When night falls, the stars rise, and a bright moon hangs in the sky!

At this moment, Liu Ruyan rode a white horse and finally walked out of the "Black Valley" of the Devil's Domain. He climbed the mountains and mountains with great difficulty, and came to a wide avenue.

At this moment, the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground. He still shuddered when he thought of the horror of passing over the cliffs, and the thrilling fight of the robbers in front of the land temple in the valley.

He rode on horseback, grabbed the reins, and couldn't help but look back at the "Black Valley" behind him under the cover of night, and let out a long sigh.

He stood at the foot of the mountain for a long time, and then rode up at a gallop. On both sides of the avenue are green fields full of crops. The white horse galloped on the avenue, the horses' hooves and hooves, the dust was flying, and the four fields flashed by in the galloping at extreme speed.

The dangerous moment has passed, what he has to do now is to rush to Cuihua Mountain, meet Huamei and Uncle Xu's family, and then, eat a hot meal, take a beautiful hot bath, and sleep comfortably on the warm and elegant bed in the guest room of Hongqinju, maybe you can have a beautiful dream!

At this moment, the night was completely shrouded, and it was almost impossible to see the road ahead. By the miserable white moonlight, he galloped for more than ten miles and came to a village. The village is not large, there are about a dozen or so families, and every house is lit up.

Seeing the village, he suddenly felt a burst of warmth in his heart, perhaps, for a long-distance traveler, seeing the lights of the people, as if the heart will be peaceful, full of beauty and hope!

He grabbed the reins, jumped off his horse, and led his horse straight into the village.

It was night, and every house was closed. The fight with the thieves in the Black Valley just now had consumed a lot of his physical strength. Coupled with the fatigue of the long journey, he was already hungry. At the moment, he just wants to eat a bowl of steaming egg noodles, or a plate of fragrant scallion fried beef, and drink a few glasses of spirits, then he will be satisfied.

By this time, there was no one in sight in the village, only the smell of vegetables wafting from the kitchen, which made him even more hungry. He thought that he would find an inn in the village, fill his stomach first, and then stay overnight, and then continue his journey until dawn tomorrow morning.

However, he walked around the village a few times and did not find an inn, and he thought to himself: Is there not even an inn in this village? It was already dark, and he could not help but feel troubled in his heart.

He thought for a moment, and it seemed that he could only ask the villagers here, and when he came to the door of a house, he wanted to stretch out his hand and knock on the door, but then he paused, and thought: It is night at this moment, and if he knocks on the door of the house so abruptly, will it frighten the villagers? But if he does not come forward to inquire, he will not find an inn to settle down, alas! How should this be good? After thinking about it again, after a while, he decided to ask the villagers to see if he could find a place to stay!

He then reached out and knocked lightly on the door three times. "Knock knock!" The light in the room was on, but no one answered, and after a moment, he reached out and knocked "Knock knock!" three times, this time harder, and at this time, someone in the room could be faintly heard whispering. In the middle of the night, the door "clicked" opened, an old man leaned out half of his face, cautiously looked out, and saw a young man leading a horse standing outside the door, carrying a long sword on his back, dressed as a person in the rivers and lakes, and then, the old man was startled, and did not dare to speak, Liu Ruyan just wanted to speak, the old man had quickly closed the door.

When the old man saw the young man in front of him, dressed as a Jianghu person, he thought that robbers and bandits had come to the door. He took a few steps back in a panic, and found a table and chair against the door.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyan sighed secretly, knowing that his presumptuous actions would inevitably frighten the old man, and he was stunned for a moment, before he spoke: "Old man, don't be afraid, the younger generation is passing by here today, and seeing that it is getting late, he wants to find a place to live here, so he took the liberty to disturb and ask the old man to forgive him!"

After a while, an old man's voice came from the door and asked, "Who are you?"

Liu Ruyan pondered for a while, and said respectfully: "This old man, the younger name is Liu Ruyan, he came from a long way from Zhongnan Mountain in Qindi, passing by here, and wanted to ask the old man, is there an inn to settle down here?" he humbly reported his name and repeated what he had just said.

Then he said, "Young man, you are telling the truth, don't lie to me, old man. The old man looked unusually vigilant.

Liu Ruyan calmed down a little, and comforted the old man: "Old man, please rest assured! What the junior said is true, don't dare to tell half a lie to deceive you, old man, please open the door, right?"

As soon as the words fell, the door opened with a "click". But I saw the old man standing in the door just now, and there was a purple-clothed girl standing next to him, both the old and the young had uneasy expressions on their faces, looking at Liu Ruyan. The old man frowned when he saw that Liu Ruyan had an injury on his arm, and said, "Ah, young man, are you injured?"

Liu Ruyan smiled slightly, clasped her fists at the old man and the girl, and said, "Thank you, old man! When the junior passed through the valley just now, he accidentally fell, but it was only a small injury, and it was not a big problem." He followed the two into the living room. The living room is not very spacious, and the furnishings are very simple, with a table in the middle of the living room, four benches, an old wooden cabinet in the corner, a golden statue of Guanyin on the counter, and a small incense burner next to it, in which there is a remnant of incense, and a little smoke. It is a stone house, which looks a little dilapidated, and must have been built for many years.

Liu Ruyan arched his hand to the old man and asked, "May I ask the old man's surname?"

The old man whispered to Liu Ruyan: "Young man, please sit down! The old man's surname is Yang, and all the villagers in this whole village are surnamed Yang, and this place is called Yangjia Village." Immediately, he introduced the girl next to Liu Ruyan: "This is my granddaughter, named Chunlan." "The girl looked seventeen or eighteen years old, and she was born generous and beautiful. It's just a hint of sadness between his eyebrows. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl should be a high-spirited age, but she doesn't know why she looks resentful and sad?

Chunlan lowered her head, looking a little restrained, and glanced up at Liu Ruyan from time to time, and then turned her face away embarrassedly. The girl's shyness was revealed in the dim candlelight.

The old man was already in the state of a dragon bell, he looked about seventy or eighty years old, his hair was dry and gray, and his face was wrinkled and ravine, but his eyes were unusually bright and bright. The old man instructed Chunlan to pour tea for the guests. Chunlan answered, turned around and walked to the kitchen, when she was young, Xian Xian came to Liu Ruyan with a cup of hot tea in her hand, and she didn't dare to look at the young man in front of her with a shy face. just whispered, "Childe, please drink tea!" put the tea cup in front of Liu Ruyan, turned around and walked away.

Liu Ruyan smiled slightly, took the teacup, and said, "Thank you, Miss Chunlan!"

The old man frowned and asked, "I don't know where Liu Gongzi is going?" He stroked his gray beard with his hand and stared at Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan said: "Back to the seniors, the younger generations were ordered by the family teacher to go to Mingyue Peak of Cuihua Mountain to pick up the little sister and go home." He took a sip of his teacup.

The old man groaned and said: "From Zhongnan Mountain in Qindi to Cuihua Mountain, the road is far away, not to mention that there must be a hundred and ten miles of road, it is not easy, I heard that in the black valley, there are often robbers, Liu Gongzi can be more careful!"

Liu Ruyan lowered her eyebrows and thanked the old man for his concern.

At this moment, the vigilance in the old man's heart had been completely removed, and he was smiling, and he looked like a loyal and honest person. He frowned again and said, "Young Master Liu, what question did you ask the old man when he was right?"

The old man was old, and his ears were not very clear. Fang Cai didn't hear what Liu Ruyan said outside the door clearly.

Liu Ruyan said with a smile: "The younger generation passed by here today, and when he saw that it was getting late, he wanted to find an inn to stay overnight, and then he would go early tomorrow morning." ”

The old man stroked his beard, nodded and said, "Oh, I see, this is Yangjia Village, far away from the market, but there are only farmhouses here, and there is no inn!"

At this time, the Chunlan girl who was standing on the side got up and smiled at Liu Ruyan, then turned around and went to the kitchen to be busy with dinner.

Seeing that his granddaughter was a little restrained and shy, the old man couldn't help laughing, and said to Liu Ruyan: "Young Master Liu, this granddaughter has never seen much of the world, and when she sees someone coming, she will be so shy, don't be surprised by the child!"

After that, his eyes flashed with a strange look, he looked at Chunlan in the kitchen, and then looked at Liu Ruyan beside him, and then he beckoned Liu Ruyan to drink tea. Liu Ruyan smiled and said politely: "Where is it! It was the younger generation who took the liberty to disturb, and I felt very uneasy in my heart, and asked the old man not to be surprised." ”

Liu Ruyan climbed the mountain road for a day, and at this moment she smelled the fragrance of vegetables wafting in the air, and felt even more hungry and thirsty. At the moment, he was not polite, and drank tea in a big gulp.

The old man got up and walked slowly to the inner bedroom, took out a dry tobacco pouch, rolled up a handful of tobacco leaves and lit it, and inhaled it with a "click" in his mouth. In an instant, wisps of green smoke rose from the living room, and a faint smell of tobacco filled the air.

The old man suddenly remembered something, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "The old man sees that Liu Gongzi is also a sincere descendant, and there is no malice, it is still late at the moment, if Liu Gongzi does not dislike the humble house, it is better to stay in the house for one night," he whispered, "There is an idle guest room in the room, but no one has lived in it for a long time, it is a little messy, I will ask Chunlan to clean up after a while, and you can live." He took a deep breath of dry smoke and said slowly.

Liu Ruyan thought to herself: "There is no inn in this village, and since the old man is willing to take him in, he can only stay for one night." Immediately, he bowed to the old man and said gratefully: "Thanks to the old man's willingness to take him in, the younger generation is grateful! ”

The old man waved his hand and said with a smile: "When you go out, who won't encounter some difficult things?

While the two were laughing and talking, Miss Chunlan had already prepared dinner. With the food in his hand, he came to the table with a shy face, and said softly: "Grandpa, Liu Gongzi, the food has been prepared, let's eat!" Then he warmed a pot of old wine, put the dishes and chopsticks on the table, and the three of them ate it.

The three of them chatted while eating, and Liu Ruyan thought for a moment and said, "Old man, are there any other relatives here?" he asked with concern.

The old man's eyes suddenly dimmed, and after a while, he sighed and said slowly: "Don't hide it from Liu Gongzi, Chunlan's father suffered from a serious illness a year ago, and he has been gone for more than a year after looking for several Langzhong. He couldn't help but feel sad. With that, his eyes gradually moistened, as if tears were about to fall.

After a while, he continued: "When Chunlan was five years old, her mother went up the mountain to collect medicine, and she never returned, and her father and I searched the entire mountain, but we couldn't find any trace of her, and our whereabouts are unknown, and I don't know whether she is dead or alive! It's heart-wrenching to watch.

After listening to the old man's story, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but think of his father and sister, who were still missing for more than 20 years, and they also lost their closest relatives.

Then he comforted the old man and said: "Alas, life is impermanent, the old man should not be too sad, speaking of which, you and I are people with the same fate!" Immediately, I couldn't help but feel sad and told the old man about his unbearable childhood past, after more than 20 years, things have changed, and the sea of people is vast, but where will they be? I am afraid that it will be difficult to find them again.

Miss Chunlan was already choked up on the side, crying so much that the pear blossoms brought rain, which was even more pitiful!

The old man gradually calmed down, and then said quietly: "That's it, those old things that make my heart, why do you mention it? Don't mention it! Don't mention it!"

He raised the wine in the glass and said to Liu Ruyan: "Young Master Liu, you and I are destined to meet today, why don't you form a friendship that will not be forgotten?"

When Liu Ruyan heard the old man say this, the blood in his chest suddenly boiled, his eyes were hot, and he immediately knelt down in front of the old man, and solemnly shouted: "Grandpa is on top, please accept the little grandson!" kowtowed to the old man three times in a row, and then raised his wine glass and toasted to the old man. The old man was immediately startled, and hurriedly helped him up, laughing happily, and his wrinkled face showed kindness.

Then he took Chunlan's hand again and said, "From now on, Chunlan will be your sister." He turned his head to Chunlan and said, "Lanzi, why don't you call my brother soon?"

The Chunlan girl turned her sorrow into joy, and shouted softly with some embarrassment: "Brother Liu!" A touch of shyness appeared on her tearful face.

The three of them said something heart-to-hearted. The dishes on the table were already cold, Chunlan got up and wanted to warm up the food, Liu Ruyan said: "Little sister, I have already eaten well, don't bother anymore!"

Chunlan picked up the flask and poured a full glass for her grandfather and brother, and then sat aside and said no more.

After the grandfather and grandson drank the last glass of wine, they chatted in the living room, Chunlan was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and after some washing, she took out the sheets and quilts from the inner wardrobe and made the bed for Liu Ruyan.

At this time, the night was deep, the starlight outside the window had gradually dimmed, and the moonlight was floating in the clouds, appearing and disappearing. The night was frighteningly quiet, and only the chirping of insects in the grass and the occasional barking of dogs in the distance could be heard.

After washing up, the three of them went back to their rooms and fell asleep.