Chapter 10: The River God's Marriage (Part II)
Three.
There is a large sunken forest in front of Weisheng Village, and as Liu Yuni said, the branches are so dense that it is almost impossible to find a road. If it weren't for Liu Yune to lead the way, I don't think it would be possible for me to get out of this forest, no one wants to come to Weisheng Village, this forest is indeed terrifying.
After turning around and turning around, we finally entered Osheng Village. The first time I saw Weisheng Village, I felt like Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring, but there were no people on the road in the field, Liu Yune said, everyone was at home preparing for the banquet on the day of the river god's marriage. Liu Yune's family lives by the Lin Zhong River, a small but neat cabin, and there are only her and her mother at home. She said her father died a few years ago. Fortunately, although her mother did not speak Mandarin, she was a very nice person, so we stayed at her house.
Settle down, Liu Yune and her mother have already cooked a table of food, and a large plate of pickled fish is placed on the table, I don't like to eat fish when I am young, but I look good, so I tasted the taste, it is a bit like the pickled fish made by Wucheng Xingfangzhai. Sun Yuji loves to eat fish, and she is full of praise for this fish when she is late, but Liu Yune and her mother don't move this fish.
After eating, I went straight to the point: "When will the river god marry?" ”
"Ten days to go." Liu Yuni said, "In the past ten days, be sure to ask Xiangye to find out the truth about the river god's marriage!" Because there is no river god in this world! ”
"There is no river god, but it is a bit interesting to marry the river god." I touched my chin, "Yune, can your mother understand what we are saying?" ”
"I can understand some simple sentences, my father didn't teach her to speak Wucheng dialect at the beginning." Liu Yuni said, "My mother is not happy to learn Wucheng dialect, and she won't go out anyway." This time, I sneaked out to file a complaint, and no one in the village knew about it. ”
"The dialect of your Osheng Village is so difficult to understand, obviously in Yuzhou, but the words are even stranger than Bizhou in the south." Sun Yuji said, "I don't know what I'm talking about." ”
"This kind of village has a story." I smiled mysteriously, "I'll stay at your house today, you take me to see your little purple bead girl, He Yunsheng and I will go, Yuji, you stay." ”
"Hey Yulan, me and Yu Nie's mother... I can't communicate..."
"What is there to communicate, you go to bed first, and you will be busy in the future." I said, "Yune, send her to her room first, and we'll wait for you outside." ”
I dragged He Yunsheng outside the house and said to him, "Don't you think this village is a little strange? ”
"Don't wonder what we're here for?"
"No, I said dinner tonight. Neither Yu nor her mother eat fish. ”
"What's so strange about this, you don't eat fish either, you don't like to eat when you're young, you say that the fish smells strong, but I know it's because you were stuck by fish bones when you were a child..."
"Okay, okay, don't talk about that when you were a child." I interrupted him, "I mean, the people of Oyu Village make a living from fishing, so why don't they eat fish themselves?" ”
"Maybe they don't eat it at home? Stuck in a fish bone too? ”
"Why burn if you don't eat it? It doesn't feel like it was done specifically for us. I just went to the kitchen and looked, and it was all pickled fish, don't they sell live fish? ”
"Why are you so strange, maybe pickled fish is easy to sell? After all, it can be stored for a long time and has an excellent flavor. And you don't see it, how do you know they don't sell live fish? He Yunsheng shrugged.
"Then why don't you eat fish today?"
"Oh, I can't get used to it." He Yunsheng said, "I only eat fresh fish. ”
"Virtue." I glanced at him, and just as Liu Yune came out, we went to Zizhu's house.
Liu Yune said that Zizhu wanted to die several times, so she was locked up in the warehouse by her father. We walked around the warehouse twice, and there was no place to go in except for the bars. I looked at He Yunsheng, He Yunsheng sighed, and said, "Zhou Yulan, do you know who I learned martial arts from?" Do you know who I am? You asked me to break the bars? He Yunsheng kept complaining, breaking the iron railing on the window while complaining, I was used to it, but Liu Yunne's eyes were straight.
After He Yunsheng broke open the iron window, he flew into the warehouse with Liu Yune in his arms, and then came out to pick me up. When we all stood still, He Yunsheng and Liu Yunne walked towards the Zizhu girl who seemed to be frightened.
"Zizhu, don't be afraid, they are invited by me to Wucheng, they are the current prime minister and the marquis, and the two of them are here to save you. Rest assured, with them, you will survive. Liu Yune comforted.
"Yune, don't joke with me, my father will marry me to the river god in ten days..."
"Who lied to you, did you see that this man broke the iron railing with his hand just now?" Liu Yunne pointed at He Yunsheng, who smiled and looked at Zizhu (if he could really see her) and nodded.
Zizhu looked at He Yunsheng with teary eyes, doubted his beliefs, and said, "That... The one by the window..."
I stood under the window and said, "Have you forgotten me?" There were no candles in the warehouse, no light, just a little bleak moonlight, which was not enough for me to muster up the courage to move forward.
"Ouch forgot, Zhou Yulan is night blind." He Yunsheng jumped to the window and pulled me over, took out a fire fold from his arms and lit it and handed it to me.
I took the fire fold and looked at the purple beads carefully. Zizhu looked haggard, her skin was very white, almost transparent white, her eyes were bright and shining, and she lowered her head in embarrassment when she saw me looking at her.
"Miss Zizhu, whether you believe it or not, but since Yu Nie is entrusted to me, I will definitely save you." I said, thought about it, and asked Liu Yuni, "Yuni, is there anything in your village... That... Something like a village chronicle? It is a record of what happened in the village in various years. "I wanted to ask Du Duzhen to find some information about Osheng Village for me, but Du Duzhen is in Siguo, and it will take some time for the news to come, so I didn't wait, so I entered the village.
"This kind of thing, it's all from the village chief." Liu Yune said, "Why do you want to be in the village? ”
"Nothing." I said, "Let's not bother Miss Zizhu for now, Yu Ni, take me to Lin Zhonghe to have a look." ”
Lin Zhonghe.
There have been legends of floating on the river, there have been many cargo ships, there have been many water gangs, but in this village, it is the place where the river gods live.
Lin Zhonghe rose and fell, I sat by the river and didn't speak, Liu Yune and He Yunsheng sat next to me and didn't speak.
He Yunsheng looked around: "You don't even have any grass growing by the river, do you have dog tail grass or something?" ”
"Can you look a little bit, with a dog's tail in your mouth all day long, what do you look like?" I couldn't help but lecture him.
"Isn't it my dad who won't let me smoke hookah?" He Yunsheng looked around for grass, "I'll pay it all." ”
I looked at the river and said, "It's not too early, let's go back." ”
"What the hell are you telling us to go around?" He Yunsheng patted his clothes, "Running east and west, I don't see what you have gained, so I'll go back?" ”
"Blow the wind and scatter your heart." I handed him the fire fold, "Old Seven, lead the way." ”
"You're younger than me, and you're calling me." He Yunsheng took the fire fold and said dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes, Seventh Brother."
"It's disgusting." He Yunsheng felt a chill, "If you call me like that again, I will throw you into the river to feed the fish." ”
I laughed, and my mood suddenly relaxed.
When I returned to Liu Yune's house, I saw Sun Yuji sitting at the table with a blue face, while Liu Yune's mother was sitting on the other side at a loss.
"What's wrong?" He Yunsheng asked.
"I'm got food poisoning!" Sun Yuji didn't have a good airway.
"Wow, Imperial Doctor Sun, you can get food poisoning too! That's big news. He Yunsheng clapped his hands and laughed, "Then how do I think you look good?" ”
Sun Yuji glared at him and said, "Except for me, you are all fine, which means that the problem lies with the fish." ”
"So I asked you to stay at home and rest, it's not because I'm afraid that something will happen to you." I patted her on the shoulder to comfort her, "Say, what did you find?" ”
"You know there's a problem with the fish and you're still letting me eat it? Why don't you stop me? Sun Yuji seemed to be angry.
"Tell me about the fish." I hid behind He Yunsheng, "Yu Ni, I have a question I have wanted to ask for a long time, don't you usually eat fish?" ”
"The villagers of Weisheng Village don't eat fish, I asked my mother to make it for you because you came..."Liu Yune said urgently, "I didn't expect that Imperial Doctor Sun would be poisoned..."
"It's okay, Sun Yuji doesn't matter, tell me why." I waved my hand, and Sun Yuji glared at me viciously.
"Because the villagers of Oyu Village will get sick when they eat fish, they will have diarrhea, vomiting and diarrhea. In the whole village, only my father eats fish, and we all think that maybe because of the difference in physique, he is from Wucheng, and maybe the people of Wucheng will not get sick, so I think you will not either..."
"I think your dad must be a very powerful person." I smiled, "Sun Yuji, talk about fish." ”
"This fish grew up eating the flesh of dead people." Sun Yuji was concise and to the point.
"Interesting. Sun Yuji, a girl's family, naturally has never eaten dead human flesh, so if she eats this fish that eats dead human flesh, she will naturally have stomach trouble; Naturally, the villagers of Osheng Village have never eaten dead human flesh, so they will also have stomach troubles. What's interesting is that your father, he doesn't have a stomach, which means that he also grew up eating dead human flesh. Looking at Liu Yune's gradually whitening face, I said again, "It is already very unbelievable for a person from Wucheng to enter this isolated village, and it is even more strange that he can marry a wife and have children here, and die a righteous life." Yune, isn't your village... All surnamed Liu? ”
"Yes." Liu Yuni froze, "How do you know?" ”
"A village like yours can accept outsiders, it must have something to do with some attribute of this outsider, maybe he has the same surname as you, or maybe your father also has a skill, for example, he taught you to marinate meat? I took a look at your method of marinating meat is still the old method of Wucheng decades ago, and it is the pickled fish meat of Xingfangzhai, so your father must be a child of a family in Wucheng, and the family's money will not be less. I touched my chin, "Your father's surname is Liu... However, there are no ministers in the DPRK surnamed Liu, except for General Liu, who is stationed abroad... General Liu is a native of Bizhou, so he shouldn't have anything to do with your father..."
"My father's name is Liu Yucang." Liu Yune said, "I don't know my father... What has I experienced, I only know that he is my father, he is very good at salting fish, he is also very good to me, let me study, let me go out to learn more, my father is a good person. ”
"I know. But maybe your dad has something to do with the river god's marriage. I said, "Or, maybe your dad knows the inside story." ”
Liu Yune was surprised: "How is this possible! My dad always stayed at home, didn't go out often, and didn't communicate with outsiders often..."
"It's the kind of inconspicuous person who knows the inside story." I came to a conclusion, "Ming'er He Yunsheng and I go out for a walk, Yuji, you have a good rest." Yune, don't worry too much, maybe your father came to Oyu Village to avoid trouble. As for the matter of eating dead human flesh, it is a bit of a point of value. ”