Zhongzhou South Xinjiang. Thousands of mountains on the periphery.

In the territory of Wuling County, there is a place called Taoyuan Village, which is located in the mountains and is unknown to the world. The population of this village is very small, but there are thousands of people, it is said that their ancestors were in the troubled times of the previous dynasty, in order to escape the war, they entered this place by chance, and saw the beautiful scenery here, and the soldiers did not reach, so they settled here. And because there is no path between the mountains and the outside world, if you want to go out, you must go out

To pass through the thousands of dangerous mountains, the road is difficult and dangerous, and there are many tigers, leopards, aptans, bears, jackals, giant snakes in the mountains, ordinary people can not pass, for thousands of years, the road into the mountain has been buried for the forest, so the people of Taoyuan Village do not go out of the mountain, isolated from the world, so far I don't know how many years, but also do not know the things outside the mountain. Only the stories about the outside world left by their ancestors are still circulating, but

These legends are just stories told by the elders and their children in their spare time after dinner, but the people of the village have always been happy to live in this peaceful source of the world, and not many people want to pursue the outside world.

However, there are some people in the world who have many strange dreams and are more curious about the unknown. They will pay with their lives to uncover those unknown curiosities. Because of this, there is this legend.

In the southwest of Taoyuan Village, there is a lake with a radius of dozens of miles, this lake is formed by the accumulation and concave of mountains, for thousands of years, all things have evolved and transformed, so that the water in the lake is prosperous, and the products are very rich, so fishing has become the main livelihood of the people in the village.

The villagers thought that this lake was a gift from God, hence the name of the heaven-given lake.

Near the north of the lake lived a family whose head was Qin Mingshan, the first man in the village, who was said to be a man of great strength and practiced ancestral martial arts, and had killed a tiger with his bare hands. Because of this, he was able to marry the most beautiful woman in the village, Shang Mingyue, the daughter of the village leader Shang Zhong.

Qin Yishan got married for only one year, and then he got a son, named Qianye, the word purple wood. It is said that on the eve of Qin Qianye's birth, Shang Mingyue had a dream, dreaming that when he was bathing in the Tianci Lake, he heard a loud noise, and saw a purple giant tree more than 100 feet high suddenly emerging in the center of the lake

The leaves fell instantly, dense as rain, and suddenly the world was blood-red, Shang Mingyue had always been timid and couldn't see blood, but when he saw the blood-like color in the sky, he was immediately startled and couldn't help waking up.

At the moment, I only felt that my heart was blocked, and the pain in my abdomen was incomparable, and it turned out that the child was about to be born, so I felt that the dream was strange, so I named the child with this.

Qin Qianye has been very smart and clever since he was a child, and under the teaching of Yishan and his wife, he knows how to be polite and humble, and he is liked and admired by the villagers.

It's a pity that an extremely tragic event happened at this time, when he was ten years old, Qin Yishan never returned in a hunting trip, according to the people who went with him, he actually said that he had died in the mouth of a fierce beast, and it was also said that he fell off the cliff when he was chasing prey, but there were also rumors that he did not die, but went to the world outside the mountain. Half a year after Yishan's disappearance, Shang Mingyue looked at her husband

I didn't return for a long time, I knew that I was hopeless, and I remembered that the husband and wife had been very loving over the years, and vowed to be white, but in a blink of an eye, I was left alone, and I was so sad.

Finally one day, Shang Mingyue couldn't stand the torment in her heart, and took advantage of the fact that everyone didn't pay attention, sneaked up the mountain, jumped off the cliff of ten thousand gullies, and died with her husband.

Since the death of Yishan and his wife, Qin Qianye became an orphan, raised by his maternal ancestor Shang Zhong, although Shang Zhong is the head of Taoyuan Village, respected, but only has a daughter under his knees, Mingyue, and now martyred with her husband, which makes Shang Zhong feel sad, because of this, Shang Zhong is especially fond of Qin Qianye.

However, Qin Qianye made Shang Zhong unable to let go of his heart, since the death of Qin Yishan and his wife, he found that in the eyes of this child who was only ten years old, there was a depth that even adults could not understand. In the first days when he arrived at the business, Qin Qianye didn't shed tears, he just often said something to those insects, fish, birds and beasts that others didn't understand, or he looked at the sky in a daze inexplicably

He rarely plays with the children in the village anymore. Suddenly, one day, he seemed to suddenly return to normal, but from this day on, he would go to the backyard every day to practice desperately. Although practicing is not a bad thing, Shang Zhong is still very worried, he always feels that there is something abnormal about the child Chiba, he has never seen a child lose his parents without tears. The merchant is not at ease, only

Because he was already an old man, he didn't know when he might have to leave this world, but unfortunately he couldn't let go of this world yet, because he had to watch Xiao Qin Qianye grow up, otherwise he would die without turning a blind eye.

Ten years in the blink of an eye.

It was an early autumn dawn, the sky had just dawned, and the insects and birds in the mountains and forests were dense like rain. Only in the fog shadow where Qiyun Peak in the East meets the sky, a trace of dawn faintly appears. The waning moon had already slid down the mountain, and although the sky was sparsely dotted with dozens of dim stars, it was obscured by Cebu, and all of them were covered with a light gray veil. With the light of the eastern sky

A trace of brightness, and gradually the stars disappeared completely. The fog became thicker, and even the twilight on the eastern horizon fell between whether there was suspicion or not. Except for the morning birds singing in the mountains and forests, one after the other, one after another, as if telling people that the day is about to dawn, the earth is still dark and gloomy.

Soon, the sky finally brightened.

Qin Qianye still got up early as usual, he used to get up early to practice, but today it was a little different, he just stood quietly in front of Tianci Lake, looking at his shadow in the lake, it had been half a moment. The clear water of the lake shone on his handsome body, and a gust of wind swept by, setting off a trace of waves, and his slender figure was stretched longer. suddenly

He reached out and touched the already hard beard on his chin, and found that they were no longer as soft as they were a few years ago, which made him feel more like a man who could bear it, and he suddenly laughed, although he laughed more and more over the years, but never once he would be so happy, he felt that he had finally grown into a strong man, and he could no longer be

I relied on others and did what I wanted to do alone.

"Brother Qin", a crisp call broke the long silence.

I don't know when, Shang Wuxian was already standing behind him.

Shang Wuxian is the niece and granddaughter of Shang Zhong's clan and the cousin of Chiba.

"Hmm", Qin Qianye didn't look back, just responded softly.

Shang Wuxian walked a few steps forward, side by side with Qin Qianye, and also stood quietly, as if he was also looking at the lake, stunned.

The shadows of the two were reflected in the lake, where the slight waves rose, overlapping for a while, and separating for a while, and by chance a swimming fish crossed by, just scratching away the reflection of the water that was connected to it.

After a while, Qin Qianye suddenly said, "Why don't you ask, I don't practice, but I'm in a daze here?"

Shang Wuxian smiled and said, "I don't have to ask, because I know that you are by no means lazy, you must have your own reasons." ”

The wind suddenly became stronger, which made it even cooler. Qin Qianye looked at Shang Wu's tearless and delicate figure, which looked even thinner in the wind, and couldn't help but move in his heart, and said lightly: "No tears, it's so cold, why do you bother to bring me food so early every day, in fact, I'm not hungry, just go home later to eat." ”

Shang Wutear lowered his head and looked at the swaying aquatic plants in the lake below, as if he hadn't heard it.

Qin Qianye sighed, pointed to the kingfisher that landed on the branch not far away, and smiled reluctantly: "No tears, you see that bird gets up early every morning to forage for food, sometimes flying, sometimes singing, do you know what they are thinking?"

Shang Wuxian raised her head and looked at Qin Qianye in surprise, obviously she didn't know what he wanted to say, so she had to shake her head.

Qin Qianye smiled: "You don't have to look at me so strangely, in fact, they didn't say anything, they are just living their own lives, you see the fish swimming happily in the water, the birds flying freely in the sky, in this vast world, they seem to be able to live the life they want freely, whether it is to find food, or to spread their wings in the sky, it is one."

Happy. But who knows, in fact, the fish may want to go farther to the river and sea, and the birds may be yearning for a higher sky, but they would rather stay here, just because they are accustomed to the comfort here, and are afraid of the danger farther away", suddenly, a kingfisher suddenly skimmed the lake, and with a light touch in the water, a small fish in its mouth fell into its mouth, and landed in the original one

roots on the branches. There was a circle of ripples in the lake, and it was still rippling for a long time.

Shang Wuxian looked at Qin Qianye with tears, her eyes were blank, obviously she didn't understand what he meant. "The outside world?Jiang Hai?" So she had to wait and let Qin Qianye continue.

Qin Qianye said again: "I know you don't understand, in fact, I also looked at the bamboo slips handed down by my ancestors and knew it, although those things have long been forgotten by everyone, but I want to understand it, just because someone said that my father may be there, the world outside the mountain." ”

Shang Wu asked in surprise: "Your father, is it true that Uncle Qin is not dead?"

Qin Qianye said: "Actually, I don't know, but as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up, I must find him, because he has lost my mother's relatives and abandoned me, he has broken the promise he made when he married my mother, but I have always believed in my heart that he is not such a person, I know that if my father does this, there must be a reason for him to have no choice, but I have to figure it out." ”