Xu Ping probed Lin Suniang's snort and found that her breathing was even, knowing that she was just in a big fuss, and fainted temporarily, and her body was fine.

Bending down to pick up Lin Suniang, Xu Ping carefully climbed to the top of the mountain and put her on the grass. When I got up and looked around, I saw that there were trees everywhere, no people, no roads, and I didn't know where I was.

It was noon, and the sky was gloomy, and a pale sun showed its face in the clouds, looking half-dead.

Li Wei's horse, which Xu Ping rode on, had already run out of strength, lying on the side panting, and occasionally had the strength to gnaw on the dead grass on the ground.

After looking at it for a while, he couldn't see a clue, Xu Ping had to sit on the ground, look at Lin Suniang, and wait for her to wake up and think of a way.

After sitting for a while, a gust of mountain wind blew, and Lin Suniang woke up slowly.

Xu Ping saw Lin Suniang open his eyes and let out a sigh: "It's good for you to wake up!" ”

Lin Suniang sat up, looked around, and asked Xu Ping: "Da Lang, what kind of place is this?" ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly: "I followed all the way, and I didn't remember the way, I don't know where I went." However, looking at the terrain here, it may be out of Zhongmu County, or even out of Kaifeng Mansion. ”

Lin Suniang was taken aback: "Then what should we do?" ”

Xu Ping said: "You take a break first, and we'll figure out a way later." ”

The area around Zhongmu is all plains, and there is no such a large mountain bag. Xu Ping recalled the direction and distance he had run for half a day, and now he had probably arrived in Zhengzhou. This place is not as densely populated as Xu Ping's previous life, at this time the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the population is rare. In the entire five counties of Zhengzhou, there are less than 20,000 households and tens of thousands of people. It is located between the two capitals, along the Bianhe River, and near the imperial tomb, all of which require a large number of conscriptions, and the population is extremely difficult to grow.

After sitting for a while, Lin Suniang said to Xu Ping embarrassedly: "Da Lang, you go find saliva for me to drink, I'm a little thirsty." ”

Xu Ping stood up, looked around, saw a small river at the foot of a hill not far away, and said to Lin Suniang: "I went to fetch water, but I couldn't bring it back, and if I left you here, I was afraid that a beast would hurt you." There's a small river over there, not far away, so I'll carry you there. ”

Lin Suniang said in a low voice: "It's okay." ”

Carrying Lin Suniang on his back, Xu Ping led the horse and carefully went down the mountain.

Xu Ping never asked why those people kidnapped Lin Suniang. If it is said that it is for beauty, it is really beyond Xu Ping's imagination. Lin Suniang is beautiful, has a demure temperament, and is a beautiful woman. But how old is she? At the age of thirteen, if in the previous life it was the age when he had just entered junior high school, and his body had not grown at all, how could it make people associate things with men and women! Even if Xu Ping has already decided on his wife, Xu Ping has never thought about her, she is too young, why wait a few years.

But apart from this reason, Xu Ping really couldn't think of anything else.

Carefully descending the hillside, Lin Suniang whispered on Xu Ping's back: "Da Lang, be careful, this road is not easy to walk, don't get hurt." ”

A faint scent blows through the ears, with a little sweet fragrance.

Xu Ping felt that Lin Suniang on her back was extremely light and soft, and her legs in her right hand were soft and boneless, and she had some strange feelings in her heart.

Is this nephrite jade warm and fragrant, exhaling like an orchid?

Xu Ping didn't dare to continue thinking about it, just watched the road carefully and lowered his head to move forward.

Walking out of the bushes and into a small forest, Lin Suniang said: "The road here is good, Da Lang put me down, I can walk by myself." ”

Xu Ping carefully put Lin Suniang on the ground, saw that her face was still pale, held her arm and said, "You are frightened, or I will support you." ”

Lin Suniang nodded, let Xu Ping hold her arm, and walked forward.

Out of the grove, through a dry meadow, to the river.

Xu Ping said to Lin Su Niang: "You sit down, I'll go see if there is anything to hold water." I don't know if the river here is clean or not, so it would be nice to boil. ”

Lin Suniang sat on the dry grass on the ground and said to Xu Ping: "Don't go far, Dalang. ”

Xu Ping nodded, tied the horse to a tree, and carried the long knife to cross the river to find it.

By this time it was autumn, everything had withered, and most of the valley was full of locust trees, pine trees, and other miscellaneous trees, and there was nothing to be used for. Occasionally, there are a few wild jujube trees, the jujubes on them are extremely small, but the core is large, Xu Ping tasted two, and he couldn't eat at all.

After walking fifty or sixty steps, Xu Ping didn't find anything, and was about to give up and go back, when he accidentally looked up and saw a big pear sticking out from the corner not far away. The pear is huge, not less than the Dangshan crisp pear in Xu Ping's previous life.

Xu Ping was overjoyed and walked forward quickly.

In front of him was a flat field, overgrown with wild grass, and on the edge of the ground were three large pear trees, which were fruitful, and the big green and yellow pears hung on the branches.

This pear tree does not look wild, it must have been planted here. And if you look around, you may have been farmed here.

However, at this time, the grass was barren, and no trace of the family could be found, leaving only three large pear trees.

Xu Ping arrived in front of the tree and reached out to pick two large pears. I took it in my hand and checked it, and I was afraid that it would weigh a pound. I didn't expect this kind of good thing here, he hadn't seen it in so long.

After taking the pears, Xu Ping hurriedly turned back.

turned the foot of the slope, but saw Lin Suniang leading the horse, and the money was coming.

Seeing Xu Ping, Lin Suniang said: "I saw that Da Lang disappeared as soon as I turned around, and I was afraid that something would happen, so I followed." ”

Xu Ping held two big pears in front of Lin Suniang and said with a smile: "There are a few good pears over there, I'll pick two for you." Isn't eating this much better than drinking water? ”

Lin Suniang took a big pear in her hand, looked at it over and over again, and was not in a hurry to eat it.

Xu Ping wondered: "What are you just looking for?" Hurry up and eat! ”

Lin Suniang sighed: "Da Lang, we probably really ran to Zhengzhou. ”

Xu Ping asked, "What do you say?" This pear is only produced in Zhengzhou? ”

Lin Suniang nodded: "This pear is called Jin pear, also known as Yu'er pear, only Zhengzhou is produced in the world, and it is all produced near the Zhou Emperor's Mausoleum." Northern fruits, Qingzhou jujube Zhengzhou pear, the best in the world, previously in Beijing, my father also bought it for me to eat. ”

Xu Ping was stunned for a moment, and said to Lin Suniang: "Don't talk about these first, you just have to eat." If this pear is only grown here, that's a good thing, we at least know where it went. ”

Lin Suniang smiled, found a dead stump to sit on, and ate pears with Xu Ping on her back. This pear is too big, and the little girl's eating appearance is not very elegant, so she hides from Xu Ping to see it.

Xu Ping stood aside and used his brain to locate his position.

The Mausoleum of Emperor Zhou refers to the mausoleums of several emperors in the Later Zhou Dynasty, which should be in Xinzheng County. Zhao Kuangyin Chen Qiaoyi added the imperial robe, and what he seized was the throne of the Later Zhou Dynasty, which was a major event in the Song Dynasty, and Xu Ping could search it out from his memory.

Unexpectedly, he ran dozens of miles in one go, which scared Xu Ping.

Now that you know that this is near the Imperial Mausoleum of the Later Zhou Dynasty, it will be easy to do. As a former dynasty, although the Zhou royal family was not treated favorably by the Song Dynasty, the basic etiquette was still there, and the mausoleum guards should at least have them. As long as you find someone, you can return to your own Zhongmu manor.

It turned out that Xu Ping thought too much, and there was no guardian of the tomb of the Emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and it was dilapidated at this time. This is not all because the Zhao and Song royal families are mean, but also because the emperors of the Later Zhou Dynasty advocated frugality, and since Taizu Guo Wei decided to keep his funeral simple and not set up a palace guard. Of course, good people have good rewards, and the extremely simple tomb of the Later Zhou Emperor even looks down on tomb robbers, but has been preserved to future generations. On the contrary, the tomb of the Song Emperor was systematically excavated by the Jurchens in the Jin Dynasty and became a ruin.

According to the ritual system, the Central Plains Dynasty had a system of two kings and three kes to continue the royal system. The Great Song Dynasty was the last unified dynasty to respect this system, and after the Chai family was seized the throne, Emperor Gong Chai Zongxun was named King Zheng, and he could use the emperor's etiquette to continue the Zhou dynasty. After Emperor Gong, the descendants were demoted to Zheng Guogong, all because the imperial tomb was in Zheng. However, this title is only in name, the Chai family is not in Zhengzhou, and the treatment of the Song State of the Zhou Dynasty is far from it, and the imperial tomb quickly became a barren grass, only occasionally someone with a heart to take care of it.

Xu Ping didn't know this, but was bent on finding the person guarding the tomb.

After waiting for a while, Lin Suniang turned around, there was still half a pear in her hand, and said to Xu Ping: "This pear is too big, I can't eat it." ”

Xu Ping said: "If you can't eat it, throw it away, there are a lot of trees over there, I'll pick some and take it with me later." ”

After Lin Suniang went to the river to wash her hands, Xu Ping helped her along the valley where the river was located, leading the horse all the way out of the mountain.

After walking for more than an hour, I rested twice in between, and finally got out of this hill.

By this time, the sun was out of sight, and the sky was completely overcast. However, as far as the eye can see, it is a long wilderness, and there is not a single house in sight.

Xu Ping looked at Lin Suniang, her brows were already furrowed, and she couldn't walk. Fortunately, women are not popular at this time, otherwise I really don't know how she will go this way.

Seeing that the horse he was leading had regained some strength, Xu Ping said: "Lady, you go and sit on the horse, and I will lead and walk slowly." I don't know how long it will take to find someone. ”

Lin Suniang's feet were worn out, but she gritted her teeth and didn't say anything, at this time she had reached her limit and couldn't walk anymore, so she had to be helped by Xu Ping to get on the horse.

Sitting on horseback, Lin Suniang was a little flustered. She had ridden a donkey only occasionally, and had never sat on horseback, and in the morning, she had been frightened all the way, and she couldn't help but cling to the saddle.

Xu Ping looked at it and comforted her: "You take it easy, I'll lead the horse and just walk slowly, it's okay." ”

One man and one rider, walking in the wasteland for less than half an hour, there were scattered raindrops falling.

Xu Ping sighed: "People are unlucky, they really drink cold water and stuff their teeth!" In this wilderness, there is no place to shelter from the rain, but there is some trouble. ”

Lin Suniang saw far away on horseback, and said to Xu Ping: "Don't worry, Dalang, there is a mound in front of you, and there seems to be a house next to it, isn't it a household?" ”

When Xu Ping heard this, he also came to his senses, asked Lin Suniang to point in the direction, and led the horse to speed up.

After walking a short distance, Xu Ping also saw the big mound, and there were a few houses next to it, but there were no livestock and poultry, and it looked very dilapidated and desolate. He said, "It's a ruined temple." ”

When I got closer, I saw that it was a large mound of earth, no more than two zhang high, and there were three large houses in a row in front of the mound.

At this time, the rain was already a little heavy, Xu Ping didn't care about anything, and led the horse and camel Lin Suniang into the three big rooms.

When I entered the room, I found that there was a tablet in the main room, which should be the building of the temple lamp, not a person's house. But it's been dilapidated for a long time, and I can't tell what kind of place it is.

Helping Lin Suniang get off the horse and find a clean place to sit, Xu Ping said: "You rest here first, I'll go find some dead branches or something to make a fire." ”

Lin Suniang's clothes were slightly wet, shivering with cold, and said to Xu Ping: "Da Lang, go and come back quickly, why do I think it's gloomy here." ”

Xu Ping responded and walked out the door.

Not long after, Xu Ping came back with a hug of dead branches, and said to Lin Suniang: "Fortunately, the rain has just come down, and you can still find these dry firewood." ”

Xu Ping was active in Baisha Town and his own village, and he did not have any ignition appliances on his body. Fortunately, Li Wei's immediately had a fire knife and flint, and Xu Ping found it, because he was not used to it, he spent a lot of effort to lead the fire.

Lin Suniang roasted the fire for a while, slowly came back to her senses, and asked Xu Ping: "Da Lang, what is this place?" ”

Xu Ping sighed: "You would never have thought that this is Shunling, where Emperor Zhou Gong was buried." ”

Lin Suniang was stunned: "Could it be that there is no mausoleum keeper in the imperial tomb this week?" ”

Xu Ping shook his head gloomily.

After Emperor Gong was forced to take the throne, he was demoted to King Zheng and sent to Fangzhou, the soul-breaking place of the princes and ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty. The little emperor was in fear all his life, and without Liu Adou's optimistic nature, he died young. It is said that Song Taizu had a testament to treat the descendants of the Chai family well, and at the end of the Song Dynasty, the Chai family was indeed not killed. But this is not so much Song Taizu's loyal nature, but rather that he has the heart to tolerate ancient rites, and the content of the testament does not exceed the scope of the privileges of the two kings and three kes. Since then, the emperor of the Kai Dynasty no longer has the heart of Song Taizu, and he is eager to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and this ritual system has been abandoned.

Although lamenting what happened to the predecessors, this topic was very sensitive in the Song Dynasty, although it was husband and wife, Xu Ping and Lin Suniang also consciously did not discuss it.

After a while, Xu Ping's clothes were dried, and when he walked to the door to see that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, he couldn't help but be anxious: "What can I do about this?" Shall we spend the night here? ”

Lin Suniang shrank and said, "I don't know if Daddy is looking for us in the back, and I don't know if I can find us." There are barren mountains and mountains here, and they have nowhere to find them. ”

Xu Ping remembered that there were still many people in his village, and he would not just let himself get lost, he would definitely come out to look for it, but it was impossible to say where he would find it.

I can't help but sigh in my heart, there is no mobile phone or anything in this era, it's really troublesome.

After baking the fire for a while, Xu Ping said: "Look at the sky, it's getting dark, so I have to spend the night here." You're delicate and can't stand the hunger, so I'll go out and find something to eat. ”

Lin Suniang said: "Where are you looking for it when it's raining?" I still have the pears I brought, so I'll just eat one. ”

Xu Ping smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I see that there is a small river over there, and there should be fish in it." ”

After speaking, he ignored Lin Suniang and went out into the wind and rain.

Eat a pear, Lin Suniang has been relieved twice along the way, and if she eats it again, she will not be tossed to death.

Not far from the house, there were several ditches, which were dug during the construction of the mausoleum, and over the years, they were filled with water, and there were fish.

When Xu Ping arrived at the edge of the ditch, his body was already drenched, and he shivered with cold. With a horizontal heart, he didn't do anything, so he simply rolled up his trousers and went into the water.

It's autumn, and the water in the ditch is bitterly cold. Xu Ping gritted his teeth and groped around in the ditch.

There are real fish, and there are quite a few of them, but they are all small fish that are more than a finger long, and Xu Ping threw them ashore one by one and let them flutter in the rain.

After touching it for a while, Xu Ping straightened up and looked at the small fish jumping around in the rain on the shore, which was not enough for a dish. I smiled bitterly in my heart, this ghost place is not connected to any rivers and lakes or the like, and the fish species are wrong. When you lift your feet, you want to try a different ditch.

Unexpectedly, when I stepped on this foot, I stepped on a slippery thing.

Xu Ping was overjoyed, could it be an old turtle? This thing crawls around, but it doesn't pick a place.

Trampling to death with his foot, Xu Ping bent down and grabbed what was under his feet. It didn't feel right when I put it on my hand, this thing wasn't round, it was long.

Caught out of the water, it turned out to be a big black fish, jumping around in Xu Ping's hands, and trying to escape. Fortunately, Xu Ping danced knives and guns in the past six months, and also practiced bows and arrows, and he practiced his hand strength before he caught it.

Throwing the black fish to the shore, Xu Ping came out of the water, saw that it was still jumping in the rain, and launched a fierce kick to step on the fish. Unexpectedly, the black fish was slippery and abnormal, Xu Ping couldn't step on it, but fell on his heels.

Xu Ping got up and saw that the black fish weighed almost two catties, which should be enough for two people to eat. At this time, his body was cold, and he fell painfully, and he had no strength to toss down, so he made a straw rope to pierce the black fish, and then held the small fish on the ground in his hand, and went back to the house.

Lin Suniang stood at the door, saw Xu Ping coming back, and asked anxiously: "I just heard the voice, did Da Lang fall?" Are there any injuries? ”

Xu Ping entered the door, shook off the rain on his body and said, "It's okay, it's just that the road is slippery and tripped!" ”

Putting all the fish on the ground, Xu Ping said again: "These are enough for us to eat." ”

Lin Suniang was not at ease, came up to see Xu Ping, and saw that he was indeed not injured, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Don't be busy with these first, you are soaked, bake it quickly." ”

Xu Ping was really cold, so he sat by the fire to warm up.

The firelight reflected on his body, and gradually felt a little warm, Xu Ping felt that his body was hot, but he couldn't help but tremble, knowing that he was only afraid of a cold.

However, look at Lin Suniang on the side, she looks delicate and timid, with a pair of slender and white jade hands, obviously someone who has not done any work. I had to stand up and carry a long knife to the door to kill the fish.

The big black fish was slaughtered, but the other small fish could not be made, so they had to pierce a branch and roast the whole fish.

After eating fish with Lin Suniang, Xu Ping had some strength, but his head was still groggy, and he couldn't concentrate on it, knowing that he really had a cold.

Lin Suniang saw that Xu Ping was not in good spirits, so she asked him to sit by the fire, and she turned over the rotten firewood in the room, and burned the fire and let Xu Ping roast the fire.

Xu Ping leaned on a pillar and watched Lin Suniang on the opposite side keep pulling out the fire, pulling all the burning firewood to her side, knowing that she also guessed that she was sick.

Through the firelight, Lin Suniang's little face was as white as jade, and she was reflected by the fire with a touch of red, and her serious expression added a bit of charm.

This is the first time Xu Ping has paid so much attention to Lin Suniang's appearance, only to find out that she is indeed beautiful, and beauty does not eat fireworks in the world. In the past, it was always because his wife was a little girl who had not grown up, Xu Ping deliberately didn't pay attention to how Lin Suniang looked, just left the impression of a beautiful little girl, and today it is clear how beautiful she is.

Putting down the wooden stick in her hand, Lin Suniang sat by the fire in a daze with her knees hugged.

After a while, Lin Suniang suddenly asked, "Da Lang, do you remember the first time we met?" ”

Xu Ping shook his head silently. There is really no such thing in his memory, only a rough impression of growing up with Lin Suniang's childhood sweetheart.

Lin Suniang said leisurely: "You forgot it." - At that time, my father fell for the first time, and we were kicked out by relatives. That relative was a cousin of my father, and the two were almost married, but then he married an official, and that official became a jinshi, so he looked down on our family. ”

Xu listened quietly to Lin Suniang talking about these things related to her former help, but did not speak.

"At that time, their children scolded me, and it was Da Lang who stood by my side and scolded them back. Their children beat me, and it was the eldest who beat them back. Later, my father and I lived in your house, and you protected me from being bullied. I had such a good time those days! ”

"And yet, later—"

And then what happened later, Lin Suniang didn't say it, but Xu Ping's memory was connected.

The Xu family has a dull brain, a naughty temperament, and he can't write or write, and he is clearly an unsuccessful person. And the little lady of the Lin family has been smart since she was a child, and she can calligraphy, painting, and poetry, so the two gradually drifted apart.

Lin Wensi has never been in high school, but thanks to the help of the Xu family, he settled in the capital. Zhang Sanniang watched Lin Suniang grow up, and wanted her to be her daughter-in-law, and finally got married.

Lin Suniang has been thinking about the Xu family who is standing in front of her and protecting her, although the difference between the image in reality and the memory is getting bigger and bigger, she has no dislike in the end.

Now, the Xu family Lang in her memory is back after all.

Xu listened to Lin Suniang's words quietly, and her spirit slowly became trance. Suddenly, he didn't know if his consciousness had taken over the boy's body, or if the boy had exchanged the most precious thing in his consciousness for the memories of his life. At this moment, his memory and this boy really merged, and from then on they were no longer separated from each other, it was the knowledge brought by a dream, and the person was still this person.

I don't know when, Lin Suniang sat next to Xu Ping, leaned her head on his shoulder, and gently told the story that had happened over the years.

Looking at Lin Suniang's happy face, Xu Ping was a little stupid.

"Listening to the night rain, the past is already clear.

A piece of infatuation to steal the next generation, don't say I'm stupid, I'm crazy.

The rain hits and Tilian. ”

After reading this song "Remembering Jiangnan" in Lin Suniang's ear, Xu Ping saw a smile on the corner of her mouth.

The poem was originally written at will, and in this situation, Xu Ping, who has never been good at this, also chanted a poem. Whether it's good or bad, he just needs to say everything on his mind at this time.