Hong Yi followed Wang Yuyan into the small building.

When you walk into the hall, you will see a bamboo and wood screen. On the screen, a picture of landscape is painted, the green mountains stretch for hundreds of miles; The water is murmuring, the river is hanging straight, and the picture looks very smart. There are also a few wisps of clouds and mist dotted in several places in the mountains, which looks ethereal and fantastic.

Hong Yi felt that this scene seemed somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it. It's just that Wang Yuyan is still leading the way ahead, and he can't stop and watch carefully, so he can only suppress this sense of familiarity in his heart and follow Wang Yuyan to continue to move forward.

Bypassing the screen, you can see the outer courtyard behind the foyer. There is a rockery in the middle of the courtyard, although the rockery is small, but the mountain is majestic, and it has a heavy momentum that suppresses everything. As soon as Hong Yi saw this rockery, almost for a moment, he felt as if a real mountain was coming towards him.

"Click." , Wang Yuyan, who was leading the way in front, stepped a little heavier, and a soft sound woke Hong Yi up from that illusion.

Hong Yi came to his senses, and suddenly his heart sank, knowing that he had just been inadvertently tricked.

"This is Feng Shui? Or is it a fantasy? Or is it some mystery I don't know? ”

Hong Yi was full of questions, and his originally relieved heart was raised again. Although the space of this place is not large, there is a mystery inside. Although there will be no danger along the way, it will be rude to miss the trick.

Fortunately, Wang Yuyan didn't seem to be embarrassed by Hong Yi, and led Hong Yi to walk on the cobblestone path, except for the rockery at the beginning, there was no other place to change.

The two of them bypassed the rockery and saw a semicircular arch, behind which was the real inner courtyard. Hong Yi walked through the archway, as if he felt like he had passed through a thin barrier and entered a new world.

Walking into the inner courtyard, the breath between heaven and earth became much purer for a while, more fresh and smart. And the source of these pure breaths seems to come from a green tree in the middle of the courtyard. This green tree is about four or five zhang high, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, the greenery is shining, the branches are strong, vigorous like a dragon, and the huge and heavy breath of life is constantly emanating from the tree.

Hong Yi glanced at Aoki in slight surprise, and then focused his attention on the two people in the shade under the tree. Under the green wood is a stone table and four stone benches. A young man in Taoist costume and a girl in bright costume sat across the stone table, each holding a black and white game hand to talk.

Sunlight shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the green wood, sparsely falling on the stone table, leaving dappled light and shadow. The young man is handsome, the girl is bright, and with the background of this verdant green wood and quiet courtyard, it forms a beautiful picture.

The years seem to sleep quietly here, no longer flowing.

For a while, Hong Yi's breathing eased a little, and he couldn't bear to destroy this peaceful and peaceful artistic conception.

Until—

"Smack!"

Chu Du's face froze.

Chu Chu fell this son, right in the middle of the matter.

"I've won!"

A large dragon was directly slaughtered by her, and a large piece of the chessboard was quickly vacated.

Looking at the sparse and lingering leftovers on the chessboard, Chu Du's face twitched. He coughed lightly, then brushed his sleeve across the board, gently sweeping all the pieces off.

"There's a guest coming, let's wait for this game later."

Chu Chu, Wang Yuyan, Hong Yi, "......"

The air was suddenly silent for a moment, and everyone was silent for a moment.

Chu Chu's eyes narrowed and he kicked Chu Du hard. Then, without saying a word, he just stood up and walked towards his room. As for the protagonist? Hmph, whatever! This mushroom is not cold, and it is not served!

Although his chess skills are not as good as others, compared to the thickness of his skin, Chu Du thinks that he is not weaker than others. He was unashamed of what he had just done, and asked Hong Yi seriously.

"I wonder where the guests are coming from?"

Hearing the question, Hong Yi immediately came back to his senses. After bowing to Chu Du, he replied, "Hello sir! My name is Hong Yi, and I'm just a scholar. Now he is studying in this western mountain to prepare for exams, and occasionally teaches a few fox students to read and write. Speaking of which, I am now neighbors with my host's family. ”

A smile flashed in Chu Du's eyes, he knew the identity of Hong Yi. Although the invitation was an accident at first, he realized Hong Yi's identity and pushed the boat down.

"You are indeed a good scholar, I see that your eyebrows are a little bright, and the wisdom of your soul has been opened, this is reading to the bones."

"Thank you, sir, for the compliment." , Hong Yi has no sorrow and no joy.

Chu Du smiled lightly, "I already know about the scholar. It was our lax discipline that frightened the scholars. ”

"I'm actually fine, and Miss Wang has already apologized." , Hong Yi hurriedly said.

"In that case, why don't I invite the scholar to sit down and have a cup of tea." , Chu Du motioned for Hong Yi to sit down at the stone table, and then turned his head to Wang Yuyan and instructed.

"Yu Yan, go to my room and get the set of purple sand teapots, and then open the box in the top row and the leftmost grid of the wine cabinet, and use the tea leaves inside to make a pot of tea."

Wang Yuyan left obediently. Once as the eldest lady, she is no stranger to tea art. Although she had never served anyone else before, now that she was ordered by her own master, she was not wronged.

Hong Yi was full of questions, but because he hadn't found a suitable opportunity to speak, he had to temporarily press his chest and think about it, and obediently did it on the stone bench.

"My common name is Chu Du, a pure and scattered person, although I have never really become a monk, but I am also dedicated to asking. Yu Yan is my apprentice and she practices with me. That was my sister Chu Chu just now, although she likes to play a little petty, but she is also a person who is dedicated to cultivation. ”

Chu Du briefly introduced.

"Speaking of which, we have just moved here, Hong Yi, you are the first person to come here as a guest."

"But I took the liberty of interrupting it." , Hong Yi hurriedly said, "Actually, I originally just saw the true body of the strange beast of the gentleman's family, and I felt very surprised in my heart, so I kept chasing after me out of curiosity." ”

"It's okay, it's also a kind of fate." , Chu Du waved his hand and said. "This West Mountain is also a bit deserted, and it is difficult for many people to come and go in normal times, let alone find them all the way here."

"Moreover, Hong Yi, you are not afraid of the unpredictable future, not afraid of the hardships of the road, and it is not easy to travel all the way here."

"This is because the strange beasts of Mr. Chu's family are too amazing. I have seen its real body, and its manifestation of a lion's head, antlers, tiger's eyes, elk's body, dragon scales, and oxtail's tail are all very similar to the unicorn recorded in the book, except that the color of the body is fiery red. Hong Yi said tentatively.

"Huh." , Chu Du chuckled. He didn't answer Hong Yi directly, but suddenly turned around and beckoned to the smaller Earth Fire Qilin.

"Xiaohuo, come here!"

While playing happily on his own, the puppy-like fire unicorn looked at this side blankly, and then saw Chu Du's unusually familiar smiling face. Inexplicably, the body of the fire unicorn is a spirit. Under the influence of the divine beast's intuition, the body moved autonomously.

"Wow!" , the red unicorn screamed, and then squatted on the ground, sticking out his tongue, and snorting and breathing.

All this made Hong Yi's face twitch. He couldn't believe that the little dog in front of him, which looked like a cute pet, turned out to be the monstrous beast he had seen before.

"This thing can't be a unicorn!"