After Changyu left, Lan Lu continued to help Huanyi at the bottom of the mountain. She has been in Shuiyunguan for many years, and she always has to give something back to settle down.

It's just that every month, she still habitually goes to the mountains to have a look. Every time she came, she would go around the stream, and sometimes sit on the bluestone for a while.

The animals on the mountain didn't know what she was waiting for, the red leopard still threw itself into her arms, and the civet cat would circle around her.

On this day, Lan Lu went up the mountain as usual, but by the stream, she saw a man who had been washed ashore.

She ran over to the man's snort, and he was still alive.

It was about washed down by a waterfall upstream, and his head was torn and his breath was dying.

Lan Lu helped him press out the water in his stomach, and crushed the awakening herbs and poured them down for him, and he finally woke up coughing.

Lan Lu helped him sit up and leaned against the tree, looked at him for a while, and after confirming that he was alive, she stood up and asked him, "Can you go down the mountain yourself, or will I call some people to take you down the mountain?"

The man coughed non-stop, heard Lan Lu's voice, and said gratefully: "No need, I'll rest for a while, I can." Thank you girl for coming to the rescue. Treat me, wait for me to go down the mountain, and I will be rewarded with a lot of money!"

Heavy money for retribution?

Lan Lu noticed that the clothes the man was wearing were indeed brocade clothes that Changyu had never wore, and it was not like an official uniform, but in short, the clothes were a little strange. Even at the bottom of the mountain, she had never seen a man wearing such clothes.

But this dress, and this man......

Lan Lu felt as if there was an inexplicable familiarity.

"Not necessarily. I have lived in the mountains for a long time, and it is useless for me to spend a lot of money. Now that you're all right, don't do it. Lan Lu said coldly, flicking her sleeves and turning away.

The man looked at the silk clothes on her body and suddenly understood that she was the Taoist aunt of Shui Yunguan.

Looking at her side again, there were animals hugging her unhurriedly. Take a closer look—

There was a red leopard!

The leopard was half a man's height, and the man immediately screamed in fright.

Lan Lu and the red leopard turned their heads at the same time, and after a while, the man saw that the leopard was very obedient, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"How old are you this year?" the man asked Lan Lu with his eyes fixed on the red leopard beside her, not daring to relax for a moment, for fear that it would bite off his neck while he was not paying attention.

"XIV. Lan Lu's voice was cold, and she glanced at him condescendingly.

The man was slightly stunned, and Lan Lu saw that he was grinning there by himself, and he really didn't have the patience to say more to him. He went down the mountain with the red leopard.

Fourteen, Lan Lu silently recited again in her heart. Three years, only one year left.

Next year will be her year of success.

Next year, Changyu will come to pick her up.

Autumn goes and winter comes. When the heavy snow covered Kunwu Mountain, the Taoist aunt in the Shuiyun Temple combed Lan Lu into a beautiful bun.

"From now on, Lu'er will be an adult. The older Daoist gently stroked her sideburns and helped her up.

Lan Lu smiled and nodded. In fact, no one knows that from the moment she ran off her shoes, she has grown up.

The sound of firecrackers, the beginning of the new year.

Blue Dew wrapped herself in a thick skirt and slowly swept away the snow in the yard. This year is destined to be an extraordinary year for her. She looked at the brilliant sparks in the distance, and her eyes were full of longing.

Just in her full anticipation-

Someone knocked on the door of the Water Cloud Temple.

As if all the sounds had faded, Lan Lu turned her head to look at the door, and before she knew it, the broom fell from her hand and was buried in the thick snow.

Three years of sunrise and sunset, the flowers bloomed like a gust of wind, whistling past her ears. Everything became unimportant, he came, and that was the most important thing.

Lan Lu couldn't remember how she stumbled to open the door, as if she had been stepping on it for three years. A few feet away, a distance of three years.

Opening the door, Lan Lu stood still.

Lan Lu didn't know when she fell into the snow. She only vaguely remembered the cold of her clothes as the snow melted. It was a biting cold.

She was sick, fell asleep for a few days, and was to be raised for two months. For more than two months, she had the same nightmare every day -

As soon as the gate opened, there was no Changyu, only officers and soldiers.

She was chosen.

Selected ...... Become a living sacrifice for the new year.

Every time she woke up from a nightmare, she was covered in a cold sweat. Then I was stunned and realized that it was not a dream, it was real.

She later learned that the man who was rescued by the stream that day was the high priest of the mountain god's sacrifice. That strange dress, only he can wear in the entire Universiade country, and only he has the right to choose the human sacrifice girl and call it the will of the mountain god.

The will of the mountain god...... Lan Lu smiled bitterly.

The apricot blossoms in the water cloud view bloomed, and I thanked again. The spring breeze blew into the placket of the blue dew, and blew green all over the mountains. Lan Lu finally regained some strength.

She was now just waiting for Changyu to pick her up. By the end of this summer, it's been three years. As long as Changyu takes her away and leaves the mountain, she will never have to be a sacrifice again.

The scorching sun is scorching, summer is coming, but Changyu is not coming.

The cool breeze is bleak, autumn is coming, and Changyu still hasn't come.

Winter, winter he will definitely come.

When the winter sun shone weakly on Lan Lu's back, she hugged the washed clothes and went down the mountain to return them on time.

The person who collected the clothes, as usual, was late again. Lan Lu had to stand in the sunlight by the street and wait. A group of people were sitting on the side of the street, mending quilts and basking in the sun.

"Hey, have you heard, that kid from the next village is out of business. I've become a big official in the capital!!" said one of the women closest to Lan Lu, patting her knees, in a loud voice.

A plump woman with a mole at the corner of her eye on the opposite side hurriedly bit off the thread on the quilt and took over the words:

"Why don't you know! My son used to share a school with him. People were admitted to the first class of Jinshi, and they were born to be officials. No, I went back to the village last month, and I came by carriage, and it was very generous, and I heard that the carriage was inlaid with precious stones and gold wires! Hey, that pomp, it's very big!"

There are gems on the car? That's very expensive, but I don't know if these people have added fuel or vinegar. Lan Lu thought to herself, squinting her eyes at the sun.

The person who collected the clothes finally arrived in a hurry, took the clothes, and handed Lan Lu nine copper plates. Lan Lu took the copper plate, glanced at a few more people on the table, and walked back slowly.

"He's back? The officials in the capital are not doing it?"

"Why don't you do it, people come back to pick up their parents. I heard that the houses in the village were all sold, and they will never come back. Hey, that kid is not only a scholar, but also looks very upright. When I was studying in the past, how many girls in our city wanted to marry him. The woman with a mole in the corner of her eye sighed.

A woman next to her was wrapping a ball of thread, and when she heard her appearance, her eyes lit up: "That's not it." The third daughter of my family has seen him once, and now she often says, saying 'there was Song Yu in the past, and there is Changyu today', hey, do you think this kid is really so good-looking?"

"Ding—"

The copper plate fell to the ground and rolled in all directions. One of the copper plates swayed to the side of the plump woman and slowly stopped at the edge of the table.

The woman didn't even look at the copper plate, and said excitedly: "Whether it looks good or not is not something we can think about." I heard my son say that he is in such a hurry to bring his parents to Beijing just to get married. The other party is the prime minister's daughter-in-law, both talented and beautiful, and he is a perfect match. No, they will get married at the end of the year. Climb up to the prime minister's daughter, this kid will definitely fly in the future!"

Lan Lu was like being struck by lightning, and her heart felt like someone had cut it with an axe, which was painful and sore. She was dazed and picked up the copper plate on the ground, but she couldn't see it clearly. His vision was blurry, like the summer day he had walked, white and swaying, and nothing was clear.

I picked it up for a long time, but I didn't pick up a copper plate. But when she was squatting, she couldn't hold back anymore and choked up.

He...... Won't come to pick her up.

The boy who called her little fairy girl won't come.