wind geese

In the early morning of the second day, Su Yu drove the carriage up the mountain road. After driving for half a day, a peach blossom forest suddenly appeared in front of my eyes. , like entering a sea of ​​pink mist.

"This peach grove really feels like "Peach Blossom Spring." Luo Xunfeng lifted the curtains of the car, leaned his head out of the car window to enjoy the beautiful scenery, saw the petals falling with the wind, he stretched out his hand, and caught it A petal.

"Of course, as I told you, Izumozhai is a paradise." Ah Rui's voice sounded behind him.

Luo Xunfeng looked towards the front of the car, and saw Su Yu's thin back, the young man was concentrating on driving the car without turning his eyes.

At this moment, a gust of wind blows up the petals in Luo Xunfeng's palm and blows them forward. When passing by Su Yu's side, the young man suddenly stretches out his hand, as if subconsciously, gently grasping the petals. live.He withdrew his hand slightly and spread his palm. Soon, the petals were blown up again by the wind. Su Yu put down his hand and turned his head to look back. Against each other, they just caught Luo Xunfeng's eyes.

The spring is bright and the face is full of peach blossoms.

Luo Xunfeng felt his heart skip a beat, and was a little dazed for a moment.

It was Su Yu who withdrew his gaze first, and when Luo Xunfeng turned his head, he saw that the tips of his ears were slightly red.

"You laugh so strangely." A Rui looked at Luo Xunfeng who was sitting back in the carriage, raised his eyebrows and said.

"Is there?" Luo Xunfeng touched his chin.

The carriage drove out of the bamboo forest, and the eyes suddenly opened up, fields and houses appeared, and Izumozhai finally arrived.

Ah Rui happily rushed to the front of the car to show Su Yu the way. The carriage twisted and turned, and finally stopped at the gate of a courtyard, where the sound of young people reading aloud could be heard.

"Daddy, Mommy, I'm back!" Ah Rui jumped off the carriage and rushed into the yard.

The sound of reading stopped, and the faces of a group of teenagers appeared at the window of the room in the courtyard, crowding each other and looking into the courtyard.

A middle-aged man in a long gown with a gentle appearance came out of the house.Immediately afterwards, another middle-aged woman ran from the backyard.

"A Rui!" Seeing the boy, the two almost wept with joy, and stepped forward to hug him.

"You have been away for so long, except for the first letter, there has been no letter for two consecutive months. Mother is dying of anxiety." The woman wiped her tears and said.

"Hey, I'll just say he's fine, and you'll just worry about it." The middle-aged man said flatly, but secretly wiped the corners of his eyes.

Ah Rui hugged his parents for a long time, then he remembered Luo Xunfeng and Su Yu at the door, and hurriedly welcomed them into the yard.

"Father, mother, these are the friends I met outside, Brother Feng and Brother Suyu, they both have saved my life."

"Grace for saving your life?" The woman touched Ah Rui's shoulder and asked, "Have you encountered any danger outside?"

"There is no danger," Ah Rui said with a smile, "Let my friends enter the room and sit down before we talk about it."

"That's right, the two sons came from afar, and they are Ah Rui's saviors. I would like to thank you in advance. Please follow my wife into the house to rest. I will release the students first, and I will explain in detail later." The young man bowed his hands to Luo Xunfeng and Su Yu, and the two hurriedly bowed their hands back.

Luo Xunfeng leaned closer to Su Yu's side, and whispered, "So this brat knew that I was his lifesaver, and I thought you were the only one in his eyes."

"..." Su Yu looked at Luo Xunfeng a little helplessly, but saw that he was just joking.

……

Just like that, several people sat down in the living room of A Rui's house, and A Rui's mother made tea and brought cakes.

Ah Rui's father was the only scholar in the village, named Shangguan Jingting, who worked as a teacher in the village.

Ah Rui told his parents what happened to him at the foot of the mountain, and his mother was so distressed.Shangguan Jingting thanked Luo Xunfeng and Su Yu repeatedly, and invited them to stay at home to recuperate from their injuries. Luo Xunfeng did not refuse too much, and accepted Shangguan Jingting's invitation.

Luo Xunfeng and Su Yu put away their luggage in the courtyard of Shangguan's house, and Ah Rui proposed to take them to meet the saint in the village, that is, his sister.

The three of them went out.

"Since my sister became a saint, she has lived in the center of the village—the Baixian Pavilion, that building." Ah Rui stretched out his hand and pointed upwards. There is a wooden pavilion that occupies a large area on the mountainside. , the appearance is simple but gorgeous, and it seems that there are coiled snakes carved on the corners of the cornices.

The carriage was in a hurry just now, and now Luo Xunfeng carefully watched the scenery of Chuyunzhai.The entire stockade is built along the mountain, and the scattered wooden houses and tile houses are distributed up and down because of the shape of the mountain. On one side of the stockade, a piece of farmland has just been sown with spring seeds, and there are only some shallow green seedlings. Grass, pleasant scenery.

Along the way, people greeted A Rui from time to time, some were dressed as Han Chinese, and some were dressed as foreigners, with embroidered clothes, cloth headscarves, and silver ornaments.

A Rui explained that Izumo Village is actually a mixed village with many customs of its own.For example, after the youth in the village reaches the age of 16, they can go down the mountain alone for a period of time, ranging from a month to half a year, to broaden their horizons and exercise their courage.That's why Ah Rui went down the mountain three months ago.

Just as he was talking, he saw two young men carrying hoes walking side by side. At a fork, they turned and went down to the field. The two talked and laughed all the way, and a little yellow dog followed them bouncingly.

Suddenly, a taller man took another man's hand, put it on the side of his face, and then pulled it to his mouth and kissed his finger. The other man shyly withdrew his hand, and the two faces were pale The smile is getting sweeter.

Luo Xunfeng raised his eyebrows, and Su Yu also had a slightly surprised expression on his face.

"That's the Gong family brother." Ah Rui said to the two.

"Brother—?" Luo Xunfeng dragged out the end of his voice.

"Not real brothers, but 'Qi brothers', that is, two men who entered into a marriage contract." Ah Rui explained.

"Well, I heard that men in central Fujian can enter into marriage contracts before, but I didn't expect you to have such a custom in Izuyun Village." Luo Xunfeng rubbed his chin with interest, and he glanced at Su Yu. His expression returned to his usual calmness, he lowered his head slightly, and his eyes were fixed on the little yellow dog at the feet of the two people opposite.

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the field ahead—"The cow is crazy!"

A farm ox suddenly spread its hooves and ran wildly. The plow driver behind him couldn't drag it and fell to the ground. A young woman on the side of the road.

The woman was terrified, and stood on the spot blankly, seeing that she was about to be slammed into the air, either dead or disabled, at the very moment, a blue figure suddenly approached, and the woman was taken away from the place by that figure , fell a foot away.

The ox turned its head and continued to rush towards the woman, but saw another black figure leaping behind the ox, pulling the reins on the plow, and pulling back hard.The cattle felt the resistance and struggled forward with all their strength. With such brute force, even several people could not turn back, but unexpectedly they could not take a single step.

It was Su Yu who was holding the rein behind it, and the young man let out a low cry, leaned back, his arm strength increased sharply, the muscles on his arm showed through the outline of his clothes, and the farm ox let out a "moo", and was suddenly caught Pulled to the ground.Su Yu popped out a dagger from his sleeve, shot like the wind, and cut out a section of the rein. Before the cow turned upside down, he threw the rein at its four hooves, wrapped it around and retracted it, and the cow was firmly held in an upside-down manner. tied up.

It only took a moment from grabbing the cattle to subduing it.

"Su Yu!" Luo Xunfeng let go of the woman in his arms, and walked quickly to Su Yu.

A Rui also ran over.

Su Yu asked Luo Xunfeng, "Master, are you alright?" Just after asking this sentence, he suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth and coughed twice.

"Nothing will happen to me." Luo Xunfeng said, grabbing Su Yu's hand as he spoke, and seeing the deep blood marks on his palm, Luo Xunfeng glared at him, and saw a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, couldn't help but He frowned and said, "I told you not to use force recently, but you didn't listen, do you think I won't be able to deal with a bull?" As he spoke, he sent a wave of internal force from Su Yu's wrist.

"Su Yu is guilty..." The young man wanted to withdraw his hand, but Luo Xunfeng grabbed his wrist and squeezed it hard.

"Brother Su Yu, are you okay?" Ah Rui asked from the side.

"No problem." Su Yu said to him.

"My little girl thanked the two gentlemen for saving their lives!" At this time, the girl who had been rescued just now carefully walked around the struggling cattle on the ground, and came to thank them in front of them.She looked only twenty-eight years old, she seemed to be in shock, her beautiful almond eyes lingered on Luo Xunfeng's body for a moment.

On the other side, the owner of the farm cattle and some other people around also gathered around, a group of people surrounded and praised Luo Xunfeng and Su Yu.The owner looked at the cattle on the ground and was worried about how to transport the cattle back.

"Hey, why didn't you take good care of your cow? If it wasn't for Brother Su Yu and the others just now, someone would have died!" Ah Rui said to the owner of the cow.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the man apologized again and again, "the mango mushroom grew in the field and was eaten by a cow, and that's why I went crazy."

"What is a ghost umbrella mushroom?" Luo Xunfeng asked strangely.

"The ghost mushroom is a common poisonous mushroom on our mountain. It is yellowish brown and shaped like a small umbrella. If the animal eats it by mistake, it will go crazy, but generally it will not be fatal. Give more water and wait for a long time. It will recover. Once we usually find ghost mushrooms in the village, we will get rid of them in time." The owner of the cow explained, and he apologized to everyone again, "I was careless this time, I'm sorry everyone!"

……

After a small episode, Luo Xunfeng and the other three finally arrived outside the gate of Baixian Pavilion.

Before entering the door, I saw green leaves and red flowers on both sides of the entrance passage. The flowers have no fragrance, but they are pure red. There is a pair of couplets posted, "Blooming in the snow until the dawn of spring, smilingly welcoming the withered grass and emerald green".

"This is winterflower, a type of camellia. It can bloom for half a year once it blooms. It has been planted at the gate of Baixian Pavilion for many years." A Rui said to the two.

He led the two of them towards the pavilion. At this moment, a domineering voice came out from the pavilion. When Ah Rui heard it, he grabbed Luo Xunfeng and Su Yu and leaned against the wall to listen outside. stand up.

"Women are not allowed to marry. It is a rule left by the ancestors. The former saint girl broke this rule by helping the village to pay tribute to the saint. As a result, last year's corn production was greatly reduced, which is a warning from God! If you still want to go your own way , when the time comes to kill Zhaizi, I’m afraid you won’t be able to apologize with death! Shangguanyue, I advise you to think it over carefully!”

"Girls don't get married? What kind of custom is this?" Luo Xunfeng asked Ah Rui in a low voice.

A Rui stared at the entrance of Baixian Pavilion, clenched his fists tightly, and said with hostility between his brows, "Originally there was a rule in the village, saying that women marrying outside would bring misfortune to the village. But the former saint The woman tried her best to get everyone to agree that as long as the man who wants to marry the girl in the village goes into the cave where Chitong is with the girl, and passes through the cave alive, he will be approved by Chitong, and he can marry the girl. Go. As soon as this action came out, several men were scared away, so it was not true love. In the end, only two couples entered the cave, and both passed the test of Chitong, and went down the mountain. One of them has been away for more than 20 years , there is another couple who just left last year, just before my sister took office, and that woman is still a good friend of my sister. The one talking inside is Chai Kun, the head of Izumo Village. Since he took office, he has always been at odds with the saint. He felt that the saint was on his head, he didn't dare to mess with the former saint, and now he wants to take advantage of my sister's new appointment to make trouble."

Just as he was speaking, a clear and firm female voice sounded in the pavilion, "Master Chai, let Chitong judge whether a woman can marry outside. It has been approved by everyone, and it is not abolished just as you say."

"Chitong, Chitong, if it really represents the will of God, let it prove to us again!" Chai Kunba said in a high voice.

"No problem! After the Spring Festival in the evening of tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, I will hold a divination in front of everyone in the village, and let Chitong choose whether to continue to judge whether the woman will marry out."

"If that red pupil is not of one mind with you, I think you will resign on the spot!"

"Chai Kun, don't be too arrogant! Ah Yue is the chosen saint, and Chitong will not agree with anyone except her!" Another young woman's voice sounded.

"Hmph, Ziyuan, you're helping Shangguanyue now, and you'll cry in the future! If you can still find someone who tames Chitong, Shangguanyue, just wait and give way!" Chai Kun sneered.

"!!!" Ah Rui finally couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed towards the cabinet with his fists clenched.

Chai Kun was leading a few of his men out of the door aggressively, and bumped into Ah Rui face to face. They glanced at Ah Rui and walked past him arrogantly. The anger in Ah Rui's eyes was almost burning. At this moment, Shangguan Yue's voice came, calling Ah Rui's rationality back.

Ah Rui looked into the hall, and shouted, "Sister, sister Ziyuan!"

In the hall, a woman was wearing a white dress with wide sleeves, her long hair was partly draped, and there was a silver carved forehead decoration on her forehead. If you look closely at the white dress, there are delicate silver embroidered dark patterns, which is low-key and gorgeous.Her face is somewhat similar to Ah Rui's, but her appearance is more watery, obviously she is Shangguan Yue.

The other woman was dressed as an ordinary girl, wearing a lavender dress, and her facial features were quite beautiful. She should be the "Sister Ziyuan" in A Rui's mouth.

"Sister Ziyuan, why are you here?" Ah Rui asked.

"I came to see Ah Yue and brought some red bean paste cakes. I didn't expect to meet that bastard Chai Kun looking for trouble. I was so mad!" Zi Yuan pinched her waist and said.

"It's okay, as long as the day after tomorrow Chitong gets a good result in divination in front of everyone, Chai Kun's mouth will definitely be blocked. I will never let the freedom that Master finally won for everyone go back." Shangguan Yue pursed her thin lips lightly. , with a stubborn look on his face.

"Heh, not allowing women to marry outsiders is probably the rule you set in the early days of your village to maintain the reproduction of the population. Over time, it has become a mythical disaster." Luo Xunfeng couldn't help but fold his arms at the side at this time. road.

"Who are these two?" Shangguan Yue asked.

A Rui hastily made an introduction.

When introducing Ziyuan, Ah Rui said, "Sister Ziyuan has a twin sister named Danfeng. Danfeng and Ziyuan look very similar. Sister Danfeng's husband is a man from outside. The two of them met last year. After the red pupil test, I left the village, I remember that before I went down the mountain to practice, sister Danfeng just came back to visit relatives, right?"

"Yeah," Zi Yuan smiled, "She's doing well outside, and she's very affectionate with her brother-in-law."

"Is sister Danfeng still alive?"

"Let's go early."

"Ah, otherwise we can show Brother Su Yu and the others the double flowers in our village." A Rui said regretfully.

When Ah Rui saw her sister, she couldn't help acting coquettishly, and Shangguanyue thanked the two of them again. After a few people chatted for a while, they saw the time for lunch. Since Shangguanyue became a saint, she spent most of her time in Baixian Pavilion, A Rui bid farewell to her sister and was about to go home, Zi Yuan also left together.

"Sister Ziyuan, for the spring festival tomorrow night, remember to bring that altar of peach blossom wine." Ah Rui said to Ziyuan as he walked.

Ziyuan was startled, and asked, "What peach blossom wine?"

"It's the altar you brewed last year. You promised to bring it to me during the Spring Festival this year." A Rui said.

"Oh, I remembered." Zi Yuan smiled, stretched out her hand and scratched Ah Rui's nose, and said, "You are so young, you are so addicted to alcohol."

"I'm not young anymore! I'm not young anymore!" Ah Rui jumped.

……

Back at Shangguan's house, Ah Rui's mother had already prepared a table of dishes, and she was waiting for a few people to come back for dinner.

During the banquet, Luo Xunfeng picked up a piece of deep-fried white ingredients, and when he took a closer look, the ingredient was actually a worm, about half a finger long, with lines on its body, looking like enlarged maggots. As soon as he felt numb, he almost retched, and as soon as the chopsticks were loosened, the worm fell to the table.

"Haha, Mr. Feng, don't be surprised. These are bamboo worms, which grow in bamboo. Deep-fried bamboo worms are our specialty here. Don't look at the scary-looking worms. They taste delicious and crispy after frying." Ah Rui's mother smiled and explained.

"Yes, Brother Feng, try it!" Ah Rui said and put a large group of bamboo worms into Luo Xunfeng's bowl.

Luo Xunfeng stared at the bowl, hurriedly picked out a bamboo worm with chopsticks, half put it half into Su Yu's bowl, and said without looking away, "Taste it."

Su Yu silently took the bamboo worm into his mouth and made a slight chewing sound.

"How does it taste?" Ah Rui leaned over and asked.

Su Yu swallowed the food in his mouth, nodded and said, "It's delicious."

"..." Luo Xunfeng looked around the banquet, but saw A Rui, A Rui's father, and A Rui's mother all picked up bamboo worms and put them in their mouths. For a while, the sound of chewing bamboo worms could only be heard.

Luo Xunfeng covered his forehead with one hand, thinking, this meal is too much to eat.

The author has something to say: Here I come, this chapter is a transitional chapter, so I simply wrote all the relevant content, there are a lot of foreshadowing~

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