She breathed a sigh of relief and turned eastward along the bare and white path under her feet. Before leaving, she noticed with her peripheral vision that the words on the tombstone closest to her seemed to be a little darker than the words on the other tombstones.
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She bowed to the owner of the tombstone again with awe, "I'm offended." Then, she slowly approached and found that the name engraved on the tombstone was not written in cinnabar, but more like dried blood.
"Li Yuan?" She whispered the name on the monument.
Her forehead suddenly felt a brief sting. The drunkenness made her put aside her curiosity for the time being and returned to the original path.
After about a hundred steps, the mountain lake came into view. The sparkling lake surface emitted a dazzling light like a gem. It was surrounded by rocks of different sizes, the tallest one was three feet high, which looked both hidden and safe.
Jin Yunlan took off her coat and jumped into the lake wearing an autumn-colored gauze lining.
The lake water was cool in May. She was at ease in the middle of the lake, like a soft mermaid enjoying herself in the water.
She loved the feeling of being surrounded by water. She often felt that she might have been a mermaid swimming freely in the sea in her previous life. She would rush out of the water from time to time and sing long and long songs with her friends on the rocks surrounded by splashes of water.
It feels so free, I really want to stay here forever.
On the other side, Li Zhi waited and saw that the sun was almost reaching its highest point, but Miss Jinyun was still nowhere to be seen.
It's been almost an hour, and I think I need to wash and shed my skin.
It couldn't have been an accident.
He couldn't sit still anymore, threw away the saw in his hand, got up and went to the mountain heart lake to find someone. He took a shortcut and arrived soon.
To avoid offending, he stood at a distance and called Jin Yunlan's name several times in the direction of Shanxin Lake.
There was no response except his own echo.
A bad premonition came to mind. Maybe I lost my footing and drowned. Although the water level here is only waist high, people who are not familiar with water may also drown.
He called her name and approached the lake.
The surface of the lake was calm, with only a few leaves falling causing ripples on the surface. He glanced around and saw no one.
At her feet were the clothes she had changed out of and the neatly folded clean clothes. He touched the dryness and heat of the two clothes and guessed that she had been in them for more than half an hour.
"Jinyunlan! Are you still alive?" He frowned and called to the lake.
A leaf swayed left and right in the air and fell. The moment it touched the water surface, water splashed half a foot high in the middle of the lake. A light and delicate figure rushed out of the water among countless crystal clear water drops. She closed her eyes and was in the center of the waves.
The splashing water and flying water drops seemed to be stagnant at this moment, willingly becoming her foil.
The water splash disappeared, the hazy cover dissipated, and her true appearance was revealed. Her body was covered with a layer of gauze as thin as cicada wings, and her snow-white skin was revealed from the tiny gauze holes.
Her glossy black hair hangs down smoothly, and the ends of her hair float on the water, spreading out to the outside. Her unadorned face is hung with clear water drops, and under the sunlight, it seems to be dotted with the gorgeous scales of a mermaid.
Shining with dazzling brilliance.
The rocks of different heights around her seemed to have deliberately trapped her. She floated half of her body alone in the middle of the lake, like a mermaid who longed for freedom but had to be delayed in the shallows.
Li Zhi was stunned for a moment.
He suddenly understood why the legendary Cowherd stole the Weaver Girl's clothes when he saw her for the first time.
You must have seen this scene.
"You must have soaked in it for too long." He looked away and complained.
Jin Yunlan's cheerful laughter came: "I'm sorry. It's just that the water temperature here is really comfortable. I had a good swim and lost track of time. Now I'm up."
Li Zhi turned around and left. After walking calmly for dozens of steps, he suddenly stopped and reached out to cover his hot cheeks.
Seeing him walking away, Jin Yunlan leaned down again and immersed the part below her chin in the water. The cool lake water enveloped her again. She felt nostalgic and secretly said: "This is a rare opportunity, let's swim one last lap."
After speaking, she buried herself in the lake again.
After a while, she reluctantly went ashore and put on a white dress. It was difficult to dry her wet long hair, so she had to wet the rocks on the shore and wash them, and then spread her long hair on the flat surface of the rocks.
Cover your face with a handkerchief and let the sun dry it naturally.
By the time she finished dressing up, it was already time for a stick of incense.
She hurried back to the front mountain. It was already noon, smoke was coming from every house, and the aroma of rice hit her face. She was in an inexplicably good mood. Does this mean that she had really helped these people? But then she thought about it, which caused their tragedy
It was also the Jinyun clan. Even though he was a descendant, he could not escape the blame, so his happiness was quickly covered up by guilt.
She trotted back to Li Zhi's home and saw Li Tang eating, but Li Zhi was nowhere to be seen. She stood at the door, leaned in and asked, "Where is Li Zhi?"
Li Tang squinted at the woman standing in the light source. For a moment, he mistakenly thought he saw his mother. He quickly recovered and walked up to her in a friendly manner to guide her, "Xiao Zhi, he is waiting for you in the ancestral hall.
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Jin Yunlan smiled and thanked him, and then trotted away with her skirt in hand like a young girl who couldn't wait to see her lover.
Li Tang looked at her back and sighed with emotion, "What a pity. Why is he from the Jinyun tribe?"
When he was about to arrive at his destination, Jin Yunlan slowed down his fast pace and walked dignifiedly.
The ancestral hall is a place where families and tribes store the spiritual tablets and spirits of their ancestors. It is extremely solemn and solemn and should not be treated lightly.
No wonder Li Zhi specially asked her to bathe in the front lake. How could she meet her ancestors when she was covered in mud and filth?
She stood at the door, and only after Li Zhi finished offering incense and kowtowing devoutly, she coughed lightly to attract his attention.
Li Zhi turned around slowly, with a solemn and distant look on his face, "Come in." There was a majesty in his deep voice that could not be refused.
Jin Yunlan picked up her skirt and stepped in gently.
Somehow, as soon as she entered the door, a strange aura immediately filled the entire hall.
The smoke from the three incense sticks on the incense burner floated in three different directions, as if there were three invisible hands pulling the direction of the three wisps of smoke.
The weather outside the door changed again, and it became overcast in the blink of an eye. A strange wind surged into the door, shuttled through the hall, caressed the tablets of each Li family ancestor, and then rushed towards her heavily.
She felt an extreme resentment turn into two invisible hands, one clenched into a fist and hit her abdomen, and the other spread its fingers to hold her head.
She was beaten and torn apart by these two invisible forces, but she had no power to fight back.
She roared in pain like thunder, as if a hurricane was roaring in her mind, sweeping away her consciousness, while a three-flavor true fire was ignited in her belly, burning her internal organs and roasting her heart.
Just when she thought she was going to die from this pain, she suddenly woke up.
Li Zhi in front of her was frowning, looking solemnly at her, covering her stomach and head for no reason, and roaring heart-breakingly.
She looked back at the weather outside the door. The sun was shining brightly. The three wisps of white smoke in front of her were also curling upward.
But the painful taste seemed to still remain in her body, refusing to dissipate for a long time until the last bit of blood was drained from her face.
Li Zhi secretly guessed her reaction and understood. He waited for him to calm down for a while before he said: "Jinyunlan, the feud between Li and Jinyun has lasted for thousands of years. Although you are the first one to apologize to us in these thousands of years.
But with empty words and just a few beautiful words, I can't believe your sincerity."
"Then what do you want me to do?" Jin Yunlan asked feebly.
Li Zhi pointed to the memorial tablets in the hall and said to her: "Kneel down and kowtow three times in front of the memorial tablets of our ancestors of the Li family."
Jin Yunlan naturally knew what her kneeling meant.
She is the daughter of the Jinyun clan, and now she has joined the Jinyun clan. Although she has not yet taken on a major position, her words and deeds are closely related to Jinyun.
It is easy for her to kneel down, and it is not difficult for her to confess her sins in front of the memorial tablet of the Li family's ancestors. She is already ready to wake up. But her actions alone cannot represent the attitude of Jinyun as a whole. But someone has to take the first step, and she is very
I'm glad that she became the first person, but it's sad that the first person didn't appear until now.
It was their fault in the first place. No matter how much time passes, an apology cannot be absent.
She nodded resolutely to Li Zhi, and then walked forward. She moved the futon away, smoothed her dress, and then knelt down on the hard ground.
The moment her bent knees touched the ground, there was a sudden storm outside, lightning and thunder. The thunder roared in the sky, as if it was expressing the grievances on behalf of thousands of Li's heroes.
Jin Yunlan's mind was surprisingly calm. She ignored the strange and changeable weather and did not wonder whether the strange climate was related to her behavior at the moment. She just calmly and solemnly stretched out her palms and crossed them, touching the ground, in front of Li's
The ancestors kowtowed three times in a row without any hesitation.
Every time she knocked, thunder would explode above her head.
After she kowtowed three times, she straightened up, clasped her hands together, and said sincerely and sincerely: "I, Jinyunlan, hereby acknowledge the evil deeds committed by the Jinyun family, and sincerely apologize to the entire Li family. I wish you the best.
The souls of the dead rest in peace and may reach bliss early.”
After her words fell, everything inside and outside the palace returned to silence.
Jin Yunlan looked back and found that people from the Li clan were gathered outside the ancestral hall. They all stared at her with complicated expressions, some strange, some worried, some wary. All these eyes flew towards her, making her ashamed.
It’s hard to handle, and there’s no place to be embarrassed.
She couldn't help but look at Li Zhi for help, hoping that he could say something to ease the tense and tense atmosphere.
Li Zhi solemnly took a step forward and said loudly to his tribesmen who did not know the truth: "This woman is from the Jinyun tribe. Just now she admitted the sins of the Jinyun tribe and knelt down to apologize to us."
The heavy expressions on everyone's faces were not relieved, but instead became more complicated.
Jin Yunlan found it even more difficult to deal with herself, especially when she faced the innocent eyes of the children. She really couldn't open her mouth to tell them that she was not a fairy sister at all, but a descendant of a feud that had harmed them for many years.
Li Qiang carefully stepped into the hall in front of everyone. He came to her step by step. She was not tall, only a little taller than the kneeling Jin Yunlan. She opened her big, clear and bright eyes and looked straight at her.
Stare at her.
Jin Yunlan's bitter mouth trembled twice uncontrollably. She lowered her head in shame.
Li Qiang's warm palms covered her cheeks, held her face up, and said childishly: "My father said that if you correct your mistakes, you will be a good child. If you apologize, we will be good friends from now on.
"She gave her a big, innocent smile.
Jin Yunlan burst into tears immediately, and two lines of hot tears slipped into Li Qiang's warm palm.
Li Qiang put her head into his arms and kept stroking the top of her head like an elder, "Don't cry, don't cry."
Jin Yunlan hugged her and cried bitterly.
That day, the three words "I'm sorry" resounded through the hall and spread for a long time. This chapter has been completed!