Plum Town is a border town of the Xifeng Empire, named after the plum around the town.

According to legend, before the separation of the Three Kingdoms, Meizhen was not Meizhen, nor was it full of Hanmei.

The plum of Meizhen originated from a guest from afar.

Thousands of years of wars have raged, and the vast secular world has finally formed a situation in which the world is divided into three parts. The three hegemonic forces have been stalemate for a long time, and the secular world has entered a long-lasting and delicate period of peace, and countless strategists and disciples have lived in seclusion one after another.

After thousands of years, the name of the strategist has long been unknown, but the cold plum he planted is as prosperous as in the past, and even now the town is full of plum fragrance.

It is precisely because of this iconic scenery that people are more keen to refer to Plum Town, and over time, Plum Town has replaced its original name.

Since ancient times, the literati and scholars used plum as a metaphor to show their noble and arrogant and indomitable, so the town full of plum fragrance naturally attracted countless self-proclaimed elegant people to come to appreciate the plum self-metaphor, or happily live in seclusion, and wrote countless masterpieces such as "white plum lazy endowment with red plum, and the first to welcome the drunken eyes". Over time, the town's fame became famous in Xifeng and even the other two empires, becoming one of the several famous beauties of Xifeng, and countless vassal and elegant people came from all over the world.

Of course, the cold plum and snow are mostly the winter scene, so the people who come to watch are more than the late winter or earlier, in order to watch the scenery of "the wind passes the fragrance to go, the birds peep into the plain beauty", to the early spring when the plum blossoms wither, there are very few people who come.

After all, how many people in this world would like to see the poignancy of flowers withering in an instant? It is as if people see that no matter how brilliant their lives are, in the end they are just scattered into mud and dust, so sad and desolate.

However, in the early morning of this day, Meizhen, which was full of tourists, ushered in a handsome young man in white, which made the villagers outside stunned for a while.

The young man's name is Xiao Feng, the owner of the ethereal building, although he has decided to travel far away again in the past few days, he still can't let go of here, can't let go of the plum blossoms at this time.

He has always had a special affection for plum blossoms, especially the plum blossoms at this time: no one understands their poignancy and sorrow, no one understands their stubbornness and helplessness, insisted on a winter, proudly a winter, but when the spring flowers bloomed, it seemed to exhaust the last strength, helpless falling, how sad. So he couldn't let go of them, he couldn't bear to watch them drift silently, helplessly watching his self that no one cared about and died poignantly.

As for Baimei, Xiao Feng has an indescribable feeling - the pieces of ice-like petals always make him have a familiar sadness and sigh. Born dazzling, but it can only bloom for a moment, and soon disappear like snow in the world. It's beautiful, but it's sad and heart-wrenching. He didn't know whether Bai Mei didn't want to be seen, or was helplessly hidden by Bai Xue, but Bai Mei's stubbornness that although hidden in the world, he still persevered with all kinds of cold plums until everything recovered, which would always give rise to an inexplicable shock and strength in his heart, supporting him to move forward stubbornly and hard, even if he himself was obviously weak to the point of dying.

The plum garden is in the middle of the plum forest.

The breeze of Xi Xi blows the water in the warm pool and blows away the white clouds in the blue sky, but it is difficult to blow a ripple in the young man's heart; the warm sunlight dispels the thin mist in the plum forest, and dispels the last wisp of the bone-chilling cold that seems to be absent in the early morning, but it is difficult to blow away the faint sorrow in the young man's heart.

Perhaps only in this quiet and peaceful plum garden will the young man not bury the sorrow and pain in his heart, and will disperse the gentle smile on his calm face that is not suitable for his age.

The young man stood quietly in the depths of the plum forest, letting the withered plum petals and the fragrance of the residual plum carried by the warm spring breeze blow the young man's long hair and brush the young man's picturesque eyebrows.

Perhaps it is different from the spring snow of those two years, and the withering of plum blossoms today is always a little more poignant than usual, as if this year's plum blossoms did not adhere to the devastation of winter cold.

The young man in the depths of Merlin frowned, and his calm eyes, which were as clear as a clear spring and as beautiful as a star, were slightly closed, as if they were in pain and as if they were tired. Everyone saw the calm and wise of the boy who did not match his age, but who knew the helplessness and sadness in the heart of the boy? Just as everyone was amazed by the intelligence of the boy, but no one really understood the boy and what the boy wanted.

He was just a child, but the test given to him by God was crueler than anyone else, for which he gave up his family affection and everything.

The more you gain, the more you lose, and no one knows this more truly than a teenager.

"Hanmei Aoxue is finally crushed into dust, and the ants may come true if they steal their lives?" the young man's dream-like whisper echoed in the depths of Merlin, but no one answered.

The young man smiled bitterly, opened his eyes, and looked at the fluttering petals slightly distracted, "I don't know if I can come to accompany you next year." ”

Outside of Merlin, Yu Yi looked helplessly and worriedly at the young man surrounded by remnant plums in the distance, and he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart. Teenagers rarely come to Meiyuanju, but Yu Yi knows that teenagers like it very much.

The young man here is not an ethereal son who moves the world, not the six princes who amazed the whole world, just a fragile and confused teenager. Although it was still so gentle and calm, the sadness and loneliness of Merlin's back in the depths were so clear. It is only here that this child, who is always calm in front of outsiders, gentle and calm, will take off all his disguises and occasionally reveal the fragility and helplessness that a child should have.

Suddenly, Yu Yi's brows furrowed, and he turned around and walked quickly towards the main hall of Meiyuan Residence.

In the depths of the plum forest, the young man standing quietly seemed to be tired of standing, so he ignored the white but damp cold snow on the ground, and found a nearby plum tree to sit on.

Perhaps it was too clammy and cold, or perhaps the boy's body was too weak, so the boy coughed lightly, and his breathing became much shorter.

Taking a deep breath, the young man finally stopped coughing, spread out his right hand, and there was a pool of red blood on his white little hand, like a red plum in the snow, stubborn and poignant.

The boy seemed to be accustomed to it, and he grabbed the snow on the ground with his other hand and twisted it in the palm of his hand, and when there was no blood in his hand, he threw the bloodstained snow aside very casually, without looking at it again.

The eyes wander on the surrounding plum blossoms: the red plum blossoms are poignant, and the beauty is moving. The white plum is dusty, but it always gives people a calm like snowflakes falling. The young man sighed in his heart, how could he forget how thrilling the beauty would be when Baimei shook off the frost and snow.

As if he understood what the young man was thinking, suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the frost and snow on the trees and white plums were blown off one after another. The white plum stands proudly, and the beauty is intoxicating.

But just a moment later, the white plums of the trees fell like snow, which was particularly poignant.

The young man's face froze, and then he showed a pale smile, but he revealed a deep sadness in his relief: "If you are born white, you shouldn't be dazzling, you should hide your color? The boy muttered, but he couldn't help but cough again, and the cough made the boy's face pale, and blood kept coughing out, staining the boy's clothes.

Blood stains the white clothes, unwilling and helpless, what is the difference between the situation of the young man and the snow-covered white plum?

His eyes gradually became calm, and the young man looked at the remnants of the plum all over the ground with relief, and sighed slightly, "I am not you, how can I know your sorrow;

The world uses things as metaphors for people and things as metaphors, but the young man never believed this. He will think about himself because he feels something, but he will never change himself because the meaning of the thing is in line with him. For teenagers, reason is always much more trustworthy than some so-called natural metaphor.

Self-pity and self-pity can never happen to smart people.

When Yu Yi came to the plum garden again, the boy had already stopped coughing, and was half leaning on the trunk of the plum tree and gasping for breath. The blood splashed down was like red plums falling on the snow, dotted on the young man's snow-white clothes, which was particularly dazzling.

Yu Yi was far from seeing the young man standing in the plum forest, and he had a bad premonition in his heart. At the moment, he didn't care about the young man's instructions not to get close to Merlin, and plunged into the depths of Merlin.

Seeing the young man sitting in the snow and the piercing red on the young man's body, Yu Yi's heart couldn't help but 'chuckle', walked quickly to the young man, half-knelt on the ground, and said nervously and worriedly: "Young master, how are you? Do you want to take medicine?"

Xiao Feng waved his hand, and finally relieved himself, his tone was as gentle and calm as ever, "It's okay, it's just that I was a little cold just now, which made Uncle Yu worried." After a pause, Xiao Feng took a deep breath, looked up at Yu Yi, whose face was still worried, his expression was calm, and he couldn't see any pain, "There should be something, right?"

Of course, Xiao Feng noticed Yu Yi's hasty departure, otherwise even if he left directly, he would not choose to sit on the snow at will, he was not like Yu Yi, who was ordered by his old mother, to be killed again.

"It's nothing, it's just that I haven't seen the young master, and I'm a little worried that the young master's body will rush in, hoping that the young master will forgive me!" Yu Yi's eyes flashed, and he replied with his head down.

"Uncle Yu, you lied to me again. Xiao Feng shook his head with a smile, but he didn't see any displeasure, and said in a gentle tone: "Let's say, it should be a guest from afar." Let me guess, yes...... Li Yun, right?"

Yu Yi smiled bitterly and nodded helplessly. His own young master is good at everything, but he is too smart, and it seems that everything in the world will not hide from his eyes.

"Ah, it's really him!" Xiao Feng showed a surprised expression, as if it was Li Yun who guessed just now and was not him.

Yu Yi continued to smile wryly.

"Then let him wait!" Xiao Feng's beautiful big eyes blinked, revealing a sly smile, and then stared at Yu Yi and teased: "I thought it was a big deal, Uncle Yu, you are too much of a fuss." ”

Yu Yi's face changed from a wry smile to helplessness, his brows furrowed slightly, revealing an expression of wanting to say something and stopping. He originally had a wooden face and rarely had any facial expressions, but in the past few years, he has followed Xiao Feng to the north and south, and his expression has become richer and richer.

Li Yun is the only son of the county magistrate of Anyang County, and he is also one of the friends Xiao Feng has made in recent years. Although Meizhen is not far from the county seat of Anyang County, it is half a day's journey. It had only been half a day since Xiao Feng arrived in Meizhen, and Li Yun rushed here, naturally it could not be a visit between friends; besides, although Meizhen belonged to the district of Anyang County, except for the beautiful scenery, there was nothing particularly noteworthy, and it was an extremely abnormal thing for Xiao Feng's news of Meizhen to reach Li Yun's ears so quickly. So there is only one possibility, Li Yun is looking for Xiao Feng. Judging from the relationship between Li Yun and Xiao Feng, nine times out of ten there is something to ask for.

Yu Yi is not disgusted with others asking for help from Xiao Feng, on the contrary, he likes the natural frivolity and freedom that the young man naturally exudes when he helps others, which is something that a calm and indifferent teenager on weekdays will never easily reveal. But with Xiao Feng's current body, Yu Yi never wanted his young master to bother anymore.

But seeing that his young master looked like he was pretending to be confused, he was clearly planning to act again, which made Yu Yi, who had never dared to disobey the young man, very helpless.

As if seeing Yu Yi's worries, Xiao Feng gently comforted: "I'm fine, just now it's just because I've been here for a long time, and the cold here is a little heavier." Now that I've eased up, as long as I pay attention to it in the future, it won't be a big deal. ”

Saying that, as if he was afraid that Yu Yi would not believe it, Xiao Fengmali stood up, took two symbolic steps forward, raised his eyebrows and looked at Yu Yi, as if asking if I said it was good, right?!

Yu Yi sighed helplessly, but his brows unconsciously stretched a little. Although he knew that Xiao Feng just said that just to comfort himself, as long as Xiao Feng said it, it seemed to have a kind of magic power, and people couldn't help but believe it.

Looking at Xiao Feng's gentle smile, immature but calm and abnormal face, like a ghost, Yu Yi stretched out his hand, wanting to rub Xiao Feng's forehead affectionately like an ordinary child.

But the next moment, Yu Yi's body froze suddenly, and the outstretched hand froze in place.

Yu Yi never thought that he would have such a bold idea. The young man in front of him is so noble, and he is his own master, he actually wants to offend Tianyan?

A little flustered, and a little cramped kneeling to the ground, Yu Yi slammed his forehead on the floor, "Your Highness, your subordinates are rebellious, your subordinates should die, please punish Your Highness." ”

The gentle smile on Xiao Feng's face was a little stiff, but it only took a moment to return to normal. He showed a very unhappy expression, frowned and reprimanded: "Uncle Yu, what are you doing here? What is Your Highness? What forgiveness? Are you breaking my life?"

"Your Highness!" Yu Yi 'chuckled' in his heart again, although Xiao Feng did not reprimand him, his words and attitude made Yu Yi feel even more frightened, "Have you even forgotten your identity, or have you really decided to let go of everything in the past and be willing to be an ordinary person?"

As if he saw that Yu Yi still had the intention of persuading again, Xiao Feng no longer concealed his emotions, his face sank completely, and his tone had a bit of a cold color that was usually hard to see, interrupting Yu Yi's words and said: "Uncle Yu, you should understand, since I left the imperial city that day, I don't plan to do anything anymore, Your Highness." At the time, you might have thought I was just childish, young, and foolish. But in the past few years of traveling abroad, my attitude and style of doing things still can't let you see my determination clearly? Can't I eliminate some of the luck in your heart? I think very clearly, very clearly, not blindly discouraged, but really decided to put aside everything in the past. I'm not the same person I used to be, I'm just a civilian in the One Stream Wind Empire, otherwise why would I set up the Drifting Tower, why would I go to Qingyun Academy, why would I have to set traps everywhere to let those secret guards who are looking for me run around?

After a pause, Xiao Feng sighed leisurely: "It's not what I want, why should I bother myself?" seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be saying to Yi, with a faint tiredness and indescribable determination in his tone.

Xiao Feng knows everything and understands everything, it's just that all the people are deceiving themselves, and they don't want to believe that they don't want Xiao Feng to understand.

Yu Yi's heart trembled violently, he had never seen the young master speak in such a cold and hard tone, so stubborn, like a reprimand, where was there still a bit of gentleness and calm in the past. For the first time, he saw the strangeness and disdistance between the slightly hooked lips and the shallow eyes of the young man.

Such a lonely and arrogant temperament like a cold plum, and unattainable like a bright moon is so unreal, as if the next moment the boy will dissipate like the wind in the world, this is never the temperament of the teenager.

Yu Yi's pupils contracted violently, and he didn't dare to look directly at the familiar young man in front of him for a while.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, so quiet that you could hear the wind blowing the remnants of the plums, and the soft sound of the remnants of the flowers echoing in the ears.

After a long time, Xiao Feng seemed to realize his gaffe, and lowered his eyelids unnaturally. If it were a normal time, it would never be possible with Xiao Feng's temperament. In the end, it was still affected by the white plum just now.

Xiao Feng took a deep breath, calmed down, and then said sincerely: "It was Xiao Feng who was rude just now, and Xiao Feng apologizes to you." I'm sorry, Uncle Yu. ”

As Xiao Feng, he naturally doesn't have to apologize to his subordinates, but for Xiao Feng, right is right, wrong is wrong, and there is no status level, so even if he apologizes to his subordinates who are lower than him, Xiao Feng doesn't feel that there is any problem.

Although Xiao Feng thinks so, for Yu Yi, who has been governed by a strict hierarchy since he was a child, he doesn't think so.

"Your Highness, no, young master, don't be like this, your subordinates can't afford it. Yu Yi's tone was frightened, his forehead was close to the ground, and his posture was as respectful as he could.

Xiao Feng sighed helplessly, even after a few years of getting along day and night, Yu Yi's respect for himself still seemed to come from the bottom of his heart, and it was difficult to eliminate it.

"Uncle Yu, listen to me first, how about it?" Picking up Yu Yi, who still didn't mean to get up for half a minute, Xiao Feng felt a little helpless.

Seeing that Yu Yi was still standing in front of him a little cramped, Xiao Feng's tone was even gentler, and he said with relief: "How it was in the past, how it is now, Uncle Yu should know very well." The rivers and lakes are a relief for you and me, and they can be regarded as a new life. Since we have started a new life, why should we be bound by the past again? Identity and status are born with no choice, but how we want to live our lives is still up to us, isn't it? In this case, why not let go of everything in the past and give up attachment to everything in the past?" Xiao Feng's tone was calm, but there was a kind of magic to soothe people's hearts. "What you and I really want is not power, let alone status, just simple and free. In that case, why do you put on the hat of an inoffensive existence for me again? You can see me as an ethereal son, your own young master, or worse, a nephew, a friend, and a friend who forgets the years, or, like Uncle Tao and others, treat me as a child when they don't want to do anything else, and see me as an ethereal son when they think of the Ethereal Building. Anyway, it's how comfortable it is. You must know that I am no different from you except for the better fetus, you and I are just ordinary people. ”

The young man paused, and his tone suddenly became much lighter, "As for that title, forget about it, the future is so beautiful, why should we always stick to the past, if so, what else is there to look forward to on this trip?" the young man blinked his big beautiful eyes and showed a mischievous smile.

Yu Yi smiled helplessly, but there was a yearning and desire for the future in his heart.

Yes, the future is so beautiful, the world is so vast, why should we always be bound to the past?