Seeing the monks and scholars arrested and escorted away, Xie Xuan stood still beside Xing Ruyi and said, "Xie Xuan wants to tell a story to the girl!" ”

"Oh?" Xing Ruyi raised his head, looking not very interested.

The fox walked up to Xing Ruyi, looked at her side face, smiled gently, and said, "The time is still there, why not listen to it?" ”

Xie Xuan's story began on a rainy afternoon!

At that time, he was only the little son of the Xie family, and he had not yet gone to Beijing to take the exam. In his spare time, he has been traveling around and doing a small business along the way. Just a few days ago, he received a legend from his brother that his mother was seriously ill and asked him to return quickly. Xie Xuan didn't dare to delay, so he immediately packed up, only brought some simple clothes and silver, and bought a famous horse from a nearby horse seller, who was said to be from Dawan, and hurriedly set out on the road.

Halfway through, there was a sudden torrential rain in the sky, mixed with rumbling thunder. The rain seemed to be pouring down from the sky, blurring people's vision in an instant. The horse was so frightened that he tossed him off his horse, and fled without a trace. He barely got up from the ground, wiped the rain from his face, and followed the route he remembered, struggling to walk.

When the heavy rain gradually stopped, he realized that he had unknowingly deviated from the official road and walked to a mountain path. On both sides of the path, the shade of the trees is dense, but the bluestone under the feet is often walked, so I settled down and walked along the path.

After walking for about an hour or two, Xie Xuan suddenly felt that something was wrong, and that strange feeling made him feel a strange chill from his back. was already wet by the rainstorm, and at this time he had a chill down his spine, and the dignified seven-foot man couldn't help but wrap himself around, followed by a few sneezes one after another.

"What exactly did you feel?" As a dedicated storyteller, Xing Ruyi knows how to speak at the right time, otherwise the storyteller will unknowingly lose the motivation to continue telling the story.

"For an hour or two I walked, I didn't hear any animal calls. At first, I thought it was because of the thunderstorm, so the animals were hiding. But at that time, the rain had stopped, as the most common guests in the mountains and forests, those small birds and small animals, should be bustling out and enjoying the rare freshness after the rain, but I listened carefully for a long time, and there was no movement of any living creatures in that mountain forest, except for my own voice. ”

"But as the adults just said, the mountain road looks like people often walk around. Perhaps the nearby hunters usually hunt too carefully, so there are not many living creatures left in the mountains and forests. ”

"Hunters hunt and only hunt useful wild animals. For example, fur can be sold, flesh and bones can be eaten, and feathers can be ornamented. But no matter how hard these hunters tried, they couldn't hunt all the living creatures in the entire mountain forest, right? There must be some unknown birds, bugs, or something, right? However, the surroundings are too quiet, and the silence makes people feel that the mountain forest was originally dead. ”

Xie Xuan said, looking into the distance, his eyes were far-reaching, as if he had traveled through time and space, allowing himself to return to the situation of that day. His sideburns were oozed with a shallow layer of water.

At that time, Xie Xuan, after noticing the abnormality, stopped with a pale face. At first, he looked left and right in confusion, but he didn't see anything strange. So, he also thought of the sentence that Xing Ruyi had just mentioned, and thought that the hunters had hunted all the living creatures in the mountains and forests.

Although I comfort myself so much in my heart, my heart is always up and down. He continued along the mountain road in fear. Walking, walking, that creepy feeling slowly disappeared. Xie Xuan noticed that on the slope of the hill not far ahead, there was a thatched hut made of wood.

Such thatched huts are also common in the countryside and in the mountains and forests. Xie Xuan thought to himself, maybe this was the home of a certain mountain man or hunter. Because the mountain road is difficult to walk, the sky has already darkened at this time. Xie Xuan saw that the candles were also lit in the grass hut, although the candlelight was not large, but in such mountains and forests, it still gave people a special feeling of warmth. Xie Xuan knew very well that if he walked further, he didn't know how long he would have to walk, and besides, the mountain road was long, and it was obvious that he had lost his way. At this time, if there is no one to guide him, I am afraid that he will not be able to go out until tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

Thinking of this, he walked cautiously along the hillside to the thatched hut.

Above the main entrance of the thatched hut, a door plaque was made of a simple wooden plaque, on which the word "Jinse" was written. The handwriting is beautiful, as if it came from the hand of a girl.

If it was an ordinary thatched hut, Xie Xuan might have pushed the door in. But the room in front of me looks like a girl's residence. If it's a family, it's okay, but if it's single, I'm afraid of lonely men and widows, which is a little inappropriate. While he was hesitating and hesitating, the door of the hut opened from within.

Xie Xuan subconsciously lowered his head, but heard a young man ask him: "It's getting late, is the son going to come to my house to spend the night?" ”

Seeing that the person asked was not a girl, Xie Xuan raised his head a little embarrassed. Standing in front of him was a very handsome young man, no more than twelve or thirteen years old.

After entering the door, Xie Xuan asked the young man how he knew that he was standing outside the door and intended to come to stay overnight if he hadn't knocked on the door before.

The young man smiled slightly and looked Xie Xuan up and down. Although it was drenched by the heavy rain and embarrassed, the clothes on his body were all of the best materials, and the jade ring worn around his waist alone was worth a lot of money.

"The mountain in front of me is called Rosewood. However, this name was chosen by my sister herself. Although this mountain has good mountains and good waters, the scenery is good, but it is inaccessible. For as long as I can remember, my sister and I have been the only people living on the mountain. The boy said, pointing to his ear: "It must be natural, my sister and I also have excellent ears, and when Childe approached our house, my sister and I already knew that there was a guest on the door." ”

Xie Xuan believed these words of the young man. Because through observation, he found that people outside the gate have much better eyesight than people in the gate, and their hearing is also better. The ears of the people in the countryside are more flexible than those in the capital, because the countryside is pure, and the ears have heard less noise since childhood.

I was thinking about it in my heart, and I heard the young man say: "My sister said that those who can come to our house are all destined people, and they are all guests who are lost in the mountains and forests, and when they meet them, they invite him in." ”

When Xie Xuan heard this, his hanging heart fell slightly. At this time, the door of the main house also opened, and the yellowish candlelight emanated from the house, illuminating a small warmth in the mountains and forests.

Xie Xuan followed the young man into the door, but before the hostess appeared, he couldn't help but ask: "I saw the word Jinse written outside the door, I don't know what it means?" But the name of this thatched hut? ”

"Sort of!" The young man smiled slightly, pointed to the inner room and said, "Jinse is also my sister's name, my name is Jinhe." Oh, and my sister is not at home now, she is visiting another sister's house, the journey is a bit long, and it has just rained, so she will not be back until later. In this inner room, there are clothes on the shelf, which are prepared by my sister for the guests passing by, of course, not as expensive as the son's body, but it is better than your wet clothes. Oh, by the way, there is hot water in the inner room, so I am afraid that it is not enough to take a shower or something, but you can barely scrub your body. ”

"Thank you! At this time, it is already excellent to have a dry suit. After Xie Xuan thanked him many times, he felt embarrassed again, took off the jade ring he was wearing, and gave it to Jinhe. After the other party accepted it, he entered the inner room.

This thatched hut, when viewed from a distance, is just a very ordinary thatched hut. When I walked in, I found that the layout of this thatched hut was not as small as originally imagined, but according to the design of the formal courtyard, there were main rooms, front halls, side halls, east and west wings, and even guest rooms for guests to live temporarily. Even in the corner of the courtyard wall, Xie Xuan also found a manger and a bolted horse pile.

Even the inner room in front of me is unique. From the outside, you will think that this is not a hut isolated from the thatched hut, but when you walk in, you will find that this small inner room is actually a stone room. Strictly speaking, the interior furnishings are very simple, such as the table, which is actually a piece of wood, but the wood is very delicate, and there is no trace of artificial carving.

On the wooden shelves on the side, there are several clothes worn by men, the fabrics are ordinary, and the styles are all of the common kind. Xie Xuan looked at them one by one and found that these clothes were not only clean and tidy, but judging from the smell and stitches, they had never been touched. Xie Xuan didn't know if it was because there were fewer guests who strayed into the mountains and forests, or because the hostess had the habit of making new clothes from time to time. He picked out a blue coat, put it on and tried it, and found that the size was also suitable.

Xie Xuan didn't stay in the inner room for too long. First, as the young man said, there was not much hot water in the inner room, only enough for him to barely wipe his body. Second, after all, this is a woman's boudoir, although I don't know if the hostess lives here, but it is also a little inappropriate for him to stay for a long time as a single man.

When he walked out of the inner room, Xie Xuan didn't see the previous boy, but in his ears, he heard an extremely crisp sound. A moment later, with the light sound of Huanpei, a faint fragrant breeze mixed with a cool cold wind came, and a green-shirted girl was reflected in his pupils.

Seeing Xie Xuan, the green-shirted girl also smiled slightly, and walked over slimly.

"Jinse, I've seen Childe!"

(Education 123 Literature Network)