Chapter 14: After the Tree

Lin Xi was stunned and was about to speak. The bandits had already taken the hook and rope and grabbed the two of them. The thief leader shouted, "Drag it away!" and took Lin Xi and Mo Lian to the mountain. Taken to the mountain, placed in a large hall, the fire was shining, shining on the eerie blades above and below the hall. Lin Xi and Mo Lian looked at each other.

I saw the thief head walk to the right and said, "Hades, the people have been brought!" The hall slammed the hall wood, and one of them snorted coldly: "Who is down there? Do you know this king?"

Lin Xi looked up and saw a person sitting in the hall, dressed in an official uniform, with thick eyebrows and long beard, very hideous and majestic. He heard the thief call him Hades before, and he saw that there was a lot of ghost here. I was a little scared in my heart, and said secretly: "Why did I let the king of Hades arrest me?"

Mo Lian shouted: "Hey, what are you going to do with that bearded man?" The ghost envoy next to the king of Hades shouted: "Presumptuous! Little snake spirit, how can you be allowed to make noise here! If you dare to talk more, pull down and cut your tongue!" Mo Lian was startled, stuck out his tongue, and still closed his mouth.

Hades said: "The one with the thin palm, find out who these two people are!" The one with the thin palm came out from the side, flipped through the book with the light on, and read: "Mo Lian, the snake spirit that has been cultivated for a hundred years can turn into a human form just because he accidentally ate the fairy grass." Which one...... I couldn't find that one. ”

Hades shouted loudly: "The people in the hall, do you know the guilt?" Lin Xi said: "What crime do I have?" Hades snorted coldly and said: "Pretending to be my highness to detain souls and ghosts is also guilty of one crime; mutilating civilians and indiscriminately detaining souls is also guilty of two crimes; killing immortals who have transcended the yin law and attaining the Tao; there are four sins in causing trouble in the world, and not going away for a long time; and when you get to this point, you will think of denying the five sins!

The ghost envoys stepped forward to grab Lin Xi. Lin Xi raised his head and laughed, "You dare to arrest me, I will teach you to untie myself and apologize to me later!" Hades was furious, and secretly wondered what his origin was. Order the ghosts: "Bring him to the three-life mirror, reflect the previous life, and then report to me!" The ghost envoys pressed Lin Xi down.

Hades shouted again: "The little snake spirit, colluding with the ghost, in order to harm the world, put her in prison, waiting for her to be released!"

But it was said that Lin Xi was pulled by the ghost envoy to the Sansheng Mirror, snorted coldly, and said, "I'll go by myself, I don't need you to pull!" pushed away the ghost envoy and walked up. He walked to the mirror stand and looked at the mirror, but there was no shadow, and secretly said strangely. Seeing this, the ghost envoy was also puzzled, and said, "Why can't you reflect your previous life? Hey, look at the mirror!"

Lin Xi said: "Just look at it!" looked at the mirror, which was still empty. Lin Xi was surprised, looked at it twice, and suddenly felt that there was a flower and a black in front of him, and his body was spinning, and he actually fell on his back. The ghost envoy next to him was horrified and hurriedly stepped forward to grab it.

Lin Xi had just woken up and had a long, long dream. Not long ago, the weather turned cold, he had a serious illness, and he fell asleep in bed every day, but today he woke up a little.

What is it like to wake up after a long period of sleep? Lin Xi only found out today. As soon as I opened my eyes, the warm golden sunlight filled the room, and it was so quiet that I could hear the wind, cars, and human voices outside the window, as if people had been reborn. After a while, he was drowsy, as if he was trapped in the abyss, trying to get up, and trying to fall down softly and gently. Pour into the warm sun.

He shook his head, tried not to fall asleep again, got up, went to the window, and looked down, and saw a courtyard below, and a large green tree was planted in the middle of it. He thought about it, went downstairs, and met his mother. Zhu Feng'er said, "Why did you come down?

Lin Xi smiled: "Mom, I'm much better, I want to go outside." Zhu Feng'er walked over and took his hand, and said kindly: "You are still sick, you should rest in the room! Lin Xi shook his head and said, "No, Mom, I want to go out for a walk and don't want to sleep." ”

Zhu Feng'er said: "It's good to go out for a walk and breathe fresh air, what about your big man?" Lin Xi said: "Well, it's upstairs! I'll go up and get it." He went upstairs and took the big qi, put it on his body, and said to Zhu Feng'er: "Mom, then I'll go out for a walk." Zhu Feng'er said: "Go ahead, don't go too far." Lin Xi went out with a smile.

He walked out of his compound, breathed in the cool air, and suddenly felt the depression in his chest disappear. In front of it are two intersecting streets, and the streets are full of people. He walked up the street to the west, playing with Gu along the way. I don't pay attention to the direction, but I come to the countryside.

When I arrived in the countryside, I saw that the green grass and flowers in front of me were all green, and it was autumn at this time, and the trees were tall and the wind was cool, which made people feel refreshed. Lin Xi walked around and walked under an orange tree by the stream, and saw that the orange tree had a lot of fruit, and suddenly wanted to eat it. He reached out and grasped the branch, and plucked the big one.

At this time, he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Hey, thief, you steal my fruit!" Lin Xi was startled and hurriedly turned around. I saw a woman with a wooden stick coming over angrily, the woman was very young, only seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a white-washed flower dress on her upper body and a pair of black pants on her lower body. His hair was tied up, and his face was very rosy.

Lin Xi hurriedly said: "I'm not ......" Seeing that the woman seemed to be coming to beat him, he turned around and ran. When the woman saw him running, she chased after him. He shouted, "Little thief, steal my oranges, and return them to me." She chased after her tightly, Lin Xi panicked in her heart, and threw the orange at her, hitting the woman's left eye.

The woman let out an "ah" and lowered her body to cover her eyes. Lin Xi saw that he had thrown her, and he apologized in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward again, saying, "Are you okay? I didn't mean to." The woman looked up at him hatefully, and said, "Little thief! ”

Lin Xi hurriedly said, "I'm not a thief, I really didn't mean to!" The woman snorted twice and went to the stream to hold water to wash her eyes. Lin Xi squatted aside and said, "Are you okay?"

The woman looked up and said, "It's okay, it's okay, you let me smash it." Lin Xi saw that her left eye was squinting and a little red, and said, "Who told you to come and beat me with a stick, so I threw you." The woman was very angry and said, "What? Or are you justified? You little thief, steal my oranges and run away!"

Lin Xi said: "I didn't run, I ...... I'm just scared of you. The woman sneered and said, "It's good to know that I'm afraid!" Hey, didn't you see me washing clothes by the stream? Why do you dare to pick oranges?" Lin Xi saw that there was a big bluestone on the side of the stream, on which a few clothes were put on it, and the big wooden stick should also be used to mallet clothes. He said, "I didn't see it, I thought I could pick it." ”

The woman said, "No, if you want to eat, you can buy it from me! Hmph! You're a thief anyway." Lin Xi smiled: "Okay, I'm a thief, and I'll give you back the oranges." He picked up the fallen orange and wanted to throw it back to her, but remembering that he had hit her in the eye before, he walked over to her and placed it by the stream.

The woman said: "What can you do if you hit my eye?" Lin Xi said: "I ...... Anyway, your eyes will be fine, and it will be fine in two days. The woman said angrily, "What's okay! It's okay, you let me smash it." As he spoke, he took the orange and made a gesture to smash it.

Lin Xi smiled: "Okay, let you smash it back." But he stretched out his hand and covered his eyes. The woman said: "Put your hands down!" Lin Xi said: "Don't let go, you just smash it like this!"

The woman said: "Put your hand down!" Lin Xi said: "Don't let go, you are about to smash it!" The woman angrily put the orange aside, stretched out her hand in the stream, and splashed Lin Xi's face.

Lin Xi said "ah", jumped up, opened his hands and said, "Why are you splashing me with water?" The woman smiled: "Who told you not to put down your hands." Her laughter was like a bell, it was very good, and Lin Xi was so stupid that she listened to it.

The woman picked up the wooden stick, and Lin Xi wanted to run away again. The woman laughed, "What are you afraid of? I'm not trying to hit you." "Laundry on bluestone. Lin Xi squatted on the side, letting the sun warm and shining on his body. I saw that she was holding her clothes in one hand and a mallet in the other, and she was very beautiful with half of her face on her side. Lin Xi was stunned.

The woman finished washing her clothes and said, "Hey, why are you still here?" Lin Xi said, "Why can't I be here?" The woman said: "You stole my oranges and smashed my eyes, aren't you afraid that I will ask you for money to compensate?"

Lin Xi smiled: "I didn't steal it, but I didn't know that I couldn't pick it, and I accidentally smashed your eyes." I apologize to you, I'm sorry. ”

The woman snorted twice and said, "It's okay!" Pick up the orange and break it, take out the orange petal and eat it. Seeing Lin Xi watching from the side, he took the remaining oranges to him and said, "Do you want to eat?"

Lin Xi stretched out his hand to take it, touched her hand, only to feel very soft, and said, "You give me food?" The woman said: "Well, little thief, I gave you food, you can't pick my oranges again." Lin Xi said: "Don't pick it up." ”

The woman laughed, "That's good!" wring out the clothes, put them in the bucket along with the one who pounded them, picked them up and left. Lin Xi said: "Where are you going?" The woman said: "I'm home, I can't steal my oranges anymore, otherwise...... Hmph!" carried the bucket and left.

Seeing her gradually leaving, Lin Xi smiled softly, and walked back while eating oranges. When he got home, his mother had already cooked him hot porridge, and when she saw that he was eating oranges, she said, "You are still sick, how can you eat such a thing?" Seeing that he had already eaten an orange peel, she had to tell him to eat.

Lin Xi's illness was cured. The next day, I followed the way to the stream, and saw the orange tree swaying slightly in the wind, but I didn't see the woman by the stream. He was stunned, stood for a long time and went back. A day later, he came again, but he didn't see the woman either. When I came back on the fourth day, I didn't see anyone. He went to sit under the orange tree, with the sun on his back, and was silent.

I don't know how long it took, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Hey, thief, you came to steal my oranges again!" Lin Xi was overjoyed when he heard this voice, and he hurriedly looked over, and sure enough, it was the woman, who was wearing a black shirt and black trousers at this time, and her hair was tied back. He was also carrying a bucket of clothes.

Lin Xi hurriedly came out from under the tree and said, "No, I didn't pick it secretly!" The woman looked at him as if she was scrutinizing, and said, "Then why are you sitting here?" Lin Xi said: "I'm bored to come out to play, I want to eat oranges......

The woman snorted, interrupted him, and said, "Just come to steal it, aren't you?" Lin Xi hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no." I want to eat, so I'm waiting for you here, I want you to come and buy it from you. The woman said, "Where's the money?"

Lin Xi really took out a big ocean from his arms and said, "Here you go." The woman took it and said in disbelief: "This can't be fake, right? You use a fake to lie to me!" Lin Xi said: "It's true, of course it's true." ”

The woman said, "I'll take it for granted!" and threw it in the bucket at random, and went to pick two oranges for him. I went to the stream to wash my clothes again. Lin Xi sat on the side with the orange in his hand, and he didn't break it to eat. He asked, "Why didn't you come two days ago?" I waited two days!"

The woman said: "Two days ago, I went to the west river to wash clothes, and today I let people occupy it first, so I came here." What are you looking for me?" Lin Xi lied: "Buy oranges!"

The woman smiled and said, "Then you can eat!" lowered her head to wash her clothes, and suddenly sang softly while washing. Lin Xi was stunned. The woman sang a few words and stopped singing. Lin Xi said: "You continue to sing!" The woman said, "What do you want to hear?"

Lin Xi said a song name, saw the woman shake her head, said another one, the woman shook her head again, and said another one, the woman said yes and sang softly. Her voice was soft and sweet, like the song of a warbler and a phoenix, which made Lin Xi stunned. I just kept asking her to sing.

The woman suddenly became angry and said, "Don't sing anymore!" Lin Xi said: "Why don't you sing anymore?" The woman said: "I just don't sing." "Wash your clothes with your head down.

Lin Xi period Ai Ai, difficult to speak, I don't know what to do. The woman said: "Why do you always want me to sing?" Lin Xi said: "Because your singing voice can hypnotize, listening to your singing makes me want to sleep." ”

The woman said angrily: "If you want to say something ugly, you can say it! Hmph, it's hard to hear you still make me sing so much to you. ”

Lin Xi hurriedly said: "No, no, I mean your voice is so good, it sounds very comfortable, and you want to sleep......"

The woman said, "Lies! I won't sing anymore anyway!" Lin Xi panicked in his heart and said, "I'...... I ......" the woman laughed, "What are you?"

Lin Xi said: "No, what's your name?" The woman looked up at him and said, "What about you, report your name first!" Lin Xi said: "My name is Lin Xi, Lin of the forest, the setting sun." What about you?"

The woman smiled: "I won't say it." He bowed his head and washed his clothes. Lin Xi said: "You ...... You lied to me......" The woman grinned and said, "My name is Jia Yue, I said it! ”