Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 17: No Demon City (1)
The wilderness is vast, and the falling snow is colorful.

A passerby knocked on the door of the inn on a snowy night, and a young man dressed as an officer walked out of the door, looked at his passing documents, and let him in.

The inn was as warm as spring, and the charcoal fire was fully burned, which made the travelers very satisfied, and even though it was a snowy winter night, there were still many guests in the dining hall drinking and having fun.

He ordered a catty of roasted beef and a jar of rice wine, and ate and drank to his heart's content.But while eating, the middle-aged businessman felt that the rest of the guests were extremely dazzling, because they were all wearing summer robes in the cold winter.

There was even a young and beautiful flower girl, carrying a bamboo basket, shuttled among the guests.

At that time, people liked hairpin flowers, and bright red peonies were in full bloom in the girl's basket, which was so fresh and tender that it was lovable.He curiously stopped the flower girl, wanting to buy a flower in her basket.

"Guests take it well, this flower is a bit heavy."

He reached out to take it, the flower was really heavy, bright red and dazzling, he could hardly hold it with one hand.

The girl gave him a seductive look, with strands of blue hair hanging down her cheeks, and at this moment, the traveler saw another scene through her dark pupils.

The lanterns in the inn have long been dilapidated, the waiters and guests are all ragged bones, and the black eyes of the skeletons are silently staring at him.

He looked at the flower in his hand, only to see that the red flower had withered, and a white branch appeared, which turned out to be a human upper arm bone.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh), it's clearly a monster's lair."The flower girl smiled coquettishly, stretched out her slender hand, and grabbed his neck.

The snow fell one after another, and the sky was on the ground.

一
After Shen Xing's death, Wang Zijin stayed in Tokyo for a few days, drinking to soothe his worries every day, always unable to cheer up.

It was late autumn at this time, and the desolate autumn rain was flying outside the window, and the traces of rain seemed to cool people's hearts.Fei Xiao still sat by the window drinking and eating chicken with a smile on her face. She was dressed in a white dress with silk gauze, and a few ink bamboos were uniquely painted on the neckline and sleeves, making her even more handsome.

Seeing his relaxed posture, the prince felt desolate in his heart.

Is it really that I am too naive?It is inevitable that people will die eventually, but why should they be sad?But as he thought about it, tears flowed from his eyes.

Shen Xing's smile seemed to emerge from the rain curtain again.

I was in a daze, but I heard the servant in the guest room shout: "Young Master Wang, a letter from home has arrived."

Wang Zijin ran to the door in a hurry, gave the boy some tipping money, opened the family letter, and Fei Xiao also craned her neck curiously to read.

Wang Zijin only glanced at it twice, then put the family book aside with a dejected look on his face.

"Zi Jin, what did the letter say?"

"What else can I have? Tell me not to stay in Tokyo for too long after the scientific examination, and get married quickly when I go back." Wang Zijin replied listlessly.

"What?" Fei Xiao's eyes widened, "People at your age already have children around their knees, but you haven't even settled on a marriage."

"Of course," Wang Zijin said triumphantly, "How can ordinary vulgar fans get into my eyes?"

"Zi Jin, let me ask you, do you look like Pan An?"

"No." He answered simply and neatly.

"Then you have Song Yu's talent?"

"Not to mention, just look at the paper I answered." Wang Zijin looked impatient.

"Then how can you find a peerless beauty?"

"Anyway, I would rather be short than excessive. If I want to marry an ordinary village girl, I might as well not marry for the rest of my life."

Seeing that it didn't make sense to him, Fei Xiao shook her head and ignored him. It seemed that she had to find a marriage for him before she could leave with peace of mind.

The day when the rankings are released is approaching in a blink of an eye, Wang Zijin is naturally not on the rankings, but his classmate Dao Ran, it is true as Fei Xiao said, high school seniors can return home in good clothes.

The prince came back from reading the list, very happy, "Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, you are right, Dao Ran has a bright future."

Feixiao wondered: "Then your name should not be on the list, why are you so happy?"

"Do you remember what you said to me on the ferry that day?"

"Ferry?" Fei Xiao rubbed her fan against her head, obviously forgetting everything.

"You said that I will be able to find a beautiful wife in this life, it seems that this statement is true." Wang Zijin's face was full of longing smiles.

Fei Xiao felt chilled when she heard that, she said that just to comfort him that day, but she didn't expect this idiot to take it seriously.

"Zi Jin, that fortune-telling is just a child's play, it really shouldn't be..."

Before he finished speaking, he was already packing his luggage, "Maybe my good luck is not far away, you and I will leave quickly, I want to leave Tokyo, have some fun, maybe I can meet a beautiful woman."

Prince Jin acted vigorously and checked out just after noon.Before the two left, they went to Shen Xing's tomb to bid farewell.

But seeing that Taozhi was sluggish and sleepy, it was obvious that he couldn't live, Wang Zijin couldn't help being sad when he saw it, and said in a low voice: "I'm leaving Tokyo City, I will settle down in the future, I will definitely come to pick you up, you have to wait for me."

"Zi Jin, did you leave in such a hurry because you were afraid of being sad?" Fei Xiao asked upon seeing this.

"Where, I just want to see the world while I'm young." Wang Zijin said, picked up his luggage and left without looking back, his back was thin in the cold wind, lonely and sad.

After leaving Tokyo City, Wang Zijin's spirit gradually improved, and the two walked for more than ten days without incident.The weather was getting colder day by day, and it was very cold by boat, so we had to go back by land instead.

Fei Xiao paid for two horses, and the two traveled day and night.

One day, it was getting late and I couldn't find a place to stay. I saw the wilderness and the cold wind.Wang Zijin couldn't help becoming anxious, "It is said that this station should be nearby, why can't I find it no matter what?"

"It's not the way to go around like this all the time, let's ask someone else." Fei Xiao turned her horse's head and ran forward.

Prince Jin saw that Feihong's horse was running so fast, it turned into a white spot in a short while, the surrounding night was dark and the wind was blowing, he couldn't help being afraid, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait for me." He hurriedly rode after him.

After chasing for a while, seeing Fei Xiao waiting for him in front of a dilapidated hut with a horse, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and finally found a place.

The two went to knock on the door of the thatched hut together, but there was no response after knocking for a long time, the door was not locked, and it opened with a push.

Seeing that the hut was covered with dust, as if no one had lived in it for a long time, Wang Zijin couldn't help but said happily: "Fei Xiao, you and I found a good place to stay for free today."

As soon as the words fell, an old voice came from the dark: "Who said you can stay for free? Didn't the old man ever exist?"

The voice was ethereal and unreal, as if it came from far away, startled Wang Zijin, and hurriedly said: "Prince Jianghuai, come in, this room is polite."

The old man looked very unhappy, "Why isn't the other one talking?"

Wang Zijin hastily tugged on Feixiao's sleeves, but he heard Feixiao say: "A mayfly little demon, how many etiquettes do you have to say?"

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Why is it a monster again?Wang Zijin's heart couldn't help but feel cold, since he knew Feihong, he had hardly dealt with living people, and he didn't know if it was because of his bad luck, or if so many ghosts were caused by Feihong.

"Hehe, you have good eyesight." The voice in the corner said with a smile.

The prince hurriedly turned on the fire, and found that the room was empty, only a few pieces of broken furniture, and there was no one at all.

"You kid, why don't you start a fire if you have nothing to do, do you want to kill the old man?" The voice was very angry.

Feixiao hastily blew out the fire with one breath, "He is too young to see the light, so don't bother him." Said Bi cupped his hands and asked, "The two of us have traveled so far and have no intention of disturbing, just looking for a place to stay. Where is it, can you point me in the direction?"

"That's right." Wang Zijin asked curiously, "There is obviously a post here, why is it missing?"

"Stay station? Yes, there was a post station in the past..." The voice sounded very desolate, with a bit of crying.

"Where did the station go?" Fei Xiao asked.

"Young master is so bright and wise, why don't you know where the post station is? Where the young master is standing is the post station, and I am the guard at the gate of the post station."

Wang Zijin couldn't help feeling cold all over his body. It seems that the end of this station is definitely not good. Sure enough, the voice continued: "Three years ago, bandits ran rampant and destroyed this bustling station overnight. All officers, soldiers and residents, They were all killed by the bandits."

"Then what? The government doesn't care about this?"

"Of course I don't care. How can such a big matter be ignored? Later, officers and soldiers were sent to suppress the bandits, but the mountain is so big, how could it be an easy task? It took more than a year to get rid of the bandits. The chaos subsided, the bandit was arrested, and the Fa was executed here to vent public anger, but here, too many people died, and the evil spirit was too heavy..." As he spoke, he couldn't help sobbing.

"Don't be sad, let's go on." Wang Zijin said hastily.

"Later, the station was rebuilt here, but there were always evil spirits haunting and eating people, so nothing happened..."

"What?" Wang Zijin and Feixiao couldn't help being anxious, seeing that it was getting late, and the hut was so simple, where should they go to lodge?

"Don't be in a hurry..." the old guard continued, "There is a small town five miles to the southwest, you can go there to rest."

After hearing this, Fei Xiao quickly thanked her, seeing that it was getting late, she was about to go out to lead the horse.

"My lord, you have to think carefully, there is nothing unclean in that city..."

"What do you mean by that?" Fei Xiao was displeased.

"Young master and I are different. There is a very famous Taoist temple in that city. The Taoist leader in the temple is extremely powerful. It is because of him that this city is free from evil spirits. Once you enter the city, I am afraid More bad luck than good..."

"Hehe, you underestimate me too." Fei Xiao chuckled lightly, pulled the prince to enter, opened the door and left.

He turned back to the man in the hut and said, "Don't miss this place, hurry up and reincarnate, and be a human again in the next life."

Loud laughter came from the hut, "I'm leaving, who will guide the passers-by..."

Afterwards, there was only a soft sound of the night wind, and there was no more sound.

"Zijin, let's go." Seeing the darkness of the night, Fei Xiao urged him impatiently.

"Hey? Are you really going to the Demon-Free City? Are you afraid that someone will take you in?" Wang Zijin asked worriedly.

Fei Xiao immediately raised her eyebrows and smiled at him, "Is it that easy to take me in? I don't know who took who!" After saying that, she took the lead and ran ahead.

Wang Zijin looked at his white back, which was particularly eye-catching in the dark night, like a boat drifting in the deep sea, which seemed to be swallowed by the whirlpool at any time.

For some reason, an ominous premonition rose in my heart.

three

The two of them hurried on, and in less than a quarter of an hour, clusters of jumping lights appeared in front of them, and there was indeed a small city standing in the night.

"Here we are." Fei Xiao reined in her horse and stopped.

I saw a tall gatehouse in front of the two of them, with the words "Dufeng" written on the brick wall, which was majestic and quite impressive.

"The name of this city is really interesting." Fei Xiao couldn't help shaking her head and laughing.

"How interesting? Is this the meaning of wishing for the prosperity of all things?" Wang Zijin felt that the name was very auspicious.

"Didn't Zijin call it 'Fengdu' without hearing about the legendary ghost city? This city's name 'Dufeng' is obviously doing the opposite, implying that there are no ghosts in this city."

"Oh." Only then did Wang Zijin suddenly realize that the city of Dufeng is really unusual. In the dark of night, the city gates are wide open, and there are no guards, showing a confident attitude.

"It's so big, I'd like to see who is sitting here." Fei Xiao smiled resolutely, and galloped into the city.

The prince saw him and hurriedly followed him.

The streets in the city were brightly lit and bustling, and there were hawkers in the night market selling seasonal fruits and vegetables as well as homemade cloth. If the prosperity of Tokyo City was like a palace in the sky, then the bustle was closer to that of ordinary people.

When Wang Zijin and Feixiao saw it, they couldn't help but marvel: "I didn't expect this small town to be so prosperous."

A peddler nearby heard this and said with a smile, "You two are new here, so you don't know anything about it."

"Could there be something bright here?" Wang Zijin asked hastily.

"There is no Ming Tang, but the feng shui here is very good." The peddler pointed to the direction the two came from, "It used to be a post station over there, and there were too many murders in the past, so the surrounding towns also declined."

"Is this city the only exception?" Fei Xiao asked.

"That's right, because there is a very famous 'Qingyun Guan' in this city, the Taoist priest inside is very powerful, ordinary ghosts dare not come to commit crimes, it is very safe, and doing business is also smooth sailing, so the richest man in this city, the surrounding The towns are organized, and this place becomes more prosperous day by day, becoming a well-known goods distribution center in this area."

"So that's how it is." After hearing this, the two of them suddenly realized that Du Fengcheng got rich because of the misfortune of the post station.

Seeing that it was getting late, the two hurriedly asked the hawker for the direction of the inn, and they wanted to stay overnight.

As usual, Fei Xiao found another expensive inn, still asking for a bed with brocade quilts, Wang Zijin shook his head repeatedly, obviously he was just a fox, but he was so happy to enjoy it.

"Let's go around tomorrow." The moon was high that night, and Fei Xiao was drinking and eating chicken again.

Wang Zijin was surprised and said: "If we don't hurry up, why are we staying here?"

"This city is really evil, I want to go to that Taoist temple to find out the truth."

Wang Zijin couldn't help sweating secretly, "Fei Xiao, let's hurry up and leave, why do you have to get involved with those bull noses?"

"I just want to see what such a powerful person looks like."

"It's not good for this city to be prosperous. You just say that it's an evil place. Isn't it evil if it's in ruins?"

Fei Xiao raised her eyebrows and smiled slightly, her handsome face shone brightly under the lamp, her handsome smile was full of cunning, she didn't know what she was planning.

The prince couldn't persuade him when he went to see him, so he could only go to rest in disappointment.But seeing the shadow of the moon outside the window was hazy, like the unpredictable future of the two of them, he was extremely uneasy, and only hoped that the two of them could walk out of this pure land on earth safely.

At noon the next day, Wang Zijin and Feixiao walked out of the inn, but they saw that the sun was shining brightly and warmly outside, and it didn't look like an autumn day. I thought it was warm spring.

The two of them were strolling on the street and saw a few little Taoist priests along the way. It seemed that the Taoist temple in this city did have a lot of influence.After walking for a while, nothing unusual happened, so I found a tea shop to rest.

"Fei Xiao, don't you want to go to see the Taoist temple? When do you want to go?" Wang Zijin asked as soon as he sat down.

"It's not in a hurry, I'll wait until the old Taoist invites me." Fei Xiao replied with a smile while drinking tea.

Wang Zijin hurriedly lowered his voice and said, "You are a fox demon, how could he invite you? It is more serious not to let people find out."

"Hee hee, it's too late. The old Daoist has already set up a barrier in this city. As soon as I stepped in, he knew about it." Fei Xiao even raised her eyebrows proudly.

"Ah?" Wang Zijin couldn't help being impatient when he heard this, "Then what should we do? Let's leave quickly."

Unexpectedly, Fei Xiao smiled slightly, and pointed forward with her jade hand, "Look quickly, the person who welcomes me is here."

Wang Zijin hurriedly looked back and saw a few young Taoist priests, wearing blue-gray Taoist robes, walking towards them in a hurry, he couldn't help crying in his heart.

four

Those young Taoists walked up to the two of them and clasped their fists together, "My Taoist priest invites you to come to the temple for a brief talk."

On the contrary, they are respectful and polite.

Wang Zijin couldn't help worrying, he was fine, what if something happened to Fei Xiao?If that Taoist is really bad for Fei Xiao, he will try his best to save him!
Unexpectedly, Fei Xiao sat on the chair carelessly, without even moving her buttocks, "Why don't I ask your family head to come by yourself? It's just a few of you, do you still want to invite me?"

"You..." The little Taoist priests were very angry and clenched their fists, but they didn't dare to attack.

"Hee hee, it must be when you were going out, the old man told you not to confront me head-on." Fei Xiao phoenix eyes slanted slightly, and she smiled triumphantly again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard a crisp male voice: "Who said I'm an old man?"

Wang Zijin quickly looked behind the Taoist priests, only to see a handsome and heroic Taoist in purple clothes standing under the autumn sun.

He has a modest smile and bright eyes, but he is a young talent, only 27 or [-] years old.

(End of this chapter)