The old man's face looked a little better: "I said, my ancestor has been dead for more than a hundred years, how can there be a horse again."

"Let me tell you, my village was left by my ancestors who ran horses more than a hundred years ago, and we only have one ancestor who ran horses here, and there is no Li Hong who rented a horse as you said. Here, don't mention the name of our ancestors. ”

Qi Xiaoting hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, our old Taoist is indeed called by this name, with the same name and surname." Since there is no one here, let's look elsewhere. ”

"Why didn't he let his ancestor be mentioned?" After walking out of the village, Jiaona asked puzzled.

Qi Xiaoting: "In their impression, their ancestors have been buried in the grave for more than 100 years, and when you ask like this, they think it is ridiculous, and even think that they are playing tricks on them." This cannot be asked not only in this village, but also in the entire state of Jianjin.

"The story of Li Hong's horse race is almost a household name in Jianjin Prefecture, and if we want to say that Li Hong is still alive, people will treat us as a monster."

Jiaona: "But is he really alive?" ”

Qi Xiaoting: "We have to explain this to people, and we have to explain it for a long time, and people won't believe it." It's like we've traveled through time to get here, can you explain that clearly? If you don't explain things clearly, you don't mention them at all, and you don't need to talk a lot. ”

Jiaona nodded, indicating that she understood.

"What? Can't find it? ”

Long Yi in the space saw their actions through Ah Mei, and asked with concern.

Qi Xiaoting transmitted: "At the beginning, the address was wrong, and Jiao Na left him in Lijiazhuang in the northeast corner of the city. We went to Li Qianzhuang, where he ran horses, and we still didn't have it.

"It's changed a lot here from when he was there, and I guess he really can't remember. We plan to go to the border village and the village to see if he can't find Li Qianzhuang and go to the border village or the village where he is deeply impressed. ”

Ryuichi: "Release Ah Mei and let it help find it." Multiple helpers, multiple powers. ”

Qi Xiaoting released Ah Mei, and the two of them went to Li Hong's other two hometowns.

To Qi Xiaoting's disappointment, Bian Village and Ruo Village both looked at it once, and they also inquired about it once, but they found no signs or heard from him. People in both villages said they had not seen the people they had described.

"Neither in these two villages." Qi Xiaoting transmitted the voice of Long Yi: "Have you found any signs?" ”

Ryuichi: "No. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "I wonder if he was controlled by monsters?" ”

The reason why Qi Xiaoting said this is because she knows that in terms of Li Hong's ability, a general who commands thousands of troops and horses cannot be approached by ordinary people.

But he is still a mortal after all, and he is a layman when dealing with demons and monsters. He doesn't have any skills at killing monsters yet.

Jiaona: "If it's really a monster, this monster is hidden deep enough, and the demonic spirit is not exposed at all." ”

"You're right." Long Yi's excited voice came from the space: "I used this time to pass the paper crane to Li Hong and ask where he is."

"He had just received his reply, and he wrote that he had been controlled by a female goblin, and that he was now locked up in a sealed room, with his feet and hands tied. It's just that the hands are tied in the front, and I can barely write and fold paper cranes. ”

"What village is he in?" Qi Xiaoting asked anxiously.

Long Yi: "He said that he didn't know what village it was, but he only knew that the male owner of this house was named Li Jinxin, nicknamed Li Caizhu, and he made a fortune by growing peonies." He also said that it is not far from the legend of the Eight Dragons, the Urn Mouth, the Purple Dragon, and the Liuchang. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Then, let's go back the same way and go to Liuchang to inquire about the villages and people who grow peonies!" ”

Jiaona summoned another cloud, and the two of them flew towards Liuchang on the cloud.

When I went to Liuchang, I asked the villagers, and people said that there was a family in Li Taihu Lake that planted peonies and made a fortune, so you should go there and inquire!

In the memory of Qi Xiaoting's previous life, there are indeed several Taihu villages in Jianjin Prefecture, such as West Taihu Lake, East Taihu Lake, Gui Taihu Lake, Chen Taihu Lake, Han Taihu Lake, and Matai Lake, but I have never heard of Li Taihu Lake.

"Excuse me, how to get to Li Taihu?" Qi Xiaoting asked.

The villagers glanced at the two of them, knowing that they were not locals, and said in a mocking manner: "Taihu Lake is in the southwest direction of our flow, there are a total of seven Taihu Lake, and Li Taihu Lake is the northernmost in the east, the closest from here." If you go straight down this road, you can get there. ”

"Thank you!" Qi Xiaoting thanked her and walked towards Li Taihu Lake with Jiao Na.

When I arrived at Li Taihu Lake and inquired, there was a kind of peony, surnamed Li Jinxin. Because of his wealth, he is known as the rich man Li.

"The village is not big." Qi Xiaoting looked at the village with only a few families and sighed.

The villagers told her that the rich man's father was very fond of peonies, so he planted peonies in his own land, not only for ornamentation, but also for the medicinal part to sell, and within a few years he made a fortune.

"How old is this man?" Qi Xiaoting asked.

Villager: "I'm in my forties." I have been growing peonies since I was a teenager, and I have been in my twenties for more than 20 years, and I am a well-known rich man in our bend. ”

"How's his humanity?" Qi Xiaoting asked further.

Since he is a rich man, he doesn't worry about eating or drinking, is he involved with monsters, or is his family unclean and occupied by monsters? If you are not familiar with life, it is good to know more.

"He, cough," the villager said, looking left and right, and seeing that there was no one, "what do you say?" When people have money, they pay attention to enjoyment. He is no exception, he has married several aunts and wives for himself, and his wives and concubines compete for favor, and the family is very unstable.

"Years ago, my eighteen-year-old son suddenly disappeared, and I couldn't find it everywhere; His wife was in a hurry, had a stroke, and was paralyzed on the kang.

"The concubines were jealous, often quarreled and quarreled, and two of them even hanged themselves in anger. cough, there are big difficulties, now his house is very messy, Li Jinxin is also messed up, and everyone is thin and out of shape. ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Thank you, let's go over and have a look." ”

Villager: "The people looking for you?" ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Well, let's see if you stay there to work?" ”

Villager: "Go, his family employs many miles, both long-term and short-term." ”

Leaving the villagers, Qi Xiaoting told Long Yi all this through transmission.

"You first observe the periphery, let Ah Mei pass, she can go deep into the house, what is the situation, I will tell you." Long Yi transmitted the command.

"Okay." The two of them were a ghost, and under the guidance of passers-by, they found the home of Li Jinxin and Li Rich on the edge of the village.

In order to look carefully, Qi Xiaoting asked Jiao Na to ride the clouds again, and the two of them watched condescendingly.

The unique style of the building of the rich man's house: the gate rushes to the south, and a high wall encircles more than ten acres of land, and there are seven or eight houses scattered in it, except for one near the gate which is seven tiled houses, the rest are five.

There are no courtyard walls, and there are no side houses, and there are small ridges built on all sides of the house, and it seems that the rhizomes of peony are buried underneath.

There are brick-paved roads between the houses. At this time, the weather is still cold, if the peony flowers bloom, the path is quiet, and the whole house is hidden in the flowers, it must have a special interest.

Qi Xiaoting admired in her heart the ingenuity of the rich man Li for the environment.

It seems that this is a man who loves flowers and flowers, and the houses here and there must be concubines living in them.

"Didn't you say that his family grows peonies? Why don't you see a single plant? Jiaona asked, confused.

Qi Xiaoting: "Can't be wrong. You let Ah Mei go down first, and then I'll tell you about the cultivation characteristics of peony. ”

Jiaona stopped in the clouds, and let Ah Mei float down the clouds and fly towards the house.

Jiaona: "Take advantage of this, you can tell me about the peony, the story and the characteristics are fine." ”

Qi Xiaoting secretly said in her heart: What a heartless little dragon girl, here the grinding plate presses her hands, but she has a big belly there - she doesn't take it to heart. After thinking about it, he briefly introduced:

"Peony is a perennial herbaceous plant, and after the end of October, the stems and leaves on the ground gradually turn yellow and dry up. At this time, the dead branches are pruned, the dead leaves are swept away, and then buried deep to avoid the spread of pests and diseases in the coming year.

"After pruning the dead branches and leaves, water thoroughly before freezing, apply sufficient fertilizer, and cultivate soil at the roots of the plant to protect moisture and prevent cold and winter. Now the earth has not completely thawed, and there are no peony plants in sight. ”

"When will I see it?" Jiao Na asked further.

Qi Xiaoting: "Every year in early spring, after the earth thaws, their sharp leaf buds break through the soil, and within a month, they will flourish and pull out flower buds. At the end of April, you can see the peony flowers of Meiyan. ”

Jiaona: "Isn't it beautiful?" ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Yes, peony can be divided into various varieties such as grass peony, beautiful peony, multifloral peony and so on. It has been cultivated in Huaxia for more than 5,000 years and is the earliest flower cultivated in Huaxia.

"The origin of the name of peony is because of its 'beautiful flowers and beautiful appearance'.

"There are a lot of aliases for peony. In the hundred gardens of gorgeous Chinese flowers, the ancients pushed peony as 'flower phase' (the prime minister of flowers).

"And because it is big and colorful, charming and colorful, so it is called 'Jiaorong'.

"Peony is a herbaceous flower, without a hard wooden stem, like a weak willow to support the wind, weak and boneless girl, so it is called 'boneless flower'.

"Peony has been the flower of love in China since ancient times, and in my previous life, it has been praised as the representative flower of the Qixi Festival."

Jiaona: "Did you just plant it for viewing?" ”

Qi Xiaoting: "No, it's mainly to harvest its medicinal part." ”

Jiaona: "Are there any special cures?" ”

Qi Xiaoting: "The traditional Chinese medicine made of peony root has the medicinal value of antispasmodic and analgesic. Ranked first among herbs. There is also a legend about peony. ”

Jiaona: "What's the legend?" Anyway, Ah Mei hasn't come here yet, so tell me about it. ”