After some greetings, Chen Yin beckoned everyone to drink, he raised his glass and smiled: "Come, everyone, please don't be restrained, let's drink, drink!" ”

Zhang Xun lifted the bamboo tube, took a closer look, and found that the wine in the bamboo tube was a light red elixir, and then smelled, he was intoxicated by the aroma of the wine that he had never smelled, the wine aroma was sweet and strong, and there was a sweet and fragrant fragrance when the mountain flowers were in full bloom.

Zhang Xun raised the bamboo tube, took a sip, and couldn't help but admire: "Good wine!" What a different kind of wine! ”

Jianyue said: "This is the Xiaoling wine I said before, the raw material is Xiaoling flower, it tastes very good, hehe, after drinking Xiaoling wine, the sunflower vine poison in everyone will be completely fine!" ”

"I thought it would be as bad as medicinal wine, but I didn't expect it to be so sweet! What a wine! But...... Hehe, this wine is really strong! After just one cup, it was a little fluttering. ”

Chen Yin said: "Hehe, Mr. Zhang doesn't have to be in a hurry to admire, the real beauty of this wine, you are far from tasting it!" ”

"Oh? The real wonderful? ”

"Huh." Chen Yin smiled and said to his entourage, "Fetch some ice bamboo." ”

"Bingzhu?" Zhang Xun was confused, "What is that?" ”

"You'll understand in a moment." Chen Yin deliberately sold Guan Zidao.

After a while, the attendant brought up a small box, and Chen Yin opened the small box and said to everyone, "This is Bingzhu." ”

Zhang Xun leaned over and saw that the box was filled with thumb-sized square ice cubes, which looked a little muddy, and there seemed to be something frozen in the center of the ice cubes.

Everyone poured a bamboo tube, and then each put a piece of ice bamboo in the bamboo tube, only to see that the piece of ice bamboo just soaked into the wine, it immediately melted, accompanied by a few strings of small bubbles, the original turbid surface of the ice bamboo also began to become crystal clear. At this time, Zhang Xun saw clearly that the ice bamboo was frozen with a small piece of bamboo shoots. After a short while, the ice bamboo completely melted, and the bamboo shoots also sank to the bottom, and unexpectedly, the original pale red night spirit wine turned pink.

Zhang Xun was amazed and hurriedly asked, "Amazing!" It's simply amazing! What is this ice bamboo? ”

Chen Yin said with a smile: "Ice bamboo, to put it simply, is to cut spring bamboo shoots into sections and freeze them in ice cubes. It's just that the frozen water and the bamboo shoots used are a bit exquisite. ”

"I hope Elder Chen will advise me."

"Hehe, why don't you try it first?"

"Good!"

So Chen Yin raised his glass and motioned for everyone to drink together.

Zhang Xun tasted the pink elixir in the bamboo tube, when the wine entered his throat, the peculiar aroma of the wine completely intoxicated his taste buds, although he had tasted countless good wines, but the better the wine, the more it needed to be warmed, I didn't think that today this wine is the opposite. Cooling with ice bamboo, the cool taste highlights the sweetness of the wine, and after the sweetness, there is a hint of saltiness, but this trace of saltiness not only does not ruin the deliciousness of the elixir, but it is also a stroke of genius, making the wine have an endless aftertaste and a long aroma.

Subsequently, Zhang Xun drank all the wine, at this time, he seemed to see the warm and cold green mountains, the melting winter snow is quietly rising and volatilizing, a drop of dew, along the frost veins on the pine leaves slowly slide down, ding dong, falling into the cold mountain spring, the mountain spring flows quietly, through the cold cave, caressing the moss on the ore, touching a hotbed of red flowers, the dew is sleepy, just sleeping in the moist spring mud, the soil trembles slightly, the spring bamboo shoots reveal fresh young shoots, the morning sun is soft caressing, In the mist-filled lilac bamboo forest, an intoxicating scent brews.

Seeing Zhang Xun's intoxicated expression, Chen Yin asked, "Mr. Zhang, can you guess what is so magical about this ice bamboo at this time?" ”

"Mountain springs, spring bamboo shoots, mineral salt, these three are indispensable. The gift of time and the combination of geography are indispensable. Of course, if there is no craftsmanship of the Yue Nu people, even if you enjoy the time and place, and sit on the entire mountain range, it will not help! ”

"Haha! Mr. Zhang is really a person who knows wine! Not bad! In the spring, collect new spring bamboo shoots, cut the spring bamboo shoots into small sections, soak them in a clay pot full of mountain springs, the mountain springs are evaporated day by day, and then continue to add new mountain springs, the concentration of mineral salts in the spring water will continue to increase, and the umami of bamboo shoots will also slowly ferment in the water, and after a month, when the water surface presents a little turbidity, the water and bamboo shoots will be separated, introduced into the mold, and then taken to the ice cellar to freeze, after that, the ice bamboo is also made. ”

Zhang Xun couldn't help nodding and exclaimed: "It's summer at this time, and it's really a great pleasure to be able to drink such a sip of ice wine!" ”

"Haha!" Chen Yin personally poured a full bamboo tube for Zhang Xun, raised his glass and said, "Mr. Zhang, come!" Please have another drink! ”

"Good!"

After the two of them saluted each other, they drank all the wine in the bamboo tube.

"Haha, Mr. Zhang, how do you feel about it at this time?"

Zhang Xun looked sad, shook his head and said: "It's a pity to be a good product!" ”

"Sorry? Could it be that this wine is not tasteful? ”

"No, no, I regret that I can't taste this wine every day, and I regret that I can't escape from the world and live in seclusion in this mountain after all!"

"What a pity! Ha ha! Ladies and gentlemen! Please drink again! ”

Chen Yin was originally wary of Zhang Xun, but when he heard Zhang Xun's words, he had some doubts about Xiao Xun's previous evaluation, perhaps, people who are good at wine can naturally communicate with each other through their expressions and words when drinking, and in his opinion, wine tasting is to taste life, at this time he is almost sure that Zhang Xun can have such a feeling, he will never be a despicable person. Perhaps, between Zhang Xun and Xiao Shi, there are just some unspeakable misunderstandings.

Zhang Xun put down the wine glass and said a little apologetically: "I only care about greedy cups, and I forgot to explain the reason why we are here, and I hope Elder Chen doesn't mind." ”

"Since you are friends of the Gonghui brothers, they are my friends, as the saying goes, heroes don't ask where they come from, even if Mr. Zhang is just here for a drink, I am very welcome!"

Subsequently, Zhang Xun roughly explained the reason for this trip to Chen Yin, Chen Yin listened, his expression was a little solemn, "Fucha is a repeated villain, and it is a fatal mistake to believe him." ”

"The elder seems to know our king?"

Chen Yin nodded slightly and whispered, "I know...... It's just old things. ”

Zhang Xun was a little puzzled, "I heard Yue say that the Yue female clan all have no surname, but the elder is surnamed Chen, and he also knows my senior brother, I don't know where the elder was originally from?" ”

"I was originally from Chu State, fifteen years ago, because I was hiding from the pursuit, I came to Yuenu Mountain with my Gonghui brothers to escape, hehe, this is the same as you. Later, because of the love with the patriarch, they got married and gave birth to the moon, and I stayed in the Yuenu Mountain and never left. ”

"Oh, I see."

Chen Yin and Zhang Xun had another drink, and then sighed: "Fifteen years have passed in a blink of an eye, and I am also used to life here. ”

Zhang Xun nodded and said, "Yes, if one day I can deal with all the entanglements, maybe I will also find a place outside the world and enjoy my life in peace." ”

Chen Yin smiled and shook his head, "The world's ties can never be dealt with, only you can't let go, hehe." ”

"It's also ......"

After everyone drank for a while and ate something, Chen Yin said: "It's not early, everyone has been tired all the way, rest early, and I will take you to see the patriarch tomorrow." ”

"There is a labor arrangement." Zhang Xun saluted.

"Hehe, the conditions inside the clan village are simple, and they can't compare to the flower world outside, I hope you don't dislike it."

"Where is the elder, it's too late for us to be grateful."

"Huh." Chen Yin saw Zhang Xun and Shuang Tu holding hands and asking with a smile, "I don't know how to arrange the house at night?" ”

Without waiting for Zhang Xun to speak, Juan Suming suddenly said: "One room for one person, it's hard work." ”

Chen Yin was a little puzzled, looked at Zhang Xun and Shuang Di blankly, and asked, "Don't you live in one?" ”

Juan Suming rushed to speak: "They haven't passed the door yet, they can't be considered husband and wife, and I hope that the elders will arrange for them to live separately, and they are tired!" ”

"Oh, oh, I see."

Zhang Xun had nothing to say, and secretly pouted at Shuangdi.

Subsequently, the banquet ended, and the attendant took Zhang Xun and the others out of the bamboo house to the guest room.

At this time, only Jianyue and Chen Yin were left in the room, Jianyue was lying on the window, looking at the figure of the four people in the distance, and asked, "Daddy...... Well...... They, huh...... Are they bad guys? ”

"Hehe, I don't know, outsiders are good and bad, unlike our Yue Nu people, each of whom is kind-hearted, don't think of them too simply."

"Hmm...... I know, but I think they're very good people......"

"Why?"

"Hmm...... I don't know, it's just a feeling......"

"You are still young, and the good guys and bad guys are not so simple to feel."

"Is Daddy a good person?"

"Oh? Ha ha. Chen Yin walked to Jianyue's side with a smile, sat down and said, "Hmm...... Daddy must be a good person. ”

"Because my father is a good person, my mother married my father, right?"

"Haha, sort of."

"When my mother married my father, wasn't she about the same age as me? My mother can feel that my father is a good person, so why can't I feel that they are a good person? ”

Chen Yin was speechless, just smiled and said, "Haha, see the moon, my good daughter, it makes a lot of sense." ”

"Hmph...... It's supposed to be......"

"Did you see the moon and have a crush on someone?"

"Hmm......" When Mitsuki heard this, his cheeks suddenly turned red to the base of his ears.

"Woo and Yu?"

Seeing the moon was noncommittal, still blushing and bowing his head and saying nothing.

"Zhang Xun? He has a fiancée. ”

"What happened to my fiancée? Isn't that not yet married?! ”

"Haha, my daughter, although we have ancestral training, it's not good after all."

"Humph! I don't care! The ancestral teachings said it! The daughter of the patriarch is forbidden to marry a clansman and must marry an outsider! So my mother married my father! I'm going to marry Zhang Xun and Yu! I'm going to marry both of them! ”

Chen Yin was a little helpless, "Jianyue, if you marry Juan Heyu, then it's okay to say, but if you marry Zhang Xun, what should you do with his fiancée who hasn't passed the door yet?" ”

"Then I don't care, the outside world is so big, what kind of man doesn't have it? She could have married someone else! We have a few men here from outside every year, and they are crooked melons and cracked dates, and finally two young and handsome ones came, anyway, I just like it! Hum! I don't care! I don't care anyway! I'm going to marry both of them!" ”

"Haha, see the moon, it's not called 'marry' outside, but 'marry'. On the outside, a man marries a woman, a woman marries a man, and a man can marry several women, but a woman can only marry one man. Hehe, only if we are in Yuenu Mountain, it is the other way around. ”

"Humph! Anyway, I have a crush on the two of them, and I don't care if my father agrees with me! I'm going to marry the two of them, and I'll go and tell my mother in a while! She'll definitely agree! ”

"But what if the two of them don't want to?"

"Humph! Follow the customs of the locals, since you have entered our Yuenu Mountain, you must listen to the words of the patriarch! ”

"Hehe, yes, speaking of which, my father didn't want to marry your mother at that time!"

"I heard my mother say that my father asked the martial god to try it back then, but he still lost, and finally married his mother."

"Haha, yes, my father didn't want to marry back then, but he lost the martial god trial, so he had to marry your mother, and then stayed."

"No, my mother said, in fact, my father liked her at the first sight when he saw her!"

"Haha, yes, yes."

"Humph! Don't tell my father, I'll go find my mother! ”

After that, Jianyue happily ran away from the bamboo house.

Then, Xiao Shi climbed down the ladder from the compartment, and he said to Chen Yin with a smile: "Brother, could it be that you deliberately lost back then?" ”

"Hehe, hehe." Chen Yin didn't answer, just smiled and poured himself a glass of wine, and said with relief: "Seeing the moon is the same as her mother." ”

Zhang Xun and the others lived in a three-story bamboo building, and they lived on the second floor, each living in a guest room.

At night, Zhang Xun lay on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep for a while, he began to think back on the experience of these days, thinking about it, he couldn't help but sigh, life ups and downs, changes are too fast, all achievements are just passing clouds, he even thought, if like Chen Yin to live in seclusion in the mountains, it is not a choice.

Suddenly, he heard a slight knock on the door.

"Brother Xiao Xun."

Zhang Xun hurriedly got up and opened the door. The starlight freezes the graceful and slender figure of Frost in the light of the door frame, her white dress seems to reflect the brilliance of the Milky Way, her long black hair hangs straight behind her, like a waterfall pouring in the night, she smiles slightly, and her beautiful face is like a flower that never withers.

She's so beautiful.

Zhang Xun took Shuang Tu into his arms, immersed in the intoxicating fragrance of her body, he slowly lifted the hair in front of Shuang Tu's forehead, and kissed Shuang Tu lightly on her forehead.

Frost also closed her eyes and pressed them tightly against Zhang Xun's chest.

"Xiaoshuang, aren't you sleeping yet?"

Frost shook her head, pointed to the door next to her and whispered, "Father may not have slept yet." ”

"I don't know......" Zhang Xun looked a little unhappy.

"I just took a shower, my hair hasn't dried yet, and I can't sleep."

Zhang Xun blew a few breaths on Frost's hair, and said with a smile: "I'll blow it for a while, and it'll be dry!" ”

Frost Tu gently slapped Zhang Xun's chest, "I hate it." ”

"Come, Xiaoshuang, I'll take you somewhere."

"Huh?"

Before Shuang Di could understand, Zhang Xun had already taken her hand and passed through the doorway corridor, and came to the far left side of the corridor, he climbed up the ladder on the wall, and then turned around and stretched out his hand, "Come, come up." ”

Frost grabbed Zhang Xun and climbed the ladder, the two climbed all the way to the roof, sitting side by side, Zhang Xun hugged Frost, and the two looked at the Milky Way from afar, enjoying the infinite peace under the starlight.

At that moment, a white bird suddenly flew past the two of them, and with a clear sound of flapping wings, the bird crossed the Milky Way and crossed the eastern peak.

Zhang Xun hugged Shuang Di tightly and pointed in the direction where the bird was flying, "When everything is over, we will leave Gusu and fly freely like that bird, okay?" ”

"Hmm." Frost nodded vigorously.

Just as Zhang Xun and Shuang Tu were immersed in the happiness under the starlight, they didn't know that it was not only the two of them who were staring at the bird, in the attic not far away, Xiao Shi looked at the white bird in the distance, and a strange smile appeared on his face.