Located at the southern foot of the Qinghong Mountains, northwest of Luoyan City, Fenglin Mountain is famous for its maple forests, and it is also connected to Luoyan City by a strip of water. The mountain form a deep valley at the southwest foot of the Qinghongshan Mountains, and because of its low terrain, it naturally gathers all the tributaries of the Qinghongshan Mountains. When the spring rains continue, the flood water swells, and the small riverbed becomes a rather imposing river, and they carry the surging turbulent torrent, rushing out of the foot of Fenglin Mountain, and inexorably rushing out of a magnificent riverbed on the vast plain adjacent to Luoyan City and Fenglin Mountain. At the same time, the hilly plot of Gaofu in Luoyan City, which is trying to be used as a car, was used to use an artistic carving knife to split Luoyan City from east to west into a river and two banks. Since then, the people of Luoyan City, who have lived in this hilly area for generations, have drawn infinite life nourishment from this river that is comparable to that of their mother.

As soon as the torrent swept away the city of Luoyan, it showed its tiredness and laziness, so that it was like a general who was tired of the golden iron horse of the southern and northern expeditions, and was willing to give up his glorious prospects, and in the low-lying basin behind the city, stationed his lion brigade in a corner of the peace—opening up a small lake, which made migratory birds from all over the world come to visit him.

In late autumn, it's time for geese to line up again. Therefore, when the dignitaries and nobles were full of **** and had no way to dispel it, they bored to imitate the team of wild geese, and came to the scenic spots around Luoyan City and Fenglin Mountain in pairs to enjoy the scenery. They looked at the Fenglin Mountain where the frost moon was red in February, the blue sky of Luoyan City where a group of geese flew south, and the vast twilight at the head of Luoyan City where Luoxia and lonely birds flew together.

At this time, the carriage turned into the main road on the side of the maple forest, and the dew that fell on the leaves of the autumn grass had not yet disappeared, and the sun had already cast the silhouette of the lonely and empty mountain forest in front of the passers-by.

Not only that, there is also a Fenglin Temple on Fenglin Mountain, this temple is named after the forest, and it is worshiped by tourists from all over the world, and the incense has always been very prosperous.

At the same time, the inn that Shi Yong was responsible for at the foot of Fenglin Mountain brought good business that has lasted for many years. This inn is also named after the maple forest, so it is called the maple forest inn. It is located on the empty ground that forms a triangle between the upper Fenglin Temple and the two main roads in the direction of Xichuan.

The inn is composed of three three-storey pavilions with a green brick and green tile structure, which are held in three directions from east, south and west to a circular inner garden, and the gap between each pavilion is fenced with thick wood, not to mention tigers and beasts, even bison and elephants are probably at a loss, and they are not allowed to enter.

However, they only set up a wooden mountain gate at the east and west corners, facing the direction of the main road. Although the wooden pillars on both sides of the mountain gate have shown their decayed color, they do not make people who enter and exit from this mountain gate feel that there will be any worries about any risks. And the big words "Fenglin Mountain Inn" embedded on the beam above have also been mottled and blurred.

At this time, it was the turn of Tatsumi, and there were already guests entering and leaving the inn one after another. The shopkeeper was also checking the standard of the work of the men in the guest rooms of each building, the men in the dining room had begun to busily entertain the guests, Shi Yong's wife on the counter, the middle-aged woman with gray sideburns was also sorting out the accounts of the past few days, the cooks in the kitchen were already busy, and the men in the north stall were also feeding the horses of the guests who stayed overnight.

However, Shi Qingqing, the future second lady of Songshan Manor, Shi Yong's daughter, was leisurely holding a small wooden bucket with a lotus pod nozzle and watering the flowers she had painstakingly planted at the foot of the south wall.

What she was wearing today coincided with the weather in mid-August. The autumn-colored petticoat, draped in a wide-sleeved burqa in a floral color, is both elegant and delicate, but also light and elegant, as if giving people the feeling that her temperament is not only smart and jumpy, but also must be good at dancing with long sleeves. Her pink pants and light blue embroidered upper are completely comparable to the colorful smoke that appears on the eastern canopy at this moment. When she doesn't smile, she is like a shy flower with spring, like a koi carp spitting beads between her teeth, she is the first in the number of dexterous and naughty people, and she is incomparable to her anger and laughter. Her eyes are more beautiful, clean as jade, clear as water, with infinite autumn waves surging, with thousands of styles to look forward to, making people so drunk, like smoke like a dream.

At this time, a light and elegant carriage drove into the mountain gate of the Maple Forest Inn. A clever fellow greeted the carriage with enthusiasm without waiting for it to stop.

At this time, the coachman lifted the curtain, and a beautiful woman walked down the car lightly. I saw that her cheeks were condensed, her smile was like a flower, her body was graceful, her charm was coquettish, she was dressed in a phoenix, a crane with feathers, and she was wearing butterfly embroidered shoes.

As soon as she stepped out of the carriage, she saw Shi Qingqing concentrating on watering the flowers under the south wall. So, she didn't pay attention to the innkeeper's greetings, and walked straight towards Shi Qingqing.

"What a beautiful flower!" Shi Qingqing suddenly heard someone talking to her behind her, so she hurriedly turned around. I saw that the woman who had just stepped out of the carriage was smiling at her.

"These are all wildflowers transplanted in the mountains, and I think it's beautiful. Shi Qingqing said, "What is the name of this young lady? Presumably you are also here for sightseeing in Fenglin Mountain, right?"

"My name is White Orchid, and I'm here for you!" the man said.

Shi Qingqing was shocked.

"Do you know me?"

"Yes, your name is Shi Qingqing. White Orchid said with a smile.

"Then come into the house and sit!" Shi Qingqing also said with a smile.

"No, I just wanted to say a few words to you. ”

Seeing a well-dressed strange woman talking to her daughter under the south wall, Shi Yong and his wife and the guys at the inn also crowded in front of the door to look. Shi Yong saw that his daughter was talking pleasantly with the strange woman, so he didn't suspect too much, just treated her as a guest for general sightseeing. So he drank up the men and let them go about their work.

"Are you Wu Shuang's second wife?" asked Bai Lanhua.

"Not married yet!" Shi Qingqing said with a grin.

"That's just a matter of time!" said White Orchid with a smile.

She suddenly added: "I am also a friend of Wu Shuang!"

"Then you must know Sister Bai. Shi Qingqing said.

Later, she realized that her words were inappropriate, because the other party's surname was also Bai, so she hurriedly added: "I'm talking about a sister named Bai Xue." ”

"Oh!" the other party looked surprised when she said this. "Do you know Shirayuki?"

"I don't know!" Shi Qingqing shook his head innocently.

"Then how do you know the name Bai Xue?" asked Bai Lanhua again.

Shi Qingqing didn't have any suspicions, he was still talking to Bai Lanhua so frankly and enthusiastically.

"Wu Shuang told me. She said.

"What kind of woman did he tell you Bai Xue was?" asked Bai Lanhua solemnly, and waited expectantly for her answer.

"He said that Sister Bai is kind and respectful, gentle and virtuous, beautiful and moving, and she is a very amazing woman!"

The woman who claimed to be a white orchid seemed to be taken aback when she heard this, and was so stunned that she couldn't speak for a long time; at that moment, I don't know if her eyes were gray, or because of something that touched the scene and shed tears, Shi Qingqing saw her hurriedly take out a champa from her sleeve pocket and wipe the corners of her eyes.