In the Daqing Mountains in the north of Zhao State, in the autumn season, most of the canes on the mountains dry up, and the fallen leaves fall to the rivers below the mountains. I wonder if they will be incorporated into the Tianhe Sea and floated to the Eastern Land and the Tang Dynasty like the gourds back then.

There are three counties under Daqing Mountain, among which Yunjie County is the most prosperous. The county is not big, but it is very lively. On weekdays, if it is market day, people from nearby mountain villages gather, making the place bustling with people.

On this day, a young man wearing a clean blue scribe's gown silently walked into Yunjie County with emotion. There were still familiar faces, but his appearance was unfamiliar. He was none other than Meng Hao.

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Walking on the familiar streets, passing houses and shops, walking in the mortal world, Meng Hao thought of too many past events. There were memories of his childhood here, the loneliness of his youth, and his persistence when he was studying.

, there are his unforgettable past events.

"This is Miss Sun's boudoir..." Meng Hao walked outside a large courtyard. When he looked around, the once high wall there seemed a little shorter now. He remembered that behind this high wall was the Sun family.

The young lady's residence was a place of fantasy for him in the early years.

He had fantasized many times that one day he would be favored by a member of the Sun family and would be promised the Miss Sun family, who was said to be as beautiful as a fairy, to be his wife.

Three years had passed by now, which seemed short, but Meng Hao felt as if he had been separated from another world.

He shook his head with emotion. Just as he was about to leave, suddenly the door of the Sun family opened and a sedan was carried out. Meng Hao paused. When he visited this compound many times back then, he wanted to catch a glimpse of that person.

Miss Sun's beautiful face was impulsive. At this moment, her eyes were like lightning. Between the ups and downs of the wind-blown curtain, she saw a fat woman sitting inside. This woman had many spots on her face and was not very old.

, which made Meng Hao stunned for a moment after looking at it.

If Meng Hao, the personal maid next to this woman, had not had some impressions, he would never have believed that she was Miss Sun.

After a long time, when the sedan chair went away, Meng Hao paused and felt extremely regretful.

"I personally destroyed the lover of my dreams back then... The sages are right, don't look at anything inappropriate, you shouldn't look at it, you shouldn't look at it." Meng Hao shook his head, with a look of regret on his face, and walked away.

Until noon, Meng Hao stared blankly at a small house not far away. The house looked very dilapidated, but people were already living inside, and bursts of noise could be heard from the house.

This place used to be Meng Hao's ancestral home, but he was unable to survive at that time, so he sold it. In this ancestral home, his past happiness and beauty are recorded, as well as his bitterness and strength after his parents disappeared.

These scenes of the past appeared in Meng Hao's mind, causing Meng Hao to stand there until dusk.

In silence, Meng Hao came to the door of his ancestral house, raised his hand, and knocked on the door.

The banging on the door stopped the noisy noise inside all afternoon. Not long after, the door was suddenly opened from the inside, and a middle-aged man with a weathered face looked at Meng Hao with a frown.

"Who are you looking for and what are you looking for?"

"Is it Uncle Li..." Meng Hao looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and spoke softly.

"You..." The middle-aged man was stunned, and looked at Meng Hao carefully for a few times, and suddenly his eyes showed disbelief.

"Meng Hao? You... aren't you missing? Come in quickly." The middle-aged man showed surprise on his face and dragged Meng Hao into the house.

"Old woman, look who this is."

Inside the house, a middle-aged woman was sitting there with tears in her eyes. But when she heard the voice and raised her head, she saw Meng Hao and was stunned for a moment. She quickly stood up with surprise in her eyes.

"It's really Meng Hao..."

"You kid, why did you leave without saying a word? Come on, show me. I haven't seen you in the past few years. She has grown taller. Alas, she is still so thin. She must have suffered a lot in these years." This woman must have suffered a lot in these years.

He quickly stepped forward and looked at Meng Hao with joy in his eyes, having long forgotten the quarrels he had had all afternoon.

"Sit down quickly. Auntie will cook you some dishes. Don't leave when you come back. Although you sold this ancestral house to your Uncle Li, this is your home." The woman had a happy smile on her face.

He looked at Meng Hao kindly, glared at the man, and went to the kitchen.

Not long after, a table of dishes was served. Meng Hao looked at the couple in front of him and saw the kindness in their expressions. He thought that after his parents disappeared, if it hadn't been for Uncle Li and Aunt Li's help, he would have been in even greater difficulties.

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"The harvest has not been good in the past few years. The house at home was used by my boy to get a wife. Your place was vacant, so we moved here." Aunt Li put vegetables for Meng Hao and looked at Meng Hao kindly and said.

"Where have you been in the past few years? Your uncle and I have searched nearby, but we still haven't found you."

Meng Hao felt very warm in his heart when he listened to the words of the couple in front of him. He only said that he went to study abroad and did not go into details until the meal was finished. Meng Hao stood up and bowed deeply to the two of them.

"Uncle Li, Aunt Li, I want to buy back this ancestral house. After all, it was left to me by my parents. Here is the money. You can live in it first and help me take care of it." Meng Hao took out the silver coins from his arms and put them away.

aside.

"This..." Uncle Li hesitated for a moment and looked at his mother-in-law. Aunt Li was silent and nodded after a while.

"You are right, this is what your parents left for you, and this house belongs to you, but your Uncle Li and I are older, so since you said so, we will live here.

I don’t want the silver. We have watched you grow up, just like our own children, so how can we ask for your silver?” Aunt Li put the silver in Meng Hao’s hand and said decisively.

Meng Hao remained silent and once again cupped his fists and bowed deeply.

He did not live here, but took some things from home that he remembered, said goodbye to the couple late at night, turned around and walked into the dark night. He did not take away the money, but put it on the bed.

In the inn in Yunjie County, Meng Hao sat cross-legged on the bed, looking at the night sky outside the window, and sighed softly after a long time.

"I am no longer a human being, but I still have thoughts that are difficult to cut off. Since I can't cut them off, let's keep them..." Meng Hao was silent and closed his eyes.

The next morning, Meng Hao found the Wang family's carpentry shop in Yunjie County. He looked at the old Uncle Wang inside, with wrinkles on his face, sitting there in a daze. There was a wooden carving in front of him, and the carving was exactly

Wang Youcai could see the unbearable sadness hidden in Uncle Wang's expression.

Meng Hao was silent. He didn't know whether Wang Youcai was really dead. After becoming an inner disciple, he found Xiaohu again and went to the cliff where Wang Youcai slipped and fell. He didn't see any clues.

Sighing softly at this moment, Meng Hao walked into the carpenter's shop.

Sensing someone coming, Uncle Wang raised his head, but when he saw Meng Hao, he was stunned, rubbed his eyes carefully, and immediately stood up with a trembling body.

"You...you are...Meng Hao?"

"Uncle Wang, it's me." Meng Hao looked at the old man in front of him and quickly stepped forward to support him.

"Where is Youcai? Did you two disappear together? Where is he..." Uncle Wang always remembered the days when Wang Youcai disappeared, and Meng Hao from Yunjie County also disappeared. When he saw Meng Hao at this moment, he was immediately excited.

"Brother Youcai can't come back now. Let me send you a message to tell you that he will come back in a few years. Don't worry, Brother Youcai is living a good life." Meng Hao said with a smile and supported him.

Uncle Wang sat on a chair and accompanied him as he said this. During this period, he talked about those days and only said that he was taken away to learn skills. It was just that Wang Youcai was very smart and learned skills more deeply, so he did not come back.

Uncle Wang shed tears of excitement in his eyes. He nodded repeatedly as he listened to Meng Hao's words, and even the wrinkles on his face seemed to loosen a little. Especially when Meng Hao told him all the interesting things, it made him smile.

"That child has been smart since he was a child. He doesn't want to learn the carpentry trade from me. He thinks about other things all day long. Well, well, well, it's a good thing that he can go out to learn skills." Uncle Wang's smile became more and more cheerful. At noon, Meng

Hao did not stay, and left here after Uncle Wang personally sent him off.

Xiaohu and Little Fatty were not from Yunjie County, but from two nearby counties. Meng Hao was not familiar with Xiaohu, and the other party should be fine, but with Little Fatty, Meng Hao had to go to the other party's home.

Say peace.

Meng Hao felt a little emotional when he thought that the little fat man might have arrived in the Southern Territory now.

At noon that day, Meng Hao went to look for Yuan Wai Zhou, but could not find him. After inquiring, he found out that Yuan Wai Zhou's family had left here more than half a year ago. It was said that they had moved to the capital of Zhao State. Meng Hao did not continue to search and left.

Yunjie County.

There are memories of his past here, but Meng Hao knows that from the moment he steps into the Guoshan Sect, his path is throughout the entire Zhao Kingdom and the entire Southern Territory.

He left silently, taking only some pots, bowls and quilts in his storage bag. Those pots and bowls were bought by his father back then, and those quilts were mended by his mother in the past. These were extremely precious to Meng Hao.

There are three counties under Daqing Mountain, besides Yunjie County, there are also Yunhai County and Yunkai County. The little fat man's home is in Yunkai County.

This county is smaller than Yunjie, and although it is not as prosperous, it has a lot of land around it, so there are many rich people, especially several rich people, and they also have a lot of property in other counties.

The little fat man's father is the famous rich man Li in Yunkai County. According to the little fat man's proud statement, there are hundreds of long-term workers in his family. It takes an hour to walk around the yard, and the maids and servants

Even more.

His chamber pots were all made of silver, and his bedding was bought from the capital of the Zhao Kingdom. He had maids to warm his bed since he was a child, and it was still like this when he grew up. He couldn’t even remember how many maids he touched during that time, but he never lacked anything.

As for the marriage he was obsessed with, according to him, it was to a lady from a well-known scholarly family in Yunkai County. She was extremely beautiful. His father did not know how much thought and price he spent to successfully tell the story.

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