When Liu Sicheng woke up again, he found himself in a simple wooden house. Underneath him is a single wooden couch covered with bamboo mats, surrounded by a wall made of logs, and in the front hall outside the house, there is a wooden table and three wooden chairs, surrounded by some wooden furniture. Neither the walls nor the furniture are painted, but the textures of the trees are clearly visible, giving them an air of pristine simplicity.

Just as Liu Sicheng was looking around, a tall woman walked slowly at the door, with a jinghai cloth skirt and light steps.

When I looked closely, the woman was wearing a cold iron mask on her face, only revealing her eyes and mouth, which really startled Liu Sicheng.

In Liu Sicheng's subconscious, wearing a mask is mostly due to the other party's poor appearance. Now that he was in an unfamiliar environment, a woman of unknown origin and wearing an iron mask suddenly appeared in front of him, and he couldn't help but be afraid.

Perhaps afraid that the other party would suddenly take off his mask and reveal his ugly face, Liu Sicheng involuntarily twisted his head to the side, not daring to look directly at the woman's face.

The woman walked straight to the couch, glanced at Liu Sicheng, and suddenly said:

“nji siang guo loi la？ njim zan！ ”

The other party used a language that Liu Sicheng couldn't understand, but the voice was unusually beautiful, soft with a hint of sweetness, which made people feel quiet and happy.

Maybe it's fair for God to take away one thing and compensate for another.

Heaven took away her beauty, but gave her a pleasant voice. Liu Sicheng pondered.

Because Liu Sicheng couldn't understand her words, he had to nod slightly awkwardly and smile at her.

The woman continued:

“du gi e vu？ ngo ki zo fan。 ”

No matter how hard Liu Sicheng tried, he still couldn't understand her words.

At this time, there was a strange fragrance in the surrounding air, not like the fragrance of flowers, but better than the fragrance of flowers. It's a body fragrance, and it's emanating from a woman.

In history, it is rumored that one of Qianlong's concubines was pregnant with a strange fragrance, and she was called "Concubine Xiang" by people. Liu Sicheng didn't expect to be able to meet a woman with the same fragrance here, and he couldn't help but be shocked.

It seems that God still favors her and takes away her beauty, but compensates her for two enviable qualities.

Because of the body fragrance, Liu Sicheng looked at the woman with straight eyes.

Liu Sicheng was surprised to find that the woman's figure was surprisingly good: a tall figure of about 1.72 meters, although she was dressed in a coarse cloth coat, she still showed her curves.

There is no doubt that God did favor her, taking away her beauty while compensating her for three proud qualities. If she can have a beautiful face, she must be a beautiful woman who will captivate the country and the city.

But God did not give her a beautiful face, which shows that God only favors her, not loves.

After a period of thinking, Liu Sicheng felt that his vision was a little blurry, and he fell asleep again.

In a half-asleep state, Liu Sicheng vaguely felt that someone was feeding him food and water, and he was by his side to take care of him, considerate. Needless to say, it was the woman who was no doubt about it.

According to common sense, most people will be defensive when they encounter strangers from outside, but this woman cares about Liu Sicheng. Although Liu Sicheng didn't know the reason why the woman did this, he couldn't help but be grateful to her in his heart.

I don't know how long it took for Liu Sicheng to wake up from his slumber, and there was indeed the woman sitting beside him. She was extremely happy to see Liu Sicheng regain consciousness, and said a series of difficult words with a smile.

At this time, Liu Sicheng was very sure in his heart that the woman sincerely cared about him and cared about him as a stranger.

As a result, Liu Sicheng completely unloaded his defense, and his attitude towards women also changed greatly.

"Are you okay?" The woman suddenly changed her language, and Liu Sicheng's head was like an electric shock, and she instantly understood her meaning.

Liu Sicheng couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and hurriedly replied to the other party in modern Chinese. But the other party was at a loss, obviously unable to understand Liu Sicheng's words.

At the moment when Liu Sicheng spoke, a voice flashed in his mind, and Liu Sicheng tried to imitate this voice.

The other party's eyes lit up when he heard it, obviously understanding the meaning.

"I didn't expect you to understand Zhou Yayan, that's great......" The woman covered her lips with her hand, overjoyed.

Zhou Yayan? As soon as these words came out, Liu Sicheng couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

Because Liu Sicheng has been a history fan since he was a child, he has a lot of historical knowledge. Yayan is the ancient Mandarin, of course, the Yayan of all dynasties is more or less different in pronunciation, and the longer the time, the greater the difference in pronunciation with modern Chinese. The so-called "Zhou Yayan" in the woman's mouth is not the "Mandarin" of the Zhou Dynasty? And as a modern person living in the 21st century, why can he understand the language of the Zhou Dynasty? Liu Sicheng was puzzled. Of course, the first priority at the moment is not to figure this out, but how to communicate with the woman without barriers.

So Liu Sicheng began to try to use the strange voice in his mind to communicate with the other party verbally. Fortunately, he himself has a great talent for language, and after many attempts, failures, and attempts, Liu Sicheng slowly mastered this new language system, and his communication with the woman became smoother.

"In this way, I should be in the mountainous area of Luling County in the Eastern Han Dynasty at the moment." Liu Sicheng made the above judgment based on the results of the exchange.

"Eastern Han Dynasty? It doesn't seem like you belong to this era. The woman smiled and then asked softly, "By the way, where are you from?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Sicheng didn't know how to answer, and he couldn't confess to her that he was from the 21st century. What's more, even if she says it, she may not believe it.

"Tanzhong County." Liu Sicheng casually recited a place name. In fact, it's not entirely nonsense, after all, there was really this place at that time, Tanzhong County belongs to Jiaozhou, and Luling County is thousands of miles away.

"Tanzhong County?" The woman's eyebrows raised slightly when she heard this, and then she said with a smile, "No wonder you can understand Zhou Yayan." ”

"Oh? What does this have to do with my hometown? Liu Sicheng seemed to be puzzled in his heart, and asked with concern.

The woman smiled and patiently explained:

"As far as I heard, in the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor migrated a large number of immigrants from the hinterland of the Central Plains to develop the Lingnan region. At that time, the immigrants of the Central Plains used Zhou Yayan, perhaps your ancestors were influenced by this. Therefore, you know both Tanzhong dialect and Zhou Yayan. ”

From the woman's words, Liu Sicheng can conclude that she has mistaken her modern Chinese for the Tanzhong dialect. But it's okay to do this, but it saves Liu Sicheng a lot of lips and tongues. I saw Liu Sicheng deliberately pretending to be suddenly enlightened, and affirmed:

"I see!"

Thinking about it carefully, Liu Sicheng has a new explanation for his peculiar performance - genetic memory. It is said that human genes retain fragments of ancestral memories that can be stimulated under certain conditions. Of course, genetic memory has not been scientifically confirmed, all of this is Liu Sicheng's personal conjecture, which cannot be confirmed at all.

At this time, the woman's sweet voice instantly pulled Liu Sicheng back to reality from his imagination. I saw her staring at Liu Sicheng's face with a gentle gaze, and then asked softly:

"Tanzhong County and Luling County are far away, why did you come here? Besides, why did you fall off the cliff? ”

Liu Sicheng was stunned by the woman's question, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

The woman's eyes suddenly flashed, and she said in an extremely sincere tone:

"I'm sorry, please forgive me for being rude, if there is any hidden secret, I won't ask."

In fact, it's not that Liu Sicheng doesn't want to tell him frankly, he is just worried that if he tells the truth, the other party will be unbelievable.

But when he saw the woman's sincere eyes, Liu Sicheng couldn't help but feel unbearable. So he hurriedly waved his hand and explained to the woman:

"You're mistaken. It was a complicated time and I need to remember it. ”

"I see." The woman blinked her big bright eyes and said softly, "It's okay, you can remember it well, don't worry." ”

Liu Sicheng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and only after a moment did he slowly speak:

"I remember. In fact, I passed through this place on my way out to study, but I didn't expect to suffer this disaster halfway. In the mountains and forests, I unexpectedly ran into a group of officers and soldiers chasing and killing a group of barbarians, and I was also chased and killed by officers and soldiers due to a misunderstanding. Later, in a panic during the escape, he unfortunately fell off the cliff. Well, I met you later. ”

Most of what Liu Sicheng said was true, but he replaced "traveling abroad" with "going out to study". After all, in the Han Dynasty, the style of study tours prevailed, and even Liu Bei, who weaved mats and sold shoes, also had the experience of going to Luoyang to study abroad. Of course, Liu Sicheng can also choose to tell the truth, but if you want to explain this kind of thing to an ancient, you will definitely have to spend a lot of time, and if you don't do it, you will be mistaken by the other party for thinking that you have a mental problem. In order to make the communication more convenient, Liu Sicheng finally decided to use the term "study trip" to explain the reason why he was in a foreign land, so as not to cause trouble.

After listening to Liu Sicheng's explanation, the woman asked softly:

"Those barbarians are Shanyue?"

In fact, Liu Sicheng didn't know the identity of those barbarians, so he said casually:

"Yamagoe, it seems, right?"

Liu Sicheng loves history and has a more or less understanding of "Shanyue". According to historical records, Shanyue was an ethnic minority living in the south of ancient China, and had a deep grudge with the Han people. If it is said that the group of barbarians encountered before is Shanyue, it is not difficult to explain why the officers and soldiers slaughtered them on a large scale.

The woman had tears in her eyes and said with indignation in her mouth:

"The Han people have always been ruthless, and they are even more tyrannical to us!"

Liu Sicheng's pupils contracted suddenly when he heard this, and he involuntarily exclaimed:

"'Han Chinese'? In this way, could it be that you are not a mountain? ”

"Hmm." The woman nodded, still asking in a soft tone, "Are you Han?" ”

"Yes, yes." The corners of Liu Sicheng's mouth twitched slightly, and he became distracted because of nervousness.

Thinking of the sharp confrontation between Shanyue and the Han people, Liu Sicheng couldn't help but worry about his current situation.

The woman looked Liu Sicheng up and down, and asked softly:

"But why are your hairstyles and clothes so different from those of the Han Chinese?"

At that time, the Han people all had long hair, and they had tops and bottoms, and there were all kinds of clothes, coats, and small clothes. Liu Sicheng, on the other hand, has short hair, a short-sleeved shirt on the upper body, and jeans and sneakers on the lower body. Dressed like this, how can people believe that he is from Han nationality?

Thinking of this, the astute Liu Sicheng rolled his eyes and said casually:

"In fact, Tanzhong County is mixed with Han and Yi, and my hairstyle and clothing are all affected by this, so I am not like a Han person."

"So it was. It's no wonder you're hunted down by officers and soldiers. Although the woman already knew Liu Sicheng's Han identity, her tone was still soft and gentle, and there was no resentment.

The woman's gentle and easy-going attitude made Liu Sicheng couldn't help but be moved, and he hurriedly thanked him:

"Thank you for not minding who I am."

The woman smiled when she heard this, and then responded in a sincere tone:

"Although you are Han, I can see that you are kind-hearted, which is completely different from other Han people!"

"How do you know that I am kind-hearted? From my appearance? Being so praised by a kindest person, Liu Sicheng couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"No, from your heart." The woman shook her head and smiled at Liu Sicheng.

"From my heart? You can see through my mind! Liu Sicheng raised his hand and pointed to his heart, a little incredulous.

The woman shook her head lightly and patiently explained to Liu Sicheng:

"No, I can't see through your heart, and no one can see through your heart. But I know what's going on in your heart. ”

"Can you know what's in my mind?" Liu Sicheng couldn't help but shrink his neck back, feeling incredible.

"Well, yes." The woman pursed her lips and nodded earnestly.

"How is this possible? How did you do that? Liu Sicheng spread his hands and said with a puzzled face.

The woman smiled slightly and explained softly:

"From your movements, it is clear that it should be your subconscious actions."

Liu Sicheng hummed softly, but his heart was still full of doubts.

The woman continued to explain in a soft tone:

"People may be deceptive in their speech and behavior, but their subconscious actions are not. It is the most immediate reaction of your heart. ”

"Really? What do you do to see my goodness? Liu Sicheng scratched his head in confusion.

"From the look in your eyes." The woman looked at Liu Sicheng's eyes, and her bright eyes were full of sincerity.

"My eyes? What's so special about it? While speaking, Liu Sicheng deliberately shook his eyes from side to side, and asked with puzzlement.

The woman slowly raised her left hand, pointed to her bright eyes and explained:

"You just saw tears in my eyes, and there was a flash of sympathy in your eyes. Isn't it kindness that you can sympathize with a foreign race who is hostile to the Han Chinese? ”

"Really?" Liu Sicheng tilted his head and leaned back slightly.

Seeing this, the woman smiled slightly, and said a word to break Liu Sicheng's thoughts.

"It seems that you don't believe what I'm saying, and think it's just a trick, right?"

"You, how do you know?" Liu Sicheng's mouth opened slightly when he heard this, and he sat up straight in an instant.

"Because just now, the corners of your mouth were slightly raised to the left. This shows that you don't think much of what I'm saying is right. The woman laughed.

Liu Sicheng was dumbfounded when he heard this, he didn't expect the woman to be able to observe such subtle movements.

At this moment, Liu Sicheng's mood was like that of Mr. Nan Guo who was pointed out to his face in the court of Qi as an indiscriminate man, and he could only barely squeeze out an apologetic smile on his muscular stiff face very embarrassed, and then looked at the roof innocently.

The woman did not have the slightest hint of blame, and continued to say softly:

"I don't think your suspicions are disdainful. It's that you don't recognize your goodness yourself, or that you're running away from your goodness. ”

"Am I running away?" Liu Sicheng pointed to the tip of his nose and asked.

A simple sentence evokes Liu Sicheng's memories of the past.

When he was a student, Liu Sicheng was not popular with his classmates, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not change the prejudices of his classmates. The words "he's weird" are the labels that his classmates put on him. In this regard, Liu Siben himself does not agree. He just doesn't like to bury his true feelings in his heart, but longs for them to be revealed. Is that wrong? People in the world always like to put on a false mask for their true self, and then live hypocritically behind the mask. Gradually, Liu Sicheng began to suppress himself, suppressing the innocence and kindness in his heart. He's running away from it all.

"You're reminiscing, aren't you?" The woman's dreamy voice instantly pulled Liu Sicheng back to reality.

"How do you know?" Liu Sicheng looked at the woman with great amazement, as if he were looking at a lucky winner who had won the lottery jackpot twice in a row.

The woman didn't dare to meet Liu Sicheng's gaze, a shy smile appeared on her face, her hands were propped up on her chest, and her two index fingers were gently parted and closed, and so on. At the same time, she gently explained:

"Because your gaze is fixed, it means that you are contemplating, or remembering, or fantasizing. And your gaze falls on yourself, indicating that you are reminiscing. And judging from the slightly sad look in your eyes, it's still a bad memory. ”

Liu Sicheng's eyes widened when he heard this, and he exclaimed loudly:

"You, you're amazing!"

The woman waved her hand and softly denied:

"No, I'm not great, I just say what I see."

"You observe so meticulously, how can you say that it is not powerful?" Liu Sicheng had already been impressed by the woman's observation at this time, and exclaimed in his mouth.

"Actually, you can be like me." The woman paused, her eyes full of sadness, and she pleaded, "It's just that you're suppressing yourself too much. Please let go of the restraints. Otherwise you will ...... You're going to crash......"

Liu Sicheng couldn't help but open his mouth wide when he heard this, he couldn't hide his surprise in his heart, and lost his voice:

"You're horrible! Can I see that I'm depressed? ”

As soon as these words came out, the woman's sad eyes did not disappear immediately, but became more and more intense. When she saw Liu Sicheng looking at her with a surprised and puzzled look, the woman smiled shyly and slowly lowered her head. Not only does she speak softly, but even her movements, there are no sudden movements, no strong gestures, and even a coherent movement must be done step by step. She was like a windless lake, and her whole body was filled with a pale blue tranquility.

The woman lowered her head and spat out the words in a very soft voice.

"It's not that hard. Because when you finish speaking, the pauses are a little stiff, and your eyes suddenly wander away from me. This kind of desire to speak up often happens to you, and this is repression. ”

When Liu Sicheng heard this, he was stunned again. He shook his head desperately and replied urgently:

"In the future, I will never dare to act arbitrarily in front of you, otherwise the secrets in my heart will be seen by you!"

"No, even if you deliberately suppress it, you can't stop the subconscious. And ......" A gust of wind suddenly blew on the surface of the lake, the woman raised her head, her movements were clean, she broke the light blue tranquility unusually, her eyes were full of sadness again, and then she said earnestly, "Please give up the depression, okay?" ”

Liu Sicheng felt an inexplicable sin when he heard this, as if he had raised the wind himself, causing ripples on the surface of the tranquil lake.

"Don't worry! I won't and don't want to be depressed anymore! Liu Sicheng nodded very firmly, and agreed to it.

"Really?" When the woman heard this, there was a wave in her eyes.

"Well, as long as I can talk to you often." Liu Sicheng immediately responded.

The woman bowed her head shyly. Because the other party was wearing a mask on her face, Liu Sicheng couldn't see her face clearly at this time.

Suddenly, Liu Sicheng laughed heartily, and then said to the woman very sincerely:

"Today is the happiest time of my life, I've never been more relaxed! Also, I want to say thank you. ”

"No, no." The woman lowered her head when she heard this, and whispered softly in her mouth.

Looking at the other party's shy and introverted appearance, Liu Sicheng couldn't help but feel a sense of love and pity in his heart.

"You're so polite!" Liu Sicheng waved his hand and responded to it.

"No, I didn't mean that. Actually, I want to say thank you as well. The woman slowly raised her head and said softly.

When Liu Sicheng heard this, he was very puzzled, so he stared at the other party with puzzled eyes. The woman met Liu Sicheng's gaze and explained softly:

"Because I was also very pleasant to talk to you. You are really different from other Han Chinese. They speak in a slick and polite way, and it's hard for me to communicate with them, but you're different. Do you think I'm a bad talker? ”

After that, the woman spit out her fragrant tongue lightly and smiled shyly at Liu Sicheng. Liu Sicheng hurriedly shook his head, and said approvingly:

"No, I think you're good, it's just their duplicity!"

"Thank you." The woman replied softly.

"No, you don't." Liu Sicheng stared at the other party with gentle eyes, and at this moment Liu Sicheng was no longer afraid that the other party would suddenly take off the mask, because the other party did not have a mask in her heart, and she had an extremely beautiful heart.

"Will we ever be able to speak as freely as we do today?" The woman asked shyly with her eyes downcast.

"Yes, surely!" Liu Sicheng nodded with great certainty.

"Aren't you going home?" As she spoke, the woman slowly raised her head, her eyes full of doubt.

"Home?" Liu Sicheng was puzzled.

"Well, your hometown is not here, so you will have to leave sooner or later." The woman reminded softly.

Liu Sicheng slapped the back of his hand and suddenly realized:

"Oh, yes! Actually, I can not leave. ”

"Isn't your family worried about you?" The woman asked.

"I heard a report from a fellow villager who fled that there was a sudden war in my hometown, and all the people in my clan, including my parents, died in the war......" Liu Sicheng sighed, trying to make his words more logical, "I wanted to go home to mourn, but seeing that the world is so chaotic, even if I really go back, what can I do?" If I hadn't met you on the way, I'd have had to meet my parents at the spring. ”

"So, you're not going to leave?" The woman asked again.

Liu Sicheng nodded in affirmation.

"You don't lie to me." The woman met Liu Sicheng's gaze and asked seriously.

Seeing the woman's serious expression, Liu Sicheng was happy in his heart and quipped:

"I lied to you."

"What, you...... You ......" ripples on the surface of the lake again, and the other party was suddenly excited.

The woman's reaction was far beyond Liu Sicheng's expectations, which couldn't help but make him feel a little guilty. So he waved his hand desperately and explained apologetically:

"No, no, I didn't lie to you. Aptitude is a joke, and Hugh must take it seriously. ”

The woman hurriedly pressed her palm against her undulating chest, tried to calm her breathing, and responded slightly apologetically:

"I'm sorry, but I was too out of shape? I...... I'm not used to discerning what a joke is. ”

As she spoke, she took another deep breath and slowly explained:

"For I never conceal my words with my people, and I have one thing to say. So I'm not used to distinguishing which sentence is polite, which sentence is true, and which sentence is joking. ”

It turned out that this was the case, after Liu Sicheng learned the truth, he couldn't help but feel guilty, so he patted his chest and solemnly promised the woman:

"This is all my fault, I will tell the truth in the future, and I will never joke!"

In fact, if you think about it carefully, the woman's observation is too amazing, and she is completely humiliating in front of her. But then again, some of the content in Shicai's own oral life experience is not completely true, will it have been recognized by the woman?

But after thinking about it, it seems that this woman doesn't blindly study everything related to her life experience, I am afraid that it is out of pity for herself and afraid of touching her own sad things, so she will see through it and not say it.

As a result, Liu Sicheng's gratitude to this woman is even more indescribable.

Liu Sicheng suddenly patted his head and took the initiative to ask:

"Oh, after talking for a long time, I still don't know the girl's name?"

The woman sneered when she heard this, and then replied softly:

"My name is Lin Frost Snow, the Forest of Forests, the Frost of Wind and Frost, and the Snow of Snowflakes. From now on, you can call me Xiaoxue. ”

"Xiaoxue, a nice name." Liu Sicheng stretched out his thumb and praised sincerely.

"What about you?" Xiaoxue asked softly.

"Well, my name is Liu Sicheng, thinking of thought, mature Cheng. My words. I ...... words" In a hurry, Liu Sicheng decided to use a pen name as a table character," the word blog. You can call me Sicheng in the future. ”

"Sicheng ......," Xiaoxue lowered her head and whispered.

Liu Sicheng's heart trembled, it turned out that Xiaoxue called her name so pleasantly.

"Xiaoxue, I like to hear your voice call my name." Liu Sicheng exclaimed, and it was difficult to hide his excitement in his words.

Hearing this, Xiaoxue slowly looked up at Liu Sicheng, and the two immediately looked at each other and smiled, and the air was full of cheerful atmosphere.