I Shall Seal the Heavens

In the north of Zhao State, Daqing Mountain, in the autumn season, most of the vines on the mountain are dry, and the fallen leaves fall to the river below the mountain. I don’t know if it will be incorporated into the Tianhe Sea like the gourds back then, and float to the Eastern Land of Tang Dynasty.

There are three counties at the foot of Daqing Mountain, among which Yunjie County is the most prosperous, the county is not big, but it is very lively, if it is a market day on weekdays, people from the nearby mountain villages gather, making this place full of people.

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

Walking on the familiar streets, passing houses and shops, and walking in the mortal world, Meng Hao thought of too many past events. This place has his childhood memories, his childhood loneliness, and his persistence in studying. , has his unforgettable past.

"This is Miss Sun's boudoir..." Meng Hao walked outside a large courtyard. When he looked around, the once high wall there seemed to be a little shorter now. He remembered that behind the high wall was the Sun family. The lady's residence, here in the early years, used to be a place of his fantasy.

He fantasized many times whether he would one day be favored by Sun Yuanwai, and he would marry the legendary Miss Sun's family who was as beautiful as a fairy to be his wife.

Now three years have passed, it doesn't seem long, but Meng Hao feels like a lifetime away.

He shook his head with emotion, and when he was about to leave, suddenly the door of Sun's house opened, and when he was carried out in a sedan chair, Meng Hao paused. When he visited this compound many times in the past, he wanted to see that The impulsiveness of Ms. Sun's face, at this moment, her gaze was like lightning, and she saw an obese woman sitting in the ups and downs of the wind-blown curtain. This woman had many spots on her face and was not very old. , which made Meng Hao stunned for a moment after reading it.

If it weren't for Meng Hao, the maid next to this woman, who had some impressions, he would never have believed that she was Miss Sun's family.

After a long time, when the sedan chair went away, Meng Hao stamped his feet, feeling extremely regretful in his heart.

"I destroyed the lover of my dreams with my own hands... The sages are right, don't look at evil, don't look at it, don't look at it." Meng Hao shook his head, with a regretful look on his face, and walked into the distance.

Until noon, Meng Hao stared blankly at a small house not far away. The house looked very dilapidated, and there were already people living in it, and there were bursts of noise coming from the house.

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

All these scenes of the past came to Meng Hao's mind, and Meng Hao stood there until dusk.

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

The sound of knocking on the door stopped the noise that had been arguing inside for an afternoon. After a while, the door was slammed open from the inside. A middle-aged man with a weathered face looked at Meng Hao with a frown.

"Who are you looking for, what is it?"

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

"You..." The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, and looked carefully at Meng Hao for a few times, and suddenly there was disbelief in his eyes.

"Meng Hao? You... you're missing, come in quickly." The middle-aged man showed surprise on his face, and dragged Meng Hao into the room.

"Old lady, 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, she raised her head and saw Meng Hao.

I was also taken aback for a moment, and quickly got up, with surprise in my eyes.

"It's really Meng Hao..."

"You child, you left without saying a word back then. Let your aunt take a look. I haven't seen you in the past few years. You have grown taller. Alas, you are still so thin. You must have suffered a lot these years." He hurried forward and looked at Meng Hao with joy in his eyes, he had long forgotten the quarrel all afternoon.

"Sit down quickly. Auntie will cook some dishes for you. 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. Looking at Meng Hao kindly, he glared at the man and went to the kitchen.

Not long after, a table of dishes was served. Meng Hao looked at the husband and wife in front of him, saw the kindness in their expressions, and thought that after his parents disappeared, if it weren't for the help of Uncle Li and Aunt Li, he would have had a harder time. .

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

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

Hearing the words of the couple in front of him, Meng Hao felt very warm in his heart. He only said that he had gone to other places to study art, and did not elaborate until the meal was over. Meng Hao got up and bowed deeply to the two.

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

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

"You are right, this is left to you by your parents, this house is yours, but you Uncle Li and I are old, since you said, we will live here.

We don’t want silver, we watched you grow up, like our own children, how can we ask for your silver. Aunt Li put the silver in Meng Hao's hands and said decisively.

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

He didn't live here, but took some things from home in his memory, bid farewell to the couple in the middle of the night, turned around and walked into the night, he didn't take the money, but put it on the bed.

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

"I am no longer a mortal person, but I have thoughts that are difficult to cut off. Since I can't cut them off, let's stay..." Meng Hao closed his eyes in silence.

In the early morning of the next day, Meng Hao found the Wang family's carpenter's shop in Yunjie County. He saw the old Uncle Wang sitting there in a daze with his wrinkled face. There was a wooden carving in front of him. For Wang Youcai, one could see the unstoppable sadness hidden in Uncle Wang's expression.

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

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

Sensing that someone was coming, Uncle Wang raised his head, but when he saw Meng Hao, he was taken aback, rubbed his eyes carefully, and immediately stood up trembling.

"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 disappear together back then? Where is he..." Uncle Wang always remembered the days when Wang Youcai disappeared, and Meng Hao from Yunjie County also disappeared. Seeing Meng Hao at this moment, he was immediately excited.

"Brother Youcai still can't come back now, let me send a message to tell you that he will come back in a few years, don't worry, Brother Youcai is doing well." Meng Hao said with a smile, holding Uncle Wang sat on the chair and accompanied him to say this. During the period, when he talked about that year, he only said that he was taken away to learn art, but Wang Youcai was very smart, and he did not come back because he studied art more deeply.

Tears of excitement flowed from Uncle Wang's eyes. He nodded repeatedly after listening to Meng Hao's words, and even the wrinkles on his face seemed to loosen a little, especially when Meng Hao said all the interesting things, which made him smile.

"That kid has been smart since he was a child. He didn't want to learn carpentry from me. He was thinking about other things all day long. It's a good thing that he can go out and learn art." Uncle Wang smiled more and more happily. Hao did not stay, and left here while Uncle Wang personally sent him off.

Xiao Hu and Xiao Fatty, they are not from Yunjie County, but in two nearby counties. Meng Hao is not very familiar with Xiao Hu's place, and the other party should be fine, but Meng Hao has to go to the other party's home in Xiao Fatty's place. Report safe.

Thinking that the little fat man might have arrived in the Southern Region, Meng Hao felt a little emotional.

At noon that day, Meng Hao went to look for Zhou Yuanwai, but he couldn't find it. After searching, he found out that Zhou Yuanwai's family had left here more than half a year ago, and it is said that they moved to the capital of Zhao State. Yunjie County.

There are memories of his past here, but Meng Hao knew that from the moment he stepped into the backer sect, his own path was in the entire Zhao country and in the entire southern region.

He left silently, only carrying some pots and bedding in the storage bag. Those pots and pans were bought by his father in the past, and those beddings were sewn by his mother in the past. To Meng Hao, these are extremely precious.

Among the three counties below 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, although it is not as prosperous, but because of the large area around it, there are many wealthy people, especially a few wealthy people, and they also have a lot of property in other counties.

Fatty's father is the well-known rich man Li in Yunkai County. According to Fatty's triumphant statement, there are hundreds of long-term workers in his family, and it takes an hour to walk through the yard at home. There are many more.

His chamber pots are all made of silver, and his bedding is bought from the capital of the Zhao Kingdom. He also had maids to warm his bed since he was a child, and he continued to do so when he grew up. As for the marriage he has been obsessed with, according to him, it was a lady from a well-known scholarly family in Yunkai County. .

Thinking of the smug expression of the little fat man back then, Meng Hao smiled and walked into Yunkai County.