Chapter 268: Peony
After the second three days, the little dwarf came to Li Xiangming again, praised his work, and said:
"Starting tomorrow, you will have three days to pick up and tie up the branches that you have placed in the courtyards, and then move them to the middle of the court on the north side of the garden, and arrange them into a human torso.
"You have to spend three days, no more, no less, and you have to do more work a day.
"When you carry back the last bundle of branches, you light a fire on the humanoid branches, and then you go to the bedroom for a while, and then come out and sweep around that torso so that all the branches are burning.
"If you find something in the middle of the fire at this time, you have to get it out and save it."
With that, he moved a pair of small feet and walked away with a twist.
Li Xiangming thought to himself: This job is much easier than the previous two times, one courtyard bundle at a time, and the task can be completed in one trip.
So, according to the order of the last time, Li Xiangming put the branches there on which day, this time he tied up the branches in one day and carried them to the court on the north side of the garden.
On the third day, when he had carried the last bundle of branches to the court, he did as the little dwarf had said: he struck a match, lit a fire on the pile of human branches, and left.
After a moment in the bedroom, he returned to the fire and swept the entire area of the humanoid torso, so that all the branches, large and small, were on fire.
When Li Xiangming was working hard, suddenly, the flames jumped happily. And in the middle of the flames, a very beautiful maiden appeared.
The girl's complexion was white and red, her eyes were bright and large, and her black hair was extremely long, as if she had put on a black cloak that reached to her ankles.
Li Xiangming immediately ran over and pulled her out of the raging flames.
The beautiful maiden fell happily in his arms, thanking him for saving her.
"Can you tell me what's going on?" Li Xiangming hugged the girl and asked suspiciously.
The maiden told him that she was the daughter of the lord of the manor, and that a demon had taken a fancy to her and wanted to marry her. She disagrees, and the demon kills her parents and casts a spell to turn her into an ugly little female gnome.
In order to torture her, he also used magic to hide her personal maid and all the little maids and family members. Although they can serve her, they can't see each other.
"The table you eat at is what I usually use to eat. As soon as I sat there, food was served, but I could not see them or hear them. ”
Li Xiangming: "I occupy it, how do you eat?" ”
Girl: "I'm hungry, and while you're working, sit there and eat your head." I had a small amount of food at that time, a grape, a piece of bread the size of a grape, and it was my meal. They serve meals according to the size and size of the diners. ”
Li Xiangming: "So where are they now?" ”
"Look," said the maiden, with a wave of her hand, servants, maids, and servants, all appeared before them, about twenty or so men.
At the same time, there are fluttering butterflies and foraging birds in the stadium, giving people a lively impression.
It turned out that they lived in this manor, and it was the devil who cast a magic spell to hide their figures. Not only that, but even all the living creatures in the manor, even the little worm, were invisible, in order to punish the girl and take revenge for her disobedience.
"It's wicked!" Li Xiangming said hatefully. At the same time, I thought of the fourth aunt in the family, and it seems that this demon is no less than the fourth aunt. I felt pity for this beautiful girl in my heart.
"What's your name?" Li Xiangming asked.
Although it was a bit abrupt for the servant to ask his master by name, he had saved her, and he felt compelled to know her name, for he felt a sense of sympathy.
"Peony." The girl replied.
"Peony? This name is as beautiful and beautiful as your face. Li Xiangming flattered.
The girl's face flushed slightly, and she whispered, "Actually, I am the incarnation of peony. Because the owner of the manor likes to grow peonies, and has no children under his knees.
"I asked his wife to pick the biggest and most beautiful peony flower in the garden, smell it, and conceive. When she woke up, she did so, and I was reincarnated into her womb. After I was born, because I was conceived by smelling peony flowers, she named me Peony. ”
Li Xiangming: "So, after you let me burn the peony branches of your body, the magic on your body can be permanently lifted?!" ”
Peony: "Yes. But it must be burned, not a single tree must be left, and it must pass for three or three days. 'Three' is an auspicious number, indicating the meaning of 'life', three three gets nine, nine is a homonym for a long time, so that I can survive forever.
"If you don't do what I tell you to do, and the number of days is less or more, the meaning of 'life' and 'long' will be broken, and even if I can be resurrected, the time will be very short.
"Thank you! Your unwavering loyalty has given me eternal life. As a thank you, I will marry you and leave this estate in your stewardship. ”
"Marry me?" Li Xiangming was puzzled, pointed to his nose and said, "I...... It's your hired servant! ”
"Yes, lad," said one of the servants, "my young lady is telling the truth. Before she died, the old lady told us that she must recruit a son-in-law for the young lady, it doesn't matter if the family is poor, as long as the character is good, you are willing to come to this manor. This manor covers an area of more than 50 acres, and there are many Zhuangzi lands outside. ”
Li Xiangming thought to himself: It doesn't matter if you are rich or not, just because your ancestors liked peonies, and my father made a fortune by planting peonies. If he marries the peony girl, the Li family's peony will develop by leaps and bounds.
In this way, not only did I follow the wishes of my parents, but I also had a beautiful wife, so why not do it!
Thinking about it like this, Li Xiangming nodded and agreed to this family business.
Immediately, the maid decorated the new house, the maid cleaned the courtyard, and the servants opened the stove to prepare wine and food......
A lively wedding was held in the manor.
After entering the cave room, after the husband and wife ceremony, the little couple snuggled together and whispered.
"Lang Jun, you know where I come from, but you haven't told me what your surname is and where you live?"
Li Xiangming sighed and said gloomily: "I don't want to mention my family. My father has a fourth aunt, who is so bad that she messes up the house, and I get annoyed when I think about it. ”
Peony: "We're married, I have to go and see my in-laws!" She's awesome hers, we don't live with her, what are we afraid of. You can't beat us for nothing, can you? ”
"Then let me tell you, my surname is Li, and my name is ...... Call...... Call...... What's my name? Li Xiangming was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and shouted loudly: "What's my name?" Why can't you remember it at all? Sky! I can't remember it at all!! ”
Li Xiangming patted his head irritably, fidgeted on the kang, and said over and over again: "What is my name, who can tell me, who am I, what is my name, where is my home......"
Seeing his painful appearance, Peony knew that he couldn't remember it for a while, so he hugged him and comforted: "Lang Jun, don't worry, I know that your surname Li is enough, think about it slowly, there will always be a time to remember." Okay, let's not talk about your worries anymore and just live our days well. ”
Since then, Peony has not asked again, and the two of them live in harmony. It's just that Li Xiangming's mood is good and bad, and as soon as he is depressed, he mutters: "Who am I and where is my home......"
Peony knew he was having amnesia. Looking at his painful expression, Peony felt very uncomfortable, so she asked the servant to inquire about the famous doctor, trying to cure him of his illness.
One day, a servant told Peony that there was a buckwheat girl in Buckwheat Village, who had been in a coma for a long time, and was awakened by a miracle doctor with a piece of ambergris herbal water, and wondered if she could cure her master's amnesia.
Peony heard a joy in his heart: ambergris is a rare treasure that the dragon has grown up after watering it with saliva for hundreds of years, and the potion made of ambergris has the effect of "living white bones, living dead", and it must be no problem to treat Lang Jun's amnesia.
So, she went to the buckwheat farm in person and met the buckwheat girl.
Since both of them are the incarnation of plant spirits, their words are very speculative, and they only see one side, and the two become good friends.
It's just that Dongsheng hadn't come back at that time, and the buckwheat girl didn't have his contact information, so the two waited anxiously for Dongsheng's arrival.
As soon as Dongsheng returned home, the buckwheat girl told him about the peony. As soon as Dongsheng heard that the young man's surname was Li and that there was a powerful fourth aunt in the family, he immediately thought of Li Xiangming, the lost son of the rich man Li.
After a short period of contact, Dongsheng saw that Rich Li was a warm-hearted person, and it was precisely because of his fourth aunt that he had the opportunity to contact Shenlong and Li Xiaoting.
Li Xiaoting used ambergris herbal water to wake up the buckwheat girl and facilitated their marriage. He followed them for a few days, and gave him the earth and gold, silver and jewelry, such kindness, he will never forget it for the rest of his life!
Qi Xiaoting is also asking around about Li Xiangming's whereabouts, and she knows this clue, so why don't you take a look there, in case she meets, she can be regarded as helping her benefactor.
Dongsheng went there and took a look. Seeing that his eyebrows and eyes looked a little like the rich man Li, there was a scene where the scud passed the paper crane.
With Li Xiangming and Peony's narration, Qi Xiaoting has already blossomed in her heart: this is really a gift of roses, leaving a lingering fragrance in her hands.
Li Hong rescued the rich man Li and found the snake princess waiting for them in the state of Jianjin.
He saved the buckwheat girl, but he led to the peony and found the whereabouts of the rich man's son.
If it weren't for Miss Qiao Mai threading the needle, Li Xiangming, who had lost his memory, would probably never be found.
Qi Xiaoting was impatiently excited, avoided everyone, and passed the paper crane to Li Hong. Tell him: The son of the rich man Li has been found, in a manor five or six miles east of the Yangbai Pagoda in the south of Daying.