On the way back to the inn, Wei Yingdian's mood was obviously very different from when he came, no surprise and care, more calm and relieved, and even faintly showed some signs of sudden enlightenment, just like Zhu Yihou lost his heart and got the score, and Deng Fuqing swallowed his heart and gave birth to his arms.

Qi Jingzhi saw it in his eyes, and knew that although Wei Yingdian said that the reincarnation was really illusory, he actually believed it in his heart, and then recalled his words and deeds today, he knew that this old man clearly did not tell all the details of the sacrifice in the dream, but had expected the matter of the jujube concubine from the beginning, and this trip was just to verify one or two.

Originally, Qi Jingzhi was still suspicious of the child who pried the door at night to deliver dates, suspecting that it was the jujube woman who raised spirits and used strange arts to fake reincarnation to deceive people of money, but since Wei Yingdian has such an understanding that even monks would envy, whether this trip was deceived or not, but there is no need to investigate it deeply.

The three of them rode in an ox cart and wandered all the way back to the town of Qu'a. When settling the bill for the coachman, Wei Yingdian, who had been out of the way, suddenly remembered that he was penniless, so he had to look at Qi Jingzhi with an embarrassed face.

Because he didn't eat in the morning, Wei Yingdian's master and servant were already hungry, so they immediately pulled Qi Jingzhi to find a wine shop next to the river beach.

After sitting down, Wei Yingdian beckoned Xiao Er to cut meat and sell wine, and at the same time glanced at his little servant, asking him to go back to the inn to get the money quickly, and said that he would not allow Brother Qi, who had worked hard, to break the bank again.

Qi Jingzhi is naturally indispensable, seeing that Xiao Er brought up the same Qu'a Yellow Wine, he couldn't help but feel moved, and immediately put the jujube bag on the table and opened it, and used it as a wine accompaniment.

"Jun buried the mud and bones under the spring, and I sent the world full of snow."

Seeing this jujube bag, Wei Yingdian, who had already packed up his mood, couldn't help but sigh again: "The foolish brother asked himself if it was not a seed of infatuation, but when he thought back to what he saw today, he couldn't help but feel related. Everyone in the world is hungry and hungry under the spring, and the ghosts can't eat, so they pay special attention to the incense of their heirs. Thirty-one years after the death of the jujube woman, there are still people who burn incense at night and offer him a meal of jujubes, but after his own death, I don't know who else can remember her......

"Brother Wei can pity the poor and the elderly, which shows that there is a benevolent heart in his chest. What is going on under the spring, the world will not know after all, my brother also said before, once the body is dead, the front edge is abandoned, my generation will do its best, and ask for a clear conscience."

Qi Jingzhi's parents died early, and at this moment, he couldn't help but feel emotional, his eyes swept over his right arm, and he thought of the two supernatural jujube trees, the child who gave the jujube and the otter girl who beat the jujube, knowing that even if the jujube girl died one day, he may not be without "people" to worry about.

Thinking of this, the young man paused, and then whispered again, "If you don't forget, there will be an echo."

Wei Yingdian's eyes lit up when he heard this, he chewed these eight words, and couldn't help but stroke his palms and exclaimed: "The virtuous brother is high, and the foolish brother is not as good!" Life is like a hundred years, and those who can stay in their hearts for a long time are not just such ideas?"

With that, he reached into the jujube pouch and took one out of his mouth and put it in his mouth, biting it with a clattering sound.

Qi Jingzhi looked at it in his eyes, and couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, only to feel that this old man was really as he said, and Lotte knew his fate very much.

The young man also reached out and took a date, opened his mouth and bit it, it was really crisp and sweet, and there was a faint aroma of wine lingering between his teeth.

The two of them immediately pushed the cup and changed the cup with this bag of dates, and only drank two bowls, and suddenly heard a noise outside the wine shop from far and near.

Qi Jingzhi turned his head to look out the window, and saw a linen straw sandal, energetic old man walking slowly past the door, and many people behind him were carrying empty fish baskets and empty wooden barrels to follow, including the guys from the inn where he was staying.

He and Wei Yingdian glanced at each other, and they both remembered the strange news that they heard from the boatman yesterday that there was only an old man selling fish here and not waiting for noon.

Then he saw the old man pacing slowly with his hands behind his back and a low stool in his hand.

When he passed by the door of the wine shop, he suddenly paused, untied the wine gourd on his waist, threw it to Xiao Er, who was already waiting by the door, and said, "Wine is still the old rule, as for the snacks...... Take a roast chicken."

The old man stood in front of the door and did not leave, and the people behind him also stopped, without the slightest hint of impatience.

"Wait a minute, Otter Male!"

The second child promised one

sound, legs and feet quickly ran back to the kitchen, and soon came out, carrying a wine gourd and an oiled paper bag in one hand, and an empty fish basket in the other, consciously following behind Lao Suo.

Seeing this, Qi Jingyi grabbed the jujube sac, glanced at Wei Yingdian again, and then stood up in unison.

Wei Yingdian even greeted the other end of the counter, pointed to the rice wine on the table, and asked the store to keep it for a few people, the shopkeeper of the wine shop didn't seem to be surprised, and he didn't hesitate at all.

The two of them walked out of the door and followed the others to a rocky beach near the river.

Qi Jingzhi noticed that there were several caves scattered in the rock crevices near the river beach, and a large and colorful feather was inserted outside each cave.

Qi Jingzhi is very familiar with this kind of feather, which should be the pheasant tail, that is, the tail of the pheasant in the mountains.

Lao Suo still paced unhurriedly, plucked the pheasant tails one by one, and shouted softly twice.

When the cave was neutral, many small blue-black beasts came out, and their appearance was similar to the otter girl that Qi Jingzhi had only seen.

There were always seventeen or eighteen of these little ones, and as soon as they came out of the hole, they threw themselves at the old man like joy, or pulled the hem of his trousers, or climbed the hem of his clothes, and kept circling around him, like a family dog.

Lao Suo played with the otters for a moment, and then coughed and pointed to the river not far away.

As soon as the little ones heard the military order, they immediately formed a long queue, walked to the river one by one, and jumped into the water.

Seeing this, Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but suddenly, no wonder the little two called this old man "Otter Gong".

He stared at it for a moment, and saw that this person was not as special as a man in the prime of life, except for his vigorous blood, and the dozen or so otters had an ordinary breath, which was far from the otter girl.

I saw that the otter found a flat place and put a low stool on the spot, and then waved his hand, and the wine shop Xiaoer immediately ran over and presented him with a wine gourd and a roast chicken wrapped in oiled paper.

The otter sat down as if no one was around, spread out the oiled paper bag on the ground in front of him, tore off a chicken leg, opened his mouth and bit a large piece of it, and while chewing happily, he opened the wine gourd, and raised his head to take a sip.

The aroma of meat and wine wafted away, and Wei Yingdian immediately thundered with hunger.

He rubbed his stomach a little distressedly, and immediately walked to the side of Xiao Er in the wine shop and gave a few orders.

The little second hesitated slightly, then handed the fish basket in his hand to Wei Yingdian, and he ran towards the way he came.

Wei Yingdian came back with the fish basket, and nodded at the otter who was eating and drinking not far away, and laughed in a low voice: "I'll let that little er send two copies over in the same way, and you and I will follow the example of this otter, with green mountains and green waters everywhere, and white wine and yellow chicken when you come!"

He said and suddenly patted his head again: "Wrong, wrong, it should be rice wine and white chicken in front of you!"

Unexpectedly, although Wei Yingdian's voice was soft, the otter's ears were very smart, and when he heard the sound, he turned around and smiled: "The white hair of the smile is still entangled, and the red dust is not the fisher!"

He paused, raised the wine gourd in his hand and agreed slightly towards Wei Yingdian, and continued: "In the eyes of the old man, the words of these predecessors are naturally good words, and the two of them are undoubtedly wonderful! If you don't dislike it, wouldn't it be nice to come down and have a few sips and talk and laugh!"

Wei Yingdian was stunned when he heard this, and immediately raised his eyebrows: "Haha, I don't want to be on the river beach of this water town, there is such a hidden and virtuous man as the otter duke, our brother dares to disobey his fate!"

He immediately dragged Qi Jing to the river beach, and before he wanted to pay a salute, he heard the otter man say, "Don't hold on to those vulgar etiquette, otherwise you won't be able to eat this meal."

As he spoke, he handed the wine gourd in his hand to Wei Yingdian, and a pair of deep eyes seemed to turn around Qi Jingzhi's body unintentionally.

Wei Yingdian couldn't take care of this, he hurriedly thanked him, took the wine gourd wine and took a sip without hesitation, nodded and exclaimed, "This rice wine in Qu Ah Town is really not bad!"

As he spoke, he stared at the roast chicken in front of the otter again. Chinese Net

The corners of Qi Jingzhi's mouth curled slightly, and he handed the jujube bag in his hand to the otter: "Old man, this jujube can also be paired with wine, can you change a chicken leg for my brother?"

"Oh

？ It's from the jujube woman's family......

The otter glanced at the jujube sac, and immediately nodded happily: "What can't be changed, the two of you will eat and drink with me!"

"Brother Xian still knows me! Otter, you're welcome, wait for the wine and meat I want to arrive, and I will definitely return it twice!"

Wei Yingdian laughed, stuffed the wine gourd into Qi Jingzhi's hand, turned his head to look around, and moved two fairly smooth stones.

He sat down on a piece by himself and left a piece for Qi Jingzhi, and then he didn't have any politeness, and ripped off the remaining chicken leg and gnawed it.

Qi Jingzhi also sat down, and seeing that Wei Yingdian was eating too quickly, he had to hand the wine gourd back to him, reached out and took a date, put it in his mouth and chewed it slowly.

Wei Yingdian hurriedly poured a big sip, and immediately exclaimed: "There is roast chicken to accompany it, and this wine is actually three points mellow to drink!" The otter will really enjoy it!"

Hearing this, the otter also smiled, and said leisurely: "As the saying goes, rice is the meat in the wine, koji is the bone in the wine, and water is the blood in the wine.

"Oh? I would like to hear about it!" Wei Yingdian cushioned his hunger, and his spirit recovered a little, and he couldn't help but ask curiously.

The otter threw away the chicken bones in his hand, and also took a jujube in his hand, and ate it while counting the treasures: "First of all, the meat in this wine, the local glutinous rice is abundant, the grain is large and full, the flavor is sticky, and the white is like jade, which is naturally suitable for making wine. In addition, the barley malt is also made from the best red-skinned wheat in the left, and the aroma is rich, which is also a good product."

Wei Yingdian immediately nodded in agreement: "Xunyang County has a mild climate and abundant rainfall, and the farmland around Qu'a is irrigated by water from a river and a lake, and the rice and wheat grown are definitely not bad."

"Well, you're a knowledgeable person!"

The otter praised it, and then said, "Finally, there is blood in this wine, and this is the most important thing. Speaking of it is still related to Naqu Ahou Lake, a few years ago when digging a depression for the lake, Ding Zhuang dug out an ancient well on an unknown age on an unknown hill, and the inscription is *** spring, the spring water in the well is similar to milk, sweet and cold ice teeth. The princes of the county were amazed, and tried to order someone to make wine from it, and it was very mellow!"

"So the princes couldn't bear to destroy it, so they kept the *** ancient well and the hillock, and now it has become a small island in the lake. Since then, the finest Qu'a yellow wine has been brewed with *** spring water in the ancient well. Because of this, this wine has become a famous wine in the county in just one or two years, and even famous in the whole Junzhou. If it weren't for the inconvenience of transporting water in the lake and the lack of rice wine production, it would be famous!"

"I see!"

Wei Yingdian listened leisurely: "Although it is the ancestral home of Xunyang, I haven't returned to my hometown for a long time, and I don't even know about such hometown customs, it's really ashamed!"

Qi Jingzhi also sighed with emotion when he heard it, a Qu'ahou Lake not only changed the topography and water potential, but also affected the livelihood of many people in the left and near, and the luck was connected and infected with each other.

There seems to be a great mystery hidden in this, but unfortunately he has not dabbled in this way, and he really can't understand anything, if Liu Muzhi is here, maybe he will be able to go further.

In the midst of his thoughts, Qi Jingzhi suddenly heard the rumbling of the river, and immediately turned his head to look, and saw that the dozen or so otters had already held the live fish in the river with their claws in their mouths, and they were emerging on the bank of the river one after another.

After these little guys came ashore, they suddenly divided into four teams, each occupying the south, east, west, and northwest, and placed the freshly caught river fish neatly on the ground, and they themselves lined up in rows, holding their two front paws in front of their chests, and quietly looking up at the sky.

What's even more amazing is that those river fish are obviously still alive, but they are motionless, and they have no intention of running away or resisting.

"Huh? Is there an otter offering at this time of year?" Wei Yingdian suddenly let out a startled sigh.

Without waiting for the reed lord and Qi Jingzhi to respond, the former Rite Lang Zhong had already begun to shake his head and chant: "The Book of Rites: The Moon Order" has clouds, the moon of Meng Chun, the east wind thaws, the stinging insects begin to vibrate, the fish are on the ice, the otter sacrifices the fish, and the wild goose comes."

"According to this saying, the otter sacrifice should be in the month of Meng Chun, when the ice breaks and the fish comes out, the most tender and fat, the otter will eat it, first sacrifice also! As the saying goes, there is an otter dejia fish, which calls itself

Heaven see mercy. Don't dare to eat first, hold the scales and look at Qingxuan! But now that it's autumn, how can you still see the otter sacrifice?"

Hearing this, the otter was stunned at first, and then laughed: "This is a big mistake! Otters are ferocious by nature and take pleasure in killing, and when they eat fish, they tend to take only one or two bites of each fish and then discard them.

"Although these dozen or so have been domesticated by me, they no longer dare to kill or eat fish without permission, but the problem of the accumulation of fish has been retained, and it looks more like that. To put it bluntly, this otter sacrifice is just a result of their beastly nature, so where will there be any season?"

Hearing this, Wei Yingdian refused to believe it: "But this matter is recorded in many books, for example, in the book "Piya", it is also said that the otter beast, the genus of the white tiger in the West, is like a fox and small, blue-black, with skin like wings. Are all these books written wrong?"

The smile on the face of the otter did not decrease, and he shook his head firmly, "You are reading books to death! As the saying goes, it is better to believe in a book than to have no book......

As he spoke, he reached out and tore off a chicken wing, and handed it to Qi Jingzhi: "This little brother, do you say this is the reason?"

Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi withdrew his gaze from the little guys by the river, and the hazy background in his eyes quietly disappeared.

The young man turned his head, stretched out his hand to take the chicken wings, and smiled at Lao Suo: "I have never seen an otter anywhere else, so I dare not say anything. But these in front of me are clearly sacrificing the blue sky and loess below, and the Xunjiang River in front and the back in the back...... You otter!"