacious, he is really a great 'cold guest'. After a pause, he muttered: "It's just that compared to the flowers, I, a 'cold guest', want to be zero in autumn, I'm afraid I can't stand it...... I can't stand this winter......" In the end, his expression was sad, but his face was clearly full of affection.

When Bai Yixue heard this, she felt that ten thousand arrows were heartbroken, and said with a forced smile: "Sister...... You...... Don't get cranky, everything will be fine. Sister, I heard that the peonies in Lin'an City are the most beautiful, and when the winter is over and the spring flowers are blooming, we will go to the West Lake to enjoy the flowers together, do you say okay?"

Shen Ling's haggard pale cheeks faintly showed a faint flush, and he said in a low voice: "Next spring?"

Bai Yixue said with a smile: "Yes, the spring flower party in Lin'an, as well as the tide watching the tide of the Qiantang River on August 15, are extremely lively, how can we miss it? Su Dongpo's poetry was very exciting, and he blurted out: "People are not ashamed of old hairpins, and flowers should be ashamed of old people." Drunk people should laugh, and the ten-mile bead curtain is half hooked. "Sister, look, the ten-mile bead curtain is half hooked, and the spring light and flower scenery have detained the heart of Lin'an City......"

Shen Ling's shirt was full of tears, and he smiled: "Okay...... ...... next spring. Let's go see the peony ...... together."

Bai Yixue smiled: "Well, you and I are a word." The two of them were speechless for a moment, quietly staring at the jumping flames in the charcoal basin in a daze. After a long time, the charcoal fire "crackled" for a while, Bai Yixue came back from her contemplation, squinted and glimpsed a brush on the bookcase resting on the green jade pen grid, thinking that Shen Lingshan was writing on the desk in the house, and said with a smile: "Sister, what have you been practicing recently?"

A red cloud suddenly appeared on Shen Ling's pale face, and he was slightly flustered, and chuckled: "Where are you practicing what words? ”

Bai Yixue smiled and said, "Can I take a look?" walked to the bookcase and picked up a piece of paper, but saw a few lines of small characters written on the paper:

"The lovesickness is deep, and the blank paper book is hard. The words are bitter, so Tan Lang should read them. ”

This is the former rhyme of a unique flavor medicine term written by Chen Ya in the Northern Song Dynasty. Chen Ya is familiar with the names of medicines, and has written more than 100 poems in his life, such as "the lake night before the wind and the moon, and the window is cool in half summer", which is quite praised by future generations. Although this "Shengchazi" is a humorous word for a while, it has a profound meaning. Its language is plain, and Bai Yixue pondered for a while, and it was already clear that there was a unique ingenuity in the meantime: "Acacia", "Yiji" (Coix), "White Paper" (Angelica Angelica), "Sophora Sophora" and "Lang Reading" (wolf venom) are all drug names, all of which are embedded in the words without a trace, and the meaning contained in the words is even more like watching the fire, without saying more.

His heart was pounding, and when he looked up, he saw Shen Ling's eyes as bright as stars, staring at himself without turning his mind, and his heart felt even more chaotic, and said with a smile: "My sister writes well!" Put down the paper in his hand, and picked up another one, which also had several lines of small characters written on it, but it was a medicine name poem by Zhang Ji of the Tang Dynasty:

"Jiang Gao met in the twilight, and the yellow leaves and frost were half of the summer branches. In the middle of the night, he chanted poems to Songgui, and everything in his heart was happy. ”

In addition to the poem containing "Banxia", the last word of the previous sentence and the first word of the latter sentence all form the names of traditional Chinese medicine, which are respectively "Rehmannia Rehman", "Branch" (Gardenia), "Guixin", and "Xi Junzi" and "Make Junzi" homonym, which is also a Chinese medicine name. This poem "Answering the Name of Poyang Guest's Medicine", like Chen Yana's medicine noun, has its meaning and is clear to read.

Shen Lingshan has always been deeply thoughtful, she doesn't want to be accidentally hit by the snow in white clothes today, she can't help but feel red ears on the ground, the heat in her brain surges, her heart is more like a deer bumping, ashamed, and secretly thought: "'Everything in my heart is happy', now my heart, do you understand?" said: "I ...... I ......" the sound was almost inaudible.

Bai Yixue stared at the sentence "Everything is happy in my heart", her hands trembled slightly, and the paper in her hand made a very slight rustling sound.

Shen Lingshan thought again: "But, but, since you understand my heart, what can you do? Maybe tomorrow will be the last day of my life, why should I provoke you like this? I only hope that you can find a wife who loves you, cherishes you, and loves you in the future, you love each other all your life, and you will grow old, and I have already turned into a piece of loess at that time." Alas, as long as you can occasionally remember in your heart that there was once such a sister as me, I am very happy and content. She had a burst of cranky thoughts in her heart, standing on the spot, it was really bitter and sad, ashamed and happy, and all kinds of tastes came to her heart together, and it was like numbness.

Shen Lingshan has been secretly born since her love, a girl's family, love has just opened, even if she faces her sweetheart every day, she is shy and timid, it is really difficult to show her heart, and she feels that her illness is getting worse day by day, and time is running out, how can she easily reveal her heart? The two of them came together, day and night, she always had deep feelings, did not dare to show her heart, she really lost count of how many nights, lonely lamp, sleepless nights, and in how many dreams, dreamed of him, dreamed of his bright smile.

Shen Lingshan's thoughts, Tang Zhuo, Tang Zhang, Sun Sichu, etc., all saw it, Bai Yixue was brilliant and delicate, how could she not know about her girl's heart? Bai Yixue is young, he knows lust and admires Shaoai, and he is very natural, but after all, he is still an ignorant teenager, emotionally delicate and sensitive, compared with Shen Lingshan's girl's heart, he is very rough and sluggish, and he is pure by nature, open-minded, Shen Lingshan suffered earth-shattering changes, and the pity for her in his heart is more than the admiration between young boys and girls, firmly occupying the upper hand. is not deceived by the white snow all the way to the dark room, and always treats Shen Lingshan with courtesy, without a word or line of abrupt beauty. It's just that today inadvertently, he broke Shen Lingshan's thoughts, he never thought that she was so affectionate, as soon as he reached the point, he looked down at the paper full of words and the girl's thoughts, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but be stunned.

At that time, the snow was falling outdoors, the cold wind was howling, and the hearts of the two people indoors were also flowing wind and snow, and they were in a mess.