1.

Lin Xiao absentmindedly poked the sandwich on the plate with a fork, an action that lasted for about five minutes, poking the layer of wrap on it into a thousand holes.

Bai Yi couldn't stand it, so he moved the plate in front of him to himself, cut the sandwich that had been cleaned up beyond recognition by Lin Xiao, picked up a small piece and put it in his mouth. "I said that if you don't eat, you won't eat, don't spoil the food, I despise you if you are like this again!"

"Sorry, I'm a little in the mood. Lin Xiao took a new sandwich again, and this time cut it into small pieces in a regular manner, without any more tricks.

"It's been two days since you came in after military training, and I see that you have been suffering from your face...... I know you're homesick, so there's no way to let you live with us. Bai Yi said as she added mayonnaise to the sandwich layer.

Lin Xiao picked up a small piece of cut and put it in his mouth, chewing it uncharacteristically and swallowing it slowly. "I'm not homesick, I'm thinking about what has happened in this time. ”

"This one...... You don't have to worry about it. ”

"What are you kidding? How could I not be worried! All these recent events have come at me, and the other party has carefully calculated every step and led me in a certain direction little by little, and I have not even figured out the most basic trajectory of his whereabouts. It makes me feel like a prey being played around by a hunter and waiting to be caught in the trap!"

Bai Yi swallowed the sandwich in his mouth, took a sip of the milk on the side, and didn't seem to be worried about what Lin Xiao said.

"The other party deliberately arranged these messy things just to make you mess up. Bai Yi calmly analyzed, "What about you now, you should eat, sleep, and don't put too much psychological pressure on yourself." Don't worry too much before the other party takes the next step. ”

"But ......"

"My cousin has been outside for the past two days just looking for clues to these things, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. ”

"But I always feel ......"

"Okay, you just stop!" Bai Yi rolled his eyes impatiently, "What else do you have to be afraid of if you have completed the college entrance examination, the life experience of surviving three rounds of review is enough for you to withstand the current pressure! Also, can you still eat? If you don't eat, you will give it to me." As he spoke, he took the large plate containing the remaining four sandwiches directly in front of him.

Lin Xiao's eyes were quick, and he quickly picked up one and then picked up another and put it on his plate: "The beauty of thinking!"

"When you mention food, you will be energetic, and you will not be able to make a little difference. Bai Yi couldn't help but smack his lips in disgust.

Lin Xiao rolled his eyes: "You care about me!" After eating two bites, he said: "But there is one thing to say, I really didn't expect that your hands that dissect corpses are like chopping vegetables, can actually make a meal that a normal person can eat." ”

Bai Yi smiled slightly, and raised his knife to slash. The door of the suite was suddenly opened, and Ye Wuxin, who hadn't seen a shadow for two days, walked in.

"Cousin, you're back. Bai Yi waved his hand and beckoned, and at the same time stuck the dinner knife on the sandwich in front of Lin Xiao with his backhand, so frightened that he almost squirted out halfway through his chewing.

Ye Wuxin simply said "um", walked to the dining table and sat down, rubbing her eyebrows, it seemed that the events of the past two days had made the dignified sword idiot feel tired, she rubbed it and said: "Yiyi, those things I asked you to check - medical records and blood or something, you don't need to check it." ”

Bai Yi couldn't help but be stunned: "What's the matter? Do you already know the truth behind the stand-in?"

"There's an eyebrow. Ye Wuxin nodded slightly, "Although I don't know the origin of the stand-in yet, I have already roughly found out how that person died." ”

"Probably?" Lin Xiao captured a key word.

Ye Wuxin said: "It should be eight or nine or ten, but I still need to further confirm." I found a place...... I'm going to do it again tomorrow. After speaking, he looked at Bai Yi: "Have you drunk water today?"

Bai Yi picked up the empty cup in front of him: "I didn't drink the water, but I drank milk, does this count?"

Ye Wuxin sighed: "Then forget it." ”

"That...... Wait a minute. Lin Xiao picked up his cup of milk that had not been touched in a sip, "I haven't drunk water, and I haven't even touched milk." ”

"Well, I can testify to this. Bai Yi nodded and said, "Our little friend has been so worried lately that he can't even eat, let alone drink any water and milk. ”

Ye Wuxin looked at Lin Xiao twice, hesitated for a moment, and said, "So far, it can only be like this." As he spoke, he took out a few bottles of black-looking liquid from his bag beside him, "From now on, you don't drink anything else, don't touch water or drinks, just drink this." ”

Lin Xiao took the bottles of black things, took them closer to his eyes, couldn't tell what they were, shook them twice and found that they were still viscous liquids. He unscrewed the cap of the bottle and licked it slightly, smacking his lips and said, "It's okay, it's just a little sweet and a little fishy." ”

"Sweet and fishy, what is it?" Bai Yi's curiosity suddenly rose, took a bottle and unscrewed the cap, put his nose to the mouth of the bottle and sniffed it, and after a while, he sniffed it carefully twice, and suddenly his face changed, and he looked at Ye Wuxin.

Ye Wuxin looked back at her, his expression still indifferent.

Bai Yi only felt that the sandwiches he had just eaten were churning in his stomach: "This can't be mixed with honey...... What's that?!"

Ye Wuxin looked at her and nodded silently.

At this time, Lin Xiao took another sip, and was stretching out his tongue to lick the liquid residue at the corner of his mouth, when he heard this and asked, "What is that?"

Ye Wuxin kicked Bai Yi hard under the table.

Bai Yi couldn't help but hold back a smile, and looked back at Lin Xiao, who still didn't know anything in front of him: "It's okay, what's that...... It's a good thing...... Be good, just listen to your teacher Xiaoye and drink more!"

Lin Xiao nodded with an "oh", did not doubt him, picked up the bottle of unknown liquid and continued to pour a big sip.

Bai Yi put down his knife and fork, pushed away the unfinished sandwich in front of him, and silently got up to leave.

Ye Wuxin took the plate of sandwiches, cut it open, picked up a small piece and asked her, "You don't want to eat more?"

The white clothes smirked a few times, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lin Xiao pouring out the milk in the cup and replacing it with that black liquid, and his face couldn't help but change, and he quickly turned his head and accelerated his pace and left the restaurant.

She is a doctor, what Lin Xiao can't distinguish, she knows it by smelling it simply.

If she looked at it twice, she would throw up!

2.

What was the black unknown liquid that Ye Wuxin gave him, out of trust in the other party, Lin Xiao did not delve into this aspect. Bai Yi seemed to know, but Lin Xiao hadn't seen her since breakfast.

But those unknown liquids are indeed not normal things, and when he finished drinking the third bottle, Lin Xiao noticed an abnormality for the first time - his body temperature was dropping.

Obviously repeatedly confirmed that the indoor air conditioner was 27 degrees, Lin Xiao always felt like he was in a room at 16 degrees. Even when he went out to the sun outside the community, he didn't feel the slightest warmth, but shivered several times when he walked through those shady areas.

After drinking the fifth bottle, the chill from the bottom of my heart became more and more obvious. In addition, Lin Xiao had been vaguely seeing several erratic shadows appearing in various corners of the suite, but when he looked back, he found that the place was empty.

"Teacher Xiaoye?"

Lin Xiao sat cross-legged on the sofa and looked at Ye Wuxin, who was concentrating on reading.

At this moment, in his sight, there was also a little Lori wearing a student sailor uniform standing behind Ye Wuxin, playing with her long hair that was still wet after washing.

Little Lori is indeed very beautiful, and the smile on her face is also very innocent, but the discordant thing is that she has a wound the size of a goose egg on her head, which is constantly bubbling blood!

Her hand passed through the side of Ye Wuxin's head, turned into a phantom, and then stretched out from the other side.

Lin Xiao rubbed his eyes in horror, and when he looked at it seriously, he was surprised to find that only Ye Wuxin was left in his sight, and the little Lori was gone.

Ye Wuxin heard Lin Xiao call her, and looked up at him from the scroll: "What's wrong?"

"Do you feel ...... Is there anyone else in this suite besides us?"

Ye Wuxin's expression was still indifferent after hearing this, and he couldn't see what her emotions were. She looked up at the cuckoo clock on the wall, and it was a quarter past ten in the evening, so she closed the book and stood up.

"It's not too early, go to bed early, and don't forget that we're going out tomorrow to find clues. ”

Lin Xiao looked at Ye Wuxin, who answered the question, in amazement, and watched her enter the bedroom and close the door, and realized that she was not joking with herself the moment the deadbolt sounded softly. He hurriedly got up and returned to the bedroom, threw himself on the bed and covered his head with the quilt, forcing himself to fall asleep as soon as possible.

This sleep was definitely the most painful sleep Lin Xiao had ever slept in his life. First of all, an inexplicable chill always wrapped around the body from time to time, and then I always felt that someone was whispering in my ear, and I was so irritable that I couldn't sleep; I finally forced myself to count the dumplings until I fell asleep, but I encountered the ghost pressing the bed again, and I struggled for a long time and sweated profusely.

Lin Xiao got up exhausted, changed his clothes and lay down again to sleep, but he felt that he had not slept for a few minutes, someone entered his room and opened the curtains, and the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone into the room, directly waking him up.

"Get up and get ready to go. Ye Wuxin's cold voice echoed in his ears like an alarm clock.

Lin Xiao got up in a trance, washed up and had breakfast, and went out with Ye Wuxin in a drowsy state. He subconsciously followed Ye Wuxin aimlessly throughout the whole process, dozing off as he went.

I don't know how long he walked, but when he came back to his senses, he found that he and Ye Wuxin were walking on the side of a mountain river.

Lin Xiao sobered up a lot at this time: "Where is this." ”

"A barren mountain on the outskirts of the Silent Sea. Ye Wuxin replied.

"Barren Mountain?" Lin Xiao exclaimed, "Aren't we here to investigate the clues that confirm the stand-in?

Ye Wuxin took him and continued to walk forward: "Don't ask, you'll know later." ”

The two of them walked for about ten minutes, and Lin Xiao began to notice that the surrounding woods began to become thin, gradually revealing a large space in front of them. Suddenly, a peach-colored petal floated from the front, carried up and down by the breeze, and finally floated to Lin Xiao's face.

"Peach blossoms?" Lin Xiao took the petal on his face, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, "Where did the peach blossoms come from this season?" Ye Wuxin walked a few steps quickly, walked out of the shade, came to the sun, pointed ahead and said, "Look." ”

Lin Xiao followed, looking in the direction of Ye Wuxin's finger, he couldn't help but stay in place, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

I saw the stream at their feet, which meandered forward and flowed into the mountain gorge not far away, showing a "line of sky" landscape. There is a lot of space in front of the mountain wall, and on both sides of the stream are large peach blossom forests. Under the mountain breeze, the peach-colored waves are rolled up.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty Tao Yuanming's "Peach Blossom Spring" describes: "...... Rim stream, forget the distance of the road, suddenly meet the peach blossom forest, hundreds of steps between the bank, there are no miscellaneous trees. The herbs are delicious and the fallen flowers are colorful. ”

What you see in front of you is exactly what you see.

"I'm going! I shouldn't have woken up yet, I'm still in a dream, it's September, where did I get such a lush peach blossom forest?!" Lin Xiao thought that it was the side effects of the black liquid that made him hallucinate, and slapped his cheeks vigorously trying to wake himself up.

However, his face turned red, and the peach blossom forest was still there, and it hadn't changed in the slightest.

"It is said that 'the world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom', maybe there is such a wonder in the world. Ye Wuxin quipped, "Let's go, I'll take you to see what's even more incredible." ”

Ye Wuxin led Lin Xiao through the peach blossom forest and went straight to the mountain gorge of the "first line of sky". The two of them stepped on the ankle-length stream, their shoes and socks were soaked, and they walked into the gorge that could only accommodate one person at a time.

Lin Xiao walked behind Ye Wuxin. In order to avoid any changes when crossing the gorge, Lin Xiao's hand was held by Ye Wuxin from beginning to end, and his feet followed her step by step.

In such a narrow passage, the distance between the two people was extremely close, and the last time the two were so close to each other, it was still on the bed in Lin Xiao's house.

Ye Wuxin's hand was unusually soft to hold, just like her face, and her hand was as delicate as a girl. The only rough place is in the position of the tiger's mouth, probably caused by holding a long sword for many years.

It's hard to imagine how many lives such delicate hands have harvested in the four-story building!

There was a slight mountain breeze blowing between the gorges, bringing Ye Wuxin's hair to Lin Xiao's face. The faint fragrance in her hair swept away the discomfort caused by Lin Xiao's lack of sleep last night.

"It's here. Ye Wuxin's cold voice suddenly sounded in his ears, and Lin Xiao realized that they had walked out of the canyon and came to an open place. In an instant, an unexpected picture appeared in front of his eyes-

"This ...... Over here...... It's really ...... here Is it the Peach Blossom Spring?!" The strong visual impact made Lin Xiao feel that he was about to lose his language function.

Tao Yuanming's "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring" has a cloud: "Dozens of steps back, suddenly enlightened." The land is flat, the houses are like that, and there are good fields and beautiful ponds and mulberry bamboos. Qianmo traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other. Among them, the men and women are dressed like outsiders. Yellow hair hangs down and is happy. ”

The scene before me is almost exactly the same as the one described in the text: a flat and wide land, neat rows of houses, fertile fields, beautiful ponds and bamboo forests, and so on. The fields and paths are intertwined, and the crowing of chickens and dogs can be heard everywhere. People come and go in the fields to plow and work, and in addition to men and women weaving, there are also old people and children who play with each other and have fun.

Ye Wuxin walked to Lin Xiao, who was stunned, and said unhurriedly: "Yes, this is the Peach Blossom Source described by Tao Yuanming." However, compared to the original text of "The Peach Blossom Spring", have you noticed any differences?"

Lin Xiao put away his shock and looked at all kinds of characters—from men, women, old men and children, to farmers, weaver girls, drunkards and scavengers, and finally found the clue:

"Their costumes...... It seems that most of them are the kind of workwear that they used to wear when they went to the mountains and the countryside in the sixties and seventies of the last century; some of them are from the Republic of China period; I just saw a few people dressed up in the late Qing Dynasty; and there are also people who are dressed up in modern fashion. ”

After Lin Xiao finished speaking, he couldn't help but be stunned: "What is this? Is it a hodgepodge of times?!"

Before Ye Wuxin could answer, a young woman dressed as an educated youth in the sixties and seventies of the last century had already come to them. She looked at Lin Xiao curiously, and then said in her voice as crisp and melodious as a yellow warbler: "Comrade, I see that you are quite faced, you are a new face." ”

Lin Xiao was caught off guard by the question: "Yes...... Oh, yes. ”

"We haven't had a new comrade in our village for a long time. ”

"Yes...... Really?"

"Meeting is fate, otherwise it would be better to stay with us for dinner today, so that we can do our best to be a landlord. The female intellectuals said with great enthusiasm.

Lin Xiao said "ah": "No, no, no...... That's not good, my teacher and I have something to do when we go back, so I won't trouble you. As he spoke, he turned back and pulled Ye Wuxin. Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he pulled it empty, but when he turned his head, he found that Ye Wuxin was standing in a position that he couldn't reach, and the expression on his face seemed to be smiling.

The female intellectual-young man followed in the direction that Lin Xiao was looking at, revealing an inexplicable expression: "Comrade, what are you doing there, there is no one there." ”

Lin Xiao was having a headache about how to refuse this female intellectual's invitation, and when he heard this, he was stunned: "What did you say?

"Nobody. The female intellectuals looked dazed.

"There's such a big living person standing there, don't tell me you didn't see it?!" Lin Xiao pointed at Ye Wuxin and said loudly to the female intellectual.

Ye Wuxin let Lin Xiao point at her, looking at the farce in front of her with an indifferent gaze, as if he had already expected such a situation.

The female intellectual-young man came to Lin Xiao's eyes, waved her hand and shook it vigorously, and said with a smile: "Comrade, you must have traveled for a long time to come here, you are all tired, you see that you are tired and hallucinating." Come with me quickly, let you taste the craftsmanship of our side, and have a good rest after eating, and you will be fine when you wake up tomorrow. ”

The female intellectual-young man tugged at Lin Xiao's sleeve and pulled him into the village. Lin Xiao struggled and looked back at Ye Wuxin, but he didn't know when she had left.

3.

What happened next is much the same as the story in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring". The female intellectuals dragged Lin Xiao into the village, and also called other intellectuals and the men, women and children in the village. Everyone set up a large table of wine and food in a commune-like hall to entertain new guests, and the object of hospitality was Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao tried to ask about the origin of these people based on the plot routine described in "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring", but whenever related questions were mentioned, these people always diverted from the topic with the hot events of their time.

After a few rounds of conversation, Lin Xiao was surprised to find that these people came from different eras, and their speaking styles and styles were very different, but there was no obstacle to communication.

The banquet was noisy until late, and then they dispersed and went home. That night, Lin Xiao was arranged by the female intellectuals to live in her guest room.

Lin Xiao lay alone on the kang head, lamenting that he was fortunate to see the northern specialty of "kang" in the south of the Yangtze River, and at the same time sorted out what happened today in his mind.

After thinking about it, I still feel that all this that happened is too unbelievable, and these things are crowded into a mess in my mind, as if it were a mess. Not only did I not figure it out, but I also gave myself a headache. I simply didn't want to do anything, pulled the quilt and fell asleep, and soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but I vaguely heard someone calling my name. Lin Xiao opened his sleepy eyes in a daze, the lights in the room had been turned off at this time, and it was pitch black, and he couldn't see his five fingers.

Lin Xiao sat up, about to light the lamp, but suddenly a strong force came, pressing him back on the kang. I saw Ye Wuxin riding on him, and her pretty face was very close to Lin Xiao's, so Lin Xiao could recognize her in such a dark environment.

"Teacher Xiao Ye, you ......" Lin Xiao protested with a red face in the dark, but Ye Wuxin covered his mouth. Her bumpy and graceful figure was tightly attached to Lin Xiao's body, making him feel inexplicably hot all over his body, and there was an evil emotion in his heart.

Ye Wuxin was so close, he could naturally feel what physiological changes had happened in Lin Xiao's body. In this dark environment, Lin Xiao seemed to hear her smile softly in his ear, and then said, "Don't move, come with me, take you somewhere." ”

Lin Xiao followed Ye Wuxin out of the house in the dark, only to see that the village was dark, and the only light source was the faint light from the waning moon in the sky.

Lin Xiao looked back at the house he had just walked out of, then looked at his neighbors, and said strangely: "Eh, it's really strange, they obviously have lanterns or kerosene lamps hanging on their doors, why don't they light them?"

Ye Wuxin didn't answer his question, she took Lin Xiao's hand and pulled him around the village trail and the ridges of the farmland. Lin Xiao followed inexplicably, and didn't ask anything more.

It's not that he's not curious, it's that there have been too many problems beyond his comprehension in the past two days, and it's not too much for all.

And he felt that even if he asked, Ye Wuxin might not answer him, but would only let him do it.

The two walked for a long time and came to a village square in the center of the village. There is a platform in the center, which resembles the kind of altar dedicated to dancing gods, like a meeting place in the village community in the past.

In the center of the altar is a huge locust tree.

It was a spacious, evening breeze blowing, and with the swaying of the branches and leaves, you could faintly see something hanging on the tree, and when it swayed, it made a light sound like a wind chime.

Lin Xiao followed Ye Wuxin to the tree, and was about to ask something, but he heard a soft sound under his feet. He leaned down and picked up a wooden sign from the ground. And when he bent down, he found that the floor of the altar was covered with wooden plaques of various sizes, old and new.

"What is this?" Lin Xiao frowned, touching it with his hand and feeling the unevenness on it, as if it was engraved with words.

"It's still traditional. Lin Xiao fumbled while identifying the strokes on the sign, and read: "Ding-Yan." ”

"It sounds like a personal name, and I don't think it sounds so familiar. Lin Xiao frowned and handed the sign to Ye Wuxin.

Ye Wuxin took the sign and sneered: "Of course you feel familiar, the female intellectuals who received you today have introduced herself to you at the reception banquet." ”

Lin Xiao reacted at this time: "No wonder." Why did her stuff end up here? Do you think I'm going to put her away first and give it back to her tomorrow morning?"

Ye Wuxin turned his head and looked at Lin Xiao directly, with a strange expression on his face: "Do you want to give it back to her?"

"yes. ”

"Now, then, she's here. ”

Lin Xiao couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and he couldn't react at once: "What do you mean?"

Ye Wuxin didn't answer him directly, but asked another question: "Do you know where this place is?"

Lin Xiao shook his head blankly.

Ye Wuxin's voice looked gloomy in this night: "This place used to be called Louyang Village, and during the Wen/Revolution, a fire was caused by copying the four olds, and the whole village died. Now—it's a mass grave!"

Lin Xiao shook violently, and cold sweat trickled down for a while.

【To be continued】