But I saw that the spring water that flowed out of the cave merged into a stream in front of me, and flowed into the distance in a zigzag way.

Not far away is a beautiful peach forest, the little bolt walked ashore, step by step towards the peach forest, came to the front, saw that the tree was full of huge and tender peaches.

The little plug couldn't help but pick a peach, bent down to wash it in the stream, and took a bite, the peach was crisp and sweet, refreshing.

The little bolt walked forward again, out of the peach forest, and saw that the east side of the peach forest was an endless grassland, with green grass, fragrant flowers and birds, and falling flowers.

To the west of the peach grove is a hill. The hill is not high, it is only three tens of meters, the mountain is overgrown with grass and trees, and there are ancient towers, ancient temples and other buildings faintly.

At the foot of the hill there are several neat farmhouses, as well as fields of farmland, beautiful ponds, fruit and vegetable gardens, and so on.

The little bolt stood there stunned for a long time, thinking that he was dreaming, and it took a long time to wake up, and found that he was naked, wearing only a pair of shorts.

The little bolt walked back along the path of the stream, and after a while he returned to the cave, which was still pitch black, and the little bolt listened to the sound of the water and felt the way it came.

As he walked, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind him and pounced on the little bolt, who was caught off guard and fell to the ground by the shadow.

The mouth and nose of the little plug were covered by something, and he smelled a faint strange fragrance, and suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and his body was weak, and he lost consciousness.

When he woke up, he found himself tied to a pillar and still wearing only shorts. On the other pillars, Zhao Jiangxi, Li Qian, and Zhang Jin were also tied up sturdily, and they were all wet.

It is a spacious hall made of wooden planks, with a huge canopy supported by a dozen thick wooden pillars. Lights were burning and crackling around.

A group of people were talking around the bound people.

The costumes of this group of people are very weird, not at all like the clothes of the Jiangnan people of the present dynasty, but like the people from the previous dynasty.

Several people were talking to each other, but they heard someone shouting: "The owner of the village has arrived!" ”

Everyone stopped talking for a moment, stood up straight, and looked respectfully at the door of the hall.

I saw the door of the hall open widely, and an old man with white hair walked in from the outside, although the old man looked old, but he was in good spirits, his eyes were blazing, and his waist was straight.

The old man went straight to the four people who were bound, looked at them one by one, and was suddenly attracted by an object.

He came to the object and bent down to pick it up.

It turned out to be a pile of clothes that the little bolt had taken off by the pool, and one of the objects was not a side object, but the Nine Dragons Blade.

The old man's hand holding the short knife trembled a little, and he asked in a trembling voice, "Whose knife is this?" ”

"Mine." The small plug responded.

"Yours?" The old man looked the small plug up and down, and asked as if he was a little puzzled.

The little bolt was a little unnatural to look at by the sharp eyes.

"I gave it to him." Zhao Jiangxi replied very calmly on the side.

The old man turned his gaze to Zhao Jiangxi and asked word by word, "So, you are the owner of this knife?" ”

"Not bad. Any questions? Zhao Jiangxi asked calmly.

"And do you know the name of the knife?" The old man pressed step by step.

"Nine Dragonblades!" Zhao Jiangxi spit out these words.

"That's it!" The old man said slowly, although his tone was gentle, he couldn't hide a trace of excitement.

"Someone!" The old man said loudly.

Immediately, the two of them bowed down and clasped their fists and said, "Please ask the owner to command." ”

"Untie them! Good life to serve. Invite this descendant to come to my residence. The old man pointed at Zhao Jiangxi and said, and then walked out without looking back.

So, several people were loosened, and Zhao Jiangxi was taken alone to a spacious wooden house.

Zhao Jiangxi walked into the room, the old man was sitting on a big wooden chair, and when he saw Zhao Jiangxi coming in, he waved his hand and motioned for the others to retreat, and at this time only Zhao Jiangxi and the old man were left in the room.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, the old man suddenly got up from his chair, took three steps and two steps in front of Zhao Jiangxi, and said with tears in his eyes: "May I ask the name of the next generation?" ”

"Zhao Jiangxi." Zhao Jiangxi was determined not to hide it anymore and truthfully reported his name.

"Which Zhao Jiangxi?" The old man said in a trembling voice.

"Is there a second Zhao Jiangxi in the world?" Zhao Jiangxi Road.

Yes, the name of the Son of Heaven is avoided by the people of the world.

Unexpectedly, the old man heard that he knelt down and wept and said, "The criminal minister Xia Yuanfan greets His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

Zhao Jiangxi was greatly surprised, Xia Yuanfan had never appeared in the battle of Chaoyuan Valley thirty years ago, and the world thought that he had died in the chaos. Unexpectedly, it is not surprising that it suddenly appeared here today.

It turned out that that day Xia Yuanfan was desperate, went out of the city to meet Fang Shuyun's righteous army, fought to the death, the enemy was outnumbered, and finally could not be defeated.

For the war behind, Xia Yuanfan did not know very well, in order to prevent the pursuit of the rebels, all the soldiers changed into the clothes of ordinary refugees, all the way south, and fled to the remote small stone village, at that time, the mountain village was still small, there were not many people, so many refugees came at once, how to stay?

Therefore, the soldiers did not stay for a moment, immediately crossed the Xiaonan River, came to the Grand Canyon, continued to go south, when looking for a water source, accidentally found the secret passage leading to this place in the cave, and finally came to this isolated place, because there is a huge peach blossom forest in this place, so it is named Peach Blossom Villa.

"General Xia, do you know that it was precisely because of the battle in Chaoyuan Valley that the imperial court seized the opportunity and defeated the rebels in one fell swoop?" Zhao Jiangxi asked.

"Later, there were also rumors that the rebels failed in their plot, and the world is still the world of my dynasty." Xia Yuanfan said.

"Then why didn't the general lead his troops out of the mountain?" Zhao Jiangxi asked.

"You know, in the battle of Chaoyuan Valley, all the soldiers were determined to die in battle, but who knew that later, Chaoyuan was not guaranteed, and they escaped from the battle, and they failed to live and die with the city, and they really had no face to face your father. In addition, the original indigenous people here were very friendly to us and treated each other with sincerity, so after a long time, we had to give up. Alas! Zhao Jiangxi looked up and sighed, and suddenly looked at Zhao Jiangxi and said:

"Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here?"

"Alas! It's hard to put into words! So Zhao Jiangxi told the ins and outs of his father's death, his own accession to the throne and the subsequent resumption of the rebel war.

After Xia Yuanfan heard this, two lines of turbid tears rolled down, and he sighed repeatedly: "After this farewell, I don't want me to wait for the guilty ministers to never see the emperor after all!" ”

It turned out that Zhao Jiangxi was still young at that time, but Xia Yuanfan also often saw the face of the little prince, although it was after many years, Zhao Jiangxi had grown up, and he could see it today, and he still recognized seven or eight points, and saw the nine dragon blades, and knew that it was the prince who carried it, so he determined Zhao Jiangxi's identity.

At that time, Zhao Jiangxi was still young and ignorant, and he didn't remember much, so he never expected to meet Xia Yuanfan here.

Recalling the past, the two couldn't help but sigh.

Xia Yuanfan saw the current saint again this time, and firmly believed that this was the will of heaven, so he wanted to hold another ceremony and support Zhao Jiangxi to be the emperor in Peach Blossom Villa, but Zhao Jiangxi refused.

Zhao Jiangxi said: "Now that the thieves are rebellious, and the people are complaining, how about the emperor in the world?" What about the absence of an emperor? There is enough place for Jiangxi today. ”

Xia Yuanfan said: "Whether the saint is called the emperor or not, I will always be the saint in my Xia Yuanfan's heart." ”

Zhao Jiangxi was greatly moved when he heard this.

Next, Xia Yuanfan asked about the situation of Zhao Jiangxi's entourage, knowing that one was Li Qian, the prime minister of the dynasty, and the other was Zhang Jin, the commander of the Praetorian Guard.

It's just that when I heard that Xiao Bolt was from Xiaoshi Village, I couldn't help but be a little worried.

Zhao Jiangxi saw Xia Yuanfan's worried face, so he asked Xia Yuanfan what he was worried about?

Xia Yuanfan said: "Can the saint read Tao Yuanming's "The Story of the Peach Blossom Spring"? ”

Zhao Jiangxi said: "Naturally, I have read one or two. ”

Xia Yuanfan said: "Our Peach Blossom Villa is like a paradise, an isolated place, and it is not known to outsiders. Prime Minister Li Cheng and Commander Zhang are important ministers in my court, so naturally they are not outsiders, but they are just this little bolt......"

"What does the general think?" Zhao Jiangxi asked.

Xia Yuanfan said: "There is something called Ecstasy Soup in Peach Blossom Villa, it is better to take it with him, and many past events in the past and present lives will be forgotten." ”

Zhao Jiangxi thought to himself: "If that's the case, wouldn't it be a wasted person?" This is absolutely unacceptable. So he said:

"General, don't worry, think that the small stone village is mostly honest and loyal people, and the little bolt is no exception, so leave this matter to me."

"That being the case, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." Xia Yuanfan bowed his head and said.

When the two talked about this, Zhao Jiangxi suddenly remembered something and asked:

"Could it be that the legendary guardian of the Grand Canyon in Little Stone Village is General Xia's people?" Zhao Jiangxi asked.

"Guardians? What Guardian? Xia Yuanfan asked rhetorically, seemingly ignorant of this matter.

General Zhao Jiangxi recounted the rumor he heard again, Xia Yuanfan was silent after hearing it, and Zhao Jiangxi was silent and no longer asked, only thinking in his heart: "I don't know if it is General Xia's subordinates who go out without permission." ”

This Peach Blossom Villa has beautiful mountains and rivers and a pleasant climate, which is indeed a good place to go.

Most of the houses here are wood-paneled houses, which are a little shabby, but they are sheltered from the elements.

Xia Yuanfan immediately arranged a big house for Zhao Jiangxi and others to live in, originally wanting to arrange a place for each of the four of them, but Zhao Jiangxi insisted that the four of them live in one place, so he found such a big house.

This night, Zhao Jiangxi said to Xiao Shuzi alone: "Shuzi, your home is in Xiaoshi Village, you are different from us, I think you should go back, okay?" Zhao Jiangxi said to the little bolt.