Volume 1: Past Events Chapter 18: Leaving the Mandarin Duck

Luo Xiangxue just saw that it was raining suddenly, and she couldn't help but feel sad in her heart. In the morning, it was obviously a good mood to be light and comfortable, but it was swept away by a sudden autumn rain.

However, it was also a happy lucky thing to meet this flower brother in the mountain pavilion sheltered from the rain.

Just now, after chatting with this flower brother in the mountain pavilion, her gloomy mood wet by the autumn rain also disappeared!

After the rain, the sky is still silent, but it is more fresh and cool. On the distant mountain, the colorful rainbow flies between the towering two peaks, like a dream, extremely beautiful, not feeling eye-catching, and the heart suddenly feels happy!

Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan were still unsatisfied, talking and laughing out of the mountain pavilion, and they spoke freely, as if they had met a bosom friend, which made them feel good!

It turns out that making a good friend, as long as you treat each other sincerely, is not a difficult thing.

Hua Bufan picked up the hoe and the bamboo basket on his back, stood in front of the mountain pavilion, smiled at Luo Xiangxue and said: "I am really happy to meet Luo Gongzi today, from now on, we will be friends!" Since we're friends, don't be polite to me!"

He probably lived at the foot of the mountain and had no friends, but now that someone was willing to be his friend, he was naturally ecstatic in his heart.

Isn't it true that people who are always lonely are desperate for a pure friendship!

Isn't true friendship the greatest gift of life?

Isn't it a wonderful thing to have someone around you who can listen to your complaints and not get bored?

So, at this moment, his heart couldn't be more excited.

Once people get excited, they will naturally talk more.

Although he was sure that Luo Xiangxue was his daughter, he also pretended not to know and did not expose it to his face, because he didn't want to lose this hard-won good friend!

In the past few days that Luo Xiangxue has been down the mountain, she has been wandering around alone, although she is free and free, she can go wherever she wants, but after all, she is alone, and there is no one around her who can talk to her. Sometimes I feel bored and panicked, even if I see the beautiful scenery, I feel that something is missing, and it is a little boring!

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to talk to someone you don't hate!

Luo Xiangxue carried the long sword and burden on her back, went to the tree to lead the horse over, and said to Hua Bufan: "I am also very happy to meet Brother Hua today!" She hesitated slightly and said, "Little brother has something unclear, and you still want to ask Brother Hua?" She looked at Hua Bufan with a smile.

Hua Bufan asked suspiciously, "Oh." Brother Luo, if you have anything to say, please say it directly!"

Luo Xiangxue Dai frowned slightly, and thought about it: "Don't hide it from Brother Hua, I came down the mountain this time and secretly ran out of my home." My dad and my mom didn't know where I went. ”

When Hua Bufan heard this, he was immediately stunned, opened his mouth wide, puffed out his eyes and said, "Ah, you sneaked out?" He blinked and asked, "Why did you sneak out?" He looked at Luo Xiangxue with a puzzled face.

Luo Xiangxue sighed and said quietly: "Alas, Brother Hua doesn't know, my father and my mother let me learn this all day long, you don't know, how annoying I am! They either let me learn the sword every day, or ask me to practice the piano, and stay in the mountains all day, it's really boring!" She blinked her eyes: "I really can't stand it, so I secretly ran down the mountain while they were unprepared." She said with a sad face, as if she had been wronged.

Hearing him speak, Hua Bufan nodded, indicating that he understood her thoughts, but then frowned again and said, "But your father and mother can't find you, maybe how anxious you are!" He showed a very worried look, as if he knew it deeply.

Luo Xiangxue couldn't help but sigh again, and said slowly: "I also know that they will look for me everywhere when they find out that I am missing, so before I went down the mountain, I left a letter for them to tell them where I went." "Perhaps, after reading the letter, they won't be so anxious!" she pouted, like a mischievous child.

They walked slowly along the tree-lined path. At the beginning of the day after the rain, soft sunlight appeared in the sky, projecting from between the branches and leaves, and the cold light shone on the people warmly, and there was no longer the previous chill.

As she walked, Luo Xiangxue suddenly remembered something, and said anxiously: "Brother Hua, do you know that there is a place called Feixian Temple on this Peach Blossom Mountain?"

"Flying Immortal Temple?" Hua Bufan was shocked when he heard the name. He opened his eyes wide and asked suspiciously, "Oh, I know this place, it's on the Eagle Peak in front, what's the matter, Brother Luo is going to the Flying Immortal Temple?"

Luo Xiangxue nodded, and said quietly: "Yesterday evening, when I passed by the mouth of an alleyway, I heard a group of people sitting around and talking about this place,"

She thought for a moment and said, "Listen to them, there is a mysterious and mysterious Taoist in this Flying Immortal Temple, who is clever and profound, I am very curious, so I want to go and see who he is sacred, what is so powerful!"

When Hua Bufan heard her say this, he hurriedly waved his hand and exclaimed, "Ah, you want to go to the Flying Immortal Temple?"

Luo Xiangxue was shocked by his exclamation, and after a while, she asked timidly, "Why can't you go?" She was confused, "Brother Hua, what's wrong with you?" His sudden strange look made her heart full of confusion.

The horror in Hua Bufan's eyes was even worse, looking at the depths of the trees, as if he was saying to himself: "The immortal laughs in the Flying Immortal View, and it is neither a ghost nor a god!" His eyes were empty, and he recited two mysterious and strange lines of poetry in his mouth.

Luo Xiangxue saw that he had a strange expression, and muttered two mysterious words that she couldn't understand at all. She was suddenly startled in her heart, and she was speechless.

After a while, she asked in surprise: "Brother Hua, what are you talking about, why can't I understand a word?" Hua Bufan still looked at the depths of the shade of the trees stupidly, as if he had fallen into an evil spirit.

He suddenly came back to his senses, realized his gaffe, and hurriedly said, "Oh, it's nothing," he looked at Luo Xiangxue, and asked anxiously, "Do you have to go to Feixian Temple?"

Luo Xiangxue saw that he was mysterious, and couldn't help muttering in her heart: "Why is he so nervous when he hears the Flying Immortal Temple, and says that he can't go, why is this? There must be something strange about this? I should find out." ”

She said faintly: "I heard them say that the long magic power is vast, I just want to go and see it, and by the way, let him calculate a hexagram for me." She pouted and chuckled, "Actually, I'm just curious, just go and have a look?" Brother Hua just said that he couldn't go there, why?"

Hua Bufan's eyes showed a look of fear, and said: "I heard my father say before, that Feixian Temple is an ominous place, as long as people go there, they will inexplicably cause disaster, alas! I don't understand why," he persuaded, "So, I advise Brother Luo not to go!"

Luo Xiangxue's eyes flashed, and she said suspiciously: "Ah? How can this be? What your father said, is it true or false?" She looked at Hua Bufan, and said leisurely, "Could it be that there are ghosts in this Taoist temple? I don't believe that there are demons and monsters in this world! Maybe someone deliberately made up a statement in order to bluff people." ”

Hua Bufan saw that she still didn't believe it, and she didn't feel even more anxious: "Alas, anyway, I think I'd rather believe it than believe it." Besides, this is just an ordinary Taoist temple, and there is nothing to see. ”

He suddenly smiled happily and said, "Why don't you go to my house to have fun! We are destined to know each other, and I just do my best to cook a few specialty dishes for you to taste, how about it?" He suddenly came to his senses, and his eyes lit up.

Luo Xiangxue thought for a while and said, "I originally planned to go home after going to the Flying Immortal Temple today. There was a look of worry in her eyes, "I've been down the mountain for so many days, and I don't know what happened to my father and mother at home, they can't find me, they must be very anxious." I miss them a little bit too. ”

The soft sunlight shines through the trees, casting a colorful glow. Before they knew it, they had come a long way.

Hua Bufan's heart moved, and then he said: "Otherwise, you can follow me to look for medicinal herbs in the mountains? Anyway, I think it's better not to go to the Flying Immortal Temple! There is nothing in there except for a Taoist leader, and it is eerie and strange! Maybe, if you go in, you will be frightened." "Listening to his sincerity doesn't seem like it's trying to scare her.

Luo Xiangxue frowned and asked, "Oh, how do you know there's nothing in it?"

Hua Bufan smiled and said: "Well, I used to hear my father say that there is a mysterious Taoist who lives there, saying that he is strong in martial arts, and he will have any evil Taoism." But told me not to go there to play, for fear of falling for his evil arts. I was also curious and decided to find a chance to go up and find out. Once, while my father and mother were not at home, I secretly went up the mountain, and when I arrived in front of the Feixian Temple, I saw that the gate was open, and the black hole inside was very quiet, but I didn't see the figure of the chief. At this, he paused, his eyes showing a deep look of fear, and his pupils contracted slightly. It was as if the amazing scene I saw that day was happening right in front of my eyes.

After a while, he continued: "So, I had the courage to go inside, only to see a statue of Lao Tzu in the lobby with fairy wind bones, white smoke in front of him," the color of fear in his eyes was even more "Suddenly, from behind the statue came an old man in Taoist robes, his face was dark, his eyes were red, and they were bloodshot, and he asked me who I was and what I was doing here...... At that time, I was so frightened by his appearance that I turned around and ran. Hear him let out a weird laugh behind him......"

As he said faintly, his face suddenly turned pale, and his voice trembled slightly, which showed how terrifying the scene was at that time!

When Luo Xiangxue heard him say this, her heart was pounding, her eyes widened, and she opened her mouth wide in shock, showing a frightened expression!

After a while, she swallowed a mouthful of saliva, puffed out her big watery eyes, and asked anxiously: "Brother Hua, what you just said is true?

Seeing her stunned expression, Hua Bufan couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, thinking, "If I don't say that, can you believe it?" And what I said is not all false. There is something strange hidden in that Taoist temple, and if you really go, you will definitely regret it. ”

Thinking in his heart, he said again: "Brother Luo, we are already friends, why should I lie to you? I don't want to watch you take this risk, if you really encounter any danger, then it will be too late to regret it." He groaned, "It is said that this Taoist is a very strange and very powerful martial arts person, what if you go to annoy him and he attacks you? I don't know any martial arts, but I can't help you!"

Luo Xiangxue didn't look like she was bluffing when she saw what he said, but she faintly felt in her heart, how could there be such a strange thing?

Even so, when she saw the friend in front of her, he was also a loyal person, and he would never harm her, he said this, there must be something strange in it!

Immediately, she smiled slightly and said, "Brother Hua, don't worry, I'm just out of curiosity, I want to see what kind of place this mysterious Flying Immortal Temple is!" She blinked, "Besides, I have no grudges with that Dao Chief, presumably he won't embarrass me, right?"

Hua Bufan saw that she had made up her mind, and she couldn't dissuade her even if she said anything, and thought: "Since she insists on going to the Flying Immortal Temple, then I might as well accompany her to satisfy her curiosity." If something happens, I can deal with her. ”

Immediately, after a little thought, he said: "Since Brother Luo insists on going, I will no longer dissuade him, I grew up under this Peach Blossom Mountain, and I am very familiar with the environment in the mountains, if Brother Luo does not dislike it, then it is better for me to give up my life to accompany the gentleman and go with Brother Luo!"

He looked at her with a smile, and in his heart he really thought of her as a friend. Maybe it's because he's been lonely for a long time, but now he finally met a friend who is in love, and he feels happy in his heart, so he wants to spend more time with her.

Luo Xiangxue saw that he was so enthusiastic about herself, and a trace of warmth suddenly rose in her heart, but after all, she was a daughter, and a strange man she had just met suddenly became so attentive to herself, which also made her feel a little uncomfortable, if he found out when he was a daughter, wouldn't it be a joke? But he was so sincere, how could he refuse his kindness!

Thinking of being so close to a man who met in Pingshui, and being commensurate with a brother, her girlish shyness and reserve were unnaturally revealed, and although she was very happy in her heart, a flush appeared unnaturally on her face, but she didn't notice it.

She was a little embarrassed to look at her, and then dodged her gaze in an instant, but this subtle reaction was all seen by Hua Bufan.

At this moment, when he saw that her handsome face was like a jade flower, a red glow suddenly appeared, and he was even more sure in his heart that she was a woman!

Luo Xiangxue's eyes flickered, and she hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't Brother Hua still going to look for medicinal herbs for your father? If you go to the Flying Immortal Temple with me, how can you have time to look for medicinal herbs?" she said, still not daring to look into his eyes, for fear of inadvertently revealing the secret that she was a daughter.

Hua Bufan stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said with a smile: "Alas, this is not in the way, it won't be long to accompany you on a trip, it's rare for you and me to see each other at first sight, so I will accompany you to take a look! The forest here is deep and dense, the road is not easy to walk, and I can just lead the way for you!"

Luo Xiangxue looked up at the sky and smiled leisurely: "Okay, then Brother Lao Hua will accompany me!"

With that, the two laughed in unison.

At this moment, suddenly, the voices of men and women were faintly heard in the woods in front of them. The voice grew from far and near, and gradually became clearer.

I only heard a man's voice say, "Xiaoqian, does your father really conclude that the bull-nosed old Taoist of Feixian Guan is the murderer of your uncle back then?"

The woman's voice said: "Yes, Brother Zhong, I heard my father say it the night before yesterday, he just said that when he passed by the Flying Immortal Temple the day before yesterday, he saw the old Taoist practicing in front of the Taoist Temple in the morning to avoid being discovered by him, so he hid in the dark woods and carefully observed. Speaking of this, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Daddy said that the hall master had long seen that he was cunning and had a bad heart, and he was unwilling to teach him the sword technique of the Flying Eagle Hall. Because of this, he has always held a grudge, so he wanted to plot to steal this set of sword techniques, but because this set of sword books was hidden in a top-secret place, no one else knew about it except for the hall master and the four elders. My uncle is one of the four elders of the Xuanying elder, once, my uncle went to the secret realm where the sword book was buried to get a thing, just by him followed, when my uncle was rummaging for that thing, the sword book accidentally fell out, this scene happened to be bumped into by him, he immediately ambushed in the dark, while my uncle was not guarded, he brutally killed his old man. Then he took this set of Condor Sword Spectrum and fled. ”

The man said, "Oh, I see, what are you going to do now?" It is said that the old Taoist martial arts are very strong, and he is not an easy master to deal with!"

After saying this, there was no sound.

Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan heard the sound coming from the forest, and immediately became alert and hid in the thick shade of the trees.

The two of them looked at each other in amazement, carefully observing the movement in the woods over there.

Through the gap between the branches and leaves, I saw a man and a woman slowly walking out of the forest. The man was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, tall and burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a round hat on his head, a huge lancet on his back, a black robe, and a pair of triangular eyes that looked around alertly, flashing with different colors.

The woman was about twenty-one or twelve years old, of medium height, with a slender figure, long hair tied into a ponytail, a pink lily pinned to her head, a three-foot long sword in her hand, willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, quite a bit of posture, but her brows were tightly locked, as if she was worried.

The two walked and chatted, and slowly walked towards this side.

The man suddenly said, "Xiaoqian, did you tell your father and mother about the two of us?" and he looked at the woman with a smile.

The woman suddenly stopped, and said with a sad face: "Brother Zhong, are we too anxious about the matter?"

She blinked, looked at the man, and said, "Now that my father and mother are depressed all day about the murder of my uncle, I don't think it's appropriate to mention our affairs at this time." With that, Yu Yu sighed, his face very embarrassed.

The man's smile narrowed, and he seemed to be a little unhappy and said, "We've known each other for so long, don't you still understand my heart for you?" he looked at the woman with a nervous expression.

The woman looked at him and said faintly: "Brother Zhong, I understand, of course I understand......! You and I may not agree to our business, right?" said him, revealing a sad smile. She took two steps forward, her back to him.

The man looked at her back, sighed deeply, and said slowly, "Xiaoqian, are you willing to go with me?"

The woman was startled, showed a nervous expression, turned her head to look at him, and said anxiously, "Where are we going?"

The man's eyes were like torches, and he said firmly: "If they don't agree with our affairs, we will fly away, no matter the ends of the world, as long as we can be together every day, I am willing to do anything!"

Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan glanced at each other, silent, and quietly observed the scene in the field.

Listening to the conversation between the two, I was surprised: "These two people dare to love each other, but they are a pair of lovers!"

When the woman heard him say this, she suddenly threw herself into the man's arms, her expression was sad, she snorted, and said in a choked voice: "Brother Zhong, you are so good to me, why don't I want to be with you every day!" She couldn't help but sobbed and said, "However, the grievances between our two families are too deep, although it is the grievances of the previous generation, but it has long been like fire and water, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to resolve it anymore." ”

The man hugged her into his arms, hugged her tightly, comforted her softly, and said, "Xiaoqian, don't be sad, as long as we truly love each other, one day they will agree." Don't cry, don't cry," he reached out to wipe tears from the corners of her eyes. Stroking her hair, pity and tenderness grew in her eyes.

Luo Xiangxue watched the two of them complain to each other in the shade, and couldn't help but feel a touch of sourness in her heart, thinking: "These two people are also a pair of affectionate mandarin ducks, and they love each other but can't stay together, which is also sad and lamentable!"

That Hua Bufan scratched his head when he saw it, he didn't know what it was like, and he couldn't help but sigh.

It was this sigh that was heard by the man, and he was suddenly startled in his heart, and hurriedly let go of the woman in his arms, and shouted, "Who is it?"

He raised his eyebrows, widened his eyes and glanced around, and shouted vigilantly, "Who is in the forest?"

The two of them had noticed that there were people snooping around, and they were nervous for a while, their eyes were like lightning, and they looked around vigilantly.

The man slowly pulled out the long knife on his back, and suddenly shouted, "Which friend is it, why don't you come out and say hello?"

Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan knew that the other party had discovered them, so they were shocked, glanced at each other, and slowly got up and poked their heads out of the forest leaves.

When the two of them saw that there were still two people hidden in the dense forest, they were shocked: they knew that the conversation just now had been heard by the two people in front of them. Immediately, his face became hot, and a red cloud rose, and he felt embarrassed and ashamed, and he became a little annoyed.

Both of them warily flashed their blades. The man asked sharply, "Who are you, and why are you hiding in the woods?"

Luo Xiangxue and Hua Bufan also felt embarrassed, standing in a daze, Nuo Nuo's, and didn't know how to speak for a while.

Luo Xiangxue swallowed a mouthful of saliva, cleared her throat, and opened her mouth first: "Don't panic, you two, we are just passing by here......"

She hurriedly explained, "We came to the mountains to collect medicine, and when we saw you two coming out of the forest, we were a little scared, so we hid. She also seemed a little nervous, feeling embarrassed in her heart, and she couldn't even speak well.

Hua Bufan glanced at Luo Xiangxue, smiled dumbfounded, and nodded at the two of them. He also felt a little embarrassed in his heart, and he didn't know what to say!

The man's eyes were sharp, forcing him to look at the two, and he said vigilantly, "Are you really just collecting medicine?"

Hua Bufan took off the bamboo basket on his back, put it in front of him, smiled a little embarrassedly, and hurriedly said: "Well, we are really picking herbs, I don't believe you look, this bamboo basket is full of herbs I picked." ”

He was about to continue, when Luo Xiangxue spoke: "Yes, we went up the mountain to collect medicine today, and we happened to pass by here, and we just heard a voice in the forest, so we hid vigilantly!"

When the man heard this, he gradually relaxed his guard, and said sharply, "What you said is true?" He looked directly at the two of them with sharp eyes, "Since you are collecting medicine, why are you sneaking in the forest? You all heard our conversation just now?" The doubt in his eyes was even worse, and he did not believe the words of the two.

Luo Xiangxue's eyes blinked, and she said, "Didn't I say it just now, we heard a voice in the forest, and we were frightened." I don't know who you two are, so I have to hide. She no longer had the nervousness of Fang Cai, and her heart gradually calmed down.

What she said sounded reasonable, and what she said was true.

The woman's face was crimson, her eyes flickering, and she couldn't hide her panic. She said, "What did you just hear, what did you see?" and her voice trembled slightly with excitement.

Hua Bufan scratched his head and said with a sneer: "Seriously, we haven't heard anything, besides, it's so far away from you, where can we hear anything!"

At this moment, Luo Xiangxue seemed more calm, and said leisurely: "You don't have to be nervous, you and I don't know each other, we just happened to meet, if there is nothing wrong, we will go to collect medicine." Farewell!" she said, clasped her fists at the two of them, and then pulled Hua Bufan to leave.

The man pulled the long knife behind his hand and plunged it into its sheath. Suddenly, he said, "Wait!"

Luo Xiangxue was stunned, stopped and asked, "Is there anything else Your Excellency?"

The man's slanted eyes looked at her, and said quietly: "Looking at this son's dress, it doesn't seem like he is collecting medicine?

Seeing him so entangled, Luo Xiangxue stomped her feet, and said with some annoyance: "Since Your Excellency doesn't believe what I said, then according to Your Excellency, what do I do?"

The man's eyes were like knives, and he said slowly: "Hmph, I see that you are not collecting medicine at all, but walking the rivers and lakes." ”

When Luo Xiangxue heard this, she sneered: "Even if I am walking the rivers and lakes, then what does Your Excellency want?"

The man's eyes flickered, he smiled slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Since you have met, I hope that the son will report a name?"

Luo Xiangxue was already a little annoyed with him, and said quietly: "You and I don't know each other, but it just happened to be on the road, I don't think Your Excellency needs to know who I am!"

At this time, Hua Bufan couldn't bear it anymore, and said anxiously: "This big brother, if there is nothing important, I won't bother anymore, we are really going to collect medicine now, then I won't tell you, I'll be out of company first!" He just walked a few steps, but was stopped by the man: "Stop!"

The man walked up to him slowly, and Hua Bufan unconsciously took two steps back. The man then said: "Little brother, you don't need to panic, I believe you for the time being, we met in Pingshui, and I haven't asked you what to call it?"

Hua Bufan was stunned in his heart, then smiled and said, "My surname is Hua, and my name is Hua Bufan." ”

The man nodded, and said quietly: "Hua Bufan, little brother, your name is quite interesting." Your father and mother took this name, right?"

Hua Bufan glanced at him, and said angrily: "Of course my father and mother took it!

The man actually smiled and said, "Little brother, don't be surprised, since you have a fate, I just ask at will." He then turned his head to Luo Xiangxue and said, "I don't know what this son is called?"

Luo Xiangxue didn't have a good impression of him, and said disdainfully: "We just happened to meet on the road, we are strangers, why do you know? Besides, I'm just an unknown person, I have other things to do, don't live here!"

The man's heart sank, coughed dryly, and said in a deep voice: "I misunderstood the two of you just now, and I was offended by what I said, and I hope you don't want to go to your heart!" He immediately bowed to her and said with a smile, "My name is Zhong Hanjie, and this is my friend, called Li Xiaoqian." He introduced.