Chapter 2: Things happen for a reason

Wuxiang Mountain, five hundred miles south of Baihe Mountain, on the rivers and lakes, it is called the 'ancestor of Xianshan' together with Baihe Mountain.

There is a flat land in the mountain, planted with peach trees, and in the early spring of each year, the peach blossoms are seen at a glance, and there is no end in sight. The wind is gentle and smooth, the small bridge flows water, and it is like a paradise that no one has set foot in.

There is a large compound in the depths of the peach forest, a deep forest mountain road, which connects this place with the Guanyu in the mountain.

On the plaque at the door, there are three handsome characters engraved with 'Ruixiangyuan'. Although the lintel here is tall, it seems extremely quiet, and occasionally there is a burst of bells, as if it is the sound of the sky.

Suddenly, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, dressed as a martial artist, walked out of the courtyard.

Look at the corners of her eyebrows, her jade face is like a crisp, although she is dressed in plain clothes, she has a posture that is beyond the reach of heaven and man.

She was followed by a girl who was two years older, hugging a white dress, and shouting, "Miss......"

The girl did not stop, holding a three-foot long sword in her hand, she jumped up, stepped on the peach blossom branches, flew out a few feet away, and drew her sword and danced in an empty greenery.

Her name is Yu Xi, and she is the son of Yu Guangling, the master of Wuxiang Mountain, and the daughter of Yu Qian.

"My hands are not born to embroider, and it is troublesome to practice swords in a long skirt!"

Yu Xi glanced at Qiushui, and after seeing the white dress in her hand, she immediately put away her sword.

"It's this, wait two more days, it's not the time yet. ”

"Have you forgotten? Mrs. Zhou, they arrived today, and you specially instructed me to remind you a few days ago. Qiushui stretched out his hand to hold out the white dress, with a helpless look, "Maybe now that people have gone up the mountain, you are dressed like this, even I am ashamed of you!"

"What!"

Yu Xi's face was stunned, and his red mouth opened like a spring peach.

"Is it today? Why didn't you remind me earlier!" she had already thrown away the iron sword, glanced left and right, and ran back with her white dress.

Qiushui hadn't come back to her senses yet, she had already entered Ruixiangyuan.

Although Yu Xi has a hearty temperament, the boudoir still has a bit of charm, in addition to the various short knives and sharp blades placed in the lattice, a wide gum is particularly conspicuous. There is a makeup table in front of the window, although she usually doesn't dress up much, the rouge and gouache on the table, but the fragrant jade hairpin is neat.

At the head of the bed hangs a pair of green jade mandarin ducks with incense sachets, which are said to have been left to her by her mother Han before she died.

As soon as Yu Xi entered the door, he scattered his hairpin, combed his hair with a comb in one hand, and went to the dressing table with the other hand to toss and turn, and kept shouting Qiushui in his mouth, "Qiushui, Sister Qiushui, quickly bring me a basin of water!"

When Qiushui entered the door, Yu Xi painted vermilion on his lips and rubbed rouge on his face, because he was in a hurry, vermilion painted his cheeks, and rouge was painted on his eyebrows.

Qiushui couldn't help laughing, but she didn't dare to laugh out loud, so she covered her mouth with one hand, pressed her to the chair, and put her back on makeup.

Yu Xi sat in front of the dressing table, looking at the mottled image in the bronze mirror, his heart was always a little unsteady, and the placket on his chest rose and fell with deep breathing.

From childhood to adulthood, in addition to this careful and considerate girl, there are only those dumb Taoist children. Every time Zhang came back to see her, he would talk about some daily trivial things in Baiheshan, including how Zhou Yi was cynical and how he was reprimanded by his father, and so on. But what makes Yu Xi most interesting is the anecdote of Zhou Yi and his father fighting wits to escape punishment.

After a long time, for Yu Xi, Zhou Yi has become an acquaintance who has never met.

This acquaintance, whom he admires a little, may be on Wuxiang Mountain today. Therefore, that irrepressible joy made her anxious at this time.

Qiushui combed her hair, put on some headdresses, and looked at her unnatural demeanor left and right, and she couldn't help it anymore.

"If you can't laugh, you'll suffocate people!" Yu Xi pouted, frowned, and turned to stand up.

Dressed in white, with a shy face.

The reason why Yu Xi is shy is probably because she has never dressed up like this.

"Okay?" Yu Xi smiled, her hands crossed in front of her abdomen.

"It's not close. If there is a handsome boy beside him, then it can bring out the color of the young lady!" Qiushui half-squinted, hid his face and bent over and smiled.

"Clean poor mouth!" Yu Xi looked at the mirror again, "Mrs. Zhou can only come back once in half a year, if I don't wear more decently, I will live up to the clothes she made for me." ”

Qiushui pretended to be like this, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and the two held hands and laughed at the sky.

Suddenly, Yu Xi heard footsteps outside the window, revealing a little hesitation in his idleness.

She immediately panicked, and gave Qiushui a look, Qiushui understood, and immediately placed a few half-embroidered plain brocades on the table.

Yu Xi sat down with the trend, as if he was concentrating on embroidery.

A middle-aged man walked to the door and stopped, looking at him with eagle eyebrows and falcon eyes, and did not smile.

Yu Xi pretended not to know that someone was coming, and chatted with Qiushui in a twisted manner: "If you want to talk about who is the most difficult in this world, it is my father." A person raised me from a young age, and taught me to read and write, and even these boring female workers he personally asked, poetry, books, etiquette, red tape, whether you like it or not, you have to learn them all. Yu Xi said, glanced out secretly, and then sat upright, "As a human woman, I can't feel his hard work, and I can't fulfill a filial piety, you say, is he bitter?"

Qiushui was submissive, but he didn't dare to interrupt her.

Standing outside the door was Yu Xi's father, the new lord of Wuxiang Mountain, Yu Qian.

Yu Qian coughed a few times in a low voice, then pushed the door in.

"Father, why are you here, please come in!" Yu Xi welcomed Yu Qian into the door, and snickered at Qiushui, but said, "Qiushui, go and make the best tea." ”

Yu Qian didn't sit down, and said, "There's no need to make tea, I'll come to see you, say a few words and leave." ”

Yu Xi hurriedly asked, "It's rare for you to come back, why do you have to leave so soon?" Is there something wrong?"

"It seems that you are reluctant to let me go like this?, how about I come here to drink tea every day in the future?" the father and daughter smiled at each other, knowing each other.

Yu Xi pulled her father to sit down, and reluctantly offered his courtesy, "Father, are there any guests coming these days?"

"So what? You're still young after all, and it's all red tape to meet friends, and you don't usually like these things the most, so this time, I won't force you. In the past few days, you have copied the books I left for you ten times, and I will check them when I come back. Yu Qian said and got up and left, Yu Xi was about to refute, but he turned around and blocked: "If you don't want to copy it a hundred times, stay here with peace of mind." ”

Yu Qian strode out of the middle door, Yu Xi chased out the door, and he had already walked away with his hands behind his back.

Yu Xi was angry, threw the brocade on the table out of the door, pouted, and jumped up to spread his temper.

came over for a while, and when she calmed down, Qiu Shui dared to approach, "What kind of knot does the master have, why does he resist every time Mrs. Zhou comes to see you?"

Yu Xi's heart was shocked, he looked back at Qiushui, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

Speaking of her father's heart knot, she learned a thing or two from the master Bo Wuqing, but it was not detailed.

It is said that when there was a poor and strange rebellion, her grandfather Yu Guangling and the Zhou brothers of Baiheshan gathered heroes from the rivers and lakes to go to Tongguan to eliminate the harm. Unexpectedly, Qiqi left Tongguan, went to Queensland, and appeared near Baihe Mountain.

At that time, Yu Xi's mother Han Ruofu and two senior brothers Wu Guang and Wu Ye guarded Wuxiang Mountain, and when they learned that Baihe Mountain was in trouble, Wu Guang and Wu Ye both decided to wait and see what happened, only Yu Xi's mother led a team of people to Baihe Mountain to help.

At that time, those who stayed behind in Baihe Mountain were Zhou Tianyong's eldest disciple Zhou Yu and Zhou Shiya's eldest disciple Zhang Yufu. Zhang Yufu was seriously injured, and Zhou Yu almost died to save her, thanks to Han Ruofu's timely arrival, and Zhou Yu drove Qi off Baihe Mountain together.

After that catastrophe, Han and Zhang became good sisters, they went out together, slept together, and talked about everything. However, the Han family has admired Zhou Ying for a long time, and at this time, they have experienced life and death together, and she has a heart, and she can't help but secretly promise her life.

However, Zhou Ying and Zhang's had already agreed, that year in the Baihe Mountain Furong Stream, Zhou Ying personally built a pavilion for Zhang Yufu, and the two kissed under the pavilion, and every word was heard by Han's ears.

In the end, Han Ruofu decided to leave that sad place and returned to Wuxiang Mountain with her master Yu Guangling to devote herself to cultivation.

However, marriage makes people, just back then, Yu Guangling's righteous son Yu Qian expressed his heartfelt heart to her, and said arrogantly that she would not marry in this life.

The Han family was full of bitterness, and was worried that no one would come to tell him, so after such a long time, the two got married and gave birth to Yu Xi.

As for why Han Ruofu died, Wu Qing also said ambiguously. It is said that the old love of the Han family is unforgettable, after Zhou Ying and Zhang Yufu gave birth to a pair of boys, she once visited the door, and later returned to Wuxiang Mountain and got a serious illness, and finally died of depression.

At this point, Yu Xi is still sympathetic to her father, so Yu Qian disciplines her harshly every day, and she can always bear it. But when it comes to the Zhang family, Yu Xi can always get the warmth of a biological mother from her, plus Zhou Yi, who has heard her name for a long time, but she can't hate Baiheshan at all.

However, she was born to be a woman who does not admit defeat, although Yu Qian imprisoned her in the depths, but Zhou Yi's trip to Wuxiang Mountain undoubtedly ignited the fire in her heart that longed to fly out.