Chapter 11: The Lord of the Snake Mountain
After hearing the voice, Xi He pushed away Yujingzi and widened the distance between the two, she turned her head to look at the door, dressed in a blue-black robe, holding the purple fan in her hand, standing with her hands in her hands, Danfeng's eyes without a trace of temperature swept indifferently in her direction, and then lifted the curtain and entered the house.
During the meal, the eldest lady specially added some charcoal fire and put it under the low table, and the room was suddenly warm like spring.
The eldest lady greeted warmly, "You're all welcome, you can eat whatever you want, I don't know what you like to eat, you came suddenly, usually there are only me and Yu Jingzi at home, and there is no food in the house, it's really sluggish." ”
Xihe continued, "Auntie, we have already bothered you very much, where can I say that I am lazy, and it is too late to be grateful." ”
"Xihe is right, we may not be able to finish this table of dishes." Xue Gu also said.
When the dinner table was in full swing, only the mountain ghost sitting beside Xihe had a solemn face, just staring at the pair of chopsticks in front of him, indifferent.
She knew that the mountain ghost didn't eat, but she thought that since you were all sitting here, it was better not to be cold to the kindness of others, who knew that he sat at the dinner table and watched them eat with a look of indifference, which made people feel somewhat embarrassed.
The eldest lady looked in his direction from time to time, as if she felt the coldness on him, and she didn't dare to ask anything.
Xihe secretly touched him with his elbow, but he asked impatiently, "Why do you keep hitting Benjun with your arm?" ”
She looked at the doubts thrown by everyone, and sneered, "Carelessly, carelessly." ”
At this time, the eldest lady finally got to the point and asked, "Why doesn't Du Gongzi use rice?" Is the food unappetizing? ”
Without waiting for the mountain ghost to answer, Xi He explained for him first, "No, auntie, this friend of mine has recovered from a serious illness not long ago, and he has not had much appetite for the past few days. ”
"How's that going to work? If you are not in good health, you must eat well. ”
She also pretended to be sad and replied, "Hey, I also persuaded him, but he has just recovered from a serious illness, and he has been suffering from minor illnesses all year round, and he is not in good health all the year round. ”
The mountain ghost listened to Xi and a serious nonsense, but he didn't expect that he didn't learn anything in less than a month, but he learned to arrange him.
After the meal, after Xihe helped the eldest mother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, she was about to go back to the room to rest, but she was stopped by the mountain ghost halfway, she blinked and looked at him suspiciously, "Lord mountain ghost, is there something wrong with you?" ”
He just stretched out a hand towards her, his knuckles were clear and slender, and he didn't look like a noble prince, but he was also born as a rich son.
"What do you mean?" She was puzzled.
His expression was a little impatient, and he said coldly, "Medicine." ”
"Medicine?" Xihe was a little stunned, Xue Gu could hear the meaning of her words, the dignified mountain ghost took her words seriously, she pulled the mountain ghost over, and whispered in his ear, "I was afraid that you would be embarrassed, so I casually talked nonsense." ”
Seeing that he still didn't withdraw his hand, she sighed, waved her hand, and said, "Then you go back to the room first and wait, and I'll look for you later." ”
Xihe went back to the room, there was only a bed on the ground and a simple dowry and cabinet, a burning charcoal basin was placed in the middle, at this time there was only Xuegu in the room, she was cleaning up things by the bed, Xihe walked over and took out the bag of squeezed candied fruit from the bag.
Xue Gu saw her walking out, and hurriedly asked, "It's so late, where are you going?" ”
"I'll send something over and I'll be right back."
She looked at the bag in her hand, paused, and replied, "Go and come back." ”
There are few rooms, and the mountain ghost can only get together with Yujingzi for one night, after she knocked on the door and entered, the room was obviously much better than the guest room she had just lived in, and there was only one mountain ghost in the room, sitting at the table and drinking tea.
She closed the door casually, sat down beside him, opened the bag, and said, "I don't usually see that you don't eat much, why do you want to eat tonight?" ”
The mountain ghost pinched a candied fruit from the bag and put it in his mouth, the corners of his mouth were lightly raised, and he said as a matter of course, "Benjun can eat it if he wants, where are there so many reasons." ”
He turned to look at the candied fruit on the table and asked, "Where did you get this candied fruit?" ”
"Of course I bought it."
He thought for a moment, and then asked, "Benjun remembered that you were not greedy for these snacks, why did you suddenly remember to buy candied fruit?" ”
She replied with a smile, "I usually see that you don't eat anything, but when I was at the Fengnan Inn, I was only willing to taste two more bites of this candied fruit, so I brought one with me for you, in case you want to eat it one day, you don't have to look for it all over the street." ”
Her smile crossed his heart inadvertently, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he beckoned to her, motioning her to come closer, and obediently moved over, looking at him for some reason.
I saw the mountain ghost raise a hand and gently rub it at the corner of her eyes, itchy, hot, and looked at the sight, his purple eyes lost their previous coldness and sharpness, but became gentle, like a pool of deep water, with a slight ripple on it, stirring her heartstrings.
At this moment, the door creaked open, and Xihe immediately bounced up from the stool, at that time, his fingers crossed her face, she rubbed the scratched place on her face, took a big step back, and saw Yu Jingzi walking in at the door, and left as if she were running away.
When she returned to the room, Aunt Xue had already lay down, and after sitting in front of the bed with her chest covered for a while, she couldn't resist the sleepiness, yawned, she moved the charcoal basin to the bed, turned over and fell asleep.
She slept so well and comfortably that when she opened her eyes the next day, she thought she was still dreaming.
Everything in the house has changed, and there is no Snow Aunt lying next to her.
The blue-red bed curtain and bed net, the bed under her is a shelf bed made of high-quality blue-red rosewood, the room is not only equipped with sandalwood cabinets and chairs and pear wood makeup, but also a greenwood bookcase in the east-facing direction, and the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are placed on the table in an orderly manner.
She remembered in a trance that there seemed to be a cold wind coming in her hazy sleep last night, but after only a while, it was as warm as ever.
She opened the door and walked out in confusion, and what came into view was a courtyard, there was a lotus pond in the courtyard, the lotus flowers in the pond were fresh, the water in the pool was clear and visible, and suddenly two or three fish passed through the bridge hole, shuttling back and forth in the water.
Xihe walked across the small bridge and walked out of the courtyard, but entered another courtyard, and there were many black-clothed guards patrolling back and forth in this courtyard.
The main hall is not as splendid as the heavenly palace, but covered with a layer of exotic style, the corners of the four sides stand a thick and generous top pillar, the beam is carved with the posture of the dragon wants to fly, the hall is spread with an exotic pattern carpet that is long to the front of the main entrance of the main hall, on which is standing an old man holding a rattan scepter, his eyes are looking ahead, and his mouth is chanting.
Xihe stepped forward and saw that there was a young man in red half-lying on the throne directly above, with one foot on the throne and one hand playing with the ring in his hand, his appearance was clear, and he looked simple and carefree, and this person was the young man Yujingzi she had just met yesterday.
"Your Highness, the spies just came to report, and those two are still trapped in the quicksand formation and have not yet come out."
After the old man finished speaking, Yu Jingzi waved his hand at him, and the old man walked out of the main hall slowly with his scepter.
Most of the two of them were referring to the mountain ghost and Xue Gu, and Xi He thought in her heart that she didn't have time to think about the rights and wrongs of this, and now she had to find the two of them to meet first.
She walked to the main hall, glanced at the cynical Yu Jingzi again, turned around and walked towards the door of the main hall, and when she just stepped out of one foot, a long tail suddenly stretched out from behind her, the tip of the tail was shaped like a maple leaf, wrapped around her waist, and the next moment dragged her back to the person sitting on the throne.
Looking at each other, the boy smiled innocently and innocently, as if he was being bullied, and the tail wrapped around her was his original body, lifting her in mid-air.
He bent his eyebrows, pretended to be puzzled, and asked, "Sister, where are you going?" ”
He could see her, which she didn't expect.
Xihe tried to struggle for a while, but when he couldn't let go, he let go of his hand, looked at the young man half-lying on the throne, and replied, "Don't you know where I'm going?" ”
"Did my sister hear what Wuyu said just now?" He still asked with a smile.
Xihe didn't want to talk to him too much, and said, "Can't you see me?" ”
He could clearly see her every move just now, and finally dragged her back to play as a monkey.
Yukyoko put her on the ground unharmed, retracted the snake's tail, got up and walked up to her, and explained, "I have no ill will towards my sister's friends, I just trapped them in the quicksand formation for the time being. ”
"Why?" She asked.
He replied, "When we get married, I'll let them go." ”
"Married?" She firmly refused, "No way, I won't agree to marry you." ”
She has important things to do, how can she have time to talk about the love of her children here, not to mention, the first ring of fairy rules, the four classes of immortals, demons and demons are forbidden to intermarry.
"Anyway, it was you and my aunt who helped us yesterday, and I want to thank you, but I still have something important to do, please let us go." She said calmly.
Yu Jingzi didn't say anything, just clapped her hands, and a few people came in at the door, led by the "eldest lady" in her mouth, except for the people's clothes, she was dressed in black, and she was followed by two maids, both with their heads bowed, waiting for dispatch.
"Niang, take my sister back to the room, she is not allowed to leave without my order."
The maiden and the two maids made a gesture of commitment, frowned, and said, "What do you mean by this?" I told you I couldn't marry you. ”
Yu Jingzi put away her previous arbitrariness, raised her voice a little, and ordered again, "Mi Niang, please go back." ”
After the lady saluted, she walked to Xihe's side and said, "Miss Xihe, please." ”
Xihe looked out of the hall, she couldn't go, once she left, the things behind her were another variable.
Seeing that she was still unmoved, the young lady said "offended" and reached out to pull Xihe, and in a hurry, she went to pull Yu Jingzi's sleeve, and a purple fan fell from his sleeve.