Chapter 20 first quarter

When the autumn wind blows, white clouds grow. A strand of blue silk protruded from the bun, fluttering in front of the forehead.Xue Huadan raised his finger and grabbed it. Seeing that the tip of the hair was slightly bright yellow in the sunlight, he couldn't help sighing, wrapped it around a few times, and tucked it back into the white scarf. The last touch of the setting sun on the mountain top was also gone.Faint mist rose from the surrounding dense forests and slowly filled Guiyun Valley.This small Guanyu with blue tiles and white walls is like a silhouette in the night.To the north of Tiantai Mountain, a famous scenic spot in eastern Zhejiang, where the ancient post road passes, this vast and verdant Bamboo Mountain is being hidden by the dark night little by little.

Xue Huadan gathered up the flimsy feather coat.There is a crescent moon on the zenith, as pale as a crescent eyebrow.She couldn't help but paced back and forth a few steps anxiously. Deep in the fog, a dim figure finally appeared.The man was dressed in black and moved extremely fast, flying across the rugged mountain road like a swallow wearing flowers.Xue Huadan hadn't looked carefully before that person approached gracefully. "Sister Xue—" Swallow hugged the female crown in white with a "poof", smiled giggly, and grabbed Hua Dan's sleeve: "Sister misses me so much."

"Come on, don't let me go—" Hua Dan smiled and tore off the black veil of the visitor. A girl's face was exposed under the hat, her eyes were bright, and she curved into a smile.It's just that the hair is disheveled, showing a bit of a haggard look, which doesn't match that innocent face. "Xiao Xie, did you work hard all the way?" "That's right," Tang Xiaoxie pursed his lips deliberately, "People bring things to you from thousands of miles away, why don't you hurry up and hold a banquet to catch the wind." "This ghost girl!" Xue Huadan took the girl's luggage and pushed open the old gate behind him.With a long "squeak", the magpies on the tallow tree were startled, and they flew up to the sky.

"It smells so good!" Xiao Xie couldn't help admiring. "What?" Xue Huadan raised his eyebrows, and quickly glanced at Xiao Xie. "I said that the air in this mountain is very fragrant. The fragrance of leaves, herbs, and dew and frost make people forget the world. My sister is really blessed to practice in such a good place." Xue Huadan smiled faintly, a fine line of lines appeared at the corners of his eyes.When Xiao Xie saw this, she was startled suddenly, and remembered that she had said the wrong thing, why was she lucky or not, how could she say this to Hua Dan.However, Xue Huadan didn't seem to mind.Xiao Xie had no choice but to strike up a conversation, took the arm of the female crown, and stepped into the courtyard together.Hua Dan turned around and tied the door of the Taoist temple tightly.

When Xue Huadan was busy working in Xiangji Kitchen, Tang Xiaoxie sat alone in the nunnery, sipping Yunnan Pu'er boiled by Huadan with the old dew from the bottom of Guiyun Valley, while carefully looking at the abode.Since Xue Huadan got married three years ago, then became a widow, and then became a monk, it was the first time for Xiao Xie to visit her.The abode is so small that not a single servant can be seen.Xue Huadan is not a female crown of ordinary practice.The Xue family was originally a prominent family in the Jiannan area, and they are quite powerful in the martial arts world.Huadan's father, Xue Yi, is still serving as the Jiedushi of Yunnan, separatist in the southwest.Hua Dan, a charming young lady who grew up in rich clothes and fine food, chose to live in a secluded valley in an empty valley, and she was caught in this body.

For some reason, since entering Huadan, Xiao Xie always felt a strange feeling that lingered.It's something cold, something wet, clinging to her back.While Hua Dan was not paying attention, she couldn't help but look back, but there was nothing, just an ordinary small room, bamboo curtains, low tables, incense burner, cups, nothing unusual. Maybe it's because the humidity in the mountain dwelling is too heavy?Xiao Xie pushed open the window sash. The window faced the backyard, where there were several half-withered trees and some small cannas.It's early autumn, and these cannas are still glowing and scarlet.I want to come to Huadan to live and have nothing to do, but I make these flowers so energetic.After looking at the flowers through the window for a while, I suddenly felt dizzy again, as if something brightly dazzled my eyes.

Xiao Xie suddenly looked back, but saw a small photo hanging on the wall behind him.It's just a faint silhouette, well-dressed like snow, with green blades dragging the ground.There is not even an inscription on the small photo, but judging from the brushwork, it seems to be written by Hua Dan.The man's face is not well drawn, only the frosty air between his brows is cold, and he seems to be depressed.Xiao Xie looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more unclear he became, and he couldn't look away in a daze. "Don't you recognize it?" Hua Dan's voice suddenly floated over, "This is Lu Xipan."

Xiao Xie immediately turned around and smiled ashamedly.Lu Xipan, Xue Huadan's deceased husband, was known as "Qianshan Muxue" back then, and ranked first among the seven famous swords of Yuantian Pavilion. Hua Dan closed the window smoothly and turned on the lamp. For a moment, there was an orange warmth in the hut, and the package brought by Xiao Xie squatted quietly on the small table. "What is it?" "It's plums, plums from Yunnan." When Lu Xipan was astonished, Yuantian Pavilion was still in Ouyang Xuan's hands.At that time Tang Xiaoxie had not yet left his teacher.She only met Lu Xipan once, at Xue Huadan's wedding.Mr. Lu is so handsome that he beats down all the heroes.Hua Dan covered her head, quietly guarding her husband, the newcomer is like jade.Later, when Xiao Xie started to venture into the rivers and lakes, Lu Xipan had already withdrawn from Yuantian Pavilion with his beloved wife, bought land and land in the south of the Yangtze River, and never got involved in martial arts disputes.In that year, there was a sudden change in the personnel of Yuantian Pavilion, but he also ignored it.Xiao Xie is always thinking about going to see the sister of the Xue family, but also curious about the days of the relatives of the gods of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.Not wanting to pass a few years, news came that Lu Xipan was critically ill.Ouyang Mijian, the new master of Yuantian Pavilion, found out, and immediately sent Mo Xunwu, the most famous doctor in the building, to save Lu Xipan's life.Unexpectedly, when Mr. Mo rushed to Jiangnan in a hurry, he only bumped into a huge nanmu coffin, a widow Xue Huadan who was as thin as a crane and a lone luan.

Hua Dan was born rich and powerful, young and beautiful.Before Lu Xipan's body was cold, frivolous people speculated that she would remarry.However, after three months, Xue Huadan disregarded his parents' persuasion, gave up his family life, and lived in seclusion in Banzhu Mountain to practice Taoism.A happy marriage envied by everyone in the martial arts has a tragic ending. "There are so many plums in Yunnan that I can't see them all. My aunt specially picked these, and they are my sister's favorite." Hua Dan raised his orchid finger, picked up a plum, and put it in his mouth.

Tang Xiaoxie swallowed half of his words.I remember that Mrs. Xue also told her that after half a year of marriage, Lu Xipan and Xue Huadan returned to Ning for the first time and the last time, and tasted all kinds of candied fruit in Xue's house together.Mrs. Xue entrusted Xiao Xie to bring them here, I'm afraid there are still those few plums that the new uncle praised at the beginning. "What did they say?" Hua Dan asked. Xiao Xie thought for a while, and said: "Auntie is still reluctant, saying that my sister is young, and brother-in-law Lu did not leave a man and a woman behind. She is just a child of yours, living outside alone, so she is not at ease. Uncle is also in a hurry."

Hua Dan let out a soft "hum". "Uncle said my sister..." Xiao Xie glanced at Hua Dan, "If my sister is unwilling to guard, don't force yourself. Even though Yuantian Pavilion is snobbish, the dignified Jiannan Xue family will not be afraid killed them." Hua Dan stood up: "Father is still so impulsive. Yuantian Pavilion has nothing to do with it, and why have I put their Ouyang family in my eyes. If I am not willing to keep the festival, no one can force me." Xiao Xie smiled. "When I was at my sister's house in Yunnan, I heard from my uncle that when my sister was young, a Taoist nun came to see her. She said that my sister was in poor health and was ordered to be a lonely star. She had to become a monk from an early age to practice in order to live a safe life." Tang Xiaoxie said, "My aunt was so angry when she heard that, she immediately kicked the Taoist out of the house, and no one took this matter to heart later. Now my uncle brought up this matter again, very sad, saying that it was really That nun hit the mark." Hua Dan said nothing. "I've been a little uncomfortable here recently, probably because of the miscarriage that year. What do you think should be done?" Xue Huadan asked Xiao Xie suddenly, while pressing his lower abdomen. Xiao Xie blushed: "How do I know? It's not like you don't know. Although my adoptive father is a famous doctor, I haven't learned much from him. Otherwise, I'll go back and ask my adoptive father for you, or ——Xiao Yuan also knows a lot.” "Xiao Yuan." Xue Huadan sneered, "Didn't Miss Chen Yuan marry Ouyang Mijian, the master of Yuantian Pavilion?" "Ah, yes." Xiao Xie turned her face away. Tang Xiaoxie thought with some melancholy that Xue Huadan mentioned Lu Xipan indifferently, although only once.But they all clearly felt that the man's cold eyes had been hanging down from the small photos on the wall, flowing in the blurred lights at night.