[Ye Lan] Cup of Joy

After Ye Xiu and Lan He's wedding ended, Tang Rou's father, Tang Shusen, stayed for a month.Seeing that his daughter was already able to take care of herself and possess martial arts skills, he solemnly thanked Chen Guo and Ye Xiu, and even invested in a piece of land for Xingxin as a future school residence.

Before leaving, Tang Shusen seemed hesitant to speak.Chen Guo asked for Tang Rou.

"I don't know if you will go back to celebrate the New Year this year?" Tang Shusen struggled for a while and then said politely, "Your mother and your elder brother and second brother miss you very much."

Tang Rou smiled and handed her father a bowl of herbal tea: "It depends on the situation. Don't worry about me, I'm not a child anymore."

Seeing Tang Shusen reluctantly boarding the carriage, Chen Guo couldn't help thinking to himself, maybe he still wants to say that he misses her too?Otherwise, how could he have agreed to Ye Qiu's journey to come here to escort the dowry gift?It's a pity that Tang Rou, a silly girl, didn't understand what her father meant, did she?

Chen Guo raised her head, but saw Tang Rou standing in front of the inn for a long time, staring at the dust rolled up by the horse's hooves without saying a word.She was about to go over to comfort her, but Tang Rou let out a "Huh".

"what happened?"

"It seems that my piano master is here." Tang Rou pointed to a carriage on the way.The carriage looked plain from a distance, and it was covered with a layer of silk. There was a shaft piece shaped like a piano on the wheel, but when I walked closer, I found that there were many elegant and elegant patterns on the body.

"Tang Rou?" The carriage stopped, the curtain of the small window was raised, and a head poked out, "So you are here?"

The woman jumped out of the car with a huge violin case on her back, but it didn't hinder her pace at all.She was wearing an elegant long skirt, but she wore a fiery red robe. She was about 35 years old, with a little makeup, and graceful eyebrows, but with a flying look.This is Tang Rou's master who learned piano before, Mrs. Heyang, a master of piano art.It's a pity that when Tang Rou was about to finish her studies, she suddenly felt that she didn't care, so she bid farewell to her and found another place.

Chen Guo warmly invited Mrs. Heyang to the inn to rest.Mrs. Heyang used to live in the East China Sea area, but this time she traveled for some reason.

"You've already run away, so I have to find another person to inherit the mantle?" Mrs. Heyang was quite bold, she picked up the jug with one hand and poured it into her mouth, while opening the piano case, she plucked a few times casually.

"I'm really sorry." Tang Rou smiled, "But I guess you are looking for him?"

Mrs. Heyang slapped the jug on the table in embarrassment: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"But you have a smile on your face, you must have heard something." Holding the herbal tea bowl, Tang Rou smiled slyly.

Mrs. Heyang had no choice but to admit with a blushing face: "Yes, I heard about it. He seems to have gone to the Western Regions. So I also want to go to the Western Regions to have a look."

It turned out that Mrs. Heyang had met a man named "Mr. Ziyou" in Qilu territory in the early years.The man was about eighteen years old and wandered about with a flute.When Mrs. Heyang met him, he was sitting on a tree by the cliff, blowing to himself.He said he didn't know where he came from, where he was going, and vaguely remembered that he had family members, but he couldn't recall the specific names.

"But he played the flute really well. I have never heard a flute sound better than that in my life." Mrs. Heyang recalled, with two red clouds floating on her cheeks.

Later, she gave herself the title of "Mrs. Heyang", which was taken from "the king lives in Ziyou, and the concubine's home is Heyang". She practiced piano skills hard and finally became a generation of piano masters.But she never saw Mr. Ziyou again.

Twenty years have passed, and she has never been married, just waiting to hear from someone.Now that she was finally waiting, she couldn't wait to get out of the mountain.

"Thank you for your hospitality, I'm going to continue on my way." Mrs. Heyang said goodbye after a hearty meal.

"I can't repay you and me as a teacher and apprentice. Why don't you escort you to the Western Regions? It's a repayment of my love for you." Tang Rou suddenly called out to stop her.

"It's so good, I can't ask for more." Mrs. Heyang happily agreed.

"Xiao Lan, do you want to go to the Western Regions? How about we go to see the excitement together?" Ye Xiu asked Lan He in a low voice.

"Is it okay?" Blue River asked with some surprise.

"I want to be together too!" Su Mucheng poked her head out, stretched out her hand and pulled Tang Rou's sleeve, while winking at Ye Xiu and Lan He.

Standing next to Ye Xiu, Chen Guo had already noticed their small movements, and couldn't help but waved her hands in disgust: "Go, go. Don't be an eyesore here."

Wei Chen and Fang Rui nodded in agreement.

Lan He scratched his head shyly: "We will keep an eye out for interesting things in the Western Regions, and bring back some for everyone."

"Look at my brother Lan, how sensible he is." Chen Guo smiled like a mother.

Ye Xiu: "..."

So a group of five people and two carriages embarked on a journey to the Western Regions.

Going all the way north, the wind is getting colder.Further west, the sun is hot again.The temperature difference between morning and evening tends to increase gradually.The three girls all held up the small heater, but it was Ye Xiu who unceremoniously pulled Lan He's hand into his arms to warm it up.It was a good thing they were not in the same carriage, otherwise the contemptuous eyes of the three girls would have frozen them both to death.

Because Mrs. Heyang was in a hurry, the people on the way didn't stop too much, and they just waited to have fun on the way back.Even so, they are feasting their eyes on the houses and pedestrians outside the car window that are very different from those in the Central Plains.They also stop from time to time to buy a few pancakes to try.

It's been a month, and it's mid-September.In the golden autumn season, the Western Regions are also a scene of a bumper harvest.

"It's here! It's here!" Mrs. Heyang was so excited that she tore the curtain of the car window as soon as she entered a big city.

In front of a large tea house in the city, there was a stage-like thing, on which many big and round warriors were fighting, while a long-haired boy was sitting on a chair under the stage, wearing a loose robe and long hair. The sleeves of her hands are safely covered on her knees, and there is a flute at her waist. The color is warm and emerald green, which seems to be made of fine jadeite.

However, when the man turned his face away, Lan He heard strange noises from beside him and from the other carriage - beside him, Ye Xiu slipped his foot and hit his chin on the window sill In the other carriage, Su Mucheng tore off the curtains directly.

"What's wrong?" Lan He asked suspiciously, but an unbelievable answer came to his mind.

"It's Su Muqiu." Ye Xiu took a deep breath, "Let's get out of the car."

Su Mucheng had already jumped out of the car and went straight to that person, while Mrs. Heyang looked at Tang Rou confusedly: "So you know Mr. Ziyou?"

Tang Rou tilted her head, pointing at the bewildered Su Mucheng and the bewildered boy sitting there: "Don't you think they look alike?"

Mrs. Heyang stared at the two, and suddenly her expression changed: "...No... When I saw him 20 years ago, he looked like this... How can he not be the same now?"

Tang Rou was startled, and said in a low voice, "Perhaps she really ascended to immortality."

And over there, Lan He was silently watching Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng explain the young man to the point of confusion.He could tell that although this person's eyes were clear, they were not the immature eyes that a young man should have, but the relief after seeing the world of mortals through.

After inquiring, I found out that Su Muqiu played the flute very well. There was a wealthy family here who wanted to keep him as a musician. Only then can we get the chance to negotiate terms with Su Muqiu.

"My memory is not very clear, I only remember that I have been alone for a long time. I think there should be people in this world that I am very familiar with, but I don't know where to look for them." Su Muqiu raised his head and put away his lonely eyes. Look, "I think, probably it's you guys?"

"You are my elder brother, he is your good friend." Su Mucheng wanted to say a few more words, but was pulled away by Ye Xiu, "Let's deal with this group of people first. gone."

"Do you want to bring your Myriad Manifestation Umbrella?" Lan He asked Ye Xiu when he saw that Su Mucheng had gone to carry her Sun Swallowing Firecracker.

"It doesn't matter, I'm enough with this bong." Ye Xiu waved his hand nonchalantly, but found that Lan He's face darkened: "When did you find it? Did you smoke it secretly again? It will be confiscated when you come back!"

Ye Xiu wanted to cry but didn't have any tears, so he went onto the stage listlessly holding his bong.

Lan He stood on the sidelines, watching the competition attentively. The cooperation between Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng was really invincible.Mrs. Heyang chatted with Su Muqiu very excitedly, and talked about a lot of things about Gong Shangjiao Zhengyu, Tang Rou also chatted with Su Muqiu enthusiastically.

Soon, the group arena was over.Some of the warriors from the rich families left in despair, while some still wanted to play tricks. Lan He was about to draw his sword, but Tang Rou was more excited than he was, just touched a bamboo pole and went up to the stage to stab someone .

Blue River was speechless.

So Su Muqiu was invited by them to go with them, and they came back on the way.On the way, Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng took turns telling him stories about the past, and as a result, a bunch of people simply squeezed into a carriage and chatted happily.

"I met you two by the river. Mucheng was standing on a rock with a basket at that time, and you were spearing fish in the river with a branch."

"When Ye Xiu first came here, he didn't understand anything. We asked him to pick mushrooms for dinner, and he picked a bunch of poisonous mushrooms, which made the two of us take care of him for three days and starved for several meals."

"The three of us lived in a ruined temple at the beginning. Every day we dug the earthen stove by ourselves, caught wild rabbits to eat, and moved boxes at the dock. Later, you designed a rope shaft and got a lot of money, but many people lost it because of it." We were hunted down because of the work of moving boxes.”

"Ye Xiu also pawned some of the jade pendants he brought in exchange for some silver, and together with the savings from hunting, we managed to buy a small house before winter."

"I heard that you escaped from your home, or you would be sold to traffickers by relatives in your clan."

"Both of us practiced martial arts when we were young. You could play everything very well at that time."

"I heard that the two of you would not have lived in a ruined temple. It was because of Mucheng's soft heart that you left the money you brought out to beggars—"

"Poisonous mushrooms!"

"Scammed out of money!"

"Poisonous mushrooms!"

"Scammed out of money!"

"Poisonous mushrooms!"

"Scammed out of money!"

Lan He couldn't help covering Ye Xiu's mouth, and Su Mucheng laughed triumphantly.Su Muqiu also laughed, and he asked: "What happened later? Didn't you say that we also sealed the monsters?"

"—Later, Tao Xuan moved in next door. He had just buried his mother, and he was alone. So we quickly became friends, and we even founded a sect together. It's a pity..." Ye Xiu said , suddenly a little lost.

"How is Tao Xuan now?" Su Muqiu asked.

"He...he did what he thought was right." Su Mucheng replied.

"what about me?"

Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng fell silent suddenly, but Lan He blurted out without thinking: "You have become a star!"

"Stars?" Su Muqiu frowned slightly.

"Very bright star, very beautiful!" Lan He said hastily.

Su Muqiu lowered his eyes and smiled softly: "Thank you, thank you."

That's how the topic was brought up.Everyone walked and stopped all the way, and it was already the twelfth lunar month in a blink of an eye.

Almost to the capital, Su Mucheng saw some beautiful silver ornaments outside the window, so she excitedly pulled Tang Rou and Mrs. Heyang out of the car.Ye Xiu glanced at the bustling food stalls nearby, and got off the car cheerfully.Immediately, only Lan He and Su Muqiu were left in the car.

Lan He silently tugged at the corner of his clothes, sat up a little more upright, but saw Su Muqiu quietly looking out the window.The years did not leave marks on his face, but the wind and frost washed away the dust and smoke in his eyes.His smile didn't seem to disappear after meeting them, maybe he didn't realize it himself.

Lan He was stunned for a while, and suddenly couldn't help asking: "Do you remember what the two of them said?"

Su Muqiu turned to look at him, raised his hand to stroke the round hole of the flute lightly: "I don't remember, but I believe it."

His eyes seemed to be filled with spring spring, cold but sweet.Lan He was sighing secretly in his heart, when the curtain was lifted suddenly, and Ye Xiu handed in two sticks of candied haws: "Hurry up and eat it! It won't be good if the sugar melts later."

A hand suddenly stretched out from the window, holding a jade hairpin, unexpectedly similar to Su Mucheng's.

"Brother, put it on!" Su Mucheng stood under the car window, holding the hairpin full of expectation - just like many years ago, the little Su Mucheng stood by the stove, tiptoed to put the hairpin in the pot The look of the flower.

Su Muqiu's eyes suddenly became hot.He reached out to take the jade hairpin, brushed his long hair, and put the hairpin on it.

"My brother must be the most beautiful woman in the world!" Su Mucheng clapped her hands and laughed.

Su Muqiu frowned lightly, stretched out his hand to touch Su Mucheng's head, and smiled even more happily: "Sister She is the one."

Mrs. Heyang covered her mouth and smiled, while Tang Rou stood silently, as if she was thinking about something.

"Why don't we find a place nearby to have a meal." Lan He blocked Ye Xiu's mouth with candied haws in time, and everyone agreed.

After drinking and eating, everyone was about to get in the car, but Tang Rou stood beside the car and said, "You guys go back first...I...I want to go back to the capital."

Su Mucheng looked at her in surprise for a moment, seemed to understand something, and pushed Ye Xiu: "Why don't you be the host and invite us to have a good meal in the capital."

Her sly smile made Blue River understand.Seeing this, Tang Rou got into the car again.

Ye Xiu nodded knowingly, turned his face and smiled at Lan He and said, "Let's go home too."

Lan He also smiled back: "Okay, let's go home."

Home is where there is family, and it is—

Returning thousands of miles away is still young, this place of peace of mind is my hometown.