Chapter 53: Jiuli Witchcraft
"Run. Huang Quan was the first to see this giant bee, and he screamed out, hugged Huang Lian and rushed forward.
The three young men of the barbarian tribe picked up the unknown and Qifu and Biluo respectively, their pace was fast and the pace was long, and they soon caught up with Huang Quan and overtook him, so that Huang Quan, who ran first, fell last.
"There's no way anyone can run faster than me. Huang Quan felt that his status as a professional escaper had been greatly challenged, and he couldn't pull his face down, and he instantly sped up, and soon overtook them, and then rode to the village archway with a smoke.
The six-eyed bee did not follow, and after wandering for a while in the grass outside the entrance of the village, it disappeared into the grove.
After waiting for a while, Biluo and the others walked slowly with the crop men.
"Hey, you're walking too slowly. Huang Quan glanced at the farmers, all of whom were about fifty years old, with dark skin, half-rolled up trouser legs, bare feet, and some mud stuck to their calves.
"When you're old, you're walking slowly, so don't mind, childe. An older, sturdy farmer bent over the Yellow Spring.
"Yo, am I a childe? Hearing someone call him so respectfully, Huang Quan's anger just now was swept away, and he walked into the village happily.
There were three words written on the village archway, Biluo couldn't see it, but it was very similar to the text of the Great Xia Kingdom, so he glanced at Huangquan, just as he tilted his head and read it out loud: "Qianyuan Village." ”
The bluestone street under the plaque is very short, it is not enough to see the past fifty zhang to the end, the houses are lined up on both sides of the street, there are not many people in this village, there are about twenty households, it is sunset at this time, every household uses firewood to cook rice, the smoke curls over the village, the smell of food wafts out of the street, there are a few children playing on the street on the road, I see a few strangers entering the village, standing aside, curiously observing them.
Huang Quan smiled and waved his hand at them, Huang Lian thought about it and took out a few stick fruits for them.
The children lowered their heads, took a few steps back, and kept fiddling with their hands, until they heard the older man tell them to take it and eat it, and then they took it, turned it over, looked and looked, and there were five or six fresh fruits inserted into a small bamboo stick, like a small tree full of all kinds of fruits: "It's so beautiful." ”
"It's edible. Huang Lian took out another stick fruit for herself and took a bite of the top yellow peach slices.
An older child took a bite of the stick fruit in her hand like Huang Lian, and when she entered it, she felt sweet and sour, and there was a special fragrance, which made her exclaim: "It's delicious." ”
"It's really delicious. Huang Lian said triumphantly.
"Give each of them a string. Huang Quan said to Huang Lian.
"No, that's all. Huang Lian pursed her mouth.
"Hehe, everyone, it is better to come to our house for dinner, if you get home at this time, you should be able to eat. The older farmer extended a warm invitation to Biluo and his party.
Several barbarians set their eyes on Qifu, this three-hundred-year-old man thought for a while and agreed, this is undoubtedly the result that everyone wants, tossing all day, and there is no food in the stomach.
"Wife, come out to greet the guests. As soon as the old farmer entered the door, he shouted into the house.
"Guests again?" a peasant woman about the same age as the farmer came out of the kitchen after hearing the sound, and smiled when she saw Biluo and the group, "Please enter the house." ”
"Uncle and aunt, we have made a hasty visit and caused you trouble. Biluo behaved very politely.
"No hassle, no hassle. ”
"I don't know if there is enough food at my uncle's house, there are so many of us. ”
"Enough, please sit down for a while. Then the peasant woman turned and went back to the kitchen to prepare her meal, and the old farmer led them into the hall.
The furnishings of the hall are very simple, a portrait that everyone does not know is hung in the middle, next to it is a couplet, saying: the east comes to the purple gas and the west comes to the blessing, the south enters the auspicious light and the north enters the wealth.
There are several tables and chairs on both sides, and Bi Luo sees that the windows in the hall are bright and clean, neat and orderly, and the number of tables and chairs in the hall is obviously more than that of the owner of the house, and it is obvious that people often visit this room. And seeing that they were not in a hurry when they responded, unlike ordinary farmers, they guessed in their hearts that this was by no means an ordinary family, and it was even more strange to think that those demon beasts were only wandering outside the village, and they would never dare to step into the village for half a step.
The old master made tea for everyone, and Biluo hurriedly stood up and asked him not to be so polite.
After the old master sat down, Biluo asked: "Old master, old man, there is something I don't understand in the little girl's heart, I don't know if the old man is willing to solve my doubts?"
The old master smiled: "Say it, the old man knows everything." ”
"How long does the old gentleman live here?"
"Born to the present. ”
"So the old gentleman is old this year?"
"This, I really don't know. The old master touched his chin, as if trying his best to recall everything in the past, "In our village, we work in the fields every day, and we also go to the creek to catch fish and shrimp, three meals a day is not a problem, leisurely, and the days are like this day by day." ”
"Does anyone else know?" asked Biluo.
The old master shook his head: "I shouldn't know that since we were born, we have lived like this." ”
"How old is your village?"
"Laughing, we really don't know, it seems like it's been around for a long, long time. ”
"Haven't those monsters and beasts ever entered the village?"
"No, they don't dare, as long as we don't leave the village, there will be no trouble. As a result, we were warned by our elders from an early age not to go out of the village. ”
"I see, I see that there are a lot of chairs in this hall, do you often have guests?"
"Not very often, occasionally some, not all of them can enter the village. So the people who were able to enter the village were very nice people, and we would all be treated as guests. ”
"Thank you so much. Biluo bent down to thank the old master.
"Have they ever left?" asked Unknown.
"Some left, some stayed. ”
After a little more chatting, the old master excused himself that he was going to the kitchen to help him out, and the rest of the people sat idle in the hall and walked around.
I didn't know when I walked to the table of the Crane Hall, I saw a slightly rough three-legged bronze wine glass, picked it up and looked at it carefully, and then ran to see other metal utensils, and I probably had a bottom in my heart. He walked around, sat down again, came, and said to Biluo, "This village is at least a thousand years old. ”
A thousand-year-old village? Biluo couldn't think of any village with such a long history, could a small village really exist for so long?
When Biluo expressed the doubts in her heart, she explained: "If there is no war, I think it is completely possible. Moreover, the fact that the demon beasts outside cannot enter the village shows the peculiarity of this village. I don't know how excited he was at this time, "I'll go out and study it after dinner." ”
"Brother, I want to go out for a walk too. Huang Lian shook Huang Quan's hand and said.
"What's so nice, after a day of tossing, it's not much more comfortable to sleep than to walk around. Huang Quan sat down on the bamboo chair and said lazily.
"Huang Xiaolian, I'll go out with you. Biluo glared at Huang Quan, how could anyone be so lazy that he didn't even want to do his brother's request.
"Go out, just go out, and remember to stay safe. Huang Quan wished that someone would do something for him, so that he could rest for a while, and told Huang Lian to be careful.
"This is natural. Biluo answered.
"I'm not talking about those demon beasts, I'm asking Huang Xiaolian to prevent some people from being caught and sold. ”
"Hmph, I'm not as dirty as you. ”
"My sister wouldn't do that. Huang Lian was very angry, he felt that Huang Quan should not slander Biluo so much.
The old master came in with food at this time and beckoned the guests to eat, which resolved a dark quarrel.
During the meal, the old master heard that Biluo and the others were going out for a walk, he did not object or approve, but just reminded everyone not to take half a step out of the village, otherwise they would not be able to come back if they went out.
And such a strange thing? Biluo and I didn't know how to look at each other, and I felt that this village was magical.
"Where is the border of the village?" asked Biluo.
"Ten zhang beyond the rice fields, out of this land, it is not our village. The old master said.
"Okay, got it. Bi Luo thanked the old master, and after seeing the actions of the two brothers of Huang Quan, he smiled awkwardly at the two masters, gently tugged Huang Quan's sleeve under the table with his right hand, and whispered: "Can you eat more elegantly? ”
"Let's fill my stomach first, I didn't get a drop of rice for a day, and I almost starved to death. Huang Quan said vaguely as he gulped down rice.
With Huang Quan and Huang Lian here, they can eat the banquet at any time and swallow the world, if others are not good at it, they only have the share of spectators, these two people eat a lot and fast, the amount of food is several times that of ordinary people, if the preparation is insufficient, it is easy to be eaten by them, what makes Biluo even more angry is that they have put so many things in their stomachs, and these two people do not have the slightest bulge in their stomachs, they are still so thin.
What kind of monsters are these two?
After dinner, everyone rested for a while, and then went out to explore the mystery of this village - Huangquan was also among the ranks, and Biluo asked Huangquan to follow him obediently on the grounds that he would stay and help wash the dishes if he didn't come out.
Only Qifu stayed, and I didn't know that he originally wanted Ding Zang to accompany him, but he was also sent out of the door on the grounds that he didn't want to be disturbed.
"Isn't it just a small village? Maybe it's also the demon clan's demon magic. Huang Quan was extremely reluctant to walk and whispered while walking.
"yes, the meal you just ate was all dirt, are you satisfied?"
"Brother Huangquan, this village is definitely not something that the demon clan can conjure. "I don't know what to say.
"Yo, how do you know? Have you forgotten the spider silk you ate at noon?" Huang Quan chuckled.
"It was just an accident, but this time it was different. I don't know how embarrassed it was, and my face was flushed, "It's impossible for the demon clan to conjure up such a real image." ”
"What are the real signs?" asked Huang Quan.
"The bronze ware just placed in the hall is proof, the craftsmanship is exquisite, the style is gorgeous, and it is impossible for the demon clan to imitate half of the essence. ”
"It's hard to say, maybe it's a thousand-year-old demon, and it's transformed into an item from a thousand years ago, and isn't this just worthy of the title of a thousand-year-old village?" Huang Quan said nonchalantly.
"There is no such smart person in the Demon Clan. I don't know how to wave my hands constantly, repeating that it is impossible.
"Hehe, that's not necessarily. ”
Biluo felt strange, usually Huang Quan would not argue like this, except for her, it seemed that he couldn't be interested in arguing with anyone, why did he have to quarrel with him today.
Everyone walked out of the village and walked around the farmland, and they didn't think anything unusual was there, so they didn't dare to go far, so they walked around and went back.
After walking for more than half an hour, everyone also made a new discovery, eight field paths divided these rice fields into eight large areas, from the outside to the inside, the area of each field was regularly reduced.
"It's an image of gossip. "I don't know if I'm very sure," if you can look down in mid-air, what you see is a Bagua map composed of rice fields. ”
Bi Luo nodded, admitting his unaware conjecture, and on the cognition of gossip images, Bi Luo asked himself that no one in the world could compare to himself except his father.
"Cut, not even the blind can see it. Huang Quan said with some disdain.
"What Brother Huangquan said is, I don't know what else you see. ”
"I saw a weasel wandering around the village, looking for where the cat's home was. ”
"Hehe, Brother Huangquan is really good at laughing. ”
"I'm not in the mood to laugh with you, I'm tired, go back and rest first. Huang Lian, go. After Huang Quan finished speaking, he took Huang Lian's hand and walked back to the old master's house.
Biluo didn't understand why Huang Quan suddenly became so angry, he didn't seem to have anything to do with it, there were still people who talked and laughed in the barbarians, how could it become extremely difficult to deal with as soon as he entered the Nine Heavens Bagua Array.
Biluo saw that the sky was dark and mushy, there were no stars or moons, and she didn't expect to find any clues tonight, so she went back to rest first.
The next day, the soft sunlight outside the window shone in, waking up Biluo, and when she finished dressing up, she saw that she was waiting outside the house, but Huang Quan and Huang Lian were not in the Crane Hall.
"They finished their breakfast and went out to play. The old master smiled and said, "These two children are really industrious, they get up early in the morning to help me chop wood, and help me repair the broken bench." ”
"What's more, the water tank at home is also filled with Huang Quan's help. The old master's wife smiled from ear to ear, holding Biluo's hand, "Such a good young man, what a pity if you miss it." ”
"Aunt Xiuqiong, your old man is out of sight, Princess Biluo and the Huangquan brothers are not a couple. I don't know how to say it out loud to Aunt Xiuqiong.
Biluo drank a bowl of porridge and felt full, then put down the chopsticks and said to the two old people: "I'm out of company, I'll go out for a walk." ”
I don't know if I wanted to go out with me, but I was stopped by Aunt Xiuqiong and didn't let me go: "Little brother, why do you say that they are not a couple, I think they are a good match." ”
Biluo walked slowly down the street, trying to find the two brothers, but there was no one on the way, and then she was almost at the end of the village, and wondered where they were, when she suddenly heard a cheer, turned the corner, and saw a group of children dressed in tatters surrounding the Huangquan brothers, shouting happily, she stopped far away, wanting to see what kind of trick Huangquan was playing, which made these children so fascinated.
I only saw two pieces of bamboo on the ground that had been broken through the knots, Huang Quan had words in his mouth, his hands were sealed, and then he shouted and closed, pop, these two pieces of bamboo that were cut in half were actually put together, causing all the children to exclaim again and again.
"Bring water. Huang Quan smiled triumphantly.
When an older boy heard his words, he took a broken tile and scooped up a little water, and Huang Quan asked him to pour the water into the bamboo tube, and the miraculous thing was that the water did not leak out, and it flowed completely from the other hole into the wooden basin.
Wow, the children clapped their hands vigorously and screamed loudly.
"Hehe, this is the witchcraft of our Jiuli Wu Clan, passing on men but not women, and passing on young people but not old. ”
Huang Quan received more than a child's admiring eyes.
"Wow, that's amazing. ”
"Is there anything else, is there anything else?" more than a small child shook Huang Quan's arm.
"Absolutely. Huang Quan casually handed the bamboo tube to a little child, took out a piece of paper from Huang Lian's arms, took out scissors, and quickly cut out the shape of a chicken.
All the children looked at him fixedly, not daring to blink, for fear that they would miss something in the blink of an eye.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come to witness the miracle. Huang Quan put the paper chicken on the ground, took a big sip of water, and then sprayed at the paper chicken, the paper chicken magically became fat, with a long and pointed mouth, a towering feather crown, a long curved tail, and the color of the feathers on the body gradually brightened, and finally the yellow feet stepped on the ground.
"Wow, wow, wow......" A group of children were so excited that they could not have imagined that a thin piece of paper could turn into a huge rooster.
"Will it move?" asked more than one person when he saw that the chicken was just standing dumbfounded, his eyes glazed over.
"Absolutely. Huang Quan took out a brush from his bosom, bit his lower lip, curled the blood that flowed out with the bristles, and then put a little on the rooster's eyeball.
The rooster rolled its eyes suddenly, and it was full of energy and pride, and walked up and down on the ground, and finally flapped its wings and crowed.
Wow, wow, wow.
"There's chicken to eat tonight. ”
At this time, all the children went completely crazy, and swarmed around to catch this magical rooster, but this chicken was very flexible, flapping its wings and flying to the sky, to the trees, and let the children surround it but not be caught, and in the process of escaping, a few plucked chicken feathers floated into the air.