Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 36
But his question was not answered, for a hurrying figure was walking towards them through the dark night.

It was the carpenter Zhou Tianwang.

"I'm really sorry." Fei Xiao stood up and apologized as soon as she saw him, "The two of us tried our best to talk, but we couldn't complete what Master Zhou asked us to do."

"She doesn't want to leave, does she?" Zhou Tianwang was eagerly gearing up, "What should I do?"

"This woman pretending to be your wife seems to be looking for something. If Brother Zhou knows what it is, you might as well give it to her, and send her away. It's good to have another peace of mind."

"But I don't know what she wants!" Zhou Tianwang immediately frowned, "Besides, the neighbors around think she is my wife, so I can't drive her out of the house for no reason. What should I do? ?”

"Then there is only one way." Fei Xiao pursed her lips and smiled slightly, "That is to expose her and find someone to identify her as a fake."

"That's exactly what I mean..." Zhou Tianwang sighed, "To tell you the truth, I plan to take her back to Zimo's natal family recently, and now only Zimo's close relatives can judge the truth."

"Although it's a bit troublesome, that's all there is to it."

Just as Wang Zijin opened his mouth to agree, he saw Fei Xiao showing an inscrutable smile, as if all of this was within his expectations.

Seven

"If Craftsman Zhou doesn't mind, can we let the two of us go together?" Unexpected to Wang Zijin, Fei Xiao suddenly said such an inexplicable sentence.

"Ah? Why don't we both go to his wife's hometown?"

"Zi Jin, I've visited all the nearby mountains and rivers, don't you want to go somewhere else?" Fei Hong looked at him firmly, although the words were for discussion, her tone was firm beyond doubt.

"It's so good." Zhou Tianwang immediately showed joy and tears of gratitude, "To be honest, it's too scary for me to be alone on the road with a woman of unknown origin. I have already had this idea, the reason why I haven't set off for so long is because It's also because of this festival. This time with the two of you, Zhou can finally feel at ease."

When Wang Zijin saw what he said, it was hard to refuse, so he nodded reluctantly.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Tian exchanged a few words with the two of them, then got up and left. As for when to leave, it was up to Ah Yang to deliver the message.

"Feixiao, you have always hated trekking, why are you so enthusiastic this time?" Wang Zijin waited for Zhou Tianwang to leave, then asked curiously, "Is it really for such a bird hunting thing?"

"Of course not." Fei Xiao was drinking and eating chicken, while looking at Han Xing out of the window, "I just want to see if this matter is really what I thought."

"What did you think of? Let me hear it." Since last night, he had noticed that there was something extremely wrong with Fei Xiao, and she seemed to be plotting some scheme behind his back.

"If I tell you now, it will ruin the big thing. Anyway, you will know in two days." Fei Xiao has always been a secretive person, and this time is no exception, and she suddenly said to him, "By the way, you will see it today." How is the puppet that arrived?"

"It's lifelike, like a real person." Prince Jin showed admiration, "so much so that I was taken aback when I first saw it."

"Is it finished?"

"Even if it's not finished, it's coming to an end. At a glance, it looks like a living person."

"If I'm not wrong, the day of our departure is coming soon." Fei Xiao showed a clear smile again, buried her head in the chicken, and no matter how Wang Zijin inquired, she would not respond.

Sure enough, Fei Xiao's words came true, but three days later, A Yang came to the door and said that Zhou Tianwang had hired a carriage and invited them to go on the road together tomorrow morning.

"Really, the roads are snowy and slippery on the mountain in winter, why do you choose this time to go up the mountain?" Ayang muttered while drinking tea, "Brother Zhou hasn't been up the mountain for two years, so he won't be so forgetful."

"Will it snow on the mountain? Then we need to buy two coir raincoats."

"Yes, but before we went up the mountain, we always asked Brother Zhou about the weather. He would look at some celestial phenomena. Maybe he has seen it this time, so he chose tomorrow."

After Ayang passed these two sentences, he happily went to hunt birds again.

Only Prince Jin was left standing in the guest room in a daze, the snow-capped mountains outside the window were shrouded in clouds and mist.For some reason, when he looked at the distant and steep pale mountain, he had an ominous premonition.

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zijin was falling into a drowsy sleep when he heard someone knocking hard on the door, "Zi Jin, Zi Jin! Wake up quickly, we should be on our way."

Wang Zijin hurriedly opened his eyes, only to see that the sky was pitch black, like midnight, and snow like goose feathers was flying all over the sky.

"Is it time to leave?" Wang Zijin hurriedly dressed and opened the door, only to see Fei Xiao wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, covering most of her face.

"It has been snowing since midnight last night, and it hasn't stopped yet, so although it's early in the morning, it looks like night. Let's go quickly."

The prince pushed in the window and saw that there was already a thick layer of snow on the ground, and the sky was dark and deep, with no stars and moons.

He hurriedly put on his coir raincoat, and was about to clean up the four treasures of the study when Fei Xiao stretched out her hand and pressed his wrist.

"Zi Jin, don't be so troublesome, we will definitely come back, and we don't even need to return the guest room."

"What do you mean?" Wang Zijin looked at Fei Hong suspiciously, but the wide bamboo hat blocked his eyes, only showing a sharp chin, making it difficult to see his expression clearly.

"Because we won't reach our destination at all, and we will definitely come back again." The corners of Fei Xiao's mouth curled up slightly, as if anticipating something, then he stretched out his hand and stuffed a hard object into Prince Jin's hand, "Take With this, it may be useful on the mountain.”

He turned his hand and saw that it was a short knife with a sheath in his hand, which made him even more confused for a moment.

Could it be that this trip is not a trip, but a robbery, otherwise how can this kind of thing be used?
But Fei Xiao didn't explain to him, and hurried out of the inn, very anxious.

Wang Zijin had no choice but to put the dagger in his arms, followed Fei Xiao, left the market, and walked towards Zhou Tianwang's house.

Surrounded by flowers and snow, the shoes were soaked in a blink of an eye.

Although it was the beginning of winter at this time, the cold air was overwhelming, giving people a sense of cold and hopeless.In the swaying wind and snow, Wang Zijin looked at Fei Xiao's tall, thin and light figure, and felt a strange feeling of strangeness.

Is this person really your friend?But why, he suddenly felt that the distance between the two was getting farther and farther, so far that he could hardly keep up with his footsteps?
"Here we are." After walking for an unknown amount of time, Wang Zijin was already shivering from the cold, and the scarf in front of him finally stopped. He saw a carriage parked in front of a low house behind the market, and the driver was a man wearing a bamboo hat. The old man smiled and waved his hands when he saw them.

"It's really not good to go into the mountains today." The old man looked worriedly at the dawning sky, "I hope the snow will stop when we get to the mountains later."

"Is this the carriage hired by Craftsman Zhou?" Wang Zijin raised his head and asked.

"Yes, I know him very well. Every time there is a problem with the car, he fixes it for me, so every time he goes out, he comes to me to hire a car."

"Zi Jin, come up quickly, we want to set off early." Fei Xiao's figure was light, she lifted the curtain of the car and jumped up.

Wang Zijin saw that he was in such a hurry, so he didn't want to delay, so he climbed into the car with hands and feet.

I saw two people in coir raincoats and bamboo hats already sitting in the narrow carriage, one of them saw him getting into the carriage and nodded to him, "My lord, you two are here, so let's set off now." Bar."

The voice was exactly that of the carpenter Zhou Tianwang.

And the other person was petite, with her head lowered in embarrassment, just like Fei Hong, with only the outline of a lower jaw exposed, she looked like the woman who claimed to be his wife.

Because there is an extra female family member, it is not convenient for Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao to chat unscrupulously as usual, so he has to gossip with Zhou Tianwang.

The horseshoes flew like flying, and the road was bumpy, and in a blink of an eye, they drove out of the town and came to the foot of the desolate and cold mountain.

The vast expanse of falling snow still didn't seem to stop at all, it was still fluttering down.The sky was dark and the road was bumpy. After a while, Wang Zijin felt heavy eyelids and drowsy.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden violent jolt below him, and then the carriage stopped without warning.

Wang Zijin was startled, he lost all sleepiness, and hurriedly opened the curtain of the car, only to see the old man driving the car squatting on the ground with a sad face to repair the car, as if a wheel had fallen off.

Eight

"What should I do?" Zhou Tianwang jumped out of the car and asked eagerly, "I didn't bring any tools with me."

"It won't be repaired in a while, and there are no people here. It's really unlucky." The old man sighed, "And even if you bring tools, it's useless, because the wheel is cracked."

"Then let's go back as soon as possible, maybe there is still time." Prince Jin couldn't help sighing at this time that Fei Xiao was so predictable. It seemed that he had expected that the wheels would break, and he said those strange things in the morning.

"Instead of going back, you might as well go over the mountain in one go, anyway the distance is about the same." The old man climbed into the carriage remorsefully, "When you get there, find two people to help. I'll wait for you here."

Zhou Tian saw that the carriage could not be repaired, so he had to pull Zimo out of the carriage, and said to the prince, "My lord, I will wrong you, we may have to walk over the mountain today." After that, he pulled Zimo along the narrow road. The mountain road went into the wild forest.

Fei Xiao actually didn't say a word, and followed behind them without saying a word.Only Wang Zijin was full of complaints, looking at the snow-shrouded mountain, heaving a long sigh, and staggeringly followed behind.

"Oh... Really, why is it the same as two years ago?" The old man driving the car sat in the car, watching the falling snow, complaining again and again.

When Wang Zijin heard his words, his heart tensed up, and he hurriedly turned around and asked, "What is the same as two years ago? What happened two years ago?"

"It was the time when Carpenter Zhou took his wife home last time. It was also winter. My carriage broke down as soon as I reached the foot of the mountain. It's really strange. The wheels also cracked inexplicably, without even a single sign."

Hearing what he said, Wang Zijin's heart immediately cleared up, and layers of cold sweat could not help oozing from his back.

wrong!It turns out they were all wrong!

The strange wife who disappeared and came back was not the root cause of everything at all, but an accidental incident. What really caused these strange things to happen was the accident two years ago!
Thinking of this, he reached into his arms, tightly held the dagger in his hand, followed the footsteps of several people, and walked deep into the dense forest.

"Both of you, be careful on the slippery road." The mountain road was rugged, Zhou Tianwang led Zi Mo to guide the way ahead, and turned his head to tell them.

At this time, the snow had stopped, but the white mist in the deep mountains was so thick that it was almost impossible to see.

Wang Zijin felt apprehensive, holding the dagger in his arms, and chatted with Zhou Tianwang as he walked: "Brother Zhou, where have we climbed?"

"It's coming soon, we will be able to go down the mountain after passing the Heartbroken Cliff in front of us."

"Brother Zhou, did you do this on purpose?" Wang Zijin looked at the front and bent over to climb the mountain. The simple and honest carpenter said, "The accident two years ago was planned by you, and it is the same today, right?"

"My lord, what are you talking about?" Zhou Tianwang looked back at him, his tone full of surprise, "Since it was an accident, how could it be artificial?"

After he said that he quickened his pace, it seemed that he was running for his life rather than hurrying.

"Because you pushed your wife off the cliff with your own hands, you were so afraid when she came back, weren't you?" Wang Zijin followed closely without giving in.

"Who said that? You don't want to spout blood." Zhou Tianwang ran out of breath, and finally stopped in front of a steep cliff. He pointed to the rugged rocky road, "Many people were there that day, and they all watched helplessly. Watching Zi Mo walk to the edge of the cliff step by step, she slipped and fell, if you don’t believe me, you can ask Ah Yang, ask others, and see if they say so! I didn’t even have time to hold her back.”

But before he finished speaking, he saw that the woman who had been standing beside him seemed to have been strongly stimulated. She suddenly let out a mournful cry and ran towards the edge of the cliff.

"Sister Zhou! What are you doing?"

Wang Zijin hastily stretched out his hand to stop her, but she was so fast that he staggered Zhou Tianwang, who was also trying to stop her, and jumped off the high cliff.

(End of this chapter)