Everlasting prosperity

Rong Chizi looked at the gradually closing door, looked down at the heavy silver in his hand, took a deep breath, raised his head, and looked at the somewhat gloomy sky.

"Chizi, we...cough cough...!"

Rong Shi wanted to say something, but a dry itching in her throat made her cough dry suddenly.

Rong Chizi hurriedly stroked Rong's back with his hands, "Mother, let's go, I'll find a doctor for you."

On a November day, the streets began to get busy.

When he was in Jiuzhao, his mother would always help the people in the village harvest crops together, and he would put down his books and run to the fields to help his mother.

At that time, the villagers sang loudly while harvesting the crops, and it seemed that the smell of the crops could still be smelled in the air, permeating the surroundings for a long time, making people nostalgic and sad. Feel it again.

November in Gao'an made him feel strange, everything was so far away.

Rong Chizi took the silver taels given by Song Weiren and bought medicine for his mother in the medical hall. Considering that he would have to buy medicine later, he could only save the silver taels for staying in the store, carry his mother on his back, and turn to the temple for help.

I don't know whether it was God's gentleness to Rong Shi, or the cruelty to Rong Chizi. Six days later, Rong Shi passed away.

It snowed heavily in Gao An for the first time.This vassal state, which faced snowfall for the first time in 70 years, held a national joyous celebration, filled with joy and celebration everywhere, children playing and playing in the snow, adults setting off fireworks and river lanterns by the bridgehead river, some Family outing, watching street performances in the market, cheering and cheering.

Rong Chizi was dressed in white, with a white scarf on his head, carrying the deceased Rong's name on his back, walking through the lively crowd.He listened to the laughter around him, lowered his head silently, thinking about the joy he had with his mother during the festival in Jiuzhao.

The two young masters suddenly appeared out of nowhere, they didn't pay attention to Rong Chizi who was walking silently with his head bowed, and bumped into him with a "bang", the Rong on his back was knocked to the ground, and Rong Chizi was seen rolling and crawling He rushed over and hugged her body tightly, without saying a word, carefully hid somewhere.

"Hey, why don't you have eyes when you walk?"

"Okay, okay, so as not to be in bad luck."

Rong Chizi, who shrank into a ball, listened to the sneering words of passers-by, and didn't reply. He just trembled and protected Rongshi tightly, and waited until the two people walked away. Then he slowly picked up Rongshi again and walked slowly. open.

Until his body was numb and his hands and feet felt numb, Rong Chizi found a remote place outside Taiyuan City, carefully put down Rong Shi on his back, knelt aside, and stared blankly at Rong Shi's face.

But Rong's face looked a little hideous because of the stiffness, Rong Chizi just looked at it like this, from the brow to the toe, he wanted to remember his mother's last face, every detail, every inch of skin.

In the end, he couldn't hold back his tears anymore, but he didn't cry out, as if a stone was choked in his heart, which made his chest ache.He stood up, but because of the cold, his legs could no longer stand up, so he had to kneel down and pick up the cold shovel, digging the soil again and again.

In the middle of the night, after burying the Rong family, he looked at the tombstone for a long time before leaving.

He will definitely come to this place again.

In the eighth year of Wanli, Rong Chizi returned to Jiuzhao, made an exception and was admitted to Ling'an Academy, and worked hard to study graphics.In the following year, because of his outstanding talent and learning, he was favored by King Zongzhengjin of Jiuzhao, and became the minister of the first juvenile school of Jiuzhao, and was also named the teacher of the eldest son Zongzhengyuan.

The tenth year of Wanli was the 26th year of Kangjing in Beili Kingdom.

Beili Kingdom is located in the north of Baihui, with a vast terrain, Jiuzhao Great Wall on the left, and Bainiao and Fengming mountains on the right as natural barriers, so there is less contact with the outside world.

It coincided with the [-]th birthday of the King of Beili, Ji Jingfeng, who was amnesty under heaven and had to rest for five days.And Ji Anjun also took this opportunity, thinking of making a bamboo Xiao for his father as a birthday gift. He heard that there is a osmanthus bamboo forest in Fengming Mountain. Leave in a few days.

Ji Anjun, son Yuanqian, is the second son of Beili King Ji Jingfeng. He is enfeoffed in Gaoping Prefecture, a land surrounded by birds and phoenixes.His mother is Princess Ande, the posthumous son of a foreign country who died in a foreign country. Out of a heart of revenge, she married Bei Li. Because of her foreign beauty, virtue and skill, she was deeply loved by Ji Jingfeng.

During the two getting along, Princess Ande forgot her original intention more and more. In the tenth year of Kangjing, she gave birth to her son, Ji Anjun, and granted Gaoping Prefecture as her fiefdom.Afterwards, Ander completely gave up his revenge plan, but was discovered by the empress, and her identity was found out, and she told Ji Jingfeng that he was incredulous and sad that Ander had deceived him, and hated that her heart of approaching him was for revenge. Sad and indignant, Ji Jingfeng wanted to kill her, but because of her years of love and her prince Ji Anjun, she ordered her to be imprisoned in the Hua Palace. Unexpectedly, An De committed suicide the next day.When Ji Jingfeng heard the news of his death, he was seriously ill for more than a month, and then ordered his son Ji Anjun to be banned from Gaoping Prefecture for life, and he was not allowed to return to Liyang, the imperial capital.

Afterwards, this matter was sealed by Ji Jingfeng, and everyone involved was ordered to die one by one, and the emperor and empress were also ordered to block it, and they were not allowed to mention this matter again.People in the world don't know the real story of Lord Ji An, they only know that there is a prince in Gao'an who is not welcomed by the emperor and was abandoned here.

Therefore, Ji Anjun has never lived in the palace since he was a child, and he has never even seen his father's face. He really answered the saying "Ji Anjun is an abandoned prince", but it is wrong to say that, every year, Ji Jingfeng will send envoys I went to visit Lord Ji An in Gaoping Prefecture Palace and gave him some gifts, but he was never allowed to enter the palace to meet the emperor.

He didn't care about this, but it was a pity that he couldn't see his father.Due to living outside since he was a child, coupled with the emperor's order, he can only stay in the palace all day long and is not allowed to go out, and there are only two old servants and a servant girl facing him every day, and there is no one else besides this.

"Your Highness, it will be the emperor's birthday in a few days. Have you decided what to give?" the servant girl Xun Lan asked while pouring tea.

Xun Lan is the granddaughter of an old servant in the former mansion. She has served Ji Anjun in the palace since she was a child.Outsiders have always had prejudice against this prince, but in her opinion, Ji Anjun is a very special person.

"Bamboo Xiao. I will go to Fengming Mountain in the near future. It is said that there is a osmanthus bamboo forest there. I want to go there and have a look. Sister Xun Lan can help me prepare it?" Ji Anjun turned a page of the book and said slowly.

"Fengming Mountain? Your Highness, there are steep mountains and wild monsters inside, why would Your Highness want to go there? How dangerous..." Xun Lan pouted, frowned, and worried.

Ji Anjun turned to look at the sullen Xun Lan, put down the book, reached out to grab her hand, held it in the palm, squeezed it carefully, and said softly, "Don't worry, I will be careful."

After hearing this, Xun Lan raised her head, stared at Ji Anjun blankly, and said, "Since it is His Highness's decision, I don't want to say much, I just hope His Highness will come back soon."

Ji Anjun nodded with a smile, then picked up the book and read it seriously.

Xun Lan looked at Ji Anjun who was reading a book, and noticed that there was more calmness between his brows. The two of them lived together since childhood. Although one was a prince and the other was a maid, they never regarded each other as a prince or a maid. , It's like a brother and sister.

When Xun Lan met Ji Anjun for the first time, he was just a child who had not yet learned to walk, and the people in the house never regarded him as a prince, only as a child of an ordinary family, but it was the first time for him to be an envoy of the palace. When they came to the door, they realized that they were different from Ji Anjun.

But Xun Lan doesn't think so, she still regards Ji Anjun as a child, a child who is not subject to palace battles and worldly affairs, watching him grow up, watching him, from babbling, to writing with a pen, to holding a hand. With a sword and a sword, from a tender child to a young man.

Of course, from being pure and clean to being ambitious.

In the depths of Fengming Mountain——

There is a courtyard located in the center of the osmanthus bamboo grove, surrounded by quiet and elegant surroundings. A clear and clean stream flows slowly in front of the courtyard, and there is a small bridge made of bamboo above it, connecting the outside of the stream with the open space in the front yard of the courtyard.On the left side of the courtyard is a field, which is lush and secluded, and there are several fruit trees, where all kinds of fruits and vegetables are planted; on the right side of the courtyard is a livestock pen, where several grass chickens walk back and forth, vying for food.

The courtyard is neither big nor small, and a small well is built in the center.The top is made of bamboo, the bed is made of stone, and the bottom of the stone is hollow for drainage of accumulated water.

Yu Linze grew up in this secluded place.

As long as he can remember, he has lived in this deep mountain and old forest. His mother said this description, and his uncle Wei Qi has always said that this is a quiet and beautiful place. Then his mother would interrupt him, saying , is a place suitable for the elderly, and then give me a blank stare.The uncle who was blinded by him would usually sigh helplessly and run out silently to chop firewood.

He actually likes this place very much, just like what his uncle said, it has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the scenery is beautiful. Of course, he only felt so when he was carried to the top of the mountain.As long as he can remember, he has watched his uncle wield a sword and practice martial arts. When he grows up, he can also practice martial arts. Just like his uncle, he would straddle in front of the yard before dawn and practice basic skills.

"Why do you practice this every day? Go into battle and kill the enemy?"

At that time, when my mother got up early every day and saw two people squatting in front of the yard with something in their hands, she always had to say something bitter, but she got used to it and stopped talking.

Later, Yu Linze, who was older, wanted to go out to see the mountain more and more, but every time he raised it, he would always be beaten by his mother with a bamboo whip. He didn't understand the reason, as if there was always some evil spirit waiting for him outside the mountain.

After being beaten too much, Yu Linze didn't mention it anymore, but he still thought about the outside appearance, whether it was beautiful or ugly, whether it was fun or boring, whether it was safe, or whether it was true to what his mother said, A place of evil spirits?He could only rely on his imagination, and when he got bored thinking about it, he picked up the long sword, ran to the yard and waved it wildly.

On such a night, after finishing his book, he was about to go to bed early, but he heard the sound of conversation in his mother's room. He thought that maybe his uncle and mother were talking about something.But when I think about it again, it's wrong. What can they talk about?It's still so late, while he is resting?Thinking of this, he tiptoedly put his ears outside the bamboo door.

"Xiao Qi, I think it's better to tell Yi Zhi." Xiao Yuzhi said lightly, looking at Wei Qi solemnly.

"Sister, have you thought about it? The Lord hopes that Yizhi can stay away from disputes, but if I tell him, I... I don't know..." Wei Qi frowned and replied, he didn't know what Xiao Yuzhi was doing.

"I know his purpose, and I also think that I can protect Yizhi for the rest of his life, but Xiaoqi, has he ever thought about how Yiyi will live if one day you and I are gone?" Xiao Yuzhi asked back.

"This...then there is no need to tell everything." Wei Qi still didn't understand.

"I hope that he will walk the road ahead by himself, and make all the decisions by himself. Of course, if he knows everything, he can prevent it before it happens, right?" Xiao Yuzhi replied like this.

Having said this, Wei Qi understood that if Yu Linze only knew a part of himself, he would not be able to deal with troubles when he was alone in the future, but if he knew everything, he could at least be able to prepare in advance.

Yu Linze, who was hiding outside the door, heard what his mother and uncle were going to tell him, and it was very important, and it was related to his future. Thinking this way, he quietly went back to his room and lay on the bed. On the bed, I tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.It turned out that the two of them still had something to hide from him all these years, and it was still a very important thing, why didn't they tell him earlier?

The next day, Yu Linze woke up late, which was rare. When he opened his eyes, he saw his mother and uncle sitting on the edge of the bed, staring at him in a daze. Shrunk to the corner of the bed.

"Mother...mother...uncle, why... why so early?" Yu Linze stammered.

Xiao Yuzhi let out a "puchi", laughed, pulled Yu Linze back, and said, "What about you, go wash up first, later, your uncle and I have something to say to you."

"Oh……"

Yu Linze took a few glances at Wei Qi, and found that his face was serious, and he knew it, it must have happened last night.Thinking of this, he hurriedly jumped out of bed, quickly put on his clothes, ran outside to wash in a hurry, ran in again, ate something random on the table, took a stool, and sat down in front of Xiao Yuzhi and Wei Qi.

Looking at Yu Linze who moved so quickly, Xiao Yuzhi couldn't help but marvel. This movement must be so smooth and flowing, it must be because he often sleeps until the moment before martial arts practice, and he is afraid of being late for martial arts training, so he has developed a habit.

"Yizhi, I know you heard the conversation last night." Wei Qi said suddenly.

Yu Linze was taken aback, thinking, it's really bad.

"Yizhi, next, you must firmly remember what your mother told you, and you must not tell others." Xiao Yuzhi stared into Yu Linze's eyes and said seriously.

After seeing Yu Linze nodding, Xiao Yuzhi and Wei Qicai revealed everything about his identity, the Xiao family and King Gao An.

He is the son of King Gao An, he has a father, and he still has those things, but these are not important, because he has a mother and an uncle, and he does not want those things that are far away from him and hurt his mother and uncle.

"Yizhi, if you go out of the mountain one day, remember that your surname is Xiao and your name is Yizhi. You must not tell others that you are Yu Linze. But don't forget, your surname is Yu Lin after all. If you meet someone over there People, be careful, understand?" Xiao Yuzhi couldn't help reminding.

"Yi Zhi knows, please rest assured, mother and uncle, Yi Zhi will rot this matter in his stomach." Yu Linze frowned slightly, looking at Xiao Yuzhi and Wei Qi solemnly.

He originally thought that what he wanted to know must be very important, but he didn't expect it to be so complicated and terrifying. It turns out that in this world, for the sake of so-called rights, some people will do terrible things to others, and even kill them all.

Xiao Yizhi, from now on, he will no longer be Yu Linze.

It was also from this day that Wei Qi and Xiao Yuzhi slowly taught Xiao Yizhi everything they knew, and at the same time imparted more academic knowledge. Xiao Yuzhi taught him medicine, and Wei Qi taught him martial arts. After returning home, Xiao Yizhi can learn something to take care of himself.

On this day, Xiao Yizhi obeyed his mother's instructions and went to the mountains to collect herbs, so that they could be stored in case of emergencies. He also happened to go out to recognize the original appearance of the herbs.

Holding a hoe in his hand, he gently picked a stalk of grass from the root of the mountain wall. After looking at it, he found it to be the same as the one in the book, so he put it into the bamboo basket at his waist, and picked a few more stalks. Only then did I carefully descend the stone wall, walked to the mountain spring on the side, squatted down, stretched out my hands to wash, and after a short rest, I turned around and prepared to go home.

At this moment, Ji Anjun was walking along a muddy path, seeing the sky getting darker and darker, he knew it was going to be night, he thought that he must find a place to hide for the night, but just thinking about it, Distracted, his feet slipped, and he rolled straight down the hillside, sliding all the way to the bottom of the hill, hitting his head against a large rock, and fainted immediately.

Xiao Yizhi, who was walking at the bottom of the slope, heard a noise on the slope. He thought it was a wild monster, and immediately became alert. With a hoe in his hand, he watched the direction of the sound vigilantly, and then a white figure rolled to him.

Xiao Yizhi took a closer look and found that it seemed to be a person, so he stepped forward cautiously, wanting to have a look at this person. After all, he has grown so big, there has never been a fourth person in this mountain forest.He squatted down and gently turned Ji Anjun over.

This man is so good looking.

At the moment, Xiao Yizhi thought so.

Come to think of it, Xiao Yizhi has never seen anyone else. There are only him, his mother and uncle in Fengming Mountain. He thought that his mother was already an extremely good-looking person, but now seeing such an outsider, he really felt in his heart that there are people outside of others. This is a good word.

Xiao Yizhi gently lifted Ji Anjun up, carried him on his back, and thought, this man looks thin, but he is quite heavy to carry

The dazed Ji Anjun only felt that someone was carrying him away, and his intuition told him that this person had no malice, so he passed out again.

Looking at the young man on the bamboo bed, Xiao Yuzhi felt inexplicably bored. She just asked Yizhi to gather some medicine, and unexpectedly brought someone back by the way. No, where would he sleep at night?

At this time, Xiao Yizhi was being punished for saving a person of unknown origin privately, holding a long sword and kneeling in the front yard. He knew that he could not bring outsiders back at will. If outsiders knew about this place, it would cause unnecessary trouble , but he just couldn't bear to throw a living person there and let him die. He was clearly seen by him, so should he pretend not to see it?Thinking of this, he felt more and more wronged.

"Get up, you saved the person, so you will be responsible to the end." Wei Qi stood in front of Xiao Yizhi and said seriously.

Xiao Yizhi raised his head, put down the long sword, stood up slowly, glanced at Wei Qi, turned and ran into the courtyard.He thought, since his mother and the others don't help, he can rely on himself, and just try to see if the time spent studying medicine will work.

Because the sleeping place was occupied, and because Ji Anjun had scratches on his body, Xiao Yizhi had no time to make a bamboo bed, so he had to sit on a small bamboo stool and rest on his stomach beside the bed.

Ji Anjun, who woke up slowly the next day, opened his eyes, felt the pain in his forehead, and gasped involuntarily.

Sensing a movement on the bed, Xiao Yizhi suddenly raised his head to look at Ji Anjun, but when he saw Ji Anjun's blue eyes, he suddenly stopped where he was, and then felt something was wrong, so he got up to pour tea.

"Do you still feel pain?" Xiao Yizhi asked.

Looking at Xiao Yizhi who turned around, Ji Anjun thought to himself, this person might be frightened by his own eyes...

Xiao Yizhi, who didn't hear the reply, felt strange, this person couldn't be dumb.He walked to the bed, gently helped Ji Anjun up, and handed him the water glass. After watching him take a sip, he asked persistently, "Are you unable to talk?"

Hearing this, Ji Anjun couldn't help coughing violently, is this person trying to piss me off?Just because he doesn't speak doesn't mean he's dumb, doesn't he understand?

Xiao Yizhi didn't get an answer again, but got a cough. He thought he said something wrong, so he patted Ji Anjun's back lightly, and said to himself, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. Yes, I..."

After Ji Anjun felt that his breath was smoother, he said slowly, "I'm not dumb."

He is really good looking and has a nice voice.Thinking of this, Xiao Yizhi's face inexplicably felt a little hot, he lowered his head slightly, and smiled awkwardly.

"you……"

"It was you who saved me. May I ask what your name is? I'll come to thank you some other day." Ji Anjun looked at this young boy who blushed for no reason, and couldn't help but want someone to get close to him.

Thinking of what his mother had told him earlier, Xiao Yizhi paused and replied, "My surname is Xiao, and my name is Yizhi. How about you?"

"Call me Yuangan."

Ever since, Ji Anjun stayed in the depths of Fengming Mountain for a few days without knowing it, from which he also got to know Xiao Yuzhi and Wei Qi, and only then did he know that this family had to live in seclusion here many years ago because of avoiding the plague. , although Fengming Mountain is steep and steep, it is famous as a mountain of medicine after all. For one medicinal material, the family simply lived in Fengming Mountain.

While recuperating from his wounds, Ji Anjun told Xiao Yi that the purpose of entering the mountain was to come to the osmanthus bamboo forest. After the other party learned about it, he found the best osmanthus bamboo from near the courtyard, made him a bamboo flute, and adjusted the tone by himself. .

But what made Ji Anjun feel suspicious was that Xiao Yizhi's mother and uncle had never been warm to him, hot and cold, he asked Xiao Yizhi, but the other party didn't tell the reason.He figured it out, maybe his family didn't welcome him as an outsider.

Thinking like this, Ji Anjun hoped that his injury would recover quickly, but don't keep bothering others.

Half a month passed quickly, and when Ji Anjun felt that he was almost recovered, one morning, he took Xiao Yizhi to leave the mountain. Although Xiao Yizhi was reluctant, he could only rely on him.

In this way, Zhu Xiao, who was supposed to give it to his father, naturally missed his birthday, but Ji Anjun didn't feel any pity in his heart, at least he got to know an interesting young man in Fengming Mountain.

Xiao Yizhi, we have a long time to come.