Nine years ago, Qi State.
Five-year-old Bai Ze looked at the snow falling all over the sky. There were very few people walking on the streets of the small town. Every household was decorated with lights and colorful decorations. The whole family was happy, and the sounds of children playing could be heard endlessly.
Xie Xuan was wearing a worn-out sheepskin coat and was very stretched. He was holding the stubborn donkey with one missing front tooth in his left hand, and in his right hand was a yellow wooden stick with a fine wine gourd tied to it.
Bai Ze was sitting on the back of the old donkey, wearing single clothes and short brown trousers.
The master and apprentice had just come out of the deep mountains and old forests.
Bai Ze stared at the lively scene of the town, looking enviously at the children who were about the same age as him. They were all handsome and dressed in clean and beautiful cotton clothes. They were piled up in groups in the snow. Snowman, snowball fight.
"Axiang, tell your dad to go home for dinner!" A woman shouted at the door, "Stop playing, mom made braised fish tonight, go home and wash your hands and eat!"
"Hey, okay, mom!" the child who was making a snowman with his playmates shouted, waved to his companions, and ran over quickly, "I'll call daddy!"
Heavy snow fell on Bai Ze's neck. He twitched his young shoulders and blew out a long stream of white steam, which steamed into the wind and snow and quickly dispersed.
"Master, it's so lively here." Xiao Baize said with some envy.
"Haha, it's the Chinese New Year, of course it's lively." Xie Xuan also breathed out thick white mist in the wind and snow, with a faint aroma of wine, looked back at the shivering Bai Ze, and asked him, "What, little guy? Is it cold? If it’s cold, drink some wine. Later, the master will go to a shop and sell the elixirs picked up from the mountains. We will get money and buy new clothes. Then we will find an inn and eat comfortably. Have a good meal and have a good sleep!"
Bai Ze swallowed his saliva, hoping in his heart.
Life in the mountains is difficult.
In the deep mountains and old forests, apart from Master and the old donkey, there are man-eating beasts everywhere.
Moreover, he often encounters very powerful demons, who often spit out clouds and smoke, and roar so loudly that the whole mountain shakes.
"Master, it's snowing." Bai Ze smiled, looked at Xie Xuan's shabby back, and said, "I'm another year older! I won't drink anymore. I'll leave it to Master. I'm not cold!"
"Haha, my good disciple is so sensible." Xie Xuan said with a smile, "They say that daughters are like little cotton-padded jackets. I, Xie Xuan's disciple, is more sensible than little cotton-padded jackets. I know how to leave the wine for the master!"
"Hehe, that's right." Bai Ze raised his chest and said proudly, "I said, you support me now, and I will support you in the future! When I grow up, I will earn a lot of money, buy a house in the city, and... I need to buy a lot of doormen and maids so that you can be served comfortably every day!"
"When it's hot, I'll ask them to fan you," Bai Ze said. "When it's cold, I'll ask them to burn smokeless charcoal. There's plenty of fish and meat every day, and I'll personally go sell you wine!" "
"Then I have to wait." Xie Xuan laughed loudly, "When you buy a house in the city, I will serve you comfortably!"
Bai Ze smiled foolishly, imagining the arrival of that day.
He knew this from a very early age.
He was picked up by his master and has no parents.
So other children have delicious food, new clothes to wear, and pampering, but he does not.
Bai Ze only has Xie Xuan.
Xie Xuan is the best person in the world to him.
He was his master, who raised him, and was his relative.
"Xiao Baize." Xie Xuan led the old donkey and suddenly said to him, "Actually, thinking about it for my teacher, this is quite good."
"Huh?" Bai Ze rubbed his hands and breathed into his palms.
"I will grow up with you and find a beautiful girl to marry as my wife. I will personally bring this old face to match you." Xie Xuan said, "Then you give birth to a big fat boy for me, and I will not go anywhere. You're running around, teach that bastard all your skills! Hahaha, what are you doing, the Sword Emperor?"
"Hey, I'm still young." Bai Ze was a little shy.
Xie Xuan laughed.
The master and apprentice walked for a long time in the wind and snow.
long time.
It has been so long that Bai Ze is now looking at the heavy snowfall on Zuowang Peak, and remembering the past, his eyes are very hot.
It's like something is swirling inside.
I feel a little sour.
It feels like pain again.
Bai Ze took a deep breath, and the cold mountain wind filled his lungs, making him shiver.
"What's wrong?" Pei Guoguo turned her head and looked at Bai Ze.
"Why are your eyes red?" Pei Guoguo asked Bai Ze.
"The wind is strong, it's blowing." Bai Ze said with a smile.
"Oh." Pei Guoguo rested his chin on his knees.
"Senior sister." Bai Ze suddenly called her.
"Huh?" Pei Guoguo looked at Bai Ze.
"It's snowing," Bai Ze said, "the first snow this year."
"Yes." Pei Guoguo looked at Bai Ze curiously.
"I'm another year older." Bai Ze said with a smile. The water in his eyes finally couldn't bear it anymore and fell on the snow at his feet, freezing into ice beads.
"Junior brother, what's wrong with you?" Pei Guoguo was a little panicked and hurriedly asked, "Is someone bullying you? Tell senior sister and see how she handles him!"
"No, senior sister." Bai Ze looked at the night sky, "Someone told me that the first snowfall every year is my birthday. This year's snow fell, and I miss him. I really miss him."
Pei Guoguo was stunned.
"But I don't know if he misses me." Bai Ze blinked, lowered his head, and let the mountain wind blow his black hair. "I don't even know if he is still alive."
Pei Guoguo hugged Bai Ze.
"It's okay." The girl patted the boy's back gently and said, "Cry if you want. When I was sad before, Third Senior Sister comforted me like this. Don't worry, I won't laugh at you. "
The mountain wind is howling and the sky is covered with heavy snow.
The mountain path extends from the main hall to the foot of the mountain.
The stone tablet inscribed with the three characters "Ziwangfeng" has been partially buried by the wind and snow, and the mountain road is filled with snow.
When Lin Xiao emerged from the heavy snow, he immediately saw the woman waiting for him at the bottom of the mountain.
"It's the New Year's Eve, why don't you worry so much?" Zhuang Yan looked at the man in green shirt who had injured himself all over, with cold eyebrows and a big cloak, and became very angry.
"Hey, I knew a long time ago that you would wait for me at the foot of the mountain." Lin Xiao took Zhuang Sheng's sword and walked towards the mountain gate step by step.
"Then do you know that I have been waiting for you outside the mountain gate for three whole days?" Zhuang Yan asked him.
Lin Xiao was stunned and just smiled without saying anything.
Zhuang Yan was angry and helpless.
The woman suddenly noticed that the sword in Lin Xiao's hand had no spiritual energy. She frowned and asked him: "Your sword?"
"It's broken." Lin Xiao said carelessly when he heard the blood stains on his body had turned into ice.
"Broken?" Zhuang Yan stepped forward, "How could it be broken?"
Lin Xiao just smiled and said nothing.
"How are you going to explain to Master when you go up the mountain like this?" Zhuang Yan glared at Lin Xiao angrily.
But the man in green shirt just laughed, stretched out his hand to hold the woman's head, and chuckled, "Yan'er has grown up, and she knows she feels sorry for her senior brother."
"What on earth did you do?" Zhuang Yan asked him.
"I'm tired." Lin Xiao fell directly onto Zhuang Yan.
Zhuang Yan caught him and looked at him with his eyes closed and a tired look on his face. There was a circle of green stubble on his chin. She finally restrained herself from losing her temper.
"I'll take you up the mountain." Zhuang Yan was helpless.
"Yeah." Lin Xiao snorted lazily.
"I'll take the mountain road to buy you some time." Zhuang Yan carried Lin Xiao on her back and said in a cold tone, "You can adjust your breath yourself. Master can't hide it. At least don't let the junior brothers and sisters know the clues."
"Okay." Lin Xiao closed his eyes.
It was very windy and snowy.
Zhuang Yan carried Lin Xiao on her back and moved forward stubbornly on the mountain road.
"It reminds me of when I went up the mountain." Lin Xiao suddenly said in Zhuang Yan's ear, "But it was not like now. It was a sunny day. Master is carrying me, senior brother is carrying you, and the four of us are the same way. , from the foot of the mountain all the way up the mountain.”
"When will it be your turn to carry me up the mountain?" Zhuang Yan snorted.
"I would rather never have that day." Lin Xiao said with a smile.
"You owe me," Zhuang Yan said, "I'll let you pay it back sometimes."
"I still hold a grudge." Lin Xiao said.
Until the two figures were submerged in the mountains and forests and could no longer be seen.
Only those who were hiding in the dark emerged from the wind and snow.
She looked at the towering peaks of Zuowang Peak, and saw snow falling all over her body without even noticing.
In this lonely world, someone is always accompanied by a loved one.
Some people can only embrace the wind, frost, rain and snow in loneliness.
In this long and thorny road of life, how many people are willing to wait for you in the wind and snow?
Wait until you come back from the depths of wind and snow.
Waiting for your back.
Disappeared from the eyes again.
