Chapter Twenty-Six: The Broken Bridge and the Remnant of Snow

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In front of you is a small island that hangs in the air, and there is a bridge leading to the island from the edge of the cliff. When he came to the bridge, he found it in tatters, with two iron cables on top and bottom, and the planks laid on it were also uneven, and many of them were rotten. Zhong Yun said in his heart: "It's not that no one lives here, otherwise this bridge wouldn't be so dilapidated." But then he thought, isn't that what the light is coming from this direction, and that island must be inhabited. He couldn't resist his curiosity, but cautiously went up the bridge.

Zhong Yun held the iron rope on one side with both hands, looking for a wooden board to stand on his feet, and slowly moved over, and from time to time there were broken wooden planks falling into the abyss, which startled him. And he was also trembling, for fear that he would fall if he was not careful.

Finally, Zhong Yun arrived on the island, and looking at the abyss below, he was already in a cold sweat. The island is desolate, and the land looks barren except for stones and stones. And this island is really cold, Zhong Yun is shivering. He originally wanted to go back, but he looked at the chain bridge he had just come over, and he didn't want to go back, so he came to the big house, and the words "Wind and Snow Palace" were written on it. From the outside, the big house is very ordinary, far worse than Changqin's, even if it is a colorful butterfly, it is better than this. Zhong Yun strengthened his courage and walked in.

"Is there anyone?" Zhong Yun shouted, but no one answered, he shouted a few more words, but still no one answered. He wanted to be happy that no one was at home, so he went straight into the hall.

The hall was very simple, the light was very dim, except for a long case, and a few lamps hanging on the wall, as if there was nothing left. Zhong Yun came to the long case and saw that there was a lot of white paper on it, Zhong Yun reached out and touched it, and next to the white paper was an inkstone, a brush, and a piece of ink. Zhong Yun looked at the white paper, there was a painting on it, it seemed to be a young man, but his appearance was not clear, and the young man was carrying a little girl on his back, walking in the peach forest. Zhong Yun suddenly remembered the peach forest outside the Dragon Soul Palace, which was actually very similar. He flipped to the next one, and it seemed to be the young man from before, this time with the little girl having dinner. Then I flipped down again, and it was still these two people, but instead of eating, they were writing together. In this way, Zhong Yun found that each painting was the same two people, and they showed the trivial things of their lives.

The more Zhong Yun looked at it, the more curious he became, thinking to himself who drew this, how could it be these two people, but the appearance of these two people was not clearly drawn, could it be that these two people were father and daughter? He looked around, and saw a door next to the hall, he walked over, touched it with his hand, and the door opened. It's just that as soon as the door opened, an extremely cold air gushed out, and the cold Zhong Yun shivered. He walked in and found it simpler, with only one bed and then nothing. If it weren't for the dim light outside and the moonlight coming in, I guess I wouldn't be able to see anything inside. Zhong Yun walked to the side of the bed, the bed was actually cold, he reached out to the bed, couldn't help hissing, and suddenly withdrew his hand. Because a biting cold breath penetrated directly into his palm, and then spread to his body, he was almost frozen.

"Wow, this is too cold, who can sleep on this, is it still human?" Zhong Yun muttered to himself.

He couldn't stand the cold in the room, so he hurried out, and he was much better in the hall. Zhong Yun complained: "What the hell is this place, deserted, and a little scary!"

Suddenly, there was a flute sound, the sound of the flute was long, but with a sense of desolation, but it was so beautiful that people couldn't stop. Zhong Yun looked around, it was not from here, he listened again, only to find that it was from behind the house. Zhong Yun walked to the back of the hall, out of the hall, to the back of the house. He looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a small island in the distance, but instead of a cable, it was a long arched bridge.

The island on the opposite side was also dangling, and he looked to the edge, and below was an abyss that could not be seen. Zhong Yun looked at the island again, but the island opposite was not desolate, but overgrown with flowers and trees. He came to the arched bridge and walked up. The bridge also looked so dilapidated, but it didn't shake like the chain bridge began. He walked to the middle of the arched bridge, but found that the bridge was broken, and there was no section in the middle, and he had to jump over the distance of nearly one foot before he could reach the opposite side. Zhong Yun looked at the edge, and immediately panicked, but he thought about it, gritted his teeth, and jumped as soon as he jumped. He stepped back a few feet, then made a run, jumped at the break in the bridge, and with a hey, jumped to the opposite side. As soon as he landed, he rushed forward, and then fell and gnawed on the mud.

Zhong Yun got up and slowed down, and then continued walking. When he walked to the island, he saw that the island was full of all kinds of flowers, and there were all kinds of flowers in different seasons, such as peach blossoms, pear blossoms, plum blossoms, azaleas, daffodils, etc. In short, it is also like a sea of flowers, although it is far less than the valley of flowers and butterflies, but it is also colorful and full of flowers.

Zhong Yun walked along the path between the flowers, followed the sound, and soon saw a pavilion in front of him, and there was a woman standing among the flowers next to the pavilion, and the voice came from her. Zhong Yun slowly approached and came behind the woman, he saw that she was still giving a, and her long hair was fluttering behind her back, reaching her calves, plus her posture was wonderful, he thought to himself that this must be a beauty. Zhong Yun didn't dare to make a sound in the back, for fear of disturbing her, so he stood quietly and listened to the sound of the flute. The sound of the flute was long and sad, poignant and cold, Zhong Yun had never heard such a poignant sound of the flute, and he couldn't bear it and shed tears. He quickly wiped away his tears and looked at the woman's back again. Just when he was intoxicated, the sound of the flute stopped abruptly, and Zhong Yun was stunned and came back to his senses.

"How's my blowing?" the woman asked suddenly.

When Zhong Yun heard the woman's voice, he couldn't help but be stunned, because her voice was so poignant and ethereal. The woman asked again, "What's wrong with you?" The ethereal voice came into Zhong Yun's ears, and his heart trembled, and he didn't know how to speak. Zhong Yun brushed his thoughts, walked to a place no more than three feet away from the woman, hugged his fists and bowed: "In Xia Zhongyun, I don't know that this is the girl's place, I broke into this by mistake, it is a lot of offense, please forgive the girl." The woman said, "Childe doesn't have to be like this. The woman turned around as she spoke, she turned around and faced Zhong Yun, and when Zhong Yun saw her, her mouth was already wide open, and she was stunned again.

This is a beautiful girl, she is so perfect, the sunken fish and the goose and the moon are not enough to describe her beauty, her cheeks are flushed, her facial features are so delicate and just right, her long hair is like a dark night, and there is a crystal clear hairpin pinned to her head, and the beads on the hairpin are printed with the moonlight and glowing coldly. The girl was dressed in pale green clothes, with an emerald green ribbon tied around her waist, pinned with a white jade, graceful figure, graceful posture, she stretched out her white and flawless jade hand, and gently brushed her hair. Zhong Yun looked at her white and tender hands, and couldn't take his eyes off for a while. Zhong Yun has never seen such a beautiful woman, like Mo Xue and Xiaoyue, these people are not as good as the one in front of them, because not only the appearance and figure, but more importantly, the woman in front of him has no vulgarity, only the kind of spotless and otherworldly pure and immortal spirit.

Zhong Yun was stunned, and the girl said, "Have you seen enough?"

"Oh, yes, yes, sorry!" Zhong Yun was so nervous that he stammered for a while.

The girl held a jade flute in her hand, took out a silk handkerchief from her body, and wiped the jade flute. Her movements were very graceful and gentle, and Zhong Yun was stunned again. The girl said, "Why don't we go and sit in the pavilion?"

"Cocoa, Cocoa!" replied Zhong Yun.

The girl walked to the pavilion without a word, and Zhong Yun followed. The girl sat down directly, Zhong Yun saw her hair hanging on the ground, but it was hard to say, but the girl said, "Since you see it, help me hold my hair up." Zhong Yun walked over, his face was already hot, and he was afraid of touching the girl, so he carefully held up his hair. He felt that the girl's hair was so smooth and comfortable to the touch, and he couldn't help but touch it again and again. The girl said, "If you touch it again, your hair will be gone." Only then did Zhong Yun react, and said, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm going to offend the girl." The girl said again: "Are you stammering?" Zhong Yun hurriedly said: "I, I, I, I'm not." ”

"Then why did you stutter?"

"I, I, I don't know. ”

At this time, a chair suddenly appeared next to Zhong Yun, and the girl said, "Just put your hair on the chair." Zhong Yun hurriedly put his hair on the chair and smoothed it out. The girl said, "You sit across from me." Zhong Yun sat obediently across from her.

The girl said again: "Since you are here, you are a guest, I invite you to a drink." With that, he waved his hand on the table, and a flask and two glasses appeared. The girl asked again, "Your name is Zhong Yun, isn't it?" Zhong Yun said, "Yes." He strengthened his courage again, and asked, "I have not yet asked the girl's name." The girl said, "My name is Remnant Xue." ”

"Remnant Snow?"

"Yes, the mutilated, the snowy. ”

"Oh. ”

Rean Xue picked up the cup, poured a glass of wine, put it in front of Zhong Yun, poured another glass of wine for herself, and said, "Zhong Yun, please." Zhong Yun hurriedly picked up the wine glass and saluted, "Girl, please." The two drank a glass of wine, and the girl poured another glass, and said, "Why don't you eat something?" With another wave of his hand, a few dishes appeared on the table.

"I don't eat on weekdays, but when a guest comes today, I will make an exception, and I hope that the prince will not mind that the wine and food are not good. ”

"Where, where. ”

Zhong Yun is not easy to speak, after all, there is such a beautiful woman in front of him, and there is no second one in this world. However, just when he was amazed, he found a problem, although her eyes were open, they were so beautiful, but they were dull! Zhong Yun was secretly frightened, thinking that there was something wrong with her eyes, but at this time, Rean Xue said: "You finally see it." Zhong Yun was stunned for a moment, and then said, "What do you see?" Remnant Xue said: "I have been blind for almost three thousand years." ”

"Three thousand years!" Zhong Yun exclaimed, he looked at the remnant snow in surprise.

"Yes, three thousand years, in fact, I can see again now, but I don't want to, so I've been blind. ”

"I, I, I just saw it, so why don't you want to see the light again?"

"Because I don't want to, for me the darkness is just as good, and I can see you in the dark. ”

Zhong Yun thought of her saying that she had been blind for 3,000 years, and suddenly realized, so he patted his head and scolded secretly: "Why am I so stupid, I should have thought of it a long time ago." He immediately got up and bowed, "Meet Senior Sister." Rean Xue said: "Okay, I don't need so many courtesies, I don't like it." ”

Looking at such a beautiful woman, Zhong Yun was already unsettled, but he had to pretend to be calm in front of her, otherwise he would lose his demeanor. Rean Xue handed Zhong Yun a pair of chopsticks, took a pair of them herself, and said, "You eat, eat." Zhong Yun picked up the chopsticks and picked up the vegetables, he was already hungry, so he ate quickly. When he saw that Rean Xue was so gentle when he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, he quickly slowed down and talked about Sven. After the two finished eating, Rean Xue said, "It's getting late, or I'll send you back." Zhong Yun said: "I'll just go back by myself, so I don't have to trouble my senior sister." Rean Xue said again: "It's still far away for you to go back, otherwise you will go back too late and you won't have enough time to sleep." ”

"Okay. Zhong Yun had no choice but to agree.

The bleak night, the bleak moon, a cold wind hit, and Zhong Yun shivered from the cold. Rean Xue stretched out a hand and put it on Zhong Yun's shoulder, but this time, a piercing cold air penetrated his body, and he had the feeling of falling into an ice hole. Zhong Yun said in his heart: "Why is she so cold." Remnant Xue grabbed him, flew up, flew over the abyss, flew over the woods, and came to the dormitory.

"Thank you. Zhong Yun's whole body trembled, but he still had to thank him, and Rean Xue said: "I know you are cold, because I am cold, but you will get used to it in the future." Rean Xue said, took out the jade flute from her body, and handed it to Zhong Yundao: "When we meet for the first time, I have no other gifts, so I will give you this jade flute, please accept it." Zhong Yun took the jade flute and thanked him repeatedly, and Rean Xue said: "I will come to see you when I have time, if you want to come to the Fengxue Palace, bring the jade flute, and I will teach you to blow the flute." ”

"Oh, then I'll come over when I have time. ”

"I'm going back, you have a good rest, tomorrow you will gather and divide into shifts. ”

"Are you going to take us with you too?"

"I don't bring it, it's the long piano, the iron man and the colorful butterfly belt, I'm just responsible for teaching. ”

"Okay. ”

Zhong Yun was a little disappointed, he wanted to take a class with Rean Xue, it was best to take him, because although Rean Xue was cold, it was very kind to him.

Zhong Yun thought in his heart, he looked again, but the remnant snow was gone, so he had to sigh and return to the room.