The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Chung Yeung Festival. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info/qb5, \\

Because in the ancient "Book of Changes", the "six" is set as the yin number, and the "nine" is set as the yang number, on the ninth day of September, the sun and the moon are yang, and the two nines are heavy, so it is called the double yang, also called the heavy nine. The ancients considered it an auspicious day to be celebrated, and the festival has been celebrated since a long time.

The folk have the custom of ascending on that day, so the Chung Yeung Festival is also called the "Ascending Festival". There are also sayings such as heavy nine festivals, dogwood, and chrysanthemum festivals. Because the homonym of "ninety-nine" on the ninth day of September is "long-lasting", which has the meaning of long-term, it is often used to worship ancestors and carry out activities to respect the elderly on this day.

In the traditional Double Ninth Festival, there is also a saying of eating Chongyang cakes, appreciating chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum wine. However, there is not so much attention in the village, one is that there are no good ingredients to make chongyang cake. The other is that there is no leisure and elegance to enjoy chrysanthemums and drink. Most of them are big and coarse, basically just wear some dogwoods, and at most some women who love beauty will pick wild chrysanthemums on their heads on this day. If you do this in normal times, it is inevitable that some people will say that you are coquettish, but today no one chews the root of your tongue, because it is a custom and a good wish.

There is nothing lacking in Zhang Taiping's house now, especially with all kinds of rice and honey, there are no pastries that cannot be made, but they have never been made in previous years, and there is no preparation this year.

The wild chrysanthemums I picked were just a few on the heads of a few little girls, and the adults didn't do it, and I felt embarrassed to put flowers on my heads.

Zhang Taiping walked out of the house, the sky was blue, and today was a good autumn weather.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the Chongyang Festival on September 9 is the heaviest day of the year in heaven and earth, and all the gloom and filth must be avoided.

Regardless of whether this statement is substantiated or not, Zhang Taiping plans to go into the mountains today and explore the mysterious valley again, and he always feels that there are good things in the depths of that valley.

Zhang Taiping was about to turn around and enter the house to say something to Cai Yazhi when Yaya and Fan Ming walked over from the pond.

Both of them have a dogwood branch and leaf on their arms, and a wild chrysanthemum on their heads, the one on the girl's head is golden, but the one on Fan Ming's head is purple. There were two on Wukong's head next to him, one yellow and one purple, but he didn't feel the beauty of it, and the stunned breath came to his face.

The three of them were busy with their mouths, and it was the kiwi fruit that Zhang Taiping brought out of the space last night.

"Dad, did you buy this kiwi?" Yaya asked.

Zhang Taiping nodded: "Well, I bought it in the town when I came back yesterday." ”

"Then why didn't you see you last night?"

"I ate last night, I can't eat too much at night, otherwise I'll become a chubby girl." Zhang Taiping said with a smile.

Fan Ming threw the kiwi skin in her hand to the little hen foraging on the ground, licked her lips and said, "Big brother, you said that you want to fry melon seeds and pine nuts, when will you fry them?" It can't be forgotten, right? ”

Zhang Taiping really forgot about this matter, and said with a smile: "How could I forget, I'm not very busy these days, I'll fry it when I come back tomorrow." ”

Fan Ming's eyes rolled and said, "What are you going to do today?" How about bringing me? ”

Zhang Taiping shook his head and said, "I'm going to go into the mountain today, I have an important thing to do in the mountain this time, and I can't take you with me." ”

"What's the matter?" Fan Ming asked unrelentingly.

Zhang Taiping shook his head and did not speak.

After entering the house, Zhang Taiping didn't tell Cai Yazhi the truth, mainly because he was afraid that she would know and worry.

"I'm going to go into the mountains today." Zhang Taiping said to Cai Yazhi, who was making breakfast.

"Into the mountains? Why did you suddenly go into the mountains? Cai Yazhi asked with a slight frown.

Zhang Taiping said with a smile: "You still reminded me that today is the Double Ninth Festival, when I entered the mountain, there were several precious herbs that were about to ripen, and it was probably at this time that I went into the mountain to pick them back." ”

Although Zhang Taiping said it easily, with a woman's innate sharp intuition, he still felt that something was wrong, so he asked, "There won't be any danger, right?" ”

Zhang Taiping comforted and said, "How can there be danger? You said that with my current skills, even if a tiger comes, can you help me? ”

Although Cai Yazhi has never practiced kung fu and does not know much about Zhang Taiping's skills, she has seen his peerless strength, and has seen him beat away the black blind man with her own eyes. I don't think anything will happen to you if you encounter any animals in the mountains. Only then did I feel more relieved.

"Then you can bring the three big dogs with you."

Zhang Taiping thought about it, and the three big dogs couldn't help much, so he said: "Basically, you don't need a big dog, just a grimace, and let the lion and Ah Huang look after the house at home." ”

"Then let's eat the meal and leave, it will be fine in a moment."

Zhang Taiping shook his head: "No, go early and return early." If you go early, you may come back tonight, and if you are late, you will have to spend the night in the mountains. ”

I have all the things I need in the space, and after I said that, I walked outside. After a moment's thought, he gestured twice towards the roof and brought Xiaojin and Xiaofeng up, they could probe the situation from the sky.

Wukong saw Zhang Taiping preparing Jinshan and followed. However, this time the situation was different, but it was a bad reprimand for Zhang Taiping. In the past, he would call it every time he entered, but this time he was reprimanded, which made Wukong quite aggrieved.

Zhang Taiping only had a grimace, and the speed of shuttling in the mountains was very fast, and he had been there once, and this time he had a clear purpose, so he ran a lot of detours, and he reached the edge of the valley near noon.

Today's Chongyang, at this time, is the heaviest time of the day at twelve o'clock, and sure enough, there is no more foggy scene that night, most of the conditions in the valley are in full view, only the bottom is still shrouded in a puff of smoke.

Zhang Taiping's plan for coming today is not small, and it is one thing to find precious Chinese herbs under the valley, and the main purpose is to get the big snake into the space.

This wish seems a bit difficult, but Zhang Taiping is not without reliance. The main thing is that he has the existence of space, first of all, he is already invincible, and the second is that when he left last time, he found that the big snake already had some spirituality, and he could feel the benefits of the space spring, and the attack on himself last time was not very strong, especially at the end, he even let himself go calmly.

So now that I am planning to use the space spring water as bait, maybe I can really succeed.

Compared to the big guy at the bottom, the grimace can only be the little guy, not only will it not help much, but it may also anger the big guy, so Zhang Taiping plans to go down alone.

Said a few words to Grimace, and then pointed to the woods next to him, Grimace has been able to understand the most basic commands after being together for so long, and he got into the woods when he heard the words.

If you don't meet a big guy like the one under the valley, there is no animal in the mountains and forests that can hurt your face, so Zhang Taiping has nothing to worry about leaving it alone above.

The two big eagles saw that Zhang Taiping was going down to the bottom of the valley, and they also shrank their wings and prepared to dive down, but Zhang Taiping waved his hand to drive them up, the further down the space will be, the narrower the space, and the two of them can't fly down there, besides, although the two of them have a fatal blow to other snakes, they have little effect on the big guy below, so there is no need to follow.

The valley is shrouded in fog all year round, and not only people, but also other animals rarely enter it, so there is no way down at all. Zhang Taiping had to take a shovel and walk away.

The further down I go, the more I feel that the yin qi is heavy, and when I reach the bottom of the valley, even if it is sunny outside, there is a feeling of cold Su Su here.

Although Zhang Taiping was not afraid of the cold, he was attentive to this strange environment, and while moving forward, he was vigilantly observing his surroundings.

The deeper you go into the valley, the more cold the aura becomes, and if you look up at the sky, you will find that the bright sunlight looks a little blurred from here, and the light dims. Zhang Taiping knew that this was the effect of the fog at the bottom of the valley, and there was no fuss.

Although it was cold when I came in the summer, it was not so strong, but when I came back in the autumn, it was still so cold when the yang energy was at its peak on this double yang day, and I don't know what kind of scene was going on after today's night.

When Zhang Taiping cautiously came to the place where he had met the big snake last time, the sun above his head was only a vague halo. Although the surrounding fog is not very useful for isolating vision, the atmosphere created makes people feel as if they have arrived in another world, so far away from the sun.

The strange waterhole was still filled with a thick fog, and the fog continued to spread out of it, and it was impossible to see the details of the pool. Nothing is much different from the last time I came.

Zhang Taiping looked towards the entrance of the cave, there was no light in the black rumbling, and even Zhang Taiping's eyes found nothing, as if this was not a cave but a black hole that devoured light.

He didn't know what had led the snake out last time, but it must have something to do with his own appearance, so he didn't do anything, and waited quietly on the side of the cave to see if he could use himself as bait to lure the snake out.

However, almost half an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the cave.

Just when Zhang Taiping was about to take out a chicken and put it in to try it, there were suddenly two eagle cries in the sky, one after the other, and Zhang Taiping could hear the voices of Xiaojin and Xiaofeng. What puzzled him was that these two cries contained anxiety and fear.

So Zhang Taiping was a little confused, this was clearly two big eagles warning what was going on, but it should just be anxious, why did it still contain fear? You must know that the two of them are definitely the overlords of the sky, and even the big snake in the valley cannot pose any threat to them.

Just when he was confused, a more majestic cry came into his ears, although it was not as sharp as the cries of Xiao Jin and Xiao Feng, but the voice was full of domineering. And it didn't come down from the sky, the source of the sound was deeper in the valley.

Zhang Taiping's knowledge of this valley is limited to this small area where the mouth encountered the big snake, and the larger area inside has not been set foot in at all.

After thinking about it for a while, I made up my mind, put aside the matter of the great snake for the time being, and walked deeper into the valley to see what kind of existence was still inside.

However, before he could step out, his ears moved, and the slightest sound came in. As soon as Zhang Taiping's mind moved, his entire body disappeared from here.

Just two seconds after he disappeared, the big snake swam out of the hole, stopped for a moment at the entrance of the cave, where Zhang Taiping had stood, showed a puzzled expression very humanely, looked around and found nothing, then twisted and swam towards the place where the majestic cry came. The huge body swimming on the ground didn't make any big noise, if it weren't for Zhang Taiping's excellent hearing, he wouldn't have noticed it just now.

Zhang Taiping waited in the space for half an hour, estimating that about a minute had passed outside before he came out of the space with a dark red knife.

When he came out to the outside world, he was ready to go in at any time, but when he came out, he didn't see the big snake after his eyes scanned all directions, so he landed on the ground steadily, but his mind did not relax.

After carefully observing the surrounding situation, he realized that the serpent had left the cave and was heading deeper into the valley.

Zhang Taiping's heart moved, and he followed the traces left by the big snake after swimming, not too fast, but paying attention to the surrounding situation and moving slowly. Judging from the cry just now, the great snake is not the only powerful creature in this valley, who knows if there is anything terrible hidden around here, so he can't be careless.

Suddenly, Zhang Taiping stopped.

Since it was daytime and it was the Chung Yeung Festival, the fog in the valley was not very thick, and although I couldn't see the scene in the distance, I could still see the situation on the mountain wall next to me.

What made Zhang Taiping stop suddenly was not a powerful animal, but a strange plant.

He first looked around carefully to make sure that there was no danger next to him, and then groped his way to the strange plant, stopping at five meters, because he had not forgotten the situation when he had picked the plant last time.

Last time, there was a giant poisonous snake guardian next to He Shou Wu, and in the end, he was pecked to death by Xiaoxi. I can't say that there is a similar situation next to this plant.

Zhang Taiping stood five meters away to observe this strange plant, and did not act rashly.

This plant should be a flower, the stem looks like a little old man with a hunched back and a cane, and the flower on the top is a bit surprising, if it weren't for the fact that it actually grows on a plant, Zhang Taiping would have thought it was a grimace.

Isn't the stamens and petals patched together just a grimace that wants to choose people and eat them?

Although Zhang Taiping had never seen such strange words, nor had he seen any records in any books, he did feel that this flower was unusual. Because there were no plants within a one-meter radius around it, even the rotting leaves on the ground were black.

This is clearly a sign of poison, but not all poisons are harmful, and this alone makes the flower worth picking.

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