Bauhinia City.

As the name suggests, it is named because the streets and alleys of the city are full of redbud flowers.

Bauhinia likes fertile soil and sunshine, Bauhinia City is also known as the City of Light because of the abundant sunlight all year round, the sunlight is mild and comfortable, and the four seasons are like spring.

The bauhinia flowers in the city of light bloom in all seasons and do not wither.

Bauhinia bark fruit tree flowers can be used in medicine, and bark flower stalks can also be used in medicine, which has the effect of detoxification and swelling; Seeds can be made into pesticides, which have the effect of repelling insects.

Almost every door or courtyard of the people in the city, but wherever there is a sunny place, there are a few bauhinia flowers, and those who are not so wealthy use the bauhinia petals instead of the tea leaves to make tea and drink.

"Brother Pingyi, have you heard, the red leaf tea shop in the center of the city has a new batch of black tea, it is the new tea of Red Leaf City this year, it is said to be fragrant, but not bitter, rich in astringency but not astringent, it is delicious to listen to."

The young man known as Pingyi looked sideways at the little girl who was talking to him next to him, her head had just reached her shoulders, and there was a red head flower in the style of a redbud flower on each of her two ponytails, and her long hair had fallen to her waist.

The little girl was wearing a long red dress made of coarse cloth, with a blooming redbud embroidered on her chest, which would be grinding a pair of small hands, and her eyes were shining, as if flashing with the black tea sold by the red leaf tea shop.

"Xiao Qinghe, since you have said so, I, who is a brother, will go out today and buy a tael of this new black tea to satisfy your hunger!" Ping Yi's eyes were full of love, and he touched Xiao Qinghe's little head.

"Wow, Brother Pingyi, really," Xiao Qinghe raised his head, looked at Yun Yi with big eyes, and then lowered his head, the index fingers of his two hands circled his chest, and whispered, "That black tea is so expensive, one or two estimates will cost you a month's pocket money, let's buy a black tea of seven or eight yuan to make a cup and drink two sips per person." (One tael = 100 money)

Ping Yi smiled when he heard this, but he didn't make a sound, the red leaf tea shop in the center of the city is the branch of the Red Leaf City City Lord's Mansion in Guangcheng, and the best tea in the shop is Ling Hongye, which is only ten catties to sell in Guangcheng every year, and ninety percent of them are basically set by the four families in the city and the City Lord's Mansion in Guangcheng. The remaining 10% is sold in the shop, and the price is high, which is considered the tea of the town shop. This year's new black tea is Linghongye.

Pingyi took Xiao Qinghe through the three streets and five alleys, squeezed past the uncles and aunts who came to sell melon seeds and peanuts, and went to the red leaf tea shop.

"Brother, you see that the red leaf tea shop is surrounded by water, how can we get in!" Xiao Qinghe pointed to the red leaf tea shop in front of him, stomped his foot, and said angrily. There are so many people that you can only see a tea shop sign with "Red Leaves" written on it.

Ping Yi slapped his forehead one by one, and sighed in his heart: There is only one pound of Linghong leaves left to sell a year, which is really squeezing his head.

looked around, and then looked at the little Lori next to her, with her I'm afraid that I won't be able to squeeze in, and I'm worried about being taken away by a strange Shu Huang if I don't put it here, how is this good, Ping Yizheng is at a loss, but he found that Xiao Qinghe squatted down, as if he was going to pull out something from under his feet.

Heiichi also squatted down and looked at the little Lori frowning, as if it took a lot of effort to find out the culprit who had hit his heels.

Xiao Qinghe looked at the small bowl-shaped tile in his hand, the tile was gray in color, and there were a few cracks on the surface, and Xiao Lori frowned again: Okay, I'm going to break you to pieces and let you get to me! After speaking, he raised his little hand and threw the tile in his hand against the corner of the wall next to him.

Pingyi's eyes moved with the tiles, but then he was stunned, and the tiles with hidden cracks slammed into the wall, not only did not shatter, but smashed the bluestone into the corner of the wall with a shallow mark.

Heiyi picked up the tile that bounced to his feet, picked it up and looked at it, the edge that came into contact with the wall, there was no trace of damage, it was still a tattered appearance with a few cracks, he frowned, put the tile away first, and planned to go back and study it.

At this time, I heard Xiao Qinghe's surprised voice again, "Brother Pingyi, look, you look at the sky...", Pingyi looked in the direction of Xiao Lori's finger, and when the sky was due east, there was a dark cloud, the clouds were thick, and it was as black as ink. Around the clouds, the naked eye can see that wisps of shimmering air flow are sucked in, and Ping Yi looked at the source of the air flow, but the other end of the air flow was blocked by the eaves of the red leaf tea shop.

Ping Yi's heart tightened, the city of light is like spring all year round, the light is sufficient, even if it rains, there will not be such a large area of dark clouds, not to mention that this dark cloud seems to be still absorbing some airflow-like things.

Immediately, Ping Yi picked up the little Lori, ran to the Red Leaf Tea House on the edge of the Red Leaf Tea Shop, ignored the greeting of the little second brother, and went up to the third floor along the stairs in one breath, glanced at the direction of the east, found a window, and Ping Yi ran over.

The location of the third floor, about ten meters from the ground, the east side of the teahouse is a two-story house, the field of vision is a lot wider, Ping Yi looked to the east, the wisps of light and the air flow looked like it was from below the clouds, the earth within a radius of dozens of miles, the dark clouds in the sky converged in all directions, because there was a city wall of the city of light in the distance, and the specific source could not be seen clearly, but it was probably known that it was about one or twenty miles away from the city of light.

"Twenty miles east of Guangcheng, there is a cemetery," in the famous family of Guangcheng, the name recorded in the genealogy can be buried in the cemetery, according to the size of the contribution to the family, the height of the tombstone, the size of the area occupied are different, and the families are similar. Now the entire cemetery covers an area of three to five miles, and the ancestors of the famous families of Guangcheng are buried in the cemetery after their deaths. Pingyi's eyes flashed: Isn't it haunted over there in the cemetery. My heart suddenly became excited, I turned around and hugged the little Lori Qinghe, and went downstairs, and the shopkeeper said, "Welcome to the guest next time...", before he finished speaking, Ping Yi had already taken the little Lori around the corner and disappeared.

Ping sent the little Lori to her home, handed it to her mother, and then turned around and walked to her own home, the little Lori family is average, not rich, but also full of food and clothing, the city of light is like spring all year round, the land is fertile, most of the people in the city are not short of food and clothing, but food and clothing are also divided into high and low, human nature.

When Heiyi returned home, he first asked the housekeeper that his parents could now return home. Knowing that he had not yet returned, he turned around and walked out of the door again, sent the little man who was going to follow, took two pieces of pastries on the table, and went to the east gate.

On the way to the East City Gate, Ping Yi thought to himself: My parents went to the rice field five miles east of the city early this morning to check the color and harvest of this year's rice. There are more than 30 acres of their own fields, and there are hired short-term workers who are responsible for harvesting and loading, and their parents are born and steady, and whenever the grain is harvested, they will always check the color and harvest in person, so that they can be more sure of planting in the coming year.

When Ping arrived at the gate of the city, he said hello to the guards at the gate, smiled and took out two pastries from his pocket that he had just brought from home, and gave them to the two guards: Brother Liu and Brother Zhang, this pastry I just brought from home, in the red leaf pastry shop next to the red leaf tea shop in the center of the city, although his pastries are not as famous as tea, but they are not bad, the two old brothers are the first guardian saints of the people of Guangcheng, cushion the stomach, and also have a little heart.

The two guards glanced at each other, one took a piece of pastry, and before he had time to savor it, he ate in three or two bites.

The guard surnamed Liu wiped his mouth, looked at Ping Yi, and said slowly: You are a kid of the Ping family, this child is getting better day by day, and he is about to catch up with me and Zhang Umbrella. After speaking, he glanced at the guard surnamed Zhang on the side.

Zhang Umbrella smiled and touched his head: "Liu Si, your kid is so tall this year." ”

Liu Si also smiled when he heard this, but then looked at Ping Yi: My kid is sixteen this year, Ping kid, you shouldn't be thirteen this year, I have eaten your full moon wine, and your old man didn't have this net worth now. ”

Ping Yi smiled, clasped his hands into fists in front of his chest and arched at the two guards: Tuo shouted two brothers, Brother Liu, Brother Zhang, you see the dark clouds in the sky in the east, but there are people who have come back from the east, and there is no news about it.

Zhang Yu looked up at the dark clouds in the distance, paused, and said: "My brother noticed it when he changed the guard in the morning, it was still a shallow layer at that time, but there were signs of condensation. ”

Liu Si continued Zhang Umbrella's words and said: "There are people who come back from the east, but they are all some distance from the clouds, but it is speculated that it is probably in the scope of the cemetery, the specific situation is not very clear, but there is a news, saying that from a distance, the cemetery is gray and dark, and it feels very depressing, but the cemetery has always been very gloomy, and it is normal to feel depressed."

"Yes," Zhang Umbrella nodded approvingly, "It's true that the cemetery is over there... Usually it is very depressing, except for going to the grave every year, the disciples of all families rarely go there."

Heiichi frowned, and asked again, "Aren't there any people who have returned from Red Leaf City?" ”

Between the Red Leaf Castle and the Light Castle, you must pass through the cemetery.

The two old brothers glanced at each other, and their hearts were stunned: "It stands to reason that there are people who come back from Red Leaf City every day, and the two cities communicate with each other, and no one should come back, except for the caravan of the Red Leaf Shop that arrived in the morning, there is really no one who comes back from Red Leaf City after that."

Zhang Umbrella said suddenly: Liu Si, there is something strange about this matter, I will go and tell the captain, you are here to guard, pay more attention to the news.

Liu Si nodded solemnly and watched Zhang Umbrella leave.

Pingyi looked at Zhang Umbrella: "Brother Liu, the caravan over there in the Red Leaf Shop should be able to have some news, but I am not familiar with them, and it is difficult to find out the news when I go, Brother Zhang has a way?" ”

Liu Si nodded: "Zhang Umbrella has gone to tell the captain, and he should also go to the Red Leaf Shop to get the news, we will wait for Zhang Umbrella to come back here, and then see how the situation is."

As soon as Ping heard this, he rubbed his hands, and stood at the position where he had just opened his umbrella and stood guard with Liu Si. Anyway, I have to wait for my parents here, and standing is not standing.

Liu Si looked at Ping Yi and scolded with a smile: "You kid, this station, it's really dignified." ”

"Hehe, Brother Liu, you're not lazy, I heard that you have a good relationship in the Red Pavilion, and you want to go every once in a while, so it's convenient to point out the boy?"

"You kid who hasn't grown up, where did you hear this gossip, don't talk nonsense, I, Liu Si, am a true gentleman who doesn't mess around, and I go to the Red Pavilion to listen to music and drink, and don't do that."

Ping Yi smiled and was about to speak, but he felt a glimmer of light at the gate of the city, overflowing from the redbud flowers, heading east. Rubbing his eyes, Ping Yi stared at the cluster of redbud flowers, and in an instant, there was a ray of light overflowing, Ping Yi's pupils shrank, and he pointed to the bauhinia flowers: "Brother Liu, look at that cluster of redbud flowers, there are wisps of light overflowing, floating to the east!" ”

Liu Si turned his head at dusk and looked in the direction of Pingyi's finger, the cluster of redbud flowers seemed to have faded a little, and the color was no longer so bright red, and it happened that the cluster of redbud flowers next to him suddenly floated out a wisp of light, which was pale green, and went to the east...

Liu Si took three steps and made a step, rushed forward, approached the bauhinia cluster, and was about to grab the glimmer of light with his hand to explore it, but suddenly felt some inexplicable power, pulling his body, Liu Si, who had practiced martial arts for many years, subconsciously put on a horse step, condensed his spirit and stabilized his body. That feeling is just a little weaker, and it seems to be nothing.

Ping Yi watched Liu Si rush forward, and then his face changed greatly, he set up a horse step on the spot, he was shocked, and was about to step forward, but Liu Si turned his head to look at him and said, "Ping boy, don't come over yet, it's weird." After Liu Si finished speaking, he put away his horse and walked towards the city, and the moment he stepped into the city, that feeling completely disappeared.

Liu Si was shocked in his heart, stood at the city gate, and tentatively stepped out of the city gate with one foot, and that feeling followed, took his foot back, and returned to normal. Liu Si looked at the clouds in the distance, and said to Ping Yi behind him: "I'm afraid something big will happen, Ping boy, I'm guarding the door, you go and knock on the big bell on the city gate!" Fast! Two beats for one beat, three beats! ”

When Ping Yi heard this, he was puzzled, but he also felt the seriousness of the matter, and he went up the stairs to the city gate tower, and saw a big bell in the middle, and a huge tree was hung horizontally with an iron cable next to the clock, Ping Yi rushed over, grabbed an iron cable with both hands, stood with his feet apart, and moved the giant tree hard, and when the giant tree was raised high, Ping Yi tilted his body, and hit the big bell with the giant tree...