In the backyard of Xilin's house, there are many wooden shelves, which are full of dustpans full of various medicinal herbs, and Xilin, who is dressed in an emerald green shirt, squats next to the dustpan, looks left and right, and from time to time takes out a taste of medicinal materials from the dustpan and puts it on the side of his nose to smell it, the corners of his mouth move lightly, and his jade face is smoking.

The sun was as good as ever, and the tall green pine trees covered the courtyard, but they did not block the sun.

A rickety old man dressed in coarse linen walked in from the front yard, carrying an old bamboo basket on his back and a branch in his hand, and staggering.

His face like pine bark, his eyebrows and beard were stubble, and his face was covered with dirt, but only those eyes, the gaze of which shone.

"Grandpa Song, you're back. Celine inadvertently saw the old man walking in, and immediately greeted him with a smile.

Celine helped the old man take down the bamboo basket on his back, put it aside, and then reached out to help the old man wipe the dust off his body.

"Grandpa Song, the porridge is warm for you in the kitchen, you clean it first, and I'll serve it to you." Celine smiled again.

The old man himself slapped his hands up and down on his body, and said with a smile: "Girl, how are the two foreigners?"

While removing the thatch from the old man's head, Xi Lin said, "Brother Zhao's injury is no longer serious, and his vitality is also recovering well. ”

Seeing that the old man patted the dust on his body without making a sound, Celine said again: "I heard them leave today." ”

The old man stopped clapping his hands, a strange light flashed in his eyes, he turned his head slightly to glance at the busy Xilin, and then continued the great work of cleaning up the dust.

"Sirin, you can go and talk to them later, and come to the house for dinner in the evening, and I'll help that kid take a look by the way." ”

Celine turned her head and smiled, "I told them early in the morning. ”

The old man straightened up with some difficulty, glanced at the dustpans all over the yard, and then said to Celine: "You sort out the medicinal materials I picked up today, alas! This old waist is not good, I have to lie down for a while." ”

The old man thumped his back as he spoke, turned around and walked slowly towards the front yard, and when Celine saw this, he hurriedly put down the herbs in his hand and ran over to support the old man.

"Grandpa Song, are you tired?"

The old man turned his head and squinted and smiled: "Ghost girl!"

Celine laughed and ate, and kept up with the old man's pace unhurriedly, she gently supported the old man with one hand, and waved the other hand behind her back a few times, only to see those freshly picked grass stems, roots, flowers and fruits as if they had feet, crawling out of the bamboo basket one after another, running all over the yard, like children playing, and finally climbed into different dustpans.

chatted with the man surnamed Ma, Zhao Yi and Cui Shusheng walked out of the courtyard, and the man surnamed Ma behind him glanced at the gate, and then buried his head in the straw sandals, muttering: "It's really uneasy." ”

Cui Shusheng, who was walking behind, looked and chanted all the way, posing as a tour of the mountains and rivers, and finally did not forget to add: "Only such a landscape can give birth to such a beautiful woman." ”

When Cui Shusheng was nagging about this, in Zhao Yi's opinion, it didn't look like the style of a scholar who had read the sage books for many years, but like a cat in estrus, unable to control his mouth, and kept barking.

Zhao Yi glanced back at him a few times at first, with a look of disdain, he didn't understand why a good handsome boy became like this, if this was known by those old men in his family, he would have to sigh and be angry.

But later, Zhao Yi's mind was all on the courtyards with closed gates.

It is a very ordinary farmhouse, with the old gray gate, the loess-colored courtyard wall, the quacking of ducks and chickens in the yard, and the atmosphere of the farmhouse.

Some yards are planted with all kinds of fruit trees, which are still lush and leafy, Zhao Yi didn't think much about it, it was already the season of late autumn and early winter, and those trees seemed to grow in spring and summer.

"Scholar, don't nag, if you look carefully, isn't it strange that every house in the village is going on today? Zhao Yi stopped, turned back and whispered to Cui Shusheng.

Cui Shusheng hurriedly closed his mouth, and looked around seriously, only to see that the doors of each household were closed, and he didn't hear the sound of people, such a sunny and warm and comfortable weather, outside the courtyard wall, on the road, by the river, there was no trace of the villagers.

"It's strange, with such good weather, why doesn't anyone go out?"

Zhao Yi squatted down, pulled an unknown piece of grass, and put it in his mouth casually, like a foraging bird, his two eyes looked around smartly, and there were several piles of ashes at the edge of the intersection not far from him, which were left by burning paper money, and there were also the same ashes at the intersection farther away.

"Are they all out?" Zhao Yi looked up at the tall Nanshan Mountain and said with some uncertainty.

The mountain that stands on the south side of the village is vast and majestic, always revealing a mystery, always exuding a magic that makes people surrender and bow.

Cui Shusheng stood with his hands in his hands, and the grandeur of the prince of the scholar clan was revealed again, he followed Zhao Yi's gaze, raised his eyes to look at the tall Nanshan, and suddenly felt a little dizzy.

It took him a while to come to his senses.

Cui Shusheng kicked Zhao Yi, who was squatting on the ground, and said in an urging tone: "Zhao Yi, your injury is almost healed, I think let's get out of here as soon as possible, the scenery here is beautiful, but I always have a strange feeling, as if something is always staring at us secretly." ”

Zhao Yi, who was carefully observing the surroundings, nodded when he heard this, frowned and said: "I think so too, not to mention that we have to go out to find Wei Xiaoyong, whether he is alive or dead, I have to find him." ”

"If you want to say it, you are a little reluctant to leave, this place is so beautiful, not to mention that there is a beautiful woman like Celine, I am really reluctant!"

Looking at Cui Shusheng, who was already deeply in love, Zhao Yi asked with interest: "Are you reluctant to this place?"

Cui Shusheng tidied up his clothes and face in a little panic, coughed and said, "I can't bear it!"

Zhao Yi smiled and said, "Let's go, Xilin should be waiting for us." ”

A gust of wind blew, and the piles of paper money ashes were blown up all over the sky.

The two stepped into the courtyard and saw Cirene carrying a dustpan ready to go to the backyard, and in the dustpan were some freshly cleaned medicinal herbs.

When Xi Lin saw the two of them coming in, she immediately stood still, and said with a happy face: "Brother Zhao, you are here." ”

Cui Shusheng hurriedly stepped forward, his face was slightly red, and said, "Xilin, do you want to put these medicinal materials in the backyard to dry?"

Cui Shusheng, who has always been smart and chic, suddenly became a shy young man who was restrained and clumsy, and his usual mouth turned into a smirk.

Zhao Yi secretly stretched out his hand and stabbed Cui Shusheng, he turned his face to ask, and saw that Zhao Yi was giving him a look, Cui Shusheng was not stupid, he read a lot of books, not to mention, he grew up in a big family of eunuchs, and his eyes of observing words and seeing opportunities had already been a little hot, but he was trapped by love for a while, and he closed up his intelligence.

At this time, seeing Zhao Yi beside him, he poked himself and gave himself a look, he didn't understand, so he hurriedly grinned, walked forward with a smile on his face, took the dustpan full of cleaned medicinal materials from Xi Lin's hand, and said in his mouth: "I'll help you get it." ”

Xi Lin saw the small movements of the two of them in her eyes, and she didn't say anything, and then saw Cui Shusheng blushing and showing some shyness, and suddenly smiled.

She said thank you to Cui Shusheng, jumped to Zhao Yi's side, naturally grabbed Zhao Yi's arm, and said happily: "Grandpa Song is back, he said that he wanted to keep you for dinner, and by the way, he will help Brother Zhao to see how he is recovering from his injury." ”

Seeing this scene, Cui Shusheng, who was still a little shy, immediately stretched his face and stared at the intimate two people not far away.

Zhao Yi smelled the faint fragrance coming from Xilin's body, felt the softness of his arm, and his heartbeat increased a little. He caught a glimpse of Scholar Cui's expression, and immediately calmed down, pretending to be serious and said, "Scholar, what are you doing in a daze, hurry up and help Xi Lin take the medicinal herbs to the backyard." ”

"Thank you, Brother Cui!" Xilin did not forget to sprinkle a handful of salt on Cui Shusheng's wound.

Cui Shusheng mechanically showed a reluctant smile at Xilin, then turned around and walked to the backyard, muttering, "I know you don't have a good heart." ”

Stepping into the courtyard of Xilin's house again, I don't know why, Zhao Yi's heart was inexplicably a little flustered, and he couldn't say what the reason was, it was like something crawling into his heart, which made the whole person feel a little depressed, but he just tried to figure it out carefully, but he disappeared again.

The young man's face remained unchanged, and he inadvertently glanced up at Cang Song, who covered half of the yard, and then quietly pulled out the hand held by Xi Lin, and smiled at Xi Lin: "Where is Grandpa Song?"

He said to lie down for a while, and he was tired from running the mountains all day. ”

As she spoke, Xi Lin reached out and pulled Zhao Yi's sleeve and dragged him to the backyard.

Years of experience in battlefield fighting, how many times he has wandered on the edge of life and death, made Zhao Yi's sense of predicting danger much sharper, and after entering the courtyard, the feeling of discomfort in his heart has not disappeared. However, years of battlefield fighting, which also made Zhao Yi's imminent composure different from ordinary people, he followed Xi Lin's words and said: "I've been in the village for a few days, and I haven't seen Grandpa Song, his old man is very old, and he can still enter a mountain like Nanshan, it's really amazing." ”

Xi Lin was innocent, and she didn't delve into Zhao Yi's words, and still said with a smile: "Of course, Grandpa Song is amazing, everyone in the village calls him an old immortal, and he asked me to save you that day, without Grandpa Song's permission, outsiders can't enter Tianfu Hall." ”

What Zhao Yi didn't know was that by the window of the room on the east side, there was a pair of eyes with greedy eyes, staring closely at the backs of the two.

Seeing that Xi Lin had let go of Zhao Yi, Cui Shusheng's face changed a lot, he handed the dustpan to Xi Lin's hand, squeezed the smile on his face to think that he was the brightest, and asked: "Xi Lin, what happened to the people in the village today, why are all the doors closed in broad daylight?"

Xi Lin put the dustpan on a wooden shelf, and said while fiddling with the medicinal herbs in the dustpan: "Oh, today is the beginning of the month, and the people in the village will close their doors at home to pray for blessings after burning the "ghost money" in the morning, and they will not go out all day. ”

As for why the villagers "closed their doors to pray for blessings at the beginning of the month", Cui Shusheng did not delve into it.

Cui Shusheng glanced at Zhao Yi, who was standing not far away, and saw that he frequently looked back at the front yard, so he walked over and asked softly, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhao Yi let go of the doubts in his heart, patted Cui Shusheng, hooked his chin and said, "Didn't you say that you wanted to help Xilin work?"

Cui Shusheng glanced at Zhao Yi with disdain, then pulled Zhao Yi and said as he walked: "Don't be idle, together!"

"I said scholar, a scholar must have a scholar's Sven, you are so pulling, don't scare Miss Xilin. ”

Celine, who was immersed in cleaning up the medicinal herbs, looked up, with a smile on her face that was brighter than a flower, she always exuded a kind of joy on her body, and she always greeted people with a smile, as if everything in the world was condensed into her face, and it would turn into a happy smile.

In the small yard, the wind is beautiful and the laughter is beautiful.

And in the mysterious South Mountain, the wind is surging and unpredictable.