Charming beauty

It has been ten days since Nalan Mei arrived at Marriage Town with Jun Lian. During the period, the red and white plum blossoms were in full bloom, delicate and small, competing to bloom all over the branches, white like snow, red like blood, but still It snowed before people could appreciate it enough. The fine and soft snow, like a kiss from heaven to a lover on earth, is full of despair of not being able to stay together, tender and lingering, but revealing loneliness.

The snow fell quietly. Nalan Mei was wearing a dark cloak and holding an oil umbrella in one hand. His exposed palm had not changed a bit due to the biting cold wind. It was still smooth and slender like jade. He walked slowly, The footsteps are light, leaving only shallow footprints along the road.

He was going to buy Jun Lian's favorite candied fruit. The snow had been falling for two whole days. It was not thick but very cold. He spent a whole day practicing the moves Nalan Mei taught him in the fine snow. No matter how much Nalan Mei persuaded him He didn't listen, and ended up sweating and blowing the cold wind. Last night, Jun Lian fell ill immediately, coughing continuously, and then had a high fever. Nalan Mei found a doctor and prescribed medicine to reduce the fever. Jun Lian woke up this morning Later, she was in good spirits, but she disliked the bitterness of the medicine and refused to drink it obediently. A child is a child, so Nalan Mei had no choice but to buy some of his favorite candied fruit to stop the pain.

After buying some candied fruit at the snack shop, Nalan Mei didn't go back the same way, but detoured to the street where the Marriage Tree was located.There are many people on the street, including men and women, locals, and tourists from all over the world. They walk together in twos and threes, put their hands together under the marriage tree, and pray with their eyes closed.

Marriage tree, as the name suggests, is an ancient tree used by lovers or men and women looking forward to love to make wishes. The reason why this tree is named Marriage stems from a poignant and touching story handed down from generation to generation in Marriage Town .

Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a kind-hearted fairy who saw the broken branches of an ancient tree and felt the pain of the tree, so she secretly descended to the world and used fairy magic to heal the tree. All this was seen by a handsome young man. Full of curiosity about this fairy who can use fairy arts, for many days afterwards, the young man watched silently every day, and gradually fell in love with this gentle and quiet fairy.

The fairy didn't know all this, until one day, the young master summoned up the courage to express his heart to the fairy, the fairy blushed and bowed her head shyly, this beautiful love finally sprouted buds.

However, there is always a difference between immortals and ordinary people, and the temporary happiness cannot hinder the cruel heavenly norms.

The fairy was stripped of her fairy position and punished to be reincarnated as a tree from generation to generation. When the young master who was born in the human world learned about it, he resolutely took the fairy's hand and jumped into the pool of rebirth together. In the end, one of them became a tree and the other a vine. The vines entangle the tree, and the tree cannot be separated from the vines. They will embrace each other forever and will never be separated again.

It was a story fabricated by ordinary people, but Nalan Mei looked at this ancient and strong marriage tree tightly entwined with ancient vines, and thought for a long time. Passing by five hundred times in the previous life was exchanged for a look back in this life. How many times will you look back at the previous life once you meet?

Marriage, fate, sometimes really wonderful.

Just like that, on the street where people come and go with heavy snow, Nalan Mei holds an umbrella and looks at the ancient trees in the distance, contemplating her eyes, wearing a dark cloak with the corners of her purple clothes fluttering in the wind, her long hair like ink like a waterfall Complemented by his delicate and elegant appearance, the indistinct aura of exile from his brows makes him as beautiful as gentle jade, clean and flawless, making the eyes of good men and faithful women under the marriage tree unconsciously focus on him.

Across the lush marriage tree, there is a person who is equally conspicuous. He is wearing a red hooded cloak that covers his face. He has a graceful and slender figure. He is staring at the thick marriage tree in front of him, exuding an air of interest and pride. , Then Zuicang gave a frivolous smile, waved his cloak, turned and left.The cloak fluttered, and the people around him only had time to see a pair of eyes, frivolous, evil, and captivating.

Nalan Mei turned around and walked away, the street was crowded with people, only a few sporadic voices could be heard in the crowd.

"...Under the marriage tree, whether it's New Year's Eve or not, as long as we meet in this life, we will meet again..."

"...As long as you really love each other, you will stay together for a lifetime..."

The fine snow drenched a few leaves and fell to the ground silently.

The fine snow seemed to stop at any time, but it continued to fall. Although it would occasionally stop for a few hours in the middle, it stopped in the morning and started to fall again at noon. This weather continued until New Year's Eve.

Looking at the entire Jiangnan, the New Year's Eve in Marriage Town is nothing but the most lively and beautiful. Although it is snowing, it does not cool down the enthusiasm of the people who come to make wishes. The sky has not yet darkened. The red lanterns are all brightly lit, and the streets around the Marriage Tree are even more crowded. With the joy, the red plums on the street are also in full bloom, and the branches are blooming brightly red, with a faint fragrance.

Nalan Mei was wearing a deep purple robe as usual, while Jun Lian beside her was wearing the new dark blue clothes that Nalan Mei bought for him. Nalan Mei was afraid that he would be like last time again, so she specially bought a spotted mink coat for him. He put it on, so, looking at it from a distance, Jun Lian looked like a little fat man.However, Jun Lian didn't care about these things, and all his attention was on the marriage tree in front of him.

Different from the previous days, the marriage tree at this time is full of wishing lanterns for expressing hope. The evergreen leaves are printed in warm colors by the red candlelight reflected in the lanterns, highlighting the festive atmosphere. The shapes of lanterns are also strange, there are dragon boats, lotus flowers, different lamps, and the colors on the lamp surface are also different. There are white flowers, dragons and phoenixes, and different colors. Together, they form a warm and beautiful picture. .

"I want to hang the lamp too!"

Jun Lian looked at the lantern, her eyeballs were about to come out, she turned around and got into the crowd, and ran to the street to buy a lantern, quickly wrote down her wish, held the lantern high for fear of being crushed, and squeezed through the crowd for a while. After coming back, he handed the lantern in his hand to Nalan Mei, and pointed to the highest branch of the Marriage Tree.

"Brother Nalan, help me hang it on there, I will be the first to realize my wish!"

Nalan Mei raised her head and glanced at the direction of Jun Lian's finger, then looked down at the red lantern in her hand. It was a very common peony rain pavilion ink painting, with Jun Lian's wish on it. Nalan Mei secretly laughed, this marriage tree is used to promise marriage Yes, I don't know if this child is innocent or ignorant, but he actually wrote down his ideal: to become a hero who shocked the world as soon as possible.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Brother Nalan, hurry up and hang up! Otherwise, the position will be snatched away!"

The people who came to make a wish are not lacking in Jianghu people. Watching people flying up the tree to hang lanterns, and there are more and more lanterns on the tree, Jun Lian grabbed Nalan Mei's clothes and anxiously smashed them.Nalan Mei patted Jun Lian's head, tapped her toes, jumped on the branch pointed by Jun Lian several times to hang a red light on the tree, lit up the red light with fire pleats, and it was bright red, dotted among the leaves It became a touch of bright rust.

Someone in the crowd applauded, but Nalan Mei didn't pay much attention to it, she floated down, her figure was elegant and elegant, reflected in Jun Lian's eyes, she was amazed, envious, and longing, looking at Jun Lian, Nalan Mei smiled softly Speak out to break Jun Lian's heart, "Kung Fu pays attention to gradual progress, don't rush, Jun Lian, the most important thing for you now is to practice the sword skills I taught you a few days ago, and I will teach you the rest in the future. "

"Well, Jun Lian knows." Jun Lian nodded vigorously, but asked again in a blink of an eye, "Brother Nalan, Jun Lian will be sixteen after New Year's Eve. How old is Big Brother this year? How long have you been learning Kung Fu?" Jun Lian was full of curiosity about this big brother Nalan. From the outside, he would not be more than twenty years old at most, but his gestures showed that he was not calm and introverted as a person under twenty should be. Jun Lian was blurred.

"Then according to Jun Lian, how old should I be?" Looking back at Jun Lian's amber eyes, Nalan Mei raised her eyebrows, and a smile appeared in her eyes.

"Jun Lian can't guess." Jun Lian cleverly threw the question back to Nalan Mei, in exchange for Nalan Mei's faint laugh, he reached out and patted Jun Lian's little head, and said, "I was three years old and learned art from a teacher." , I have been studying martial arts for fifteen years, and I am only born a few years earlier than you, which is why I refuse to accept you as my apprentice."

That's right, the scene of taking in an apprentice who is only a few years younger than himself, and being chased all day long to be called Master, feels weird no matter how you think about it, Jun Lian tilted his head thinking, turned his eyes, and caught a glimpse of a few people wandering in the crowd, His face froze, and he jumped in front of Nalan Mei to block himself.

"What's wrong?" Nalan Mei saw Jun Lian's panic and asked softly.

"It's okay, Big Brother Nalan, the New Year's fireworks are about to start, let's go and occupy a seat." Fireworks are dangerous fuels, so they will be set off in an open space some distance from the town, and Jun Lian pulls Nalan Mei and prepares to leave. But the voice behind him made him let go of Nalan Mei and ran away immediately.

"I saw the young master! People are going over there! Let's chase after each other separately!"