Chapter 62: A Smile Falls for the City
After a short time, Zhang Yang and the three of them were taken to a house in a courtyard in the valley, and Gongsun Lucao instructed the two green-shirted women to stay here to take care of their meal, and left in a hurry.
The three of them had been on the road for a few days, and they had eaten a lot of dry food on the way, and they had long wanted to have a good meal, so they looked forward to the food and drink in this valley.
Especially Guo Fu, Lao Yuan, saw several green-shirted women coming up with steaming meals, and couldn't help but secretly swallow several mouthfuls of saliva.
But when the dishes were served and the meeting was served, the three of them found out with a smile that the recipe for entertaining the distinguished guests was actually a plate of green vegetables, a plate of tofu, a plate of bean sprouts, and a plate of winter mushrooms.
The most outrageous thing is that these dishes are all showing their original dishes, and there is no meat at all, not even a little vegetable oil.
Seeing this, Guo Fu couldn't help but be disappointed, these things might as well eat dry food! In particular, the bread that Zhang Yang took out of nowhere was obviously much better than these dishes without oil.
"We have always rejected meat in the valley, please forgive your guests, please eat." One of the women in green shirts said.
After the woman finished speaking, she took out a large porcelain vase and filled the bowl with clear white water in front of the three of them.
In this era, the alcohol industry was not very high, and some people had to put some rock sugar in it, just like mash, so many women liked to drink.
Guo Fu thought it was wine, so he picked up the big bowl and took a sip, only to feel light and tasteless, only to realize that it was clear water.
"The host is too stingy, he didn't even take a sip of wine, and said that we were honored guests." Guo Fu couldn't help but pout.
"You are not allowed to use wine syrup in the valley, this is an ancestral precept for hundreds of years, please forgive me." The woman in the green shirt said expressionlessly.
"Fu'er, don't talk nonsense, eat well." Huang Rong reprimanded.
Zhang Yang smiled, and finally remembered some of the content in the original book, the reason why there is no meat in the valley seems to be related to Gongsun Zhi's practice of a closed hole kung fu.
If he is stained with meat. The kung fu similar to the golden bell jar will not be broken, and the skill will be reduced by half, and his original wife Qiu Qianqi used a little meat to crack Gongsun Zhi's magic skills.
The three of them barely ate some vegetarian food, and then a woman in a green shirt took them to a nearby wing room to rest.
In order to avoid being hit again, at night, Zhang Yang didn't interact with Guo Fu, but just slept honestly.
Early the next morning, Zhang Yang got up early and walked out of the wing. Yesterday was carried by Gongsun Lucalyx. Rushing through the valley, I didn't see some of the scenery very clearly.
At this moment, I only feel that the grass and trees in the courtyard are verdant and full of flowers, and it is indeed a rare place of beauty.
He walked out of the courtyard and walked aimlessly, only to see three or two cranes on the side of the road, a group of white deer, squirrels and rabbits, all of which were not shocked.
After two turns. It is a huge garden, the garden is bright red, a hundred flowers are vibrant, and the scenery is extremely beautiful.
Step into the garden. A faint fragrance came from the garden, and it was very lovely.
Zhang Yang glanced at it and saw a girl in a green shirt picking flowers there alone, and then looked carefully. only to find out that this girl was Gongsun Lucalyx.
"Your Excellency is up early, please have breakfast." Gongsun Lucalyx apparently also spotted him and saw him coming. So he took out two freshly picked flowers from the basket and handed them out.
Zhang Yang took the flowers and smiled bitterly in his heart: "Can flowers be eaten for breakfast, how many flowers does a person have to eat?" ”
Seeing that he was suspicious, Gongsun Lucao plucked the petals one by one and put them in his mouth.
So Zhang Yang had to follow her example, and also picked the petals, put them in his mouth, and after chewing a few petals, he found that the flowers were sweet in the mouth, sweet like honey, and even slightly drunken wine, which was actually an indescribable delicacy.
But when he thought it was a chocolate-like dessert, he chewed it a few more times, but there was an indescribable bitter taste coming out of the remains of the petals, and he wanted to spit it out, but he felt quite reluctant, and he wanted to swallow it in his stomach, but it was a little difficult to swallow.
"This flower tastes so weird!" Zhang Yang frowned and tasted it carefully before he came to such a conclusion.
"This is called love flower, I heard that there are not many in the world, only I grow a large number of them in the valley, how do you think it tastes, is it delicious?" Gongsun Lucao asked him with interest.
When Zhang Yang heard this name, he was immediately shocked, it turned out that this was a love flower!
He turned his head to look at the flowers and trees, and saw that the color of the petals was extremely delicate, more fragrant than hibiscus, and more colorful than camellia.
The branches and leaves of the love flower are full of small thorns, the large thorns are a little thicker than the hair, and the small ones are similar to the fluff on the body.
According to the original record, if you are stabbed by these thorns, you will be poisoned by love flowers. Seeing that the flower was delicate, he couldn't help but want to pick it off and play with it, and he didn't dare to touch the flower branch again.
"It's very sweet, but then it's bitter, it's really like the feelings in the world, the name is love flower, it's really appropriate." Zhang Yang couldn't help but admire.
Gongsun Lucalyx's expression darkened, and he sighed: "This valley is called the Valley of Despair, but there are so many love flowers, do you think this is to make people?" ”
"Yes, why is it called the Valley of Despair? This name really doesn't match so many love flowers. Zhang Yang was also puzzled.
"I don't know what it means, it's a name handed down from my ancestors, Daddy or I know the origin." Gongsun Lucao shook his head.
Zhang Yang was curious, walked to the love flower tree, carefully looked at the petals, but did not dare to touch the flower branches.
Gongsun Lucalyx thought that he was going to pick flowers, so he hurriedly reminded: "Be careful of the thorns on the flower branches, the thorns are poisonous." ”
"Poisonous?" Although Zhang Yang knew that the love flower was poisonous, he could only pretend not to know.
"Yes, if you are an amorous person, you will suffer from the poison of love flowers, so you can't move lovesickness within twelve hours of poisoning, and once you have lovesick thoughts, the poison will attack. At that time, if there is no love flower antidote, it will be difficult to protect the immortals. Gongsun Lucalyx explained.
"This poison is magical, I actually think that my sweetheart will also be poisoned!" Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh again.
"Daddy said that after being poisoned by the love flower, once you have the idea of **, not only will the blood and qi run faster, but also some unknown things will be born in the blood. Originally, the poison on the thorn of love flower was harmless to people, but when it encountered this thing in the blood, it immediately made people feel painful. ”
In front of Zhang Yang, a strange handsome son, Gongsun Lucao seemed to open the conversation: "More than half a month ago, two men from outside the valley accidentally fell into the love flower bush and fell into the love flower poison. It's just that these two people wanted to oppose my two stepmothers' marrying to my father, so my father locked them up. However, my father was kind enough to promise that as long as the wedding was held, he would give them an antidote to love flowers. ”
When Zhang Yang heard this, he immediately thought that what she said should be Yang Guo and Yeluqi. Looking at the situation, she really didn't know the truth about Yang Guo and Yeluqi being trapped, and she didn't even have time to get acquainted with Yang Guo.
The two chatted while walking, and before they knew it, they had slowly walked to the mountainside. There is sun shining here, the earth is warm, love flowers bloom early, and many love flowers have borne fruit.
I saw that the fruit was either green or red, some of which were mixed with green and red, and there were also fluffy and fine hairs, just like the fluff on the human body.
"This love flower grows beautifully, but the fruit is so ugly, I wonder if this fruit can be eaten?" Zhang Yang asked in surprise.
"The fruits of love flowers are inedible, some are sour, some are spicy, and some are even more stinky and smelly, and I want to be disgusted when I smell it." Gongsun Lucao reminded.
Zhang Yang saw that she was serious and looked very cute, so he couldn't help joking: "Isn't the fruit of love flowers as sweet as honey?" ”
"Yes, there were, but I couldn't see it from the skin of the fruit, because some of the fruit was very ugly and sweet. But ugly is not necessarily sweet, you can only know if you try it yourself. Nine out of ten fruits are bitter, so people never eat it. Gongsun Lucao saw him looking at him blankly, and couldn't help but blush slightly.
Zhang Yang saw that her smile was cute and as beautiful as a love flower, and he couldn't help but look even more crazy. He wanted to amuse the girl, so he said, "Hearing you say this, I want to taste the taste of this love flower fruit, and see if I am lucky enough to eat the sweetest fruit." ”
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, carefully plucked a fruit that looked about the size of his thumb, wiped it with his sleeve, put it in his mouth, and bit it down.
Fortunately, this fruit does not stink, it is the kind of extremely sour kind described by the Gongsun green calyx, just like an unripe green orange, sour and sore teeth.
Gongsun Lucalyx saw his deflated appearance, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, as if he wanted to laugh, for the sake of politeness, he could only hold back, and only suffocated his pretty face red.
At this time, the morning sun was slanted on her face, and I saw that her eyebrows were elegant, and her complexion was white and red, which was very delicate.
"I have heard a story that in ancient times, there was a king of the Kingdom of Zhou You, who burned the beacon fire to tease the princes and gave away the great country, but he laughed for one of the peerless beauties. Originally, I only thought it was a joke, and I laughed at the king of Zhou You was too stupid, but now when I see your flower-like smile, I know how rare it is for a beauty to smile...... It turns out that King Zhou You and I are just the same kind of stupid people. Zhang Yang couldn't help but blurt out praise when he saw her smile beautifully.
Gongsun Lucao gave Zhang Yang such a tease, he couldn't bear it anymore, and finally laughed.
Zhang Yang saw that she had been cold, with a little sadness on her face, and she was really radiant when she smiled like this at this time.
Among the women he encountered, in terms of ice muscles and jade bones, only Xiaolongnu could be compared.
"The ancients often said that it is rare for a beauty to smile, and what to say is a smile that captivates the city, and then a smile captivates the country. I originally thought that the ancients were bragging, but now it seems that I really don't deceive me! "Praise again.
Gongsun Lucalyx lowered his head, and his face was even more blushing, as if two red glows were hanging on his cheeks.
"Xiaosheng is flamboyant, I don't know the girl's surname?" Zhang Yang asked with a hot iron.
"I can tell you, but you are not allowed to tell the second one, let alone call me in front of others. Otherwise, my father will know and he will punish me. Gongsun Lucalyx's face turned red and said in a low voice.
Zhang Yang playfully stuck out his tongue and said: "Don't worry, even if Zhang Yang has no children and grandchildren, he will never do anything like a beautiful woman." (To be continued......)