Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 82 Taoyuan Residence (1)
The night was dark and silent.In a house, there are two people talking and drinking under the lamp.What they drink is the new chrysanthemum wine, and they are all dressed in green and elegant.One of them was older, with neatly trimmed beard and beard, while the other looked to be in his early twenties, with a handsome face and a handsome young man.

The friendship between the two was very good, but they drank a jar of fine wine in a short while.

"Brother, now that I have a gentle and beautiful wife, why is my heart still empty?" The handsome young man looked at the bright moon outside the window and sighed, "In the past, my fellow countrymen had achieved great success, but I failed many times in the exam. A well-rounded official career..."

"Do you really want a high official and rich salary?" The middle-aged man's eyes sparkled and he looked him up. "It's a pity that your heart lacks a few openings. If you insist on opening them, I'm afraid it will affect your lifespan."

"I'm not afraid, as long as I can show my ambition, what's the difference in living a few years?" The young man said excitedly.

The middle-aged man nodded and put down his wine glass, "You will be appointed as the servant after you get enlightened, but you have to remember that you have to return to your hometown after 20 years, otherwise you will die suddenly."

The young man nodded repeatedly, but with a wave of the middle-aged man's sleeve, he fell headlong in front of the wine table, unconscious.

Candles are flickering, and the night is long.

The room, which was still warm just now, has turned into a bloody hell. The middle-aged man put the young man on the bed, cut open his chest, and took out a beating heart.

He inspected the bloody heart for a while, picked up a steel needle, and pierced a few holes in the heart, then nodded with satisfaction, and put the heart back into the young man's belly.

Strangely, as soon as the heart was put back, the young man's open chest closed tightly, leaving no scar on the skin, and even the blood on the mattress disappeared.

"Remember our agreement, after 20 years, you will come back to me..." the middle-aged man looked at the young man who was breathing smoothly, and said in an inaudible voice.

Outside the window, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the night is quiet. On this beautiful late spring night, a bizarre story has just begun.

一
On this day, the autumn rain was drizzling and the cold wind was sad. Two horses came galloping one after the other, rushing through the wind and rain.

"Feixiao, let's take a rest, I'm going to die of exhaustion." One of the handsome scholars kept complaining, his clothes were wet by the cold rain, and his face was pale from the cold.

"No, I don't want to sleep in the wild in this barren mountain." The other horse was a handsome young man in white clothes. Although his robe was soaked, he revealed a bewitching beauty.

"Oh, I think you are really..." Wang Zijin exclaimed, "When you were a fox, you used to run around the mountains all the time. At that time, there were hunters following your ass with bows and arrows to shoot you. This What's the timing?"

"Zi Jin." Fei Xiao glared at him, and these words seemed to hit his shortcoming, "The reason why I tried my best to become a human is to sleep in a warm bed, eat delicious roast chicken, and not be chased everywhere! After that, the tone seemed to be excited, "I have worked hard for hundreds of years, how can you know the hard work?"

Wang Zijin was stunned when he heard this, "You became human because of this? Why do I remember that I didn't listen to this version before?"

Could it be that he lied to himself when he said it was to repay his kindness?
"Oh, let's not talk about it." Fei Xiao yelled, and rode her horse under a dense tree, "Can't we take a rest?"

This tree has luxuriant branches and leaves, and the pavilion is like a cover, sheltering from the rain.Wang Zijin finally breathed a sigh of relief, but Fei Xiao didn't look tired at all, as if she didn't take this bleak autumn rain seriously.

As soon as the two mounts lowered their heads under the tree, they gnawed at the turf, and they looked exhausted.

Wang Zijin leaned against the tree trunk, looked at the two horses grazing happily, stroked their bellies enviously and said, "I'm so hungry, I wish I had a good meal at this time."

As soon as he said this, he began to regret it, and he heard Feixiao shout: "Zi Jin, let's go find something to eat, I want to eat chicken too!"

"You kill me!" Wang Zijin wailed, "Where do you go to find food in this barren mountain?"

"No wonder people say that Wuyi is a scholar!" Fei Xiao glared at him, "You wait here, I'll go and see if there are any chickens nearby to eat."

After saying that, he braved the drizzle and walked away in good spirits. After a while, his white back disappeared into the misty rain and mist.

Prince Jin was so exhausted that he leaned against the big tree and fell asleep in the cold rain.

I don't know how long I've been asleep, but in a daze, it seems that a person is coming from a distance, that person is also wearing white clothes, step by step in the yellowish withered grass, unhurriedly, like strolling in a courtyard.

Is it Scarlet?He opened his mouth to ask, but couldn't speak in his sleep.

The visitor stopped in front of Wang Zijin, wearing a pair of blue and white satin embroidered shoes, she seemed to be a woman, and there was a faint fragrance of fragrant grass in the skirt.

Who is this man?How could such a woman emerge from such a barren mountain?
Prince Jin was half asleep and half awake, but he heard the woman sobbing softly, "Save Qi'er, save Qi'er..."

Could it be that my horoscope is really bad, and even if I take a nap outside, I will encounter spirit monsters crying for mourning?
The woman left after crying for a while. You can see her slim back, wearing a triangular gauze hat. The white gauze is very long, covering her upper body, and she is as light and beautiful as smoke in the rain.

The veil fluttered with the wind, Wang Zijin's heart swayed slightly with the veil, and the woman's back gradually disappeared in the gray background.

two

"Zi Jin, Zi Jin, why are you falling asleep here?" Someone shook him up, and Wang Zijin rubbed his eyes in a daze, only then did he see that it was Fei Hong in front of him.

"I just had a dream. Take a rest and feel much more comfortable." He stretched his waist, only to feel that infinite energy returned to his body.

"I found something to eat." Fei Xiao was using her white robe to pocket a bag full of food, standing in front of him happily, smiling brighter than Chunhua.

Wang Zijin looked at the handsome and handsome young man in front of him, almost blinded by his demeanor, he hurriedly said: "What? You found the wild fruit?"

"Of course it's not a wild fruit." Fei Xiao stretched her hands and spread out the hem of her white robe, and what Wang Zijin presented was a sumptuous meal, including steamed buns, roasted chicken, and roasted pork leg.

"Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, you are amazing! You can find so much food!" Wang Zijin grabbed a steamed bun to fill his empty stomach.

Fei Xiao had already twisted a chicken leg and stuffed it into her mouth hungrily.

Wang Zijin said while eating: "Is there a restaurant in front?"

Fei Xiao only cared about eating chicken, so she had no time to answer him, she just shook her head repeatedly.

"Is this really in the wild?" Wang Zijin looked at the roasted chicken, dumbfounded. He grew up so big, he had only seen live chickens, and had never seen roasted chickens running wildly on the grass. Besides, the chicken was roasted so tender on the outside. Delicious.

Feixiao held the chicken leg in her mouth and said vaguely: "There is wind in the back mountain..."

"Wind?" Wang Zijin held the steamed bun and didn't know whether to swallow it or not.

Fei Xiao tried her best to swallow the chicken in her mouth, "There is a tomb in the back mountain. I think the offerings are good and fresh, so I took some back."

When Wang Zijin heard this, he spit out all the steamed buns in his mouth to the ground.

"Xiaoxiao, Feixiao, how can you eat something given to the dead? You will suffer retribution."

"What will be the retribution?" Fei Xiao continued to gobble up, her handsome face was stretched out of shape, "Besides, those dead people can't eat these at all. If these chickens and pigs are not eaten by people, they will not be eaten. Aren’t they slaughtered for blood? Are they left to spoil in the wild?”

Wang Zijin was so robbed by him that he couldn't answer a word, he made a lot of nonsense, and his tongue was clumsy, but no matter how gaudy Fei Xiao's words were, he still felt that these foods were unpalatable.

Wang Zijin sat with his knees hugged and watched Fei Xiao gobble it up.

In a blink of an eye, a chicken on the white cloth disappeared, and after a while, the steamed buns disappeared, and after a while, even the pork legs turned into pork bones.

He just felt uncomfortable like a fire in his stomach, seeing others eat up the food, but he couldn't even taste it, this was the most painful meal he had eaten since he was born.

After Fei Xiao finished eating, she got on her horse again and was ready to set off.He turned around, looked at Wang Zijin's sad face, and wondered: "Zi Jin, what's wrong with you? Is there anything you're unhappy about?"

"It's nothing..." He just felt so hungry that he could sing a big show in his stomach.

"Then let's go." Fei Xiao said as she rode her horse ahead.

Wang Zijin could only endure his hunger, and followed up bravely.

The two walked for an unknown amount of time, the autumn rain gradually subsided, the sky gradually became dark, and Wang Zijin was like a shadow puppet, shaking on his horse with hunger.

His eyes blurred and he said: "Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, where are we going to spend the night?"

She didn't expect to ask this question but got no answer. Looking again, Fei Xiao seemed to be in pain, her face was pale, and her fingers holding the rein were almost embedded in her flesh.

"Fei Xiao, Fei Xiao, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?" Wang Zijin hastily stretched out his hand to touch his forehead, the tentacles were hot, like touching a red-hot iron.

"Really?" Fei Xiao said weakly, "Is this illness? I haven't been ill yet..." There was no light in her beautiful eyes.

After finishing speaking, his head was about to fall from the horse's back, Wang Zijin hurriedly supported him, and saw that his complexion was pale like gold paper, his tightly closed lips trembled slightly, and he uttered a few words: "Go South, five miles away, there is a family..."

"Fei Hau, Fei Hau!" Wang Zijin helped him off the horse, but saw that his body was limp and seemed to have lost consciousness.

How could this be?Isn't he always healthy? How could this disease come so suddenly?He put Fei Xiao's body across his horse, and went down to lead the two horses.

The weeds were flying and growing, hindering him from moving forward. Prince Jin saw that the sky was overcast and cloudy, and the road was muddy and slippery.

Scarlet, oh Scarlet, why don't you become a fox and then pass out?Can't I save a lot of effort?

But no one could hear him complaining. Occasionally, a few bats looking for food would fly out of the long grass, dancing strange shadows in the deep blue sky.

three

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Fang saw the lights of a family in front of him. The house was very big, and it seemed to be a wealthy family, but for some reason the mansion was built in such a remote place.

The prince entered the outside of the house, with little strength left in his body. He knocked on the black door with the remaining strength. The red light flickered outside the door, and the hollow knocking sound kept echoing in the night.

"Here, here, don't knock." An old butler's voice came from the door.

After a while, the door was opened a crack, revealing an old face, the prince seemed to see the savior when he saw the face, he said weakly: "My friend...is seriously ill, can I borrow the old man's treasure land?" A night's rest?"

After he finished speaking, his eyes went dark, his body lost all strength, and he fell down beside the gate. The two horses lost their restraint and neighed, tearing apart the silent night.

"Master, what's the matter with this young man?"

At this time, red candles flickered in the big house, Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao were placed side by side on the ground, and thick quilts were spread under their bodies.

"Yeah." The man called the master was a man in his thirties, "This man is very strange."

He put Feihong's hands under the quilt, "The pulse and heartbeat are much faster than ordinary people, I don't know if it is a strange disease or it is born like this." After that, he pointed to the prince and said, "This is cured, and what I got is For a disease that neither you nor I can avoid, the prescription is even easier to get."

The housekeeper's dim old eyes flashed with doubts, waiting for orders.

"He's suffering from starvation." The man smiled slightly, "The prescription only needs a bowl of sweet porridge, some side dishes, and it's best to have fish and meat to strengthen his body."

The butler laughed after hearing this, and hurried to the kitchen to ask the maid to prepare food for the prince.

The middle-aged man has a beautiful beard and a face like a crown of jade. It can be seen that he was also a handsome man when he was young. His eyes were full of doubts, and he swept Fei Xiao's face back and forth, and he felt that he was extremely weird.

And although the face is handsome and beautiful, it is full of contradictions. It looks like a man but not a man, a woman but not a woman, like an adult and like a child. Could it be that there are really monsters in this world?
Besides, how did they find this place in this deep mountain?
Before he could finish thinking, the comatose Prince Jin's stomach suddenly let out a rumbling sound of hunger, which broke his contemplation. He chuckled lightly and shook his head, maybe he was worrying too much.

These two people are probably the same as when I was young, but they encountered difficulties when they came out to play.

He thought about going out and closing the door.

Did you have such a close friend when you were young?At that time, did you also keep pace with anyone, inspire words, and show your ambitions?
But now I can't even remember my friend's face. It's really a sad dream. Who is on the mind of a teenager when he wakes up?

The comatose Wang Zijin seemed to see a woman in white clothes again, this time she was sitting in a corner with her back to him, crying, her voice was heartbreaking, and she was infinitely melancholy.

The room was pitch black, and Fei Xiao was lying beside him, but she couldn't move at all.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Wang Zijin was annoyed by her crying and wanted to stop it.

The woman was wearing a triangular gauze hat, and she turned her head slowly. Wang Zijin was startled by her, and just as he was about to stretch his head to look, someone shook him awake.

"My lord, the meal is ready, please get up and eat." It was a woman's delicate voice.

The prince wakes up from the dreamland, looks around, the strange house is exactly the same as what he saw in the dream just now, and then he sees that Fei Xiao is lying beside him, with her eyes closed and her brows furrowed, as if she is in extreme pain.

In front of him was a square table full of food.

"How is it? Eat this and you'll be fine. Eat quickly." The old butler who opened the door for him said to him enthusiastically.

"Thank you for your help, old man." Wang Zijin hurriedly saluted.

"Oh, it's just a little help, why bother to say thank you?"

Wang Zijin hurriedly picked up the rice bowl and put the rice into his mouth. While eating, he looked at the corner of the wall, where there was a clear white moonlight, and there were no women at all.

Is it my eyesight?
"Old man, may I ask if you have a female family member here?" Wang Zijin felt uneasy and hurriedly asked.

"What's it like?" the old man asked.

"It's a slender woman, wearing a satin embroidered white dress, and a piece of gauze like that hat on her head." He said as he put down his job bowl, making gestures repeatedly.

The old housekeeper's expression changed after hearing this, "Where did you see that woman?"

"I was just dreaming." Wang Zijin pointed to the corner and said, "She is sitting there."

"My God, is it an ominous omen?" The old housekeeper's face was ashen.

"What's wrong?" Wang Zijin began to regret, and he would not have asked if he had known this would happen.

"That, those are the clothes that the dead on our side will wear when they are buried in the earth." The steward's voice trembled, "This is the custom here. When a female relative dies in the family, they will be nailed to the earth in that dress."

When the prince heard this, the rice bowl in his hand fell to the ground, what should I do?He looked at the unconscious Feixiao beside him, this time even Feixiao couldn't count on him, so what should he do?

The clear full moon outside casts a faint radiance into the room, like the white gauze on a woman's head, hazy and beautiful.

four

"Maybe it's just a dream, don't worry." Seeing that he was afraid, the old butler quickly comforted him, "My surname is Huai, just call me Butler Huai."

"Xiaosheng's surname is Wang and his name is Zijin." Wang Zijin was full of food, and he spoke with confidence, "This time I went out to play with my friends."

"Okay." Butler Huai laughed after hearing this, "My lord, to tell you the truth, the old man knew you were a lover when you pushed the door open, and I couldn't be happier to find a bosom friend when I was young." , Prince, please cherish it."

Although he was old, he seemed to understand the friendship between young people very well, and he nodded repeatedly as he looked at Wang Zijin.Under the lamp, it can be seen that his clothes are simple and simple, his eyebrows and beard are white, and he has a bit of a fairy air that is refined from other worlds.

Wang Zijin scratched his head and laughed happily as he thought of himself and Fei Xiao fighting and fighting, eating, drinking, and all kinds of interesting things every day.

Housekeeper Huai told him for a while that he was about to leave, Wang Zijin was worried about Fei Xiao's illness, so he didn't move to the guest room, and stayed in the big house to take care of him.

(End of this chapter)