[Wen Qing] Mountain guest

——Why do you have to ask far under the forest, the old man is famous for being outstanding.

Afternoon, late spring.

The peach blossoms in the south valley of Taihua Mountain have come to an end, and the ground is scattered and scattered into mud.

Wen Liu patted the five wine jars in front of him one by one. Hearing the dull sound of water coming from the jars, he felt complacent.These jars of wine are finally brewed, he thought, it is worthwhile for me to secretly learn the art of brewing wine for so long, it is really tedious!

He secretly drank Qinghe's altar of peach blossom wine that had been buried last year, and was scolded by the Taoist priest for a long time.It just so happened that the peach blossoms were in full bloom in March, so Wen Liu went to learn how to make a lot of altars by himself.But he was careless and didn't know how to make wine, so he didn't make such three or five jars to drink until the peach blossoms were about to fade.

But that was enough for him to be smug.

Counting the days... The Taoist priest should have just finished drinking the old wine today, and the disciples who went down the mountain to buy it will take a few days before returning to the mountain.The past two days happened to be the time when his alcoholism was rampant.

Satisfied, Wen Liu put the jars of wine back to their original places, and wagged his tail to look for Qinghe.I thought proudly in my heart, I have good wine in my hand, I am not afraid that the Taoist priest will not give in.

This is a great opportunity, how can we miss it?

A quarter of an hour later.

Xia Yi pushed aside the peach branches with new leaves in front of him, bowed his head, and walked on the mountain path covered by weeds.

A group of spirit monkeys followed closely behind, uttering human words and making a lot of noise.

"Peach! Why is there no peach?!"

"Liar liar big liar!"

"Huh? Maybe there are peaches from last year..."

"Stupid, last year's peaches were already rotten!"

"You are stupid, Taihua Mountain is so cold, peaches can be stored for a long time!"

Xia Yi, who was leading the way, had long turned a deaf ear to the noise of these fairies, but Wen Renyu, who came after him, couldn't bear it any longer, and comforted him: "Shh, don't make noise. It's going to go wrong."

A Ruan, who was following her, tilted her head: "There is a very strong spiritual barrier around here."

Only Le Wuyi is the most leisurely, walking through the forest with a group of monkeys.Standing on the top of the tree, he looked forward and whispered, "Aha! Yi Ze, look, there is a small courtyard in front of you!"

"Shut up." Xia Yi heard the sound, his mind moved, and he pointed to the formula. Several rays of light rose from the ground, covering the four people and a group of fairy spirits.

"This is..." Ah Ruan stretched out his hand and lightly touched the magic circle that flowed like water, "The art of restraining breath and hiding?"

The last time the four houses in Taoyuan Fairy House were completed, Xia Yi promised to take all the fairies to pick peaches in the southern valley of Taihua Mountain.From then on, the fairies urged him every time they saw him.Xia Yi explained several times that now is not the time for peach trees to bear fruit, and the fairy spirits are still persistent and entangled.

Xia Yi was unbearable, and finally let go, and brought them here.

However, in late spring, the peach blossoms wither and the new leaves are born. Where can peaches be picked?

Xia Yi led everyone all the way to the small courtyard before explaining aloud: "This house was created by the master by accident, for the convenience of enjoying the peach blossoms in spring. There is a cellar inside to store the new peaches every year. The cellar is lined with There is a magic circle, which can guarantee that the new peaches will not rot."

"Ah, Yi Ze's master really knows how to live a life." Ah Ruan clapped his hands with envy in his eyes.

Wen Renyu smiled: "I have heard from Master that Elder Juewei was also a famous romantic figure when he was young."

"Reverend Qinghe?" Le Wuyi patted his head, somewhat puzzled, "Since we are Yi Ze's master, why did we come secretly?"

Xia Yi was silent for a while, and answered vaguely: "There is a... senior, who lives here recently and doesn't like being disturbed by strangers."

"Hey, in Taihua Mountain, are there any seniors that even Yi Ze is not familiar with?" Wen Renyu was also surprised.

Xia Yi shook his head.

He and this senior can be regarded as having two-sided ties and a deep relationship, but... I can't say why, but Xia Yi has an intuition that the other party probably... no, not probably, he is definitely not happy to see him here.

There are only three houses in the small courtyard, thatched huts with bamboo fences, earth walls and mud floors, which at first glance look very simple and simple.The gate of the courtyard was ajar and had not been locked, Xia Yi stood ten feet away, and after making sure that there was no one around, he went forward, pushed the door open lightly, and said: "Please wait outside the courtyard , stay down..."

It's too late.

Xian Ling just heard clearly that there are fresh peaches hidden in the cellar.Seeing him push the door at this moment, they all rushed forward, rushed into the courtyard, and went straight to the cellar, shouting in unison with excitement: "Taozi, Taozi, Taozi!"

damn...

Xia Yi put his hand on his forehead, and sighed repeatedly in his heart.

The moment the fairies stepped into the courtyard, a dark brilliance flickered on the bamboo fence, and then disappeared in a flash.

At the same time, in the distance, a giant beast suddenly roared.The howling sound was long and thick, tinged with anger, shaking the whole world.

The long roar shook off countless branches and flowers.Le Wuyi stabilized his figure, patted the stained petals on his body, and said in surprise: "Meow meow, what is that?"

The three of them looked at each other, and Xia Yi, who was silent on the forehead, sighed: "Forget it, we took the peaches and returned quickly. That senior lives in the secret realm of Taihua... probably won't show up without the master's permission." here."

While the few people were talking, there were sudden sounds of porcelain tiles breaking in the courtyard.

Xia Yi hurriedly walked in: "I'm going to see the fairy, don't damage other things in the courtyard."

It has to be said that Xia Yize's intuition is still very accurate.

As soon as he stepped into the dimly lit cellar, he smelled the mellow aroma of wine.Quickly ignited a flame between his fingers, and saw in the cellar, several spirit monkeys were playing around with two or three wine jars in their arms, walking upside down, as if they had become drunk crazy.

...Xia Yi, at this very moment, truly realized what it meant to be "I am also the death of heaven".

He stepped forward to snatch the empty wine jars, and saw the remaining jars of wine in the cellar smashed to the ground in a blink of an eye. Stealing the beam to change the day, I suddenly heard Renyu outside the courtyard asking: "Who is your Excellency?"

Wen Renyu stood outside the courtyard gate, his spear already in his hand.

No wonder she was so nervous.

This is the boundary of Taihua Mountain, and all entrances are guarded by Fu Ling.If you are not a person from Taihua Mountain, it is absolutely difficult to enter.However, the clothes of this person in front of him are rough and unrestrained, not like the clothes of Mount Taihua.His face is not like ordinary people, with dark green pupils and animal patterns on his forehead. Although he is several feet away, there is still a strong evil spirit coming from his face like a strong wind.

The visitor gave her a slanted look, with disdain on his face: "Little girl, I want to ask, where are you from?"

There was coercion in his voice, which vibrated in everyone's ears like an echo.Wen Renyu forced his internal strength to suppress the fishy sweetness rising in his throat, and his heart was more vigilant than before.Before he could answer, Ah Ruan stomped his feet angrily: "You are really bad, why did you attack without listening to the explanation?"

She brought Bawu to her lips, wanting to teach the visitor a little lesson.The man snorted coldly, took a step forward, and only slightly raised his hand in the air. A huge and unparalleled wind blade gushed out from the bottom of his hand, and slashed at the three of them with earth-shattering power.

As soon as a move is made, the situation changes.

"So strong!" Le Wuyi exclaimed, raised his sword and stepped forward to block it with all his strength.The wind blade and Han Guang collided brazenly, Le Wuyi backed up three steps, was thrown to the ground by the huge force, Wen Renyu Ah Ruan also couldn't stand stably in the strong wind, swaying left and right.

At this moment, Xia Yi arrived from the inner courtyard in time, and raised his voice: "Senior! It was a misunderstanding... please be merciful!"

The visitor stopped when he heard the sound, and looked at Xia Yi with a sneer, with a bad tone: "I thought it was a little thief, but it turned out to be the Taoist priest's sweetheart. What are you doing here?"

"No." His expression suddenly changed, and a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes, "Boy, you smell of alcohol."

Xia Yi stepped forward and saluted with fists: "Senior Wen Liu, I just want to come here to pick up some fresh peaches stored by Master. Unexpectedly..."

Before he could finish his sentence, several spirit monkeys rushed out of the cellar with drunken steps, playing and playing, completely unaware of the imminent disaster.

Wen Liu's eyes suddenly changed color.

"I know." He lifted his hand slightly, and a suction force suddenly arose, and he grabbed a spirit monkey into his palm.Wen Liu tightened his fingers, squeezed the monkey so that it screamed and kicked in panic.His eyebrows were filled with anger, and his voice was as deep as water: "Qinghe's darling, I can't move, these three or two hairy monkeys, dare to come and steal the wine made by me?"

"Senior!" Xia Yi said anxiously, "Spirit monkeys are ignorant, so offended. Immediately go buy some good wine to make amends..."

Wen Liu was unmoved.

Although Xia Yi has only met him twice, he knows Wen Liu's unruly nature.It's impossible not to do it right now... However, in the Taihua Secret Realm, Wen Liu was controlled by the magic circle, and it was difficult to deal with only two or three success powers, and it might be even more difficult to deal with now.He thought of several ways to deal with it in a flash, but none of them were perfect.In the midst of trouble, suddenly a bright light appeared in front of his eyes, and a seal of Tai Chi and Eight Diagrams came from afar, locking Wen Liu's right arm tightly pinched by the spirit monkey, circulating endlessly and shining brightly.

"Everyone stop."

The Taoist with the crown and wide sleeves came against the wind, and his voice was like knocking gold and jade, awe-inspiring and pure and holy.

The strength in Wen Liu's wrist was removed by the magic seal, he let go of his hand reluctantly, and threw the captured monkey three feet away.Gritting his teeth, he yelled at the visitor: "Taoist priest, take care of your darling apprentice!"

Qinghe Tayun fell, his whisk swept slightly, and smiled gently: "Why, you rushed out from the secret realm in a hurry, just to teach a few juniors?"

Wen Liu turned his head and said displeasedly: "I can embarrass this group of juniors for no reason? Ask your apprentice what good deeds he has done!"

Qing He took a look around the situation, without needing to ask carefully, he already understood half of it.Xia Yi hurried forward and explained the cause and effect to Master.

"...That's how it happened." Xia Yi knew that his master had always been good at wine, and he was 12 points apologetic. Buy some good wine to make amends..."

Le Wuyi nodded fiercely at the side: "If this is not enough... I will steal some of my father's private collection, and the elders will be satisfied!"

Qing He's smile remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "So it's for a few jars of wine. It's not a big deal." He pointed to Wen Liu who was still angry beside him, and said, "This wine should belong to him. Apologize. In his capacity, he shouldn't care about the ignorant spirit monkey."

Wen Liu snorted coldly, turned his head and left: "No need to apologize. Get out of here where I can't see you!"

Qinghe was not surprised to see him like this, and nodded to everyone with a smile: "Since I came here to fetch fresh peaches, even if I go to the cellar to move some, I don't need many of them. Wen Liu has a surly nature, don't let it go." In my heart."

He took a look at Wen Liu's place, and continued: "He is still angry right now, I'll go and see again, I won't accompany you any longer, you can do what you want."

Xia Yi responded one by one.After Qinghe also followed Wen Liu into the courtyard, Ah Ruan asked in surprise: "Yi Ze Yi Ze, that Wen Liu... has such a strong demonic aura about him, he is actually from your Taihua Mountain?"

"He is the monster Chenghuang, who was adopted by the master as a blood contract spirit beast."

"Blood deed spirit beast?" Le Wuyi scratched his head, "Meow meow, so he is still so arrogant in front of your master? Looking at his posture, I thought it was an elder with a particularly high seniority in Taihua Mountain."

Xia Yi also shook his head and sighed: "This monster has a deep relationship with Master, it's hard to explain... I also advised Master that this monster is violent and difficult to train, I hope Master will take precautions early, but Master seems to trust him very much , don't care..."

The monsters have sharp ears, even though they are far apart and separated by the courtyard wall, they can still hear all the conversations outside the courtyard.

Hearing Xia Yize's last words, Wen Liu glanced sideways at Qinghe: "Tsk, you actually said something nice about Lao Tzu in front of your disciples? It's really strange."

Qing He calmly said, "Just tell the truth."

"Tell me the truth?" Wen Liu Yinyang laughed strangely, "Ha. I also tell the truth, if one day you can break the blood contract, you stinky Taoist priest, you can't escape the end of being drunk and eaten."

Qinghe smiled slightly, taking time to relax: "Shanren will wait and see."

A gust of wind pierced through the door, bringing the moist breath of the mountain that was about to rain.In the past few days, there have been several new rains in the valley, and there have been several thin snowfalls on the top of Taihua Mountain.

Qinghe was sleeping at noon, and came quickly when he noticed that Wen Liu had left from the secret realm and showed signs of using force.He got up too hastily, and he was caught by the cold wind.What's more, the sudden alternation of cold and heat makes it very easy for the wind and cold to enter the body.Qing He gathered his robe, feeling a bit of coolness slowly soaking up, he couldn't help lowering his head and coughing lightly.

Wen Liu looked at him with raised eyebrows, and changed back to his original body without saying a word.The huge body of the monster almost filled most of the room.

Cheng Huang was lying on his side, exposing his light brown belly.

"Just give me a squeak when you're cold! You're so sick." Wen Liu impatiently hooked his tail around Qinghe's waist, drew him inward, and dragged him closer, "I don't even dare Let me put one, the person who signed the blood contract is so weak that I will lose my face if I say it!

Qing He smiled, and laid down on his soft fur belly obediently, and pulled the whole big tail of the monster beast over as a quilt, and immediately felt a lot warmer.

"I remember, you've already run out of peach blossom wine." Qing He asked slowly, "Why did you come out of these pots again today? You hid them secretly?"

"Fart, this is Lao Tzu..." Wen Liu's voice paused, and he faltered twice in a rare way, and then fell silent.

It's a bit embarrassing to say it, the monster Chenghuang who once dominated one side went to learn how to make wine, and he was so bad at it that he only produced a few jars of finished products.As for the few remaining altars of the fruit, they were completely destroyed by a few monkeys before they could be used to catch Qinghe's wine worms.

Wen Liu felt that it was better not to let Qinghe know about this, otherwise he might be ridiculed by this stinky Taoist priest.

Unexpectedly, Qinghe saw through his thoughts at some point in time, seeing Wenliu hesitating and talking about him at this moment, he couldn't help but sneer: "Okay, I knew it was you who made it up, so don't need to cover it up."

"You know again?" Wen Liu was very annoyed when he heard this, "Why do you live like a roundworm in my stomach!"

"The mountain people have their own tricks, so I don't need to tell you." Qing He laughed, "It's a pity... I thought I was lucky in this life, and I was able to taste the wine brewed by monsters. What's so different about it. It's a pity. "

Wen Liu was a little annoyed: "I will definitely set up a barrier here next time, anyone who trespasses will die!"

"Be normal, don't be angry." Qing Heshun smoothed the hair on his belly, yawned slightly, and closed his eyes, as if wanting to catch up on the afternoon nap.

Seeing that he stopped responding, Wen Liu closed his eyes and closed his head to sleep.However, Qinghe didn't seem to be sleeping well, and kept turning over, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.Wen Liu was so disturbed that he couldn't sleep, his six eyes widened and he lost his temper: "Smelly Taoist priest, why are you making such a fuss?"

Through his own thick and big tail, Wen Liu could only hear Qinghe's muffled long sigh: "...the wine bug is causing trouble, don't worry about it."

Originally, it was not a difficult thing for Qinghe to stop drinking today, and it passed without thinking about it.But just now, the spirit monkey smashed a few jars of wine, and the aroma of the wine was overflowing, making people greedy.Smelling the smell of alcohol, Qinghe always felt uncomfortable everywhere, so he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.

Wen Liu also wanted to understand this, and rolled his eyes: "I have a way to make you forget your alcohol addiction. Taoist priest, do you believe it?"

"Let's hear it?" Qing He was very interested.

"Hey. You have to agree to cooperate with me first..." Wen Liu wagged his tail slightly.

Qinghe sensed this little move.Generally speaking, this is a manifestation of a certain monster having a small calculation in its heart and being very complacent.He shook his head resolutely: "No need. The Shanren don't want to get on a thief's boat."

Wen Liu suddenly turned over, and pressed his giant claws firmly on Qinghe's shoulder: "Hey, I won't let you get what you want."

With a flick of his tail, he nimbly rolled away Qing He's coat, and the tip of his tail went all the way into the inner coat.White light shone slightly in the center of the forehead, and gradually turned into a human body, lowering his head to lick the seal between the brows of the Taoist priest.

Qinghe turned his face slightly to the side, and the warm breath sprayed on the side of his neck was clearly discernible.With a scalding temperature, it seems to be able to penetrate the flesh and blood, engulfing a warm current to flow to the whole body.

The wind in the valley blows open the window sash and sends the fallen flowers into the house.Qinghe reached out, twirled a blossoming peach blossom between his fingers, and suddenly said softly: "Spring is coming to an end."

"Hey, I don't hurt spring and autumn like you." Wen Liu muttered inarticulately, with the tip of his tongue down all the way, sucking on his lips arrogantly, "At worst, I will brew peach blossom wine again next year."

Qinghe's brows stretched, seeming to be smiling, but they were completely swallowed up in Wenliu's chaotic kisses.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was bright, and Wen Liu, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the chaotic banging on the door.

Grinning his teeth, he got up, pushed aside Qinghe who was covering himself as a pillow, and went to open the door angrily.

Outside the door is a group of spirit monkeys.Each of them was holding two jars of wine in their hands, trembling slightly under the unfriendly stare of the monster.

Wen Liu picked up an altar unceremoniously, sniffed the aroma of the wine, and nodded in satisfaction: "Those boys are quite interesting."

Then he hid all the good wine brought by the spirit monkey back to the cellar, and waved his hand: "Get out, get out, I don't care about you anymore!"

The monkeys scattered in a hurry.One ran to a distance, scratched its head, turned back, took out a book, and threw it at Wen Liu.

Wen Liu raised his eyebrows and reached out to hold the book firmly.When I opened it, it was the latest volume "Biography of Yi Chen Zi".It was probably just printed, and it still has a strong smell of ink.Probably Xia Yi saw it when he was buying wine, and remembered that his master loved to read idle books, so he bought a copy in the shop.

Wen Liu glanced over ten lines at a glance, and snorted heavily.

This booklet is about Yichenzi's love affairs with some ladies of the Hou family.

Wen Liu threw the book aside and shook his head angrily.Qing He was so shaken that he barely opened his sleepy eyes, and asked wearily, "So what?"

Wen Liu gritted his teeth: "Listen, if I beat you one day, I will definitely break the blood contract and flatten your Taihua Mountain to vent my anger. Smelly Taoist priest, you'd better remember it clearly at all times!"

Hearing this, Qinghe closed her eyes again, not paying any attention to it: "Got it."

He was still amused in his drowsiness.I've been saying it for decades...it's the same sentence, the mountain people already know it.He couldn't match Wen Liu when he was an adult back then, and although his cultivation is far better than before, he's probably still not as good.If Wen Liu really wants to forcibly break free from the blood contract, it's all right.

But after so many decades of talking, it's all lip service.

No matter how you look at it... it's all just beating around the bush to make yourself pay more attention.

Qinghe turned over, fell asleep again, and buried himself deeper into Wenliu's big fluffy tail by the way.

(end)

Wen Liu just said it casually that day, but he forgot about his peach blossom wine the next year.

And a few years later, Qinghe had taken him to leave Taihua Mountain together, traveling all over the world.

Stopping and stopping along the way, I have been to Huangsha Wanli Saibei, I have been to Jiangnan in the misty rain of apricot blossoms, I have found caves and blessed places everywhere, and I have searched countless alchemy methods.

A man and a demon happened to pass by a large uninhabited forest, with nowhere to stay.Fortunately, the weather was fine, and it was not a big problem to sleep in the wild.

Wen Liu still turned into his original body, curled himself up, and wrapped Qinghe's whole body in the long and soft fur of his belly.

Before falling asleep, he felt something stuck to his forehead and rubbed it with his paws. When he opened his eyes, he saw it was a half-bloomed peach blossom.

He suddenly remembered that it was also the peach blossom wine that he had mentioned in late spring when the peach blossoms were in bloom.

"Taoist, the peach blossoms are blooming again. Why don't you remind me!"

"what?"

"Wine."

"Oh."

"Remember next time!"

"it is good."

"Bah! You didn't listen to what I said at all, did you?"

"Um……"

Wen Liu's seven orifices smoked, and he almost jumped violently.Qing He hurriedly held him down, and Shi Shiran said: "There are not many good wines in the world, why do you have to have peach blossom wine?"

Wen Liu wanted to say that it was different. The wine brewed by Lao Tzu was rare in the sky and unparalleled in the earth. Qinghe had already rubbed the roots of his ears with a gentle smile: "The future will last forever."

Wen Liu resentfully stopped pestering her and closed her eyes to sleep.

He fell asleep and had a dream.Dreaming that spring is the time when peach blossoms are everywhere, Qinghe folds off a branch of peach blossoms that are as dewy as water, and puts them in front of his nose.The fresh water vapor hits the face, so real that it seems to be right in front of your eyes.

Wen Liu woke up suddenly.

It turned out that he fell asleep and turned his head to the side, just facing Qinghe's face. The Taoist priest's long and steady breath brushed his nose, like a peach branch with morning dew in his dream.

At this moment, Wen Liu no longer thought about the arrival of next spring.

He thought, this gentle peach blossom and the gentle spring scenery just happened to be in his arms, so he should sleep together on the same pillow and go to Nanke together.

END

*The title comes from the lyrics of "A Thousand Years of Complaints", "The gentle peach blossoms shatter like rain".