That Person In That River and Lake

   Extra Story 2: Nanyue Chapter - Past and Present

  That winter, the wind and snow came earlier than in previous years.

  The early snow fell all the time, and the whole village fell into a strange silence. Occasionally, one or two people would go out, and they came and left in a hurry, tightly wrapped in cotton jackets.

  Only when you see cooking smoke curling up from time to time, can you see a trace of human fireworks in this endless whiteness.

  That afternoon, it snowed heavily again in the sky. I carried a bag on my back and headed out of the village. When I walked out of the village that I hadn’t stepped out of for sixteen years, I looked back.

  At that moment, I suddenly felt that the village I had lived in for 16 years became very blurry and unreal. I didn’t know if it was because of the heavy wind and snow.

  I tightened my luggage, turned around and left.

In fact, I am not from this village. I was picked up and raised by an old man named Xu Changsheng. Ten years ago, that Xu Changsheng passed away, and I was the only one left. The most things I did , that is, sitting on the threshold every day when the sun goes down, quietly looking into the distance.

  I don't know what I really want to see, but I always feel that there is something pulling me in the distance. It is a kind of mysterious and mysterious thing, as if I should belong there.

  Later, I heard from the old man in the village that it was the direction I stared at every day. A hundred miles ahead, there was a very big mountain called Tianshan Mountain!

According to legend, twenty years ago, there lived a group of very special people on that mountain. The people on it were like immortals. Sometimes you could see fairy swords flying or immortals descending from the mountain. Later, a scholar in the village told me , That is the Holy Land of Martial Arts-Dao Pavilion.

I have never been to Tianshan Mountain, and I have never seen Tianshan Mountain. I don’t know why. After listening to people’s stories, I always see a snow mountain in my mind. There are people coming and going.

  In that early snowy winter, I headed towards the Tianshan Mountains.

   I don't know how long I walked, and finally saw the mountain hovering in my mind.

  I went up the mountain,

  But the scene on the mountain is different from what I imagined in my mind. There is no thatched cottage, no people coming and going, and no swords. There is only a vast expanse, only a world of ice and snow.

  The mountain is so big that it can't be seen at a glance.

  I lingered on the mountain for many days. I followed the guidance of the dark, and walked through many places, but none of them coincided with the scene in my mind. Until that day, I came to the top of the mountain.

  There is a lake of ice and snow here,

  I suddenly felt that I should jump down and pick up a sword that belonged to me from inside.

  I hesitated for a long time, but I still didn't jump off. Just as I was about to leave, I caught a glimpse of a snowdrift from the corner of my eye, revealing a stone tablet.

  I cleaned off the snow on the stele, revealing a few words—

  The tomb of his beloved wife Qin Keqing

  Husband, Gu Qing resigns!

   I don’t know why, but when I saw the two names on the tombstone, I felt very familiar, and I don’t know the reason.

  At that moment, I suddenly shed a tear,

  I don't understand why, I just feel distressed.

  Because the dry food was about to run out, I had to go down the mountain.

  After going down the mountain, I headed south all the way.

  In the wilderness, I met robbers,

  I thought my life might be over, but a weird scene appeared.

  I looked at those robbers who were laughing lewdly, and I felt inexplicably that these people deserve to die,

   how to die,

  I think it's time for everyone's heads to fall after the sword strike!

  So, I took a light step forward,

  That step seems to have crossed a world,

  When I turned back, the robbers were all as I thought, and all their heads fell to the ground.

  So, I continued to go south with the people I rescued, and came to a small town—Changling!

  When I saw the two characters on the city gate, I had a very familiar feeling. After thinking for a long time, I realized that the strokes of these two characters were exactly the same as the writing on the tombstone I saw in Tianshan.

  I asked others about Gu Qingci,

   Then I heard them tell a lot of stories about this man.

When I heard the story of Gu Qingci, that kind of deep feeling appeared again, and there would always be scenes in my mind that I had never seen before. It was a figure in white, but I can't see his face clearly.

   It's just that this is so familiar.

  I want to meet Gu Qingci.

  But in the end, all the news I heard about Gu Qingci has only one result, that is, Gu Qingci is dead.

  I decided to walk the road that Gu Qingci once walked, maybe I can gain something.

Following the stories I heard, I walked through Shiwan Dashan. Here, I knew a man who commanded all the horse thieves and bandits in Shiwan Dashan. He was a gentle middle-aged scholar. His name was Ma Zhibai. He said that he once He and Gu Qingci are good friends.

  I also saw a beautiful woman in red, her name is Mu Lixian.

  Later, I came to Jinling,

   It's March, and the sky is full of peach blossoms.

  I wandered here for a long time, until one rainy night, a peach blossom fell in front of me,

  At that moment, I suddenly heard a sentence in my ear—"Can I give you one first?"

  It was a gentle, but incongruous voice.

  It seems like an illusion.

  After leaving Jinling, I came to the capital, where I met a female Jinshi named Lan Wangci.

  When I met her, she was fighting with the National People's Congress in a restaurant, but she was a little embarrassed. She heard that the opponent was Gu Niange, the son of Gu Qingshi, the Duke of Zhen, who had learned his father's true martial arts skills.

  I looked at those two people from a distance,

   From the restaurant to the street, from the street corner to the end of the street, I followed all the way, because I felt that these two people were very familiar.

  Finally, when Lan Wangci was defeated, Gu Niange slashed down with his sword, but couldn't hold back at all. Both of them turned pale with fright.

   That scene became very slow in my eyes,

  As if time had stopped, I walked over, and with a light slap, Gu Niange and the epee in his hand flew out together, making a big hole on the ground.

  I looked at my hand in confusion, full of doubts,

  Gu Niange was very angry, because he was ashamed, but he didn't dare to do anything, he was muttering for nothing,

  Looking at his appearance,

   Suddenly, a strange emotion welled up in my heart. I walked over, weighed his height, and gently patted his head under everyone's shocked gaze.

   Gu Niange was so angry that he acted on the spot,

   Then I beat him up and went home crying.

  The same is true, Lan Wangci and I have become friends.

   It's just that I'm not used to Lan Wangci's liveliness and cheerfulness. When I first saw her, I thought she shouldn't have such a personality. I thought she should be a quiet lady.

  So, I bought her a piano.

   But she doesn't like it, she doesn't seem to have any hobbies, the only hobby is to talk about his master, she always says that she has a very powerful master, that her master is the best and the best person in the world.

   After a long time, I became curious about her master, Mr. Gu. It just so happened that Lan Wangci was going home to visit her master and invited me to her house together.

  Perhaps it is doomed in the dark,

  Originally, I planned to go to Qingzhou for a walk, but when Lan Wangci invited me, I agreed by accident.

  ...

It's freezing cold, in the morning, in the Wutong village in Chongshan, green bamboos are overgrown, and the green bamboos are all green at a glance. is covered.

  I led the horse and followed Lan Wangci into the bamboo forest.

   From far away, Lan Wangci shouted to each other for her master and ran very fast.

   I followed slowly.

   "Xiao Nanyue, haven't you always wanted to see my master? Come here quickly!"

  Hearing Lan Wangci's call, I led the horse, with my back facing the heavy snow, and slowly walked into the fenced courtyard. When I looked up at Mr., at that moment, it seemed that time and space went backwards.

  I heard Mr. Gu whisper: "Keep!"

  At that moment, the pictures in my mind were connected together,

  The person who promised me ten miles of red makeup,

  I waited all my life, this life...

   "Gu Qingci, I'm back!"

  The world was silent, and countless snowflakes were falling down from the low sky. In an instant, mountains, rivers, fields, and villages were all shrouded in white snow.

  Mr. Gu had a smile on his face.

  I laughed too,

   Look, it's snowing!

   This is an extra episode about Xiao Nanyue. There will be extra episodes in the future. They are all free, so don’t worry.

  (end of this chapter)