It was freezing cold, and the palace where Peng You and Yao Yan'er were located was located on the center line of Xuanyuan Palace. There was a wide open space on the left, and dense buildings on the right, with wind and snow passing through the middle.
Peng You was stunned when he heard this.
Yao Yan'er gritted her teeth and thought to herself: Shao Linglong, you really did lie to me!
Shao Linglong waved her hand on the deserted island and disappeared. She appeared again and was already at the entrance of Yanqiu Cave.
Shao Linglong stretched her head to look into the cave, then smiled and said to herself: "It's been a few days, how can they still be here?" She looked around Yanqiu, put her two fingers together on her lips, and said Long whistle.
A very fast figure flashed through the woods, among the dead trees, and by the cold lake. The shadow quickly ran towards the entrance of the cave where Shao Linglong was. It looked like a white tiger and unicorn beast from a closer look.
The white tiger climbed along the cliffs, stepping on the warped rocks, following every gap, and rushed upward. When the white tiger jumped up to the platform at the entrance of the cave, it saw Shao Linglong and pounced on it.
Shao Linglong did not dodge, but opened her hands, and the tiger hugged her. Shao Linglong hugged the tiger and said with a smile: "Xiaobai, long time no see. Do you miss me?"
The tiger roared twice, as if in response to Shao Linglong's words.
Shao Linglong gently laid her head on the tiger, avoiding the tiger's blind eye which had a long scratch.
She smiled and said: "I still like to play with you beasts. Beasts will always be beasts, and people sometimes are not humans."
Shao Linglong let go of the tiger and said, "Tell me quickly, what happened after I left that day?"
After hearing the words, the tiger leaned down and raised his head. Shao Linglong stared at the tiger's other good eye.
The surrounding scene seemed to be changing very quickly, like going back in time. Looking back, what happened in Yanqiu in the past few days was all clear to Shao Linglong.
The conversation between Peng You and Yao Yan'er, the scene of them flying away and falling on the roc, and the moonlit night between them are all clear.
Shao Linglong gently held the tiger's head, smiled and said nothing, thinking: Yao Yan'er, what a little girl, you actually want to take the jade pendant.
In Xuanyuan Palace, Limu's study.
Peng You seemed worried and asked: "Why is it that the woman in this painting is not you? I know that I am not a good painter, but I still painted it like you."
Yao Yan'er sighed and said: "Brother Peng, you and I just met a few days ago. Going back further, we met more than five years ago. At that time, you and I were only thirteen or fourteen years old."
Peng You frowned and listened attentively.
Yao Yan'er continued: "You have completed this painting for at least a year and a half, but you have never seen me before, and the woman in this painting is clearly not what I looked like when I was thirteen or fourteen!"
Peng You said in a panic: "This is how you look in my memory. How could it be different from what you looked like back then?"
Yao Yan'er bowed her head and said: "Women, especially from the age of cardamom to the age of jasper, change the most. Not to mention the huge changes in body shape, the appearance will also change. The picture in this painting should be me a year or two ago."
Peng You frowned and said, "But, but, how could I have seen you one or two years ago?"
Yao Yan'er gave a bitter smile and said: "Of course you have never seen me, but the teacher has always seen me. I can print the heavenly book that you have never seen before into your memory, and she can naturally print me into your memory." middle."
Peng You was stunned and speechless.
Yao Yan'er seemed to be sobbing and said softly: "Brother Peng, maybe you don't really love me, but you were just convinced by the teacher." She shed a tear as she spoke.
Peng You stretched out a hand, held Yao Yan'er's arm, and said hurriedly: "Yan'er, how could I not love you? What on earth is going on?"
Yao Yan'er broke free from Peng You's hand, turned around and ran outside the house. Peng You hurriedly followed his footsteps. Yao Yan'er heard Peng You's footsteps and shouted: "Don't follow me! Leave me alone!" "
As she spoke, she threw the parchment back, and the beauty with red lips and pink face in the painting slowly fell down.
When Peng You saw Yao Yan'er actually throwing away the gift he had given him, he was stunned and stopped in his tracks.
At noon.
Peng You walked in Xuanyuan Palace, worried in his heart: Why did Yan'er say those words?
He sighed, shook his head, and thought to himself: I have practiced martial arts with brother Xuanyuan since I was a child, and went on expeditions together. He dislikes beautiful women so much, and has extraordinary heroic spirit, but I was fascinated by the woman I only saw once.
Could it be that, as Yan'er said, I am possessed? Could it be that my yearning for her day and night is just a sign of evil?
Peng You was thinking so wildly that he had already reached Wangyue Hall.
He was so distracted that he didn't see his adoptive mother in the palace. Ji Xue saw Peng You turn around and said, "Peng'er, where did you come from? Why did I see Yan'er crying and returning to my house?"
Peng You came to his senses after hearing the words, saluted Jixue and said: "Mother is well." But he did not answer Jixue's words.
Jixue looked at Peng You with a frown on her face and asked, "You two had a quarrel? Why?"
Peng You said to Jixue: "I didn't quarrel with her, it's just that children don't understand girls' thoughts."
Ji Xue pointed to the door of her room and said, "Go and apologize to her, or talk to her about your thoughts. Don't delay your relationship because of misunderstanding."
Hearing this, Peng You walked towards Ji Xue's bedroom and stood outside the door but refused to knock. He really didn't know what to say.
Jixue sighed, shook her head, and said to Peng You: "If you are uneasy, you can go to your parents' graves to worship and think about it quietly."
Hearing this, Peng You bowed and saluted Jixue, then turned and left.
Nanshan is not far from Xuanyuan Palace. Half of this mountain is a gentle slope and half is a steep cliff. It is connected to the side of the northern mountain range and is still covered by frost, snow, wood and rocks.
Peng You knelt in front of a tomb, with two wordless tablets in front of him.
He was confused and had many thoughts: the great cause of unification had not been accomplished, the revenge of his parents had not been avenged, the hatred of his comrades had not been resolved, the grievances of his relatives had not been forgotten, and his subjects were not well-off, but he was restrained by love, how shameless!
Peng You sighed, as if tears were falling.
A female voice came: "What's wrong? You're sitting here crying in the grave. Are you in a bad mood? Did you break up?"
Peng You heard the familiar voice, looked back, frowned slightly and said, "Teacher?"
That woman was Shao Linglong. She smiled and said, "You still know me?"
Peng You stood up and saluted, saying, "Teacher, why are you here? Are you feeling well?"
Shao Linglong smiled and said: "I gave your jade pendant a red light last time, and I know where you go now. I'm very well, and no one who can hurt me has appeared yet."
Peng You said hurriedly: "Of course that's good. I wonder why the teacher is here?" He thought that Brother Gongsun also wanted to see this woman.
Shao Linglong smiled coldly, pointed to the unnamed grave behind Peng You, and said, "What's the matter? Didn't I tell you when I first met you that I would dig your parents' graves?"
