Without saying anything, he mounted his horse and headed for Echeng. At this time, E Kun realized that in fact, he had never really died.

The sun has not yet risen, and the frost and fog of early winter still envelop the mountains and rivers. With his special familiarity with the mist of the ethereal river, he knew that he had reached the beachhead on the south bank of the Eshui River, and that beyond the Eshui River, he would be the capital city that would always be burned in his heart. In the dry season, the Kun gently clamped his legs, and the majestic horse rushed into the river with a long neigh, and in a moment it swam across the water and onto the gravel beach.

The reins of the horses in the area of the Kun came to the northwest in the fog, and it was a small river that could not be walked for a mile. This is a small tributary that flows into the Eshui River, because it comes obliquely from the northwest to the southeast, and people call it oblique water at the time.

At the mouth of the valley where the oblique water flows into the Eshui River, there stands a small hill with vast forests, and the Chinese people call it "Danxia Peak". Because of its layers of mountains and mountains on top of the blue sky, every morning and evening peak colorful glow like a crown and get the name.

The war horse couldn't stop snorting, thinking that he was tired from traveling for days. At this time, the dense fog gradually dissipated, and the Kun got off his horse, took off the blanket on the horse's back, removed the saddle bridle, spread out a bag of broken watercress on a large stone, wrapped the reins around the horse's neck, patted the horse's head gently, and said, "Fire thunderbolt, there is grass, water, and hard material here. Feel free to take a break. I'm going to drink some water, too."

A flaming steed rubbed the Kun's arm and neighed softly. The Kun took the water hyacinth to the mountain stream to get water.

In the pale yellow grass and trees, a clear and hidden stream tinkled down, and the Kun was full of water, but I saw a fine cobblestone path next to it stretching into the mountain, and the three-foot-high rough stone on the side of the road was engraved with four big characters - Kunyu Trail.

E Kun stood in front of the stele in a daze, stroking the big red lacquer mottled characters, his heart trembled violently, and he couldn't help but sit down in the path......

"Kunyu? Uncle, is that you?" He muttered to himself, looked up at the mist high up in the mountains, and shouted, but no one responded. He settled down, and took his coat and climbed up the path.

At the end of the path, there is a verdant pine forest, and out of the pine forest, it is a small courtyard hidden in a bamboo forest by the roots of the hill. The blue stone walls were covered with yellowed vine leaves, and the two small doors that had turned white in the wind and rain were tightly closed, except for the chirping of birds, there was no kind of home heat that the Kun imagined and hoped for, and it was so quiet that it made people tremble.

He stood in the courtyard in a daze, looking at the four main stone houses and the kitchen on his left, letting the yellow leaves flutter and hover under his feet. This room is similar to the stone house when I first met my uncle! In an instant, E Kun's heart was sour, and a stream of hot tears burst out of his eyes. Uncle? Is she here......

"Childe!"

E Kun was suddenly stunned, and turned around suddenly, but saw that at the gate of the small courtyard, the uncle was standing there. Dressed in a blue and black cloth robe, a white silk scarf wrapped in black hair on his head, a bamboo basket on his back, and a slender medicine hoe in his hand, although it was winter, it was hot and sweaty, and his yellowish face revealed a little redness.

"Uncle?!"

"Childe—" Uncle Yu cried and laughed and screamed, and suddenly pounced and hugged E Kun tightly.

"I know that you didn't really abandon me, you just didn't want to drag me down." E Kun blushed slightly, stroked his wife's back and whispered.

"It's good that Childe doesn't hold a grudge against me." Shuyu came to her senses, pressed the Kun on the stone pier outside the pavilion, floated into the kitchen like a gust of wind, and brought three clay pots: "Herbal tea, I made it before I went into the mountain to collect medicine."

As soon as she put down the clay pot, E Kun was waiting for her with another jar. Uncle Yu smiled, didn't speak, picked up the clay pot and drank it again. E Kun's eyes lit up, and he walked quickly to the porch and took the blanket and opened it: "Come, sauce beef, noodles, eat a few pads first."

Uncle Yu smiled, without hesitation, took the meat in his left hand and the cake in his right hand and ate it, and in a moment, he swept away the three pieces of sauce beef with three pieces of noodles. E Kun's heart was sour when he saw it, and he certainly knew that he had been in the army for a long time, and he would never be able to give birth to such hunger and thirst without more than three days of working on an empty stomach or galloping around. My wife lives alone, and she works so hard to make a living, how can she bear it?

Perhaps it was because he realized the mind of the Kun, and the uncle took it to the basket and said

"My hard work in the past three days has not been in vain, Childe, let's see what treasure I picked back?" As he spoke, he carefully pulled out a round shelled hard object from the back basket that was still stained with dirt.

"Poria!" The Kun exclaimed in surprise, "Where did you dig it?"

Uncle Yu pointed behind him: "On the peak, that old pine is so thick that more than a dozen people may not hug it!" Childe has always had an old disease, and he originally wanted Ganoderma lucidum to calm his nerves, but I couldn't find it for many days. I only got this, and it was also the best medicine."

Poria cocos, doctors say that it is suitable for warming and soothing the nerves and spleen, and it is especially suitable for old diseases. Medicine farmers, yin and yang scholars and alchemists all regard Poria cocos as a sacred object. It is said that the pine and cypress oil can be turned into Poria cocos for thousands of years, and Poria cocos can be turned into amber for thousands of years. Amber is a medicinal product, and Poria cocos is a medicinal product, which can be taken to remove diseases and prolong life. Especially for all kinds of old diseases and miscellaneous diseases, Poria cocos is nothing less than a miracle medicine, and the uncle ran around in the mountains for three days just to get this thing, how can E Kun not admire?

"I'm cured, my heart is at ease, you don't have to." He bowed his head and said, "You...... Did you know that I would return to the court through here?"

"Well," the uncle nodded, "As soon as the orchid madder collapsed, I knew that the Hou of Ehou would recall you, so I have been waiting here for my son."

"That...... Do you support my return to the court?" He asked cautiously.

Uncle Concubine sighed lightly: "What about support, what about disapproval? I know your temperament, and you will definitely go back, whether I approve of it or not."

E Kun's heart was weak for a while, and he had to admit that what his uncle said was the truth. Even if he has been misunderstood and mistreated by his countrymen and his father, even if he has to form an alliance with the Chu State with a deep hatred of blood, even if he has to be an enemy of the Zhou royal family who has the grace of knowledge...... He also has to do his best to save his homeland, this is his fate, and he can't get rid of it. :

"Whether it's useful or not, I'll slice and stew soup for my son at night. Now, I'm going to cook and prepare the food first." After that, Shuyu turned around and left.

When the sunset is about to set, the uncle will bring out the finished meals, and several large clay pots are full of stone cases: a large pot of lamb leg and meat, a large pot of bean rice soup, a large pot of okra steamed cakes, a large pot of egg garlic mixed with bitter vegetables, a large pot of corn rice balls, pots and pots are sharp, white and green, and Huang Cancan is full of a big case, all of which are the most catchy home-cooked meals.

Needless to say, the leg of mutton is dismantled and the meat is dismantled, ginger is added, the mountain onion is stewed until it is seven or eight ripe, the bones are peeled off and there is still a little blood, and a plate of minced salt is placed next to it to dip the meat, which is the main dish from the Hu people. Bean rice and weed soup is a green bean paste porridge made by adding young bean sprouts and young leaves to the bean porridge.

The okra steamed cake is to tear up the sunflower leaves picked after the frost, together with the vegetable juice and the bean noodles or wheat noodles that are put into the paste, spread into a bamboo basket and steam out, which is bright green and soft, and extremely catchy. The essence of okra steamed cakes is that the sunflower leaves must be harvested after the frost and dew. The people of the time said: "Don't pinch the sunflower when you touch the dew, and don't cut the leeks in the middle of the day." This means that okra cannot be picked in the midst of frost and dew. Uncle Yu pinched sunflower in the garden in the afternoon, and it was the right time.

The corn rice ball is a yellow rice ball that is steamed into yellow rice, and the golden light is full of rice fragrance. Bitter herb is a kind of fatty weed tender seedlings in the field, clear and bitter and fresh, blanched in boiling water, mixed with small garlic vinegar, it is a refreshing cold dish.

E Kun looked at the big pots with surprise, and smiled happily: "Hey, hey, home-cooked food, beautiful!" There's no such thing in the barracks."

Uncle Yu brought two more wine jars to the stone case 61 pier: "There is no one in the barracks, but there is one in the palace, this is my own rice wine, you should deal with it first!"

E Kun heard his wife's teasing, and he didn't care, just smiled faintly, and drank a bowl first: "I don't know what is in the E Palace, but I know that the wine and food in this case in front of me are Kun's favorite!"

"In that case, is Childe willing to stay for a long time?" Uncle Concubine's eyes flashed, and she asked tentatively.

"This ......" E Kun didn't dare to raise his head to look directly at the affectionate gaze, only took the wine bowl, pulled the leg of mutton and dismantled the flesh and ate it, then the okra steamed cakes, and then the corn balls, and in a moment swept away the three pots of the strongest staple food, and said with a smile on his sleeves: "Everything is delicious!"

The bright moon was sinking in the west, and the frost and mist gradually filled the entire mountain valley from the slanting river valley, and the cold air in the mountain wind gradually became heavier. He put down the wine bowl and rice

, Uncle Yu cleaned up the table, the two went to the bedroom, and began to talk about homely things again. Seeing the frost and fog, seeing the red sun rising, it was dawn in a blink of an eye.

Both of them knew that the time had come, and they understood that this farewell would be an eternal farewell, and they were at a loss for a while. At this moment, a fire thunderbolt was heard in the distance, and the horse's hooves on the official road under the mountain were swoop!

When E Kun walked into his father's bedroom again, what flashed in his heart was the figure of his wife and uncle standing on the hill like a wangfu stone...... But when Hou Yufang's slightly rickety body suddenly jumped into view, E Kun's heart was shocked, his eyes were dark, and he barely held on to it without falling.

It's only been a long time, less than two years, and he suddenly found that his father's tall figure had become a little rickety, and his temples had also added a little white, but his father and Hou ...... You're just in your early forties! How do you age so quickly?

"Kun'er, are you back?" E Yufang looked at Yingting's son, and he had never been so gentle: "It's dark, it's strong, and it seems that the body has completely recovered."

"Father!" E Kun choked up, couldn't help but pounce on the ground, or let out a loud cry of sorrow.