September 9th, Double Ninth Festival, Li Jiayuan every household in front of the door are plugged in dogwood, the day is not yet dawn, the teenagers of each family have been together with each other to climb high, this is the custom developed over the years, get up early is also in order not to delay the next day's livelihood, since it is a festival, it is necessary to drink wine and appreciate chrysanthemums, there is such a demand to buy and sell is naturally indispensable, this is not, the day is just bright, there are guests who have come to the carbon furnace to stand up, a row of nine a total of eighteen, neatly placed at the gate does not affect the place where the past walks, The furnace is red, and the copper kettle specially used to heat wine on the stove floats the aroma of wine, but the tea is just a cup of tea, and the whole Li family courtyard is filled with the taste of chrysanthemum wine, and the fragrance is mixed with the smell of hot wine, which makes people intoxicated.

What makes the shopkeeper puzzled is that today for some reason, there are guests early in the morning, before noon, the restaurant is already full, and in the end someone even asked for a pot of wine to stand by the fence and taste the wine over and over again to appreciate the customs of the Li family, the most important thing is that these people are all fresh faces, and they have never seen it in the image, the shopkeeper is also curious to ask the palace shopkeeper, and the reply is just not to meddle in things, yes, where is the time to take care of this file, Even Young Master Fei and Young Master Yuanshu came to help, so don't look for a good scolding.

Fortunately, everything is fine, but on this day, the morning is still a clear sky, I never thought that the noon was actually covered with dark clouds, the black pressure of the dark clouds quite a kind of black clouds to destroy the city, the cool breeze hit, the temperature plummeted, people couldn't react for a while, I just felt that there was something wrong with this day, but after noon this day actually began to snow, not very big, but I think it's only September, there is such a snow for no reason, the so-called abnormal thing must have a demon, Li family courtyard from time to time to complain.

"God, this pee, I see how to spend winter!" An unkempt old woman said.

"That's it, that's it, I don't say hello when it snows, who can stand it, I don't have any winter clothes!" Opposite the old woman stood an old man with gray hair, wearing a robe and looking up at the heavens.

But he saw a coquettish young woman leaning on the open window of the attic above his head and said with a smile: "Damn, why are you like a girl, what clothes can't you wear?" ”

"Lao Li, look, what's on the city wall?" The old woman shouted.

Between the city wall, I don't know when hundreds of birds flew in, all kinds of colors, all kinds of species, although there are many birds, but not messy, standing on the edge of the city wall in an orderly manner and looking at the courtyard of the Li family, as if waiting for someone.

"Maybe it's a sudden drop in cold air, blocking these southward migrating birds, don't worry!" The white-haired old man said angrily.

The three of them looked at the city wall again and then walked back to the house in a daze, but they never found that there were two people standing on the roof of the restaurant, one black and one white, wearing a black robe was none other than the palace shopkeeper of the restaurant, and the one who was wearing white coarse linen clothes and linen pants standing side by side with him was actually a woman with a cloak, melon seed face, willow eyebrows and peach blossom eyes, the bangs on the forehead fluttering in the wind could not stop a scarlet scar that went straight into the sideburns, and she actually had a milky white long snake coiled in her hand, Even the letters it spits out are milky white.

The palace shopkeeper looked at the white snake that was wriggling twice, and said softly: "Are you sure it's today?" Really want to get your hands dirty? ”

The woman's expression was flat, a pair of peach blossom eyes looked straight ahead, and said lightly: "Double Ninth Festival, the number of ninety-nine, plus this group of birds contending, if you don't do it today, I'm afraid the master won't have a chance!" ”

"The result is the same, so why bother to kill it?" The palace treasurer sighed and looked into the distance.

"Heh, I can't imagine that after so many years of guarding here, I actually have feelings, so you are not afraid that the master will blame you!" The woman's face froze, and her gaze swept over the face of the palace treasurer like two sharp swords.

"Hehe, hehe, don't take it seriously, old man, I'm just curious!"

"Humph!"

On the road in the distance, a snow-white brocade plush jacket was on the upper body, a mink was exposed at the neckline, a pair of very new embroidered shoes were stepping on his feet, and he was holding an oil-paper umbrella and walked slowly towards the restaurant.

The palace shopkeeper raised his hand and was shocked, and the snow on his body turned into pieces of flying flowers and scattered down, "Here, fairy, the old man won't bother, go down first!" ”

The woman he called the fairy didn't speak, only after the palace shopkeeper left, she turned her head to look at the place where he was standing before, and snorted coldly, "It's really deep enough to hide!" ”

In the restaurant, the drinkers are still drinking, or sitting or standing, but the wine in the wine pot seems to be inexhaustible, and it can be clearly seen that it is steaming, and the palace shopkeeper looked at the crowd and sighed, and then hugged his fists and said: "It's here!" ”

A group of people seemed to hear some instructions, standing quickly to the street, sitting Teng jumped out of the building, seemingly in a hurry, in fact well-trained, but between three breaths, this crowd of people all stood in an orderly manner, lined up on both sides, facing the road slightly bowed, not far away the woman with an oil-paper umbrella still walked unhurriedly to this side, even if she saw such a situation, she did not panic at all, half an hour later, the woman only came to the end of the two teams, through the heavy snow can vaguely see her appearance, pure face, pure eyes, and always quiet appearance, the person who came was none other than Li Mobai's mother.

When the two teams saw that the woman had arrived, they immediately knelt down on one knee and shouted in unison: "Welcome Madame!" ”

"There's no need to be polite, since my sister asked you to come, why bother!" Li Mobai's mother said crisply, she slowly came to the door of the restaurant, and when she was about to go in, she looked up at the birds on the city wall that were almost wrapped in snow, nodded slightly before turning around and walking into the restaurant. ”

"Old man Nangong, you are a tormenting little woman, thank you for taking care of my mother and son for so many years!" Li Mobai's mother bowed and saluted.

The palace shopkeeper's body couldn't help but tremble, "It should be, madam, today?" He stopped talking, and in the end he didn't say why.

Li Mobai's mother nodded, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly: "Those who should come will always come, and the main reason for coming here today is to get back the previous things, and to trouble the old man Nangong!" ”

The palace shopkeeper nodded hurriedly, and randomly shouted at Xiao Er, "Xiao Er, go upstairs and take that brocade box down, remember to be lighter!" ”

"Okay!" The sound of going upstairs sounded, and after a while, suddenly only a roar was heard, sawdust splashed everywhere, and the dust dispersed, and the shopkeeper was already spitting blood and lying on the ground, and the ceiling on the first floor was smashed out of a big hole, and a woman wearing a white dress with a white long insect coiled in her right hand and a half-length brocade box in her left hand slowly fell.

"Why did the fairy hurt him!?" The palace shopkeeper shouted.

"It's just because he has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he collides with me!" The woman said.

"Xiaoxiang fairy? My sister really thinks of me, and she actually tossed you over! Li Mobai's mother covered her nose and said.

The woman in white and called Xiaoxiang Fairy had not yet spoken, and the white snake in her right hand had already raised her head, and only then did she see that there were actually two white claws under her body, and a pair of eyes like white jade stared at Li Mobai's mother, as if she would shoot out in the next moment.

"You horny worm, don't you still hold a grudge against me for ruining your good deeds with Teng Snake back then? You're a dragon! How to be so careful! Li Mobai's mother said again.

The white snake seemed to understand half of it and danced in the air, and when the Xiaoxiang fairy saw this, he raised his hand and gently stroked it twice to calm the anger in his heart, and randomly threw the brocade box in his hand to Li Mobai's mother, "I thought it was a baby, it turned out to be just a broken yaoqin, and I will return it to you!" ”

Li Mobai's mother hurriedly took two steps forward to catch the brocade box, hugged it tightly in her arms and stroked it gently, like an old friend who hadn't seen her for a long time, only to hear her say softly: "Long time no see, do you miss me?" ”

Listening to a sonorous sound, the brocade box broke free from her embrace and turned around three times in mid-air and opened abruptly, a rushing quaint atmosphere filled the entire restaurant, and a yaoqin flew out of the brocade box and flew into the arms of Li Mobai's mother, she still stroked it gently, and even lowered her head and groped.

Fairy Xiaoxiang saw that she was so nameless for no reason, and said sharply: "You should know what you are here for today, or don't waste time!" ”

Li Mobai's mother didn't answer her, her face was flat and she brushed her hand over the strings, and for a while she only felt as if countless pearls had fallen into a jade plate, crisp and empty, "Does the fairy know the origin of this Yaoqin?" ”

As if knowing that the fairy Xiaoxiang would not answer, she continued: "When the Fuxi road met the phoenix resting on the plane tree, watching its tail feathers have thoughts, and when the phoenix flew away, the plane tree was cut down, and the middle section was soaked in the long flowing water for 72 days, and the auspicious day was chosen to make this Yaoqin, the Yaoqin was originally a five-string, and later King Wen added a King Wu plus one, so that there is the current Wenwu lyre!" ”

"What's the matter, could it be that this is the one made by the Fu Xi clan back then?" Fairy Xiaoxiang asked.

"That's not it, back then, the strings of Fuxiqin were made of horsetails, but my one was made of phoenix tails, and it was a birthday gift he prepared for me according to Fuxi's method!" Speaking of this, a happy smile rose on Li Mobai's mother's face.

"No matter how you make it, it's just a broken piano, what's the use?" Fairy Xiaoxiang smiled contemptuously.

"Really?" Li Mobai's mother asked softly, and randomly and gently tapped the strings, with a sonorous sound, the sound was not loud, but in an instant, it made people empty their bodies and minds and be ethereal, as if everything in the world had suddenly disappeared.