The imperial capital in March has long been far away from the chill of midwinter, and under the warm and warm spring light, the entire imperial capital exudes a kind of vitality that makes people want to move.

This is a quiet and elegant courtyard, simple and elegant, beautiful but not pretentious, with ancient meaning, Tibetan rhyme.

However, at this time, this mood was broken.

"Xiao Sheng, go and bring the rouge ink in the next room. ”

"Xiaosheng, bring me my Panlong pen again, hurry up. ”

"Xiaosheng, where is my Longzhou multi-leaf tea, have you brewed it?"

......

Orders sprung up like mushrooms after rain, and with the orders, a boy in a green shirt sighed secretly in his heart, and kept running: "The young master's thoughts are really immeasurable, and I don't know how his brain can turn so fast! ”

Although he complained dissatisfiedly in his heart, there was a smile and helplessness on his face. There was no slacking off at his feet, he went out of the east room and into the west room, just went to the kitchen, and appeared in the tea room again in a blink of an eye. The young man's body was like electricity, and although he was already sweating slightly, he was still nimble with his hands and feet, and he did it in an orderly manner according to his instructions, which showed that he had long been accustomed to this situation.

This continued until noon, when no sound came from the study. The little boy breathed a sigh of relief, reached out to wipe the sweat on his forehead, looked up at the sun, and muttered in his heart

"The red sun is in the sky, it seems that the morning's business is finally over, and we can have lunch in a while. ”

The thought of the fragrant noodles at noon makes saliva unconsciously swirl in the mouth, and it is the most delicious thing in the world for a child.

"Xiaosheng, Young Master Ben is going to rest, you can go. ”

The little boy, who had been waiting for the stars and the moon for a long time, suddenly became as excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and immediately forced to suppress the joy in his heart, bowed respectfully, and replied

"Yes, young master. ”

"Remember to arrive early in the afternoon, Young Master Ben is going to practice equestrianism. Then there was another command in the room, and there was no sound.

Zhang Xiaosheng was even happier in his heart. Although practicing equestrianism is ordinary for a disciple of a family, it has a special meaning for Zhang Xiaosheng and the young master.

With a "Ao" sound, Zhang Xiaosheng ran to the kitchen with a smoke. The action is simply smooth, without a trace of superfluous action. What could be more important than eating a hot meal of noodles?

Zhang Xiaosheng is very satisfied with his current life, he is well fed and warmly dressed, and occasionally has some spare money.

Whenever he thinks back to the changes in these days, Zhang Xiaosheng still has a feeling like he is in a dream.

A month ago, Zhang Xiaosheng was just a hungry village child in the remote mountains of the Huoyan Empire. The early departure of his parents made Zhang Xiaosheng experience the hardships of life since he was a child. I work hard every day for my belly, but I also often go hungry.

However, everything has changed since Zhang Xiaosheng picked up a stone shaped like a crescent moon that day.

At noon that day, as usual, Zhang Xiaosheng went up the mountain to chop wood, and after cutting off a puff of falling goose vines with great effort, he found this strangely shaped stone in a rabbit nest behind the falling goose vines.

There is also a faint sense of warmth in the stone, the whole is crescent-shaped, and the corner of the stone is somewhat damaged, and through the gap, it seems that a trace of soft white light can be seen.

Zhang Xiaosheng looked quite happy, carefully tied the stone with a piece of hemp rope, and hung it on his chest with joy.

"You'll follow me in the future, huh...... Let's call you 'Moon Shortage', how about it, this is the most meaningful name I know!"

"People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny" This is the only sentence that Zhang Xiaosheng remembered, what his father once said. When I was a child, my father always held Zhang Xiaosheng and excitedly recited this sentence over and over again, "You must remember that when your mother heard this sentence, she immediately agreed to my marriage proposal." This is the secret of our Zhang family, hahaha...... "Every time my father laughs, it always causes my mother to blush."

Zhang Xiaosheng's name is not a kind of nostalgia for his parents.

On the second day, just as Zhang Xiaosheng was repairing the roof damaged by the wind last night, and fantasizing about showing off his beautiful stone to his village friends in the afternoon, a gentle voice suddenly came into his ears.

"This little brother, I feel thirsty here, can you give me some water?"

Zhang Xiaosheng looked for the voice, but saw that it was a handsome young man dressed as a scholar. A brocade robe and gorgeous costume, embroidered with spotted green bamboo, full of vitality. A splendid and exquisite belt around the waist is upright and atmospheric. There is a piece of jasper hanging next to it, the decoration is simple, the knife technique is self-heating, and an orchid is carved on it, which is full of antiquity. The face is like warm jade, and the eyebrows reveal a vigorous heroic spirit. The whole body exudes a calm and unhurried elegance, either the palace nobles, or the sons of everyone.

Such a handsome son, appearing in such a desolate place, no village in front of him, no shop in the back, no beauties, no treasures, Zhang Xiaosheng can be said to be quite puzzled.

Although Zhang Xiaosheng was puzzled, he didn't think much about it, what did he have that others coveted?

Ma Li stood up, but his body shook involuntarily, because he hadn't eaten breakfast, he staggered to the water tank by the wall, scooped a pot of water deeply, and handed it to the young man.

"Although Childe drinks, there is nothing else here, there are enough water pipes, it is all spring water from the back mountain, cool and sweet, quenching thirst!"

Zhang Xiaosheng, who had never seen such a handsome boy, was a little restrained, and after sending the water, he immediately took a few steps back, and his hands kept rubbing each other.

The young man picked up the crockpot sent by Zhang Xiaosheng, and he swept away the upheid state just now, and he drank without any scruples about the image, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve after drinking, and screamed

"It's cool, it's much more refreshing than the water in the imperial capital!"

Isn't this a humble son, gentle and elegant, polite and moderate? These actions of Brother Gongzi can frighten Zhang Xiaosheng a lot, and he unconsciously took a few steps back.

Seeing this, Brother Gongzi was a little stunned, and then smiled with relief, and explained, "Little brother, don't be strange, usually stay at home for a long time for your brother, you also know that the bigger the family, the more rules there are, and I am usually a little restrained, and I finally have this good opportunity, and my behavior is indeed a little dissolute, don't be surprised, don't be surprised!"

Childe is quite good at words, and in two or three sentences, he and Zhang Xiaosheng will call themselves brothers. Zhang Xiaosheng is also a hearty and bold person, the two can be said to be familiar at first sight, and they are talking nonsense.

Suddenly, Brother Gongzi, who was laughing loudly, immediately stood up, quickly tidied up his clothes, and immediately returned to his appearance as a handsome boy in Zhang Xiaosheng's stunned.

I saw a crystal blue light cross the sky, and in the blink of an eye, an old man dressed in light blue clothes with a serious expression fell.

"Childe, I've found it, you can go home!" the old man bent down and said respectfully.

"Good work, Huang Lao. Isn't there a shortage of scholars recently, I think this little brother is good, with a pure heart and light hands and feet. What does Elder Huang think?"

The old man surnamed Huang listened and turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaosheng.

Zhang Xiaosheng suddenly felt that a sharp gaze shot at him, and under this gaze, he seemed to be wearing nothing and was seen through.

"This is a master!" Although Zhang Xiaosheng didn't know much, he also felt palpitations.

"Everything is up to the child. Huang Lao still looked expressionless, and after looking Zhang Xiaosheng up and down, he still replied respectfully.

But seeing that Brother Gongzi nodded slightly.

Huang Lao understood, turned his head to Zhang Xiaosheng and said, "Since Gongzi has recognized you, it can be seen that you are also outstanding." When you arrive in the house, you are not as free as in the mountains, and everything must be done in a proper manner. You can't ask what you shouldn't ask, you can't see what you shouldn't see, but you can understand it!"

After that, he threw Zhang Xiaosheng a certain amount of silver, and added:

"This is the money for you, which is considered an advance payment"

Zhang Xiaosheng checked the silver, about two taels, and was overjoyed, "Sure enough, it is a big family, and it is generous, these silver taels are enough for the people in the village to live for a year." ”

"Pack up, and in half an hour, set off. At this time, Huang Lao's voice without a trace of tone came again.

Zhang Xiaosheng hurriedly ran to the village, he wanted to leave the silver to the village chief's friends. Since the death of his parents, Zhang Xiaosheng, who has no support, has been able to avoid starvation thanks to the help of the people in the village.

"Er Ya has long wanted to eat marshmallows, and Er Gou's clothes are too torn, it's time to change them......" Thinking so, he rushed into the village.

Zhang Xiaosheng's actions were seen by Huang Lao, and he couldn't help but nodded, with a good heart.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Xiaosheng returned to his house sweating profusely and took out a wooden carving locket from the house.

It is not so much a box as a piece of wood, because there is not a single gap around the small box, but there are many patterns carved on the surface, which looks like a box. My father said that he had discovered it by accident in a tree hole when he was young, and that he had brought it back when he saw the novelty. This is the only thing his parents have left him.

Besides, there's nothing else worth bringing. Zhang Xiaosheng gently exited the house and closed the door. bowed to Fang Liu, and said silently in his heart: "Dad, mother, my son is gone, I will definitely work hard to get ahead, and I will definitely come back to see you when I have time!"

After thinking about it, he turned around and walked towards Huang Lao.

Huang Lao and Brother Gongzi were silent and did not speak, they knew that Zhang Xiaosheng must be uncomfortable now, after all, it is difficult to leave the homeland.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Huang Lao flicked his sleeves and released a flying shuttle glowing with blue light, which instantly changed to the size of several people, and said, "Let's go." A blue light flashed, and everyone entered the shuttle, but when they saw Huang Lao pinching his handprint, the shuttle turned into a blue light and flew eastward.

Zhang Xiaosheng looked back at the village where he grew up in the shuttle, and whispered in his heart: "Don't ...... goodbye"