On the fifth day of the fifth month of the first year of Jingkang, the weather turned cloudy.

Dragon Boat Festival has become a traditional festival in the Northern Song Dynasty. Northerners celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and go out to plant mugwort and eat rice dumplings, and like to go out for a walk. Because summer is coming, people choose to ride horses outside the city for a trip. First, they want to relax and exercise their bodies, smell the fragrance of mugwort, and pray that they will not be affected by all diseases.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a day to commemorate the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan, and the Northern Song Dynasty lacked the most patriotic people like Qu Yuan.

Emperor Qinzong invited civil and military officials and asked the Censor Qin Hui to read Jia Yi's "Fu of Qu Yuan" to the ministers in the court, and also gave them patriotic education, hoping that they could be loyal to themselves and keep the country for him.

Liu Yixuan was also listless at home. Although he promised Zong Ze to be a clerk in the Central Army at the "Yang" camp, there was not much copywriting in the army, and he was free and at the same time.

Just after lunch, I heard the promotion come from the front yard to report to him.

"Young Master, you come out soon and see who is coming!"

"What are you shouting? Fussy, I was planning to take a nap, but I was awakened by you!" Liu Yixuan scolded the promotion.

"Young Master, come out quickly and see who is coming!" The promotion said and laughed, seeing him pulling out of the room.

Liu Yixuan put on a long robe and belt, then was promoted and pulled into the yard, saying, "Who is here? Are you so fussy?"

Liu Yixuan walked out of the yard, looked up and looked at him closely, and immediately became happy and smiled with a smile on his face.

"Brother Xuan, I haven't seen you for a few days, how are you?" Ling'er was speaking. She looked at Liu Yixuan affectionately, and a pair of shallow dimples appeared on her cheeks.

"Ling'er! Why are you? Why are you here?" Liu Yixuan couldn't hide the joy in his heart and hurriedly ran over. He hadn't seen Ling'er these days. He was unwilling to eat and had no time to sleep at night. Today, he was so happy that he saw Ling'er coming.

"I have been in the palace for several days and thought it was still fun outside, so I told my mother that I would like to let me know and I could live with my aunt!" Ling'er said with a smile. In fact, she couldn't see her brother Xuan these days, and was always worried about her, so she begged the queen mother to let her come out.

"Is that so? You can live in our house forever in the future! This is so great!" Liu Yixuan was filled with joy.

The promotion said, "Princess, you don't know. Our grandfather can't see you these days. He doesn't want to have tea or food. He runs to the yard where you live all day long and dazed!"

When Ling'er heard this, she felt embarrassed to laugh.

Liu Yixuan quickly shouted to the promotion: "What are you talking nonsense? Who... Who doesn't care about food all day long? I have a good appetite, don't talk nonsense!" He smiled at Ling'er and said: "Don't listen to him nonsense. I'm worried that my sister will be angry with me. I will not be willing to pay attention to me in the future. I just want to accompany you well, but I don't have a chance. I'm worried about this... Haha, you know..."

After hearing this, Ling'er already understood what he meant. She was not like this. She hoped to be with her brother Xuan every day. No matter what happened, she always felt that she had spiritual support. She no longer regarded Liu Yixuan as a big brother like before, but wanted to regard him as a soul mate who could be trusted, relied on, and could be with him forever.

When Mrs. Fan knew that the princess was here, she had already cleaned up the courtyard where Ling'er lived before, and arranged a few mothers and girls to serve her. Liu Yixuan and Ling'er were inseparable from each other for a while. The relationship between the two was very different from the past.

After a little gossip, after more than ten days, Liu Yixuan took Ling'er to the suburbs to ride a horse and go out of the east gate, which was the suburbs of Bianliang. The water of the Bian River flowed out from west to east and slowly flowed towards the southeast.

Ling'er just learned how to ride a horse and fell in love with this sport. She held the reins and stepped on the stirrups, galloping like an innocent child in the fields outside the country.

Seeing that she was riding fast, Liu Yixuan was afraid that she would not be able to sit steadily, so she fell again and had to slam her horse from behind to chase her.

"Ling'er, please wait and sit firmly! Don't fall!"

"Brother Xuan, you can't catch up with me anymore. Come and chase me!" She turned around and shouted to Liu Yixuan, her voice as crisp as a silver bell.

"Ling'er, don't run away, I'm afraid I won't catch up with you anymore!" He lowered his head and said to his "Bronze Horse": "Brother, give me some strength and catch up with them!"

The horse ignored Liu Yixuan's request and continued to move at a constant speed.

Seeing that the city wall was getting farther and farther away, Liu Yixuan was afraid that he had already run out of more than ten miles, so he quickly shouted to Ling'er: "Ling'er, stop running forward, we should go back!"

Ling'er shouted to him: "Let me ride for a while, have you seen the village in front? I'll wait for you there!" Then he rushed to the village not far away.

Liu Yixuan looked east from the horse and saw several thatched huts, with trees like elm, willow, locust, and locust trees planted in front and behind the houses. There were smoke rising from the roofs of several families. It was lunch time. Liu Yixuan patted his mount a few times, wanting to catch up with Ling'er as soon as possible, for fear that she would encounter some accidents.

Liu Yixuan chased after him, but he had caught up with Ling'er at the entrance of the village. Ling'er had already gotten off the horse and was walking towards the river with his horse.

Liu Yixuan quickly jumped off the horse and followed closely.

"Ling'er, don't run around. What should I do if I encounter danger here? I'm really not obedient at all. I won't take you out to play in the future!"

"This is a village, there is no danger. I want to go to the river to release the horses. The horse was hungry after running for a long time." As he said that, he led the horse to the river.

Liu Yixuan looked around and found that it was indeed an open field. The wheat in the field had turned yellow and it was about to be harvested. The village was not big, with only a dozen families. There was a tall fruit wood forest in front of the village. There were several small paths in the forest to directly lead to the Bian River in front. The river surface here was much wider than in the city. Some willow trees were planted sparsely by the river. These willow trees grew up crookedly, hanging long willow branches to the clear river surface.

Liu Yixuan and Ling'er tied their horses to the willow trees by the river and walked a few steps along the river bank. After all, it was May. I felt the breeze gushing when I was riding my horse. Now I got off the horse and felt the scorching sun. Ling'er shouted to go to the shade of the trees by the river to enjoy the coolness, so Liu Yixuan had to come with him.

The two came to the bottom of a tall willow tree to enjoy the cool air. Liu Yixuan only cared about Ling'er, afraid that she would just think about playing and not look at the road surface and bump into it. It would definitely be difficult to explain when she got home.

"Brother Xuan, look, this tree is so ugly, its skin is cracked. Oh, there are ants, hurry up and leave here!" Ling'er pointed at the willow tree and was shocked.

At this time, Liu Yixuan looked up at the strange willow tree in front of him. Suddenly, he was stunned for a moment!

"Brother Xuan, what are you doing? There are a lot of ants here. Hurry up and leave this place. I hate ants!" Ling'er said while pulling Liu Yixuan's clothes, wanting him to leave this willow tree.

Liu Yixuan stared at the willow tree blankly for a long time without responding.

"Brother Xuan, what's wrong with you?" Ling'er shook Liu Yixuan's body, wondering why he was so dazed.

Liu Yixuan woke up from a dream and turned his face foolishly to look at Ling'er.

"Brother Xuan, what's wrong with you? Why are you so scared?"

"Ling... Ling'er, do you know... where this place is...?" Liu Yixuan pointed at the river bank blankly, his eyes as if he was dumb.

"This...is where I came to your Song Dynasty. This willow tree is the first thing I saw. I said why is it so familiar? I came from here! It's here!"

Liu Yixuan firmly affirmed his memories. This place was where he changed from Zhao Xiaojian to Liu Yixuan. He couldn't figure out why this was. The only thing he knew was that this was the starting point of his journey to the Northern Song Dynasty.

"Brother Xuan, what are you talking about? Have you been here before?" Ling'er asked him with her head tilted.

"Ling'er, haven't I told you that I'm not from your Song Dynasty. I came to your Song Dynasty after peeking at the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". This place is the place I saw when I first came to your Song Dynasty. Did you see this stone? I was sleeping on this stone at that time, and my butt hurts so much!" Liu Yixuan said, pointing at the bluestone slab under the willow tree, as if he understood something.

"You are really not from our Song Dynasty? Why can't I understand?"

"This is true. I didn't lie to you. I woke up and was here. I looked around and saw only the woods here. I didn't see a few families behind the woods. This place is very strange. There must be some secrets. Otherwise, how could I travel to this place all at once? No, I got the village to ask and see what's going on!"

Liu Yixuan said that, and walked towards the village to the north. Seeing that he was so panicked, Ling'er had to follow him tightly.

After passing through the fruit wood forest, we came to the entrance of the village again. More than a dozen families were not far apart. Every family was called by the fences, and chickens and dogs heard each other. Liu Yixuan and Ling'er walked towards the village and only picked up the door of the entrance of the village and knocked on it.

"Bang bang bang!" Liu Yixuan picked up a wooden stick and hit the fence at the door, but saw a white-haired old man walking out of the thatched hut.

"Hello, old man, we want to ask you something!" Liu Yixuan shouted into the door.

The old man was slow to move and came to open the door with a cane. "Who is here, here!"

The old man thought it was his son who was back, but when he opened the door, he saw that it was two strangers.

"What are you?" The old man looked at the appearance of the two, and he had never seen them before.

"Old man, we came from Bianliang City. I want to ask you about something?"

"Oh, it turns out that it is the young master from the city. Please come in quickly, please come in quickly!"

Liu Yixuan hurriedly thanked him and followed the old man to the yard. The old man shouted to the room again: "Old woman, the guest is here, don't clean up, pour the pot of water quickly!"

Liu Yixuan hurriedly thanked: "No need to worry, we are not thirsty!"

I saw an old lady walking out of the house. The old lady was wearing an apron. She thought she had just had lunch and was packing her things. When she saw someone coming, she rushed over to greet her.

The old man said, "These two nobles who have been established have said they want to inquire about something, so you can boil some water!"

After hearing this, the old lady quickly agreed and said, "It turns out that I came from the city, I'll go boiling water now!"

Liu Yixuan hurriedly stopped him, unwilling to cause trouble for their family, but the old couple was hospitalized and insisted on boiling some water. Liu Yixuan had to be hospitable. There was a small table in the yard, and Liu Yixuan and Ling'er sat down next to the small table. Ling'er had never been to the homes of ordinary people. When he saw this yard, he felt something new and wanted to have fun, but he saw Liu Yixuan looking anxious. I guess he really had to figure out something in his heart, so he had to sit with him and listen.

"I don't know what this young man wants to ask the old man about it. As long as the old man knows it, he will tell you the truth." The old man stroked his beard and said peacefully.

"Old man, I want to ask you about the willow tree in the south of your village, which is the thick tree with cracked skin."

"What? Willow? Why is it that willow tree again?" The old man was very confused when he heard this, and the wrinkles on his forehead suddenly rolled up.

"Why? Someone has asked you about this tree?" Liu Yixuan also felt strange. Could it be that this willow tree has so many secrets? Who has also come to inquire about this willow tree? It is:

One wave has not yet subsided, and the thousand-year-old ancient trees have mysteries!

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