When I woke up, I was lying on a pile of reeds, the sun was high and the wind was crisp, the fragrance of flowers was faint, I blinked my eyes blankly, and it took a long time to recover my clarity.

My whole body was inexplicably comfortable, and even the sticky clothes became dry, but I always felt that something was wrong, and finally found that it was my left sleeve, and the blood stains on it were all light.

I looked at the river, and then at the direction of the reeds, and I couldn't help but feel ashamed of myself, maybe I slept so badly last night that I fell into the river, and then climbed up in a daze. I couldn't help laughing, how could I not be so domineering when I slept with Xia Yuelou.

However, it doesn't matter if the clothes are washed, and the fishy smell on the sleeves fades, they won't attract monsters. My life was given by the masters, and I deserve to die in their hands, I don't want to cheapen those monsters and use my blood to boost their cultivation.

Feeling a little hungry, I looked around for something to eat. Lick your lips and grill the fish is good.

The water was crystal clear, and the sand and rocks at the bottom of the river were unobstructed, and I squatted by the river for a long time, and there were not a single big fish, except for small fish shorter than my finger and schools of small tadpoles.

When my patience was running out, I finally swam a plump fish, and I lifted it up in the air, but it was so alive and so alive that it was hard to control, and I was a little distracted, and it fell back into the river with a thud.

"Don't run!"

I hurriedly rolled up my sleeves and bent down to catch it, but the soles of my feet slipped and the whole person fell down.

"Ahem, ahem!"

I crawled back to the shore like a chicken in soup, the cold was refreshing, the spring scenery was bright, the sky was high and the clouds were gathering, I still couldn't help but shiver, I picked up a stone and threw it into the water: "Damn! ”

I didn't think that I threw this stone, but I hit the big fish in the water, it stopped in the water in a daze, the fins moved slightly, it seemed that I smashed the meat.

"Poof!" I couldn't help but laugh out loud, and hurriedly moved it up in the air.

Since some witchcraft involves building wooden frames, I have practiced it and am very proficient in building it. But it was difficult to make a fire, so I picked up two dry stones, squatted in front of the wooden frame, crackled, and did not think that this time I was too lucky, and sparks came out in a few strokes.

The big fish was cruelly put on the fire by me, after all, I killed it with my own hands, I couldn't bear it, so I casually recited a few words of the mantra for it, and felt that I was very hypocritical, and couldn't help but add: "You don't think I'm pretentious......" After a pause, I said to myself: "Probably not, you can't understand it anyway." ”

The sun was hanging high, and my clothes were drying quickly, and I looked around while grilling fish, and when my eyes touched the reeds, there was a lot of desolation.

Wangyun Mountain is in the southeast of Tianxia Mountain Range, there is a Yuyang Lake under the mountain, it is the downstream branch of the Changliu River, the mountain is the screen, the lake water is clear and clear, it is rich in white fish, the shallow water of the lakeside, the reeds are thicket, the wind is swaying, it is endless. Master often uses these reeds to weave mats and baskets, the master likes to sing the wind and make the moon, the reeds are used by him to scrape and weave palace lamps and screens, the master is not so powerful, he will only make some flowers, birds, insects and fish, specially to make me happy. The three old men, as well as Yang Xiuyi, were very fond of playing the flute, so every year in late May, I would go down the mountain to collect reeds and extract flute film for them. Every time I went out of the mountain with Master, the first thing that caught my eye when I came back was the majestic and beautiful reeds.

I began to cry again, thinking about my master, especially my master. Although he is old and improper, he is very fierce to me, he often grabs food from me, and he makes me angry when he can't tease Yang Xiuyi, but I know that he loves me very much. One year I was caught by a snake spirit and imprisoned for half a month, and the monster sucked my blood every day, cut off my hands and feet to eat, beat and scolded me, and tortured me to death. In the end, I was rescued, but I was in a coma for two whole months due to a severe injury to my vitality, and when I woke up again, Master was skinny, like a skeleton covered with skin, and his entire eye socket was sunken. He hugged me and cried all the time, saying that I was a worrying dead girl, why not just die to the bottom of the sky, half-dead to make him feel at ease. That was the first time I saw Master crying, and I joked that Lao Wangba's tears were really valuable.

I wiped away my tears and turned the grilled fish over sadly, I don't know if it was because there was no condiment, except for the burnt smell, there was no aroma at all.

When I have eaten enough, I will hurry, since the ancient rivers have flowed from west to east, along this river all the way down will be able to get out of this wilderness, if it joins the long river, then I will soon be able to look back at the cloud mountain.

My technique of grilling fish was really worse than my needlework, the meat on the outside was completely charred, and the inside was not cooked, and the head of the fish was roasted because of my wrong branches, and suddenly the head tilted and fell into the fire. The choking smell of smoke hit my throat and coughed me for a long time. I couldn't bear to torture the fish any longer, so I didn't bake it, so I picked up a sharp stone by the river, washed it with water, and scraped off the scales on the outside.

At this time, a male voice spoke, and his voice was helpless: "What are you doing?" ”

I raised my head, stunned, and hurriedly reached out to wipe away the tears that had not yet dried: "Half a beard? How did you end up here? ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed at my fish: "Why did it mess with you, you want to toss it like this...... Could it be that your man is a fish spirit who has lost your heart, so you cut his kind? ”

What a mess. I looked at the fish that I pressed on the grass with a wooden branch, almost deformed: "People eat when they are hungry, what's wrong, I'm not a nun monk, I didn't say I don't eat meat." ”

"You call this abuse."

"I haven't eaten yet."

He sighed: "This fish is no longer edible, it has died in vain." ”

"Huh?"

He stretched out his hand and pointed into the distance: "There's a village over there, let's go get something to eat." ”

I was about to nod my head, when it suddenly occurred to me that he had saved me and helped me several times, and if I ate together, whether I was willing or not, I should rush to pay on the surface, which was sophistication in the eyes of the people under the mountain. But I don't have much money on me, only enough to travel by boat to the river, and I'm ready to eat and sleep in the open, so how can I have any money to invite people to dinner.

I coughed lightly: "Well, I don't have any money on me......"

He raised his eyebrows: "I invite you?" ”

"No way!" If this favor is owed any longer, what if the bull head and horse noodles say that I have a debt in my previous life, and force me to be a cow and a horse for him in the next life, and become a pork and chicken leg on his table.

"Then I'll lend you money."

I still shook my head, Master said that even if you are exhausted, you must abide by two principles, one is not to receive money from others, and the other is not to borrow money from others.

I lifted the grilled fish and put it in my mouth to bite, it was bitter and fishy, and it was terrible: "By the way, why are you here?" ”

He smiled, his white teeth were surrounded by a mass of beard, and his clear eyes were dazzling: "There are a lot of monsters dead, I smell it." ”

I nodded: "You're also a mystic Taoist?" ”

He smiled, his eyes bright: "No, in fact, I am ......" The elder of his tail was dragging his voice, I swallowed a few more mouthfuls of fish, and said impatiently: "What is it?" ”

He laughed again and shook his head: "I won't sue you." He sat down next to me and stared at my fish: "Can you eat it like this?" ”

I looked down at the blackened lump of fish in my hand, it was nothing, it was more unpalatable and ugly, I hadn't eaten it, although the memory of the year when I was ten years old was like a lifetime, I vaguely remembered that I still nibbled on the grass and the soles of my shoes on the side of the road. But life has gotten better over the years, and I've developed some bad habits, such as picky eating and waste. None of this is glamorous. I skipped the topic and asked him, "What's your name?" ”

"Name?"

I frowned: "Otherwise? ”

He raised his eyebrows slightly: "What if I don't say it?" ”

I glanced at him: "I, Tian Chujiu." You? Love to say but not to say. ”

He looked up and smiled, learning my tone: "I, flower play snow." ”

I said "um", spit out the last fish bone, and then climbed the river to rinse my mouth, after thinking about it, I said while washing my hands: "Hua Xixue, thank you for saving me and helping me several times, I opened a shop in Xuancheng, called Eryi Tianzuowu, there is a wardrobe in my room, there are two hundred taels of silver in it, if you have no money, go and get it." ”

"If you're sincere, why don't you bring it to me yourself?"

I reached out and wiped it casually on my dress: "I have to go, there will be a date later!" ”

"Where are you going?"

"Dome."

"You're alone?"

I looked at him strangely: "Do you think there is someone else around me?" ”

He stared at me for a long time, and then suddenly raised his lips and smiled: "What a coincidence, I also go to Qiongzhou, and we will go all the way." ”

I can't afford a meal, and I'm still on the same road with him? I said without changing my face: "I suddenly remembered that I don't want to go to Qiongzhou, so don't say goodbye!" ”

"And where are you going?"

"Yizhou."

"It seems that I have something to deal with in Yizhou yet."

"What about Bingzhou?"

"Also drop by."

“…… Then you go to Yizhou or Bingzhou, I have to go to Qiongzhou. ”

He laughed, "Am I terrible? You're going to hide from me like that. Isn't it good to have someone on the same path? Are you a girl who is not afraid of being bullied on the road? ”

I said as I walked: "I'm so ugly, I'm polite if I don't scare others, are you afraid of being bullied?" ”

He shouted to me, "Hey! You're on the wrong track, go that way! He gestured to the village again.

When I looked up, the village was huge, especially peaceful and quiet in the sun, and the village was surrounded by a large area of lush trees. But for some reason, this village felt so strange to me that I didn't want to go there, and I felt depressed and depressed when I saw it.

I asked, "Do you have to go from there?" "It's a short way, and if it's a long way, you have to walk around the river for two days." I thought about it, then turned around and walked towards the village. Hua Xixue followed one step at a time, and I reluctantly touched my wallet, it seemed that I had to climb back to Wangyun Mountain.