When we arrived in Luoyang, after having a sumptuous banquet under the reception of officials from Sanchuan County, the team returning to their hometown to visit relatives changed their route south and headed towards Wancheng.

Chen Jiangshi, Chen Xu, Ying Shiman, Meng Wan, Xing'er and Yu Ji sat in the most luxurious closed four-wheeled carriage. The carriage was ignited with a carbon stove, and the temperature was as warm as spring, summer, autumn and winter. Four close-fitting servants cooked tea and served water to take care of them. Xing'er and Yu Ji sat on the floor of the carriage and walked on the checkers. Monkey Wukong squatted beside him, holding glass marbles and jumped around to make trouble.

"Xu'er, what should I do if my family can't put down so many gifts?"

Chen Xu leaned on a chair covered with bear skin and burped. Chen Jiangshi and Ying Shiman Meng Wan were knitting sweaters. Through the window inlaid with a glass square of zijiu, he looked at the more than 20 trucks loaded with gifts following behind. Chen Jiangshi stopped and said with concern.

Chen Xu was also a little amused and cried. These gifts were not very expensive, but they were also silk, hemp, jade and some fur products that ordinary people could not afford. The combined value of so many cars was no less than 100,000 yuan. If they were moved back to Xiaohe Village, they would probably be filled with three adobe houses and there would be no place to settle down.

"Mom, it's all given by others kindly. If you say this, it may be unhappy. When you go to Wancheng, you will send some to Shui's house. The rest will be taken back to Qinghe Town and then rewarded and distributed to the villagers in the town. The rest will be taken back to Xiaohe Village. The villagers in the village will also send some from house to house, and there may not be much left!" Chen Xu shook his head and said.

"Husband, Sister Shui and Brother Yu are back more than 20 days in advance. I wonder if I can see them in Wancheng?" Ying Shiman turned gently and looked at Chen Xu.

"Yes, Sister Shui is not here, I always feel that the house is not so lively!" Meng Wan's voice was a little immature, but it was very clear and pleasant.

"Xu'er, since you are going home to worship your ancestors, it would be not good if Qingrou is not here!" Chen Jiang's mood also became a little depressed.

Actually, what Chen Jiang likes most is water gentle, reasonable, gentle and virtuous, and is very loving with her son. Last year, she accompanied her in Xiaohe Village for a whole cold winter, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got along very harmoniously and happily.

But because Shui Qingrou was unable to get pregnant for a long time, and with the fake immortal words from Zheng Boqiao, she slowly began to become a little distant to Shui Qingrou.

However, during this period, Shui Qingrou suddenly stopped being around and greeted and chatted every day. Chen Jiangshi also felt as if she had lost something and felt her heart was in a panic.

She felt that Shui left gently perhaps because she was alienated from her.

This made her feel a little guilty.

Now my son has married the princess and Wanniang again, and a concubine Fan Caiying. It is inevitable that the family will be given a child in the future. Shui Qingrou will give birth or not, which is no longer important to this family. What is important is that since Shui Qingrou left, the son began to become depressed and often remained taciturn and did not like to talk.

Not only did Chen Jiang know about Chen Xu's changes, but Ying Shiman and Meng Wan also had a deep understanding of them, so they didn't dare to mention Shui Qingrou easily every time, for fear that Chen Xu would be unhappy.

But now he is about to arrive in Wancheng, and Shui Qingrou's mother's home is in Wancheng, so Chen Xu must still visit him.

Therefore, everyone hopes to see Shui Gingrou in Wancheng and then go back to Xiaohe Village together so that the whole family can be harmonious and harmonious.

"Qingrou is not in Wancheng. He and Brother Yu went back to Lushan to find her master. They will arrive in Luyang this evening and have a rest in Luyang County for a night. I will go to Lushan early tomorrow morning to see if Qingrou is in the mountain?" Chen Xu's face slowly became silent after he said that.

If you guessed correctly, Shui Qingrou would definitely not be in Lushan. If Chi Songzi was in Lushan, Yu Wuya would definitely turn to Xianyang and notify him not to worry, but it had been half a month since the two left Xianyang, and they had not seen Yu Wuya at all.

There was a silence in the carriage, and only the sound of hot water boiling on the pot on the stove was heard.

"Brother Xiaoxu, isn't your aunt coming back?" Yu Ji stood up and shook Chen Xu's arm.

"No, he and your father went to find your master and will be back soon!" Chen Xu picked up Yu Ji and said, "I'm going to pick him up and put him on his lap."

"But I saw my aunt hiding in the room and crying several times. Another time I secretly packed up the package. I asked her if she didn't want us anymore. She cried even more sadly! She said she couldn't bear to leave us, and we wouldn't leave us..." Yu Ji hugged Chen Xu's neck tightly, "Brother Xiaoxu, go and get your aunt back, otherwise she would definitely be hiding in another place and crying sadly!"

"When did you see Aunt Shui crying? Why didn't you tell me?" Chen Xu felt panic. Chen Jiang turned around and looked at the circles outside the car window with a little redness.

"It was my aunt who didn't let me tell you. She said that if I said it, she wouldn't want me!" Yu Ji said in a low voice.

"Xu'er, is Qingrou really not coming back?" Chen Jiang asked, wiping her tears.

"How could this happen? Sister Shui and her husband are so affectionate, why didn't they come back?" Ying Shiman stopped knitting her sweater in her hand, looked at Chen Xu with beautiful eyes, her face full of worry.

"Yes, husband, Sister Shui is so good. Is it because of our reasons? If so, please ask Mr. Wan to leave Wan Niang and change Sister Shui back!"

Meng Wan slowly knelt in front of Chen Xu, with a hint of sadness on her delicate and beautiful little face. Although she was young, she was smart and intelligent. Through the conversation between Chen Xu and Chen Jiangshi Yu Ji, she had guessed that things might not be as simple as Chen Xu said at the beginning.

"If Sister Shui leaves because of Shiman, please ask your husband to leave Shiman!" Ying Shiman also knelt down slowly.

"Shiman Wan'er, you get up. It has nothing to do with you when you leave Qingrou. It's because of other reasons. You don't have to worry. You may be able to see her on Mount Lu tomorrow!" Chen Xu helped Ying Shiman and Meng Wan up.

"How can my sister-in-law do this? She left us and ran away. I won't play with her next time I come back..." Xing'er said with a pout.

"Ba~" Chen Jiang slapped Xing'er on the butt, "I'll smash your mouth again!"

"Sister Xing'er, don't talk bad about your aunt. Aunt is the most pitiful. She has never had any parents since she was a child. Just like Yu Ji, I will never run around alone if I marry Brother Xiaoxu in the future, so that Brother Xiaoxu will be sad!" Yu Ji shouted at Xing'er.

"Hmph, I don't want you to marry your brother. I'm so young and I'll call you sister-in-law!" Xing'er curled her lips and squatted down and played checkers with Wukong.

"But...but Dad has long been betrothed me to Brother Xiaoxu. You just want to call your sister-in-law..." Yu Ji was also very angry.

"Don't shout!"

"You want to shout~"

"Don't argue, or my mother wants to spank again!" Meng Wan and Ying Shiman quickly pulled the two little girls apart one by one, each holding them in their arms one by one.

"Hmph, my dog ​​won't play with your dog after he gets home!" Yu Ji hummed and turned her head to look out the window.

"I don't care!" Xing'er also turned her head aside.

Chen Xu stood up and opened the car door with a laugh and cry, saying, "I'll go out and ride a horse and get some breath!"

...

When we arrived in Luyang in the evening, snowflakes began to float in the hazy sky and the weather became even colder.

Under the reception of the Luyang County Magistrate and a group of officials, Chen Xu and others stayed in Luyang for one night.

When I woke up the next morning, the world was already white. Although the snow began to decrease, the snow on the ground was half a foot deep.

A group of guards were neatly packed, and all the bows, crossbows, swords, and horses were neatly equipped.

Looking at the towering and uneven mountains and ridges of Funiu Mountain that were almost close to him, Chen Xu sighed quietly and turned over the horse. The monkey jumped up excitedly and squatted on Chen Xu's shoulders and kept screaming.

Ying Shiman and Meng Wan were also neatly packed, wearing fur cloaks and a short sword hanging around their waists.

"Shiman and Wan'er are careful to follow, go and set off!" Chen Xu knocked on the stirrups, pulled the reins and turned the horse's head.

"Xu'er, be careful on the road. If the road up the mountain is difficult to walk, go back early and wait for the snow to melt in a few days before going..." Chen Jiang shouted behind with great concern.

"Don't worry, mom, we will be careful!" Chen Xu turned around and replied.

A group of guards and imperial guards followed immediately, surrounded Chen Xu and Ying Shiman and Meng Wan in the middle. A group of more than thirty horses broke through the snow all over the ground and quickly headed towards the mountains.

Unexpectedly, there would be heavy snow at night, so Chen Xu originally planned to take the guards to Lushan alone, but Ying Shiman and Meng Wan insisted on going with him. Chen Xu still agreed after thinking about it.

Although Mount Lu is high, it is only steeper near the cave near the peak, and other places are not very difficult to travel.

Even if you can't ride a horse because of snow, you can climb the mountain when you reach the mountainside. If it really doesn't work, you can still let Meng Wan and Ying Shiman stay near the mountainside and wait. A group of high-quality martial arts guards and imperial guards will not have any problems. At most, people are more tired.

Half an hour later, a group of people had already penetrated into the mountains and continued to walk in a rugged canyon for several miles. The terrain on both sides began to gradually rise, and with the sparse and rolling snowflakes, the surroundings became quieter.

The sound of horse hooves mixed with the sound of guards and the imperial guards sending messages. The valley vibrated slightly, and some snow falling on the branches could not bear it and drifted with the wind like smoke.

Occasionally, a few wild birds of golden pheasants flew up from the woods and fell on the road in panic, watching a group of people as confused as if they were at a loss.

The mountains are covered with heavy snow, and these birds are blindly able to see the environment.

If it were normal, Chen Xu would definitely have to arrange for someone to go down and catch a few and take them back to make a delicious meal, but now he is not in a mood to eat delicious food at all.

The mountains and fields are silent, and there are few people.

Ying Shiman and Meng Wan followed Chen Xu on horseback, with the guards wearing black armor on the front, back, left and right. These are warriors who have participated in countless life-and-death battles. Three or five people dared to kill tigers, and all kinds of dangers have experienced it. This kind of fairly flat mountain road is naturally no problem.

Moreover, there was a group of guards and imperial guards who had already gone deep into the front several miles to check the paths, so they kept moving forward along the traces of the trampling. There was basically no danger. At most, there were occasional alarmed mountain birds and wild beasts that would jump out of the woods and scare Ying Shiman and Meng Wan.

Two hours later, it was almost noon, and the snowflakes in the sky gradually stopped, and the group had carefully moved forward to a position close to the top of the mountain.

When we get here, the mountains are getting steeper and cliffs are everywhere. Pines are welcoming guests and ancient vines are hanging. Apart from the birds and monkeys, fogs are gradually rising around them, and snow is everywhere on the cliffs like a fairyland.

"The scenery here is amazing, it really has the atmosphere of a fairy!"

At this point, we could no longer continue to move forward at least, so everyone got off the horse and found a slightly wide and flat place to tie the horse. Ying Shiman and Meng Wan had never left such a far door, nor had they seen such a beautiful scenery. Therefore, looking at this illusory wonder of snow-capped mountains, I couldn't help but be amazed.

Seeing that a layer of sweat had faintly emerged from Ying Shiman and Meng Wan's foreheads, Chen Xu looked up at the location where Chi Songzi lived in seclusion and said, "Shiman, Wan'er, there are almost three miles of roads here. It's hard to get through the snow on the road, so you two will wait here!"

"Husband, we finally came here, but we still want to go up and see where Sister Shui lived in seclusion since she was a child!"

"Please help me. The scenery here is so beautiful. I think the top of the mountain is even more refreshing. We grew up in Xianyang and have never experienced such a strange scenery in the world!"

Both women asked to go up with me, and the leader of the Imperial Guard also said: "Marty, here is a deserted mountain and wild ridge, if it is separated, it is difficult to take care of it. Go up together, we will definitely protect the two ladies' consideration!"

"Then let's have a meal and rest for a while, leave a few people to take care of the horses, and then go up the mountain!"

"Here~" The group of guards and the imperial guards clasped their fists together, then each opened the bags on the horse's back, took out the water bag and dry cakes and began to swallow them voraciously.

Chen Xu also took out the heater and some biscuits from the bag, and after eating some of Ying Shiman and Meng Wan, he ordered to set off.

Although it is only three miles away from the top of the mountain, the mountain road is extremely rugged and steep. Chen Xu has been here twice, but the first two times were sunny. Although it was difficult to walk, it was safe. However, today the mountain road was covered with snow and slippery. Under the protection of a group of guards and imperial guards, it took him half an hour to finally climb to the top of the mountain.

The lingering mountain mist rose from the valleys in all directions, and the ancient green pine vines on the steep cliffs appeared and disappeared in the clouds and mists with the whistling cold wind.

A cave, a natural flat ground, an ancient pine tree that only a few people can embrace, a square stone table, and two stone benches. This is the scenery on the top of the mountain.

The world is lonely and silent, and there is no trace of anyone moving except for the snow.

A group of guards and imperial guards were asked by Chen Xu to stay under the platform and not be allowed to go up.

At this time, he and Ying Shiman and Meng Wan stood in the open space in front of the cave. Looking at the empty scene, the last glimmer of hope in his heart completely turned into disappointment.

"Squeak~~"

The monkey made an appointment from Chen Xu's shoulders, screamed and rushed into the cave, leaving a series of footprints in the snow.

"Husband, it seems that Sister Shui is not here!" Ying Shiman said gently holding Chen Xu's hand.

"It turns out that Sister Shui grew up here since she was a child, but it is too quiet here. There is nothing except pine trees and caves!" Meng Wan looked at the situation in front of her blankly, and snuggled in Chen Xu's arms and said softly.

"Don't go around here, I'll take a look!" Chen Xu let go of the two women and slowly walked under the snow step by step to the pine tree. Because of the pine tree's obstruction, there was no snow on the stone table. Apart from some falling pine needles, there was still a clay pottery teapot and a ceramic cup on it, as if it had been placed here for thousands of years and had never moved.

"Squeak~" The monkey jumped out of the cave and jumped to the stone table, and grabbed a piece of hemp pulp and paper rolled together on his claws.
To be continued...