Shengshuiyuan

Under the bright sunshine, a pair of people and horses walked leisurely on the spacious road.A white-haired man with animal ears asked indifferently as he approached the leading boy riding a white reindeer and looking at the scenery leisurely.

"Next, where are we going?"

Withdrawing his leisurely gaze, the pale blond boy raised his lips and looked at his side, the gentle man said

"Let's go to the south next. I heard that the marquis in the south is a beautiful woman, who seems to be an ancient beast named Bai Ze."

Raising his eyebrows slightly, the man with white hair and animal ears said with great interest

"Bai Ze? According to legend, it is a very high-ranking divine beast, a symbol of auspiciousness. It can understand the emotions of all things, and understand the appearance of all ghosts and gods in the world. It is an auspicious beast that makes people turn evil into good luck."

Squinting his eyes lightly and playing with the black jade flute in his hand, the fair-haired boy raised his eyebrows and said

"After what you said, I'm really looking forward to meeting this Southern Marquis who can bring auspiciousness and know everything."

In a quaint and quiet cabin, suddenly there was the sound of objects being smashed, and an irritable man scolded angrily.

"I've said it more than dozens of times, I'm tired of being with you. This time I came back to get things, and I won't come back here from now on! You should die!"

As he spoke, he disregarded the pleas of the woman kneeling on the ground crying with tears in her eyes, and the man took the package and slammed the door and left.

With eyes full of indifference, he watched these two men and women arguing endlessly all year round.Behind the woman, an eight or nine-year-old child looked at his mother lightly and said

"You don't want to see me either, so I'll go to the door for a while."

The woman who was still immersed in sadness, looked at the child who was about to leave, suddenly grabbed the child's wrist fiercely and rudely, threw the child to the ground with all her strength, and vented all her anger and sorrow into fists and feet in a frenzy. , accustomed to women's beatings, eyes full of children silently hugging their heads.

An hour later, the woman regained her composure and realized her impulsive behavior. Her eyes were filled with pity and she wanted to comfort the child who had been injured by her, but she was gently pushed away by the approaching hand.Raising his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, the child patted the dust on his body indifferently, opened the door and left the room.

Walking in the very lively street, watching the bustling hawkers and the customers coming and going in the tavern, the dark brown-haired child with injuries on his body lowered his head slightly, kicking the small stones on the ground in front of him while walking.

Just as the child was walking indifferently to the place where a few rich kids were playing, he looked up at a child with pure black hair, pure eyes about his own age, and a bright smile, which attracted the attention of the dark brown-haired child.Putting down the bamboo cuju in his hand, the child in Chinese clothes smiled happily and approached the dark brown-haired child.

"Are you alone? Do you want to play with us?"

Looking down at the child who stretched out his hand to him, the dark brown-haired child who had never dared to touch anyone, slowly stretched out his hand to hold the hand of the pure black-haired child.

When the sun was about to set, the other children were brought home by the adults one after another.Looking at the other children who are pampering and acting like a baby with their parents, and the dark brown-haired child who has been playing around with everyone all day, his originally happy expression dimmed instantly, and he lowered his head and wondered what he was thinking.

Looking at the suddenly downcast child beside him, the black-haired child lightly held his hand and asked worriedly

"What's the matter, didn't you have a good time just now, why are you suddenly unhappy?"

Clenching his dough-like white hands tightly, the dark brown-haired child raised his head and looked at the servant who came to look for the black-haired child not far away and said with a wry smile.

"Your family's servants have come to look for you, you should go home."

Just as the dark-haired child was about to leave, the black-haired child grabbed his wrist and said,

"Can you still play with me in the future?"

Looking at the expectant black-haired child with big and pure sapphire-like eyes, the dark brown-haired child lightly pursed his lips and said

"Okay, I'll come and play with you later."

Hearing the words of the dark brown-haired child, the black-haired child smiled happily.

Before going home, the black-haired boy turned to look at the dark-brown-haired child behind him and said,

"I don't know your name yet, can you tell me your name?"

Surprised that someone asked his name for the first time, a child with dark brown hair and soft eyes

"Just call me Yun Mo."

Nodding his head vigorously, the black-haired child smiled and showed his bright teeth, waving his hands and saying:

"My name is Qingtong, Lin Qingtong! Let's play again tomorrow!"

From then on, this impoverished boy named Yunmo and this smiling Lin Qingtong became friends.Every day they always set a specific time to play together, every time watching Yunmo's old wounds not healed, they add new wounds.Every day, except for the two of them playing together, Qingtong would bring wound medicine to bandage Yun Mo's wound.Two years passed like this, and Yun Mo thought that it would be nice to live like this until the nightmare came that day.

A heart-piercing scream broke the quiet afternoon.Yunmo and Qingtong, who were happily playing in the flower garden, put away their joyful expressions, and quickly ran towards Yunmo's house following the sound.

At the entrance of Yunmo's house, there are three floors inside and three floors outside, surrounded by people of different appearances and identities.Or the people watching the excitement, or the relatives who rushed to wipe away their tears, as if they had a premonition.Yun Mo pushed away the crowded crowd with a pale face.Anxiously, he ran quickly to the front of his house, looked at the work from the yamen, and covered his mother with a piece of white cloth with regret.Seeing Yun Mo's relatives who came beside him, he wiped his tears sadly.Holding Yun Mo's shoulder with one hand to comfort him.

Unbelievably looking at the lifeless mother lying in a pool of blood, Yun Mo trembled slightly, and asked with eyes full of horror

"Who killed my mother?"

The woman next to her was full of grief and indignation.

"No one killed your mother, your mother committed suicide... It was your father who brought the woman outside and threw a letter of divorce to your mother. Your mother couldn't stand the stimulation and committed suicide with a dagger... "

After speaking, the woman turned and cried in the arms of the fat man beside her.

After hearing that her mother had committed suicide because of that man, Yun Mo bit her lips tightly, her fingers slowly tightened her nails into the flesh, bleeding came from pinching, but she didn't even know it.

All funeral affairs were handed over to the relatives, and Yun Mo leaned against the big tree in front of the house silently, lost in thought.

The black-haired and well-dressed child behind him watched Yunmo's relatives carry away Yunmo's mother's body.Silently walked forward, walked in front of Yun Mo with warm eyes, lightly cupped Yun Mo's face, and said firmly

"With me, I will always be with you."

Looking at the black-haired child in front of him, Yun Mo finally couldn't restrain his emotions, threw himself into Qingtong's arms and burst into tears.

Fairview Villa

Looking at Li Muyan who came back rarely in the hall, Ming Ge was about to ask the waiter to prepare lunch, but was stopped by Li Muyan.

"Ming Ge, where's dad, how is it now?"

Pursing his lips lightly, Ming Ge said

"I'll take you to see Dad. I don't know if he's sick or better."

In front of a flower field in the backyard, the old owner, who was obviously much older, sat at the stone table, not knowing what he was talking to himself.Seeing someone coming, he suddenly jumped up with a happy expression, and quickly walked towards Li Muyan.Pulling Li Muyan to the stone bench in front of the stone table, he said tenderly

"Qingmei, why are you here now? I've been waiting for a long time."

As he said that, the old owner said to the stone table that there was not a single item on it.

"Look, I've cooked you a lot of dishes that you like, and they're still hot. You don't know how much I miss you these few days after you left."

Li Muyan looked at Ming Ge aside with doubts in his eyes, Ming Ge said

"Looking at your appearance, my father may think of you as your mother."

Sighing lightly, he turned his head and looked at the man whom he had hated and contradicted in the past ten years and now went crazy because of his mother.Li Muyan frowned lightly, with mixed feelings in his heart.

The old owner seemed to regard other people as air, facing the air and doing the action of picking up vegetables on the stone table.

"Qingmei, this is your favorite white-cut chicken. Have you tried it because your husband's craftsmanship has deteriorated? How does it taste? I've been making it for a long time and I'm afraid you won't like it. I remember, you like chicken the most. .Every time I do it for you, you are very happy."

Looking up at Li Muyan who was not moving, the old manor owner said with puzzled eyes

"What's the matter, why don't you eat it? Is it not good to cook for your husband?"

Knowing that the obviously stupid person in front of him recognized him as his mother, Li Muyan gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said,

"It's delicious, and what you make is still so delicious."

Looking behind him at the old owner who was immersed in "love" with eyes full of happiness and smiling like a child, everyone couldn't bear to look away.

The next morning at the gate of Jinxiu Villa

Still holding Li Muyan's hands tightly, the old owner with silly eyes said reluctantly

"Qingmei, you have to come back early, my husband is waiting for you here."

Ming Ge caressed the old owner's back to comfort him.

Before leaving, Li Muyan repeatedly asked Ming Ge to say:

"My Highness and I will go to the Marquis of the South and come back in a few days. Take good care of Dad."

Nodding lightly, Ming Ge said

"Second brother, don't worry, I will take good care of dad."

In front of a pure white majestic and beautiful building, a young man wearing white and blue fine silk, with elegant white orchids embroidered on his clothes, snow-white piping and his delicate jade hairpin made of fine jade, with light golden hair rolled up hair, complement each other.The young man played with the black jade flute lightly with one hand, walked slowly towards the two delicate young men standing on the left and right of the stone steps, slightly pursed his lips and said with a faint smile

"I'm Lan Tier who sent me to pay homage to the capital city two days ago. I wonder if my friend and I can meet the Marquis of the South Bai Ze conveniently today?"

The green-haired teenager on the left politely said

"Lord Bai Ze has been waiting for you two for a long time, please follow me."

Saying that, Lantiyer and Li Muyan followed the boy up the towering, hundreds of-meter-high stairs to the room where the Marquis of the South was.

In a quaint house surrounded by clouds and mists, a white-haired woman wearing a pure white and deep purple skirt with a pair of giant horns on her head is concentrating on a man with antlers in a light gray robe. In a game of Go.

Sensing the aura of someone coming, the woman with white hair and horns curled her lips lightly, put down the chess piece in her hand, turned to face the light blond boy who walked to the door, stood up and saluted lightly and politely

"The Marquis of the South, Bai Ze, has met His Royal Highness."

Raising his hand to gently lift up the half-kneeling woman with a calm expression and calling herself Bai Ze, Rantiyer said softly

"The Marquis of the South is really like a fairyland here, which makes people feel refreshed."

Lightly smoothing his sleeves, Bai Ze lightly narrowed his eyes with a smile and appreciatively, looking at Rantiyer.

"His Royal Highness is indeed as friendly as the rumors say, which makes people like it very much."

Instead, Bai Ze looked at Li Muyan who was beside Lantiere with interest, and said,

"Look at this temperament and appearance, you are the son of Qingmei, the nine-tailed fox, right?"

Nodding lightly, Li Muyan introduced himself politely.

"Li Muyan, I have met the Marquis of the South."

As he spoke, Bai Ze signaled the waiter to prepare refreshments, please take a seat, and invite Qinglan Tier and Li Muyan to sit down.

Bai Ze, who was sitting in the main seat, looked at the cakes served by the waiter with a light smile, and said to Lan Tier

"Try it, Your Highness. This is a pastry that I rarely have time to make these past few days. I don't know if it suits Your Highness's taste."

Looking at the four exquisitely shaped green pastries on the blue and white porcelain plate on the table in front of him, Lantiere took a bite of the pastry and tasted it carefully.

"It tastes good, fresh and refreshing. There should be mung beans and lotus seeds in it."

Take a sip of tea, Bai Ze lightly opened his lips and said

"Looking at the solar terms, it's almost summer, so I made some refreshing snacks."

Instead, Bai Ze suddenly thought of something, looked at Lantierre with regretful eyes and asked

"A few days ago, I heard that the younger brother of the Marquis of the North passed away in order to save the Marquis of the North. I wonder if this happened?"

Putting down the pastries in his hands, and mentioning what happened a few days ago, Lantiere told Bai Ze what happened at the Marquis of the North without hesitation.

After listening to Lantiere's words, Bai Ze lightly pursed his lips and said regretfully

"A few years ago, when the four Marquises got together, the Marquis of the North would always bring his brother with him. Seeing how good their relationship is... Sigh, I didn't expect this to happen. I really hope he can recover from the pain of losing his brother Come out."

After Lantiere and Li Muyan had a happy chat with Bai Ze, the waiter reported that

"Master Bai Ze, there are a few people outside the door who claim to be His Highness's friends and want to see His Highness. I wonder if we can let them in?"

Lightly waving his hand revealed a crystal clear water mirror, seeing the people in front of the gate with different faces but no evil intentions, Bai Ze lightly raised his lips and said

"Please come in."

It didn't take long for the waiter to take the order, and he had already brought several people with him.

Seeing the person coming, Lantiyer introduced to Bai Ze

"These are my friends Shark Lige, the burly and tall Babur, Mu and Youze from the Dragon Clan of the East China Sea, and the twin brothers Wall and Carter and Lan Nuo from the Elven Clan."

After Lantiere finished speaking, several people who were introduced greeted Bai Ze respectively.

After dinner, several people chatted and played happily by the lotus pond.While the few people were chatting comfortably, a dark brown-haired man approached Lantiere and Bai Ze by the lotus pond from far to near, and saluted Bai Ze respectfully.

Seeing the person coming, Bai Ze introduced to Lantierre with tender eyes.

"Your Highness, I rescued this child ten years ago. Seeing his talent and intelligence, I asked him to stay and learn spells."

Instead, Bai Ze waved to the dark brown-haired man.

"Come, Yun Mo, come to see His Highness in the lower capital city."

Approaching Lantiere, the dark brown-haired man named Yunmo by Bai Ze saluted Lantierre respectfully, looked up and saw Lantiere, his eyes were full of innocence and he tilted his head and looked at his pale face with curiosity. The blue-haired man made Yun Mo seem to see the figure of a familiar person who reassured him ten years ago.

Bai Ze called out many times, shook his head lightly to calm Yun Mo, who looked at Bai Ze blankly.

Looking at Yun Mo who is not in the state, Bai Ze's pure golden eyes that see everything narrowed slightly and said:

"It's okay, you've been tired all day. Go and put things in the backyard with Wan'er."

Seeing Yun Mo lead the order to leave, Bai Ze looked at the koi swimming leisurely in the lotus pond, and said slowly

"This kid Yun Mo, just now seeing His Highness's friend with a pure expression, I'm afraid he's thinking of his long-lost friend."

Instead, Bai Ze continued to say

"I just saw Yun Mo who was seriously injured under the cliff. When I touched him, I knew in his memory that the child with pure black hair and innocent smile was very important to him. Over the years, this silly child While the child is learning spells from me, he still does not give up looking for his friend. Unfortunately, no matter where he goes in Ning'an, he can't find that child."

Tired of playing with the little fish, Lige yawned, rubbed his eyes lightly and tugged at Lantiere's sleeve and said,

"Rantier, I'm sleepy, I want to sleep..."

Looking up at the dark sky and the full moon in the sky, Lantiere stroked Lige's hair and said,

"are you sleepy?"

Seeing that it was getting late, Bai Ze ordered the waiter to say:

"It's getting late, take Your Highness and the guests to rest earlier."

Watching Lantiere and the others walk towards the guest room, Bai Ze looked at the full moon in the sky and sighed, then turned and went back to his room.

Not far away in the room of Yunmo

Yun Mo thought of seeing Li Ge with a pure face today, not only looked at the full moon in the sky outside the window, but fell into thought. . . .

In a luxurious mansion not far away, a black-haired man in a light blue dress frowned slightly and looked up at the full moon in the sky, thoughtful, not knowing what to think. . . .