In the west of Taiyuan City, there is a well-known "Apricot Blossom Ridge", this mountain range is named after the apricot blossom as the name suggests. Every year in March, the apricot blossoms on this mountain range are full of hills, and the fragrance of flowers floats for ten miles, which is magnificent.

It is now the late autumn season, although you can't see the apricot blossoms, but the frost-red autumn scenery all over the mountains also has a unique scenery; although it can't be like the apricot blossoms all over the mountains and wilderness, it also has its own red flowers all over the south bank of the river, and it is really refreshing and pleasant.

However, in the depths of Xinghualing there is also a family - an elegant man. This elegant man had only two hobbies in his life - flowers and swords. His love for flowers is as fanatical as the love of men for women in the world, and his obsession with swords is as deep as the obsession of men in the world with wine.

Therefore, his swordsmanship is very unique, and he has never met an opponent so far, and his infatuation with flowers has also made people envious, so people did not hesitate to give him an elegant nickname: "Flower Messenger".

The people on the rivers and lakes also call him: the messenger of protecting flowers - Nanping.

If a person's filial piety can also be called a hobby, then his third hobby must be to honor his mother.

He never saw his father in his life, so he grew up with his mother, who was also his only relative in the world. The years are silent, and as the days go by, Nanping grows up day by day, but his mother also grows older day by day.

He was proud that he could take care of his mother's life when he grew up, and he was also worried that his mother was growing old day by day under the urging of the silent years. Therefore, his emotions are almost composed of two elements, one is the joy of his own growth, and the other is the sorrow of his mother's aging.

Therefore, watching her mother grow older day by day, Nanping's filial piety towards her became more and more urgent day by day.

It can be said that as long as his mother wants it, and he can find a way to get it, then even if it takes his life, he will not hesitate to fight for it.

Just like that day, in order for his mother to live a long life, he really went to the mountains to look for the legendary thousand-year-old ginseng that prolongs life. From this point is enough to show that for the sake of his mother, he will even practice the rumors of people as real words. It can be seen that this person's filial piety has reached a state of sincerity!

It's another crisp autumn day, the birds are singing sweet songs in the cool woods, and the wild chrysanthemums in the grass are spreading their happy smiles to passers-by. At this moment, a pair of feet wearing black boots on a white background were hurrying towards the path.

It was a pair of middle-aged man's feet, his steps were swift and powerful, and the small wind whipped up by the figure he walked by, making the wildflowers on the side of the road shiver. He was a burly man, with a bear's back on his back, and on his right shoulder a large beige hand tied with a large coarse cloth burden, and his expression was firm and cold, and there was a deep mark between the seals, which is characteristic of a man who has always been thoughtful. With a wide face and a square mouth, and his eyes were bright, he walked like a fly, and without hesitation turned into the path of Shangxinghualing.

This is a thatched hut hidden in the small forest, it also has beams and pillars, doors and windows, and also divided into a front and back yard, very particular; and each thatched hut has a flower basket hanging on the rafters; not only that, but inside and outside the thatched hut, wherever there can be hanging things, there is a flower basket; in the same way, there is also a flower pot where things can be shelved. All this makes the people in it feel like they are in a sea of flowers.

At the same time, in the fence pile around the thatched hut with a height of one person, a circle of famous flowers is also planted along the fence pile, among which there are rhododendrons, peonies, mountain reds, and mountain chrysanthemums in full bloom and other colorful flowers, there are many varieties, dizzying.

As soon as you step into the forest, you can smell the fragrant fragrance of the flowers.

At this time, there was an old woman with silver and white hair, who was hunched over and holding a small clay pot with lotus pods spraying water and watering these flowers. The old woman looked melancholy and kind, as if there was something in her heart that reassured her. She poured water, and suddenly stopped, looking at the distant hills and sighing melancholy. Looking like that, she must be thinking about her son!

At this moment, the old woman saw the middle-aged man with a beige coarse cloth on his shoulders and a large bag on his hands, who was coming in from outside the forest and walking straight towards her thatched hut.

The old woman, whose eyes seemed to be a little dull, was concentrating her brow on the incoming man, and the middle-aged man had already walked out of the fence door, and he was the first to greet the old woman with enthusiasm.

"Old sister-in-law, how are you doing?" he said, like all who speak to old people, deliberately raising his voice.

"Butler Flower, it's you!" cried out the old woman in surprise, and she finally recognized the person.

This middle-aged man with a burden on his shoulders is the housekeeper of Huyan Boundless - Hua Kaichun.

"Isn't Nanping at home?" Hua Kaichun said affectionately, "You are a lot older, let me do this physical work." As he spoke, he was about to pick up the old woman's watering can.

"You're a distant traveler, where can you work. The old woman smiled and said, "No, we won't water anymore, let's sit in the house." ”

As she spoke, the old man led the way in front of her with a trembling clay pot, and she took the lead in pushing open the door of the hut and walked in.

"Where did Nanping go, why did you leave you alone at home?" Hua Kaichun asked with concern as she followed her.

"Hey, the horseless horse, went out early in the morning. The old woman said, resting the watering can on a cabinet against the wall.

"Is he out of the house, or is he nearby?" said Hua Kaichun, as he unloaded the heavy burden from his shoulders and placed it on the dining table in the center of the hall, and opened it, taking out the contents and placing them on the table.

There were many things in the baggage, among them a large bag of silver weighing more than a hundred taels and a bundle of dried meat, a few silk clothes, some special fruits, and some other daily necessities;

"It's on the opposite ridge!" replied to the old woman, and when she turned around as she spoke, and when she saw the table full of items, she immediately said loudly with a smile: "Oh, Butler Hua, what are you doing, you bring so many good things when you come, how can we mother and son afford it!"

"Don't say that, old sister-in-law!" said Hua Kaichun, taking the pot of hot tea from the old woman's hand, and said, "Our city lord admires your mother and son. Thou art the greatest mother of the present day, and thy son is determined to become a talented man and is the most outstanding swordsman in the world. How envious this is for the people of the world! Our city lord has also said many times that he wants to visit him in person, but he has never met the convenience; no, since Nanping returned from the top of the divine sword, there has been a period of time when the city lord has not heard of the old sister-in-law, your mother and son, and he remembers to panic in his heart! Therefore, he urged me to come to visit early in the morning. ”

"Hey, your city lord is a great good man in the world," said the old lady, "all these years, you have regarded my orphans and widows as if they were your own family, and this bodhisattva heart, so that God can see it, and bless our good city lord Wanfu Jin'an." ”