Spring River Flower Moon Night: Set of 2 Volumes

Chapter 86 Taoyuan Residence (5)
"As far as I can remember, brother Huai, he didn't look like this at that time. He was very capable. I wanted to go into an official career, so he opened my heart and helped me to rise to the top. I want Taoyuan Wonderland, He just let time stand still in this courtyard, and the mist will not disperse all year round, so what is this little thing?"

"Yes, yes, it's nothing..." Seeing that Mr. Zheng lost his mind, he had no choice but to follow him.But secretly crying in her heart, Feixiao, Feixiao, what are you still doing outside?Come help me soon?

Just after thinking about it, I saw something wrapped in a ball of red curtains rushed in after rolling a few times, and stopped at the feet of the two of them.

"What is this?" Mr. Zheng was startled, and hastily withdrew the sword from Wang Zijin's neck, pointing directly at the curtain on the ground.

A man's hand suddenly stretched out from the tent, and with lightning speed, he caught the shining sword edge with one hand, and then withdrew his hand, the sword in Mr. Zheng's hand actually flew away. It was nailed to the beam of the house, and the hilt of the sword shook and trembled.

When the prince saw this person's skills, he knew that it must be Fei Hong, and he was very happy.

Sure enough, the person on the ground stood up slowly, shaking off the red curtain wrapped around his body, revealing a head of black hair like a waterfall, a face of peach blossom spring breeze, and a smile in the corner of his eyes, it was Feixiang.

"You, who are you? How do you have such skill?" Mr. Zheng trembled.

"My lord, Hu Feixiao." Feixiao said and bowed to him, "Isn't Zheng Shilang too forgetful?"

As soon as these words came out, Mr. Zheng's complexion changed, as if he had been greatly shocked, trembling all over, he stepped back step by step, his eyes were loose, and he muttered in his mouth: "Yes, yes... I, I am the Minister of Rites. But I did not abide by the 20-year agreement. I was greedy for power and never returned to my hometown. Later, I was caught in the wrong place by my colleagues and played a book. I was demoted and had to come back..."

"Your memory has finally recovered. Think about it carefully, what happened afterwards?" Fei Xiao said softly, his voice seemed to contain magic power, full of bewitching, able to make fragmented memories emerge.

Mr. Zheng didn't care about arguing with him, and kept patting his head, trying to recall: "At the same time, news came from my hometown that my mother was seriously ill. We hurried on our way, but it was still too late to see my mother for the last time..."

Wang Zijin couldn't help but feel sore when he thought of the old woman who was sewing clothes under the lamp, it must be his mother.

"And not only that, due to the exhaustion of the journey, Yun'er fell ill and died as soon as she arrived in my hometown. I lost power, relatives and beloved wife within a month..." After he finished speaking, his voice choked up, and he looked around in a daze, "My Why is my memory so bad? I can’t remember many things. Where’s Brother Huai? I have so many things to ask him, where is he?”

"Your friend is there." Fei Xiao said, pointing to the heavy curtain like a pile of clouds behind her, "it's just that he dare not come out to see you."

"Why don't you dare come out to see me?" Mr. Zheng jumped up and called, "Brother Huai, brother Huai! Come out quickly, I have many things to ask you."

But I saw the curtain fluttering slowly, as if something was about to come out of it.

Gradually, a silhouette appeared in the purple-red curtain, a huge piece protruded, and a huge monster gradually appeared in outline.

Then the sound of cloth being torn was heard endlessly, and a ferocious monster walked out from inside. When Mr. Zheng saw it, he sat down on the ground and said in a trembling voice, "You are Brother Huai? How did you become like this?"

Looking at the monster that appeared in front of him, Wang Zijin couldn't help but also frightened.

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I saw that monster was more than two feet tall, its head was almost touching the beam of the house, its body was lumpy, its limbs were tangled like twigs, its torso had a pair of eyes out of thin air, but it had no head and no face, it was very scary.

"Brother Huai, Brother Huai?" Mr. Zheng pointed at the monster in front of him, he couldn't believe it was that handsome friend.He has always maintained the appearance of the two when they first met, but after the establishment of this Taoyuan fairyland, he quickly aged and could only regard himself as a housekeeper.

"Yes, it's me." The voice was still the same.

"So you haven't attained Taoism yet?" Mr. Zheng said in amazement, "What about me? Didn't I become immortal? But why have I not died or aged after so many years?"

Seeing that he had forgotten the past, Fei Xiao hurriedly interjected: "Think about it, are you really alive?"

As soon as these words came out, the huge monster suddenly spewed out a lot of miasma, turned into a snake, entangled Feixiao's body, and said angrily: "I saved you, is this how you repay me? Why don't you leave here quickly? "

Fei Xiao jumped up and dodged briskly, "How long are you going to hide from him? Is it happiness to let his soul not be exalted here, and to be a foolish god for a lifetime?"

Hearing this, the monster seemed to be touched, and sighed: "I, I was originally a pagoda tree in this yard. I lived for too long and became a spirit. Because of good wine, I became friends with the master's son. He also helped him to flourish, but who would have imagined that he would break the agreement and never return, and the demonic force returned, ruining his family, and not long after, he himself would fall ill and die..."

Mr. Zheng listened with a dazed expression, and the scene of playing in this courtyard when he was a child appeared in his mind, how happy he was at that time.

Later, I got acquainted with brother Huai, and the two drank and exchanged wine every night, and they became friends through wine.This middle-aged friend with a virtuous demeanor can almost satisfy all his wishes, not only helping him marry Yunying, whom he has always admired, but also helping him embark on an official career.

But so what?Even though he was rich and honored, the best days of his life were spent in this remote courtyard.

It was a happy time that even if I die, I will never forget it.

But I heard the tree demon continue to say: "If I hadn't gone against the sky and helped him open his mind, would he still be living an ordinary and happy life? Before he died, he wanted to leave the world and become a fairy. In order to make up for the mistakes of the past, I , created this Taoyuan fairyland, trapped his soul, made him think he was still alive..."

"But stopping time and creating this vast fairyland has consumed too much of your monster power..." Fei Xiao looked at the generous and compassionate monster pityingly, "You could have been young forever, but now you have grown old like this. "

"Excessive giving sometimes does not help him, but hurts him." Wang Zijin made a rare wise comment.

The dryad looked at Wang Zijin and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it after all. In the end, he could only sigh and stopped talking.

Mr. Zheng listened to their conversation, looked at the skeleton on the bed, and remembered all the past.After Yunying's death, he was heartbroken and died soon after.

It was all so important, how could he have forgotten all of it?
He turned his head and saluted Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao, but tears flowed from his eyes, "Thank you for your help, otherwise Zheng would still be lost and never return."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the locust tree demon, "Thank you, my friend, it is you who gave me a life like a dream. Although it is short, I know that wealth is like floating clouds, and a fairyland is nothing but an illusion. The most precious thing in life is It's a moment to spend with your loved ones and loved ones, and a lot of people die without understanding that."

He looked at the terrifying and ferocious face of the tree demon, and the past and the past were all in his mind.He thought of his happiest time when he accidentally met a friend under the locust tree when he was a teenager.

They are called brothers, go to the market to buy the most expensive wine to drink every day, and sit on the tall locust tree, watching the sunset over the long river.

At that time, the cool breeze was blowing, and the beautiful scenery was unobstructed. How happy and free, it was like flying in the sky.

It turns out that the most precious thing in life, I got it so long ago.

"Let me go, I have remembered everything in the past, and I can no longer be obsessed with it." Mr. Zheng pondered for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, he said to his friend.

The locust tree demon seemed to be extremely sad, trembling non-stop, and suddenly disappeared from the house, as if unwilling to say goodbye to him.

"Pull out the gold hairpin from that woman's head, and everything will return to normal."

Only a hoarse order was left, floating between the curtains.

Wang Zijin looked at the skeleton on the bed, and saw a gorgeous and dazzling golden hairpin in her hair. It turns out that the woman mentioned by the house spirit refers to this stern bone.

The key to everything lies in her body.

He was just about to reach out to pull it out, but Mr. Zheng stopped him. There were tears in the corners of his eyes, but a smile on his lips, "I'll pull it out."

Wang Zijin and Fei Xiao slowly backed away, but seeing him stroking the shiny and smooth hair of the corpse lovingly, as if he was hugging the most cherished beauty.

"Yunying, I inserted the crested hairpin for you in the past, but now I'm going to take it off, you won't blame me, will you?"

There seemed to be a slight smile in the black eyes of the skeleton.

When Mr. Zheng saw it, he nodded and stretched out his hand to pull out the gold hairpin on the white bone.

Wang Zijin felt dizzy for a while, as if the world had changed suddenly, the curtains in the room were covered with cobwebs, and they were in disarray.

Taking a closer look, there were two skeletons lying on the bed. They had been dead for an unknown number of years, and their skin and flesh were all rotten.All that was left was the tattered clothes hanging on the skeleton, and one of the withered bones held a dazzling golden phoenix hairpin in its palm.

When the prince came in, he was startled, and said to Feihong, "Is this the fairyland on earth?"

Fei Xiao laughed and said, "Fairyland and hell are sometimes separated by a thin line."

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the two of them walked outside the house, only to see that the courtyard was dilapidated, the house was almost collapsed, ruined walls were everywhere, the pond had already dried up, and the courtyard was overgrown with weeds. look.

Wang Zijin looked at the dilapidated house, and thought of the two mummified corpses in the house, and couldn't help but feel depressed. This dilapidated house with broken tiles has become a fairyland for the dead.

How ironic is a beautiful dream that is still dreaming after death?

"Crimson silk." Wang Zijin felt a little bit of emotion, and couldn't help sighing, "I think the beauty of time lies in its inevitable passing."

Fei Xiao smiled and nodded repeatedly, "Zi Jin, what you said makes sense."

"In this way, it is a good thing that I will grow old." Wang Zijin walked towards the door with a smile on his face, only to see a woman wearing a white gauze hat and a white dress standing vaguely outside the door. .

When Wang Zijin and Feixiao saw this woman, they were stunned. They saw that she slowly lifted the white veil, her face was covered with wrinkles, she seemed to be over sixty years old.

It was the old woman that Wang Zijin had seen sewing new clothes for her son under the lamp when his consciousness was trapped.

She bowed to the two of them, turned around and left, and her white back disappeared into the green grass.

"Fei, Feixiao, I seem to know who she is. This is Mr. Zheng's mother. I met her a few days ago when I was almost killed by the miasma."

"Mother's love is really great." Looking at the vast lawn, Fei Xiao sighed, "Although life has passed away, I still miss my own flesh and blood trapped in nightmares, and ask for help in dreams."

The two of them had just walked not far away when they heard a loud rumbling sound behind them. It turned out that the beams of the old house had been in disrepair for a long time, lost the protection of magic spells, and finally collapsed.

Dust and dust overflowed, choking people could not open their eyes.

The dust gradually subsided, but a brown-skinned monster with a head as big as a bucket walked out. It was the ghost who had helped the prince enter the house several times.It was still wearing blue shabby clothes, waving its small hands, and came out of the ruins, its big green eyes full of joy.

"Thank you, Prince, I can finally go down the mountain to play." It hurriedly thanked the prince, its voice was immature, like a child.

Prince Jin waved his hand at it, and the monster swaggered out of the dilapidated courtyard and went down the mountain.

Fei Xiao looked at its back and wondered, "Zi Jin, what is this?"

"It said it was a monster transformed from the aura in this old house. It has always wanted to go out and have a look, but it was trapped and could not fulfill its wish."

"No, it's not." Scarlet looked at its brown, garlic-like head and said, "I'm asking what it changed into? Garlic?"

"It says it becomes personal."

"Oh?" Fei Xiao couldn't help touching her face nervously, "I'm not that ugly, am I?"

"You?" Wang Zijin smiled and said, "You are unparalleled in beauty and unparalleled in appearance. You are the most beautiful man in all ages."

Fei Xiao didn't realize it was ironic, she walked out of the courtyard proudly, and said with a smile, "Zi Jin, why are you dawdling? Could it be that you really want to be a fairy in this fairyland?"

When the prince saw him in white clothes Shengxue, he was waiting for him with his hands behind his back, and hurriedly followed him.

At this time, the sky had cleared up, and the dripping cold rain had stopped. The two found the horse and galloped, leaving the fairyland of Taoyuan far behind.

"Feixiao, Feixiao, I thought of a poem, can I sing it to you?" Wang Zijin was on his way on the horse, and seeing the cool autumn wind, he couldn't help but feel excited about poetry.

"You sing, I'll listen."

Prince Jin sang loudly: "For a plowing ox and half a field, the harvest depends on the sky, and the barrenness depends on the sky."

Fei Xiao smiled and said, "Since when did you become a farmer?"

"Rough tea and light food are enough for three meals. It is sweet in the morning and sweet in the evening." Wang Zijin continued to shake his head, "Common clothes are warmer than silk, and can be worn long or short. There are several thatched huts, and it is safe to travel and stay. safely."

Fei Xiao was listening to him singing, and couldn't help shaking her head and smiling slightly.

But Wang Zijin suddenly raised his voice, and continued to sing: "After the rain, the sky is sunny, and the boat is on the side. The fish is on the side, and the wine is on the side."

This remark was very heartfelt, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"The sons and daughters of Yegui talk before the lights. There are words today, and there are words in ancient times." Wang Zijin raised his voice, his voice became shabby and ugly, but he was still heroic. "I sleep alone at three poles in the sun. Who is the god? I am the god."

"Zi Jin, congratulations, you have become a fairy." After hearing this sentence, Fei Xiao smiled knowingly.

The two walked away gradually on the official road under the autumn sun and cool wind.Although the weather was getting cooler and the road was rough, it didn't affect their good mood at all.

Who said that immortality, fine clothes and fine food are gods?

The so-called immortal is nothing more than a momentary state of mind.

(End of this chapter)