Under the light moonlight, the mist fills the room, and the peach blossom village in the peach forest is half-hidden and half-hidden, beautiful and graceful, like a shy girl, only when she meets an old friend, she will bloom with a happy smile.

It's still the gorgeous and enchanting peach forest.

It's still a smoky village.

It is still a villager who is surprised by the foreign guests.

Men, women, and children ran out of the house one after another, surrounding Jiang Chen and the three of them in the middle, pointing at them as if they were watching rare birds and beasts.

"Strange! No outsiders have come for hundreds of years, right? ”

"They're all so beautiful! Like the gods in the sky! ”

"yes, yes! This girl is better looking than Qiyan! It must be a fairy descending to earth! ”

In the midst of the uproar, the old village chief stood up again, dismissed the villagers, and asked the three of them about their intentions.

Su Yunqing didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but Jiang Chen and Lin Xi looked at each other.

The scene in front of me is familiar, as if it happened not long ago.

However, these villagers seemed to have no idea of Jiang Chen and the two of them at all, and their curious and surprised eyes seemed to really regard them as strangers who met for the first time.

Jiang Chen's gaze passed over the old village chief and looked towards the village.

Is there a problem with Ben Shaoxia's memory, or is he in the wrong place?

Could it be that in addition to Peach Blossom Village, there is another village surrounded by peach forests?

But if you look closely, the layout of the houses, Qianmo, and fields are exactly the same, and even the cracks on the Peach Blossom God statue are the same as when you left last time, and it is clearly the same Peach Blossom Village.

It's just that people seem to have changed.

Jiang Chen's gaze swept over the villagers, they were indeed all unfamiliar faces, and they had never seen them last time. Even the village chief is not the same person.

It's only been a few days since I last left, what's going on here?

Jiang Chen frowned and asked, "What about Village Chief Zhuge ?" Is he okay with the old man? ”

The villagers all looked at him with inexplicable eyes: "Our village chief's surname is Liu, not Zhuge . Is Childe in the wrong place? ”

"That's right, this is it." Lin Xi was also looking left and right, looking at the village, "...... last time I came"

Seeing that the villagers were becoming more and more confused, Jiang Chen glanced at Lin Xi and stopped her from continuing.

Jiang Chen made up an identity, saying that the three of them were hunters in the forest, and they strayed into this place and wanted to spend the night.

The villagers welcomed them warmly, and they also slaughtered chickens and set up wine to entertain the three distinguished guests who had come from afar.

Sitting by the bonfire, listening to the sound of the villagers barbecuing and dancing, and indulging in laughter, Lin Xi leaned closer to Jiang Chen, lowered his voice and said, "It's so strange, the people I saw today are completely different from the last time I met, where did these people come from?" ”

Jiang Chen had also been observing these villagers, and said softly, "Is it a ghost made by a mirage?" ”

"The mirage shouldn't have recovered so quickly. And, I've double-checked, these people are living people, not ghosts, not illusions......"

"That's weird." Jiang Chen frowned, pondering hard, recalling every bizarre story he had heard, "Could it be that the speed of time here is different from that of the outside world?" We've only been out for a few days, but for the village, decades, even hundreds, have passed, just like the woodcutter who watched the immortals play chess and rot. ”

"That's a bizarre statement......

Su Yunqing interjected and said: "It's not impossible, if this village can become a cave on its own, the flow rate of the long river will indeed be inconsistent with the outside world." But generally speaking, such a small cave sky cannot form an independent river of time, and without the barrier of the world boundary wall, it is difficult to get rid of the influence of the long river of time in the Yunmeng world. So there shouldn't be too much of a gap. ”

"Well, that's right. They had mentioned Qiyan earlier, and she was still the prettiest girl in the village. If a long time passes, even if Qiyan is still alive, he should be very old......"

Seeing Jiang Chen's frowning and thoughtful appearance, Lin Xi gently patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, my supernatural powers can feel the inner emotions of these people, at least they have no malicious intent." As for the truth, I'll wait until midnight, and I'll ask them about it in my dreams. ”

"It's okay......" Jiang Chen sighed softly, temporarily suppressing the question.

Speaking of which, he has a lot of worries about himself, and he doesn't have much energy to worry about other people's affairs.

The smell of barbecue fills the air, strong men beat drums, girls sing old songs, and the bonfire dance begins. The young man invited his favorite object, and the girls also took the initiative to pull up the person they liked and dance happily.

Jiang Chen, who was the protagonist of the banquet, of course, also received many invitations, but they all politely declined.

Su Yunqing's reason is very simple, she doesn't dance with men. Lin Xi said that he was unwell. For these two glamorous beauties, the men didn't dare to stalk them, and left after hitting the wall.

But Jiang Chen was in trouble. The women who invited him came one after another, and after being politely refused, they were unwilling to leave and surrounded him.

"A personable noble son should not refuse a lady's invitation." Su Yunqing whistled gloatingly, "Brother, so many girls are waiting for you, can you bear to live up to their hearts?" ”

Jiang Chen said lightly: "Of course I can't bear it, I also want to dance with them, but after a day of traveling, I now have a sore back and legs, and I walk with a swing, so I really don't have the strength to dance." Or would you, as my brother, accept their invitation on my behalf? ”

"What are these words, they invited you, not me. Brother, you are indifferent to so many girls in front of you, can't you? ”

"You can do it."

"Haha, brother, you confessed ......"

"Yunqing, don't talk nonsense." Lin Xi interrupted Su Yunqing's laughter, "I'm really tired today, let him rest." ”

"Ah Xi, you just spoil him too much, everything is towards him, do you still have to praise him in the future, 'it's cute to be small', 'it's also very powerful in a minute'......"

Lin Xi blushed and punched Su Yunqing: "How can you say such a thing!" ”

"Am I wrong? It's a fact! Su Yunqing waved at the girls helplessly, "It's scattered, Jiang Gongzi can't do it today." ”

The girls gradually dispersed in disappointment.

Looking at their backs, Jiang Chen's heart suddenly moved, and he asked in a ghostly manner, "Where is Miss Qiyan?" Why didn't you see her today? ”

The girls turned their heads in unison and asked in surprise, "How do you know Sister Qiyan?" ”

"Childe was waiting for Qiyan, no wonder he didn't look down on us."

"Sister Qiyan hasn't seen her for a few days, she should have been summoned by the Peach Blossom God, I'm afraid Childe will be disappointed......"

Jiang Chen asked again: "What about Miss Xia Rong?" She's not there either? ”

"Who is Xia Rong? There's no such person in the village! I haven't heard of it. Does any of you know? ”

"I don't know. Did Childe remember wrong? ”

Jiang Chen said the names of Yun Wei, Bizhu, and Hanxiang one by one, but no one knew them.

Lin Xi quietly pinched Jiang Chen: "Okay, don't ask, won't I really be angry?" ”

She was a little lucky, fortunately, she had already made a clear relationship with Jiang Chen today, and she could be jealous openly, otherwise she would not be angry with herself now that there are so many warblers and Yanyan.

As the night wore on, the dance party ended.

There were only a few young people left, still playing around.

Jiang Chen closed his eyes in a daze, silently listening to Lin Xi and Su Yunqing chatting next to him.

"Ah Xi, do you have any feeling that that Venerable Guanyin is very similar to your temperament?"

"Is there one? Are you praising her, or are you praising me? ”

Lin Xi is known as the first beauty in the world, and she is still very confident in her appearance and temperament. Even in the face of Guanyin, who is a celestial and human, she has no timidity.

Su Yunqing admired her beauty intently, and said, "I'm not filming anyone's sycophants, it's really similar." Especially when she frowns, she is carved out of the same mold as you. ”

Lin Xi frowned: "So? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! That's it! It's so similar! ”

Lin Xi thought of Guanyin's sad and delicate beauty with smoke and mist, and suddenly became less confident.

“…… Are you laughing at me? ”

"No, Ah Xi, I definitely didn't mean to mock you, your smile is so beautiful, unique in heaven and on earth! That Venerable Guanyin is just like you, but it's still not as good as you! Okay, don't be angry, let's laugh! ”

"Go away!"

After a burst of fighting, there was suddenly no movement over there.

Jiang Chen suddenly felt a slight heat on his face, and sensed two eyes looking at him.

He opened his eyes and met Su Yunqing's gaze.

Su Yunqing said with a hippie smile: "Brother, how did you become so honest today, and you don't even take advantage of girls?" ”

Jiang Chen looked at her and didn't speak.

Su Yunqing stretched out a white palm and waved it in front of his eyes: "Cheer up, don't put on this decadent appearance of overindulgence!" Look at you, Ah Xi is worried about you, as a man, even if you pretend, you have to pretend to be strong for me, okay? ”

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern." Jiang Chen said coldly.

"Since it's good, don't be alone in a daze, come to the barbecue with us!" Su Yunqing ignored Jiang Chen's protest and stuffed a wooden stick with a piece of meat into his hand, "Reward you with a piece of meat, roast it yourself!" ”

"I'm not hungry......"

"If you're not hungry, bake it for me."

Jiang Chen was in no mood to quarrel with her, and held the wooden stick absentmindedly.

Suddenly, it was dark in front of him, but it was Su Yunqing who leaned over and blocked the fire: "Brother, I found that when you are crying and mourning, it is quite pleasing to the eye, a bit like a poet, that is, the kind that is full of complaints and depression." ”

"Yes." Jiang Chen didn't refute.

Su Yunqing felt like she had punched cotton, and this feeling of scolding people and not returning the mouth was also very boring.

She pushed Jiang Chen's arm: "Brother, what do you think of Venerable Guanyin?" ”

"How's that?"

"Looks, temperament, temperament......"

"Better looking than you, and gentler than you."

Su Yunqing was not angry, but asked with interest: "So how does it compare to Ah Xi?" ”

"Compared with Miss Lin?" Jiang Chen glanced at Lin Xi and replied, "It's hard to say." ”

"Why can't you say it?" Lin Xi couldn't help but speak.

She looked at Jiang Chen as she spoke, made eye contact with him, and immediately drifted away.

"Each has its own merits." Jiang Chen replied vaguely.

Lin Xi was not satisfied with this answer, and still needed to be asked, but Su Yunqing said at this time: "Then do you think that she is a little similar to Ah Xi in temperament?" ”

Under the expectant gaze of the two, Jiang Chen pondered for a moment and said, "It's a bit similar." ”

"Where is it like, why don't I feel like it?" Lin Xi asked suspiciously.

"There are some similarities in temperament." After Jiang Chen finished speaking, he looked down at the barbecue in his hand, and began to be stunned again.

Lin Xi waited for a long time and didn't see anything to follow, and asked dissatisfiedly: "You tell me clearly, what point do I look like that iceberg beauty?" ”

Seeing that Jiang Chen was still silent, she angrily poked Jiang Chen's arm with the wooden stick in her hand: "You say! ”

Su Yunqing also shouted: "Brother, Ah Xi asked you something, you turned a deaf ear, it's too rude!" ”

Jiang Chen came back to his senses by the quarrel between the two of them, remembered the previous question, frowned and looked at Lin Xi carefully, and said, "You are a little more bright and angry than her, but your eyes are very similar." ”

Lin Xi laughed: "According to this, if I become a nun and study the Dharma hard, I will become another Venerable Guanyin in the future?" ”

Jiang Chen nodded. saw Su Yunqing and said, "Ah Xi, don't listen to his nonsense." You're so beautiful, what a pity! ”

"What's there to be sorry for? Isn't that Venerable Guanyin also beautiful? ”

"Ah Xi, I understand, you want to be Guanyin! But I heard that the Jade Maiden of the Futu Sect has already been chosen, and if you go to compete now, I'm afraid that you will be a little older......"

"Wow! You dare to call me old! ”

Listening to the two women's play, Jiang Chen's thoughts slowly precipitated, and he once again remembered the haunting morning light.

Are those familiar friends okay now?

Thinking of the cold words from Venerable Jizo's mouth, Jiang Chen's heart felt a wave of irritability.

Even the warm flames jumping in front of him could not dispel the gloom between the eyebrows. That emotion slowly gnawed at his bone marrow, gloomy, and made him feel the pain of cutting flesh with a blunt knife.

He unconsciously clenched his fists, his fingers clenched white.

Suddenly, a soft palm rested on his right arm, regaining some consciousness.

"The meat is already cooked. Don't you eat it? ”

Jiang Chen came back to his senses, and what caught his eye was Lin Xi's concerned face.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, barely squeezed out a smile, and said, "I'm not hungry." ”

"Then give it to me, I just haven't eaten enough." Lin Xi took the wooden stick as he spoke, and slapped his left hand lightly on his arm a few times.

Her palms seemed to have a serene power, and the mania, restlessness, and anxiety in Jiang Chen's heart were slowly smoothed out with her gentle movements.

"I'll accompany you back to the dawn." Lin Xi said softly.

Jiang Chen raised his head, he looked at the beautiful face that was close at hand, he smelled a faint fragrance on the tip of his nose, and another kind of heat suddenly surged in his heart.

The cool breeze entangled the girl's long satin-like hair, and the green silk was scattered in the night sky, and her beautiful smile made the night gentle and affectionate.

Lin Xi met his gaze, her heart pounding, and she clearly felt the blazing flame in the young man's eyes.

That is the most primitive flame of human beings, the most instinctive desires.

The two of them stared at each other stupidly, and for a while, it seemed that only each other was left in their eyes, getting closer and closer.

At this time, Su Yunqing's voice sounded suddenly, breaking this beautiful tranquility: "Ah Xi, aren't you full, you didn't even want the piece of meat I roasted for you just now!" ”

Lin Xi came back to his senses, his peach cheeks were dizzy, and he said angrily: "I'm hungry again now, okay?" ”

"No, this kid is all baked, how can you eat this kind of pig food......"

Listening to the two of them arguing, Jiang Chen tugged at the corners of his mouth and slowly lowered his head. The crackling flames brought warmth, and his mind drifted away with the fluttering elf.

"Yunqing, no matter how bad Jiang Shaoxia's skills are, you shouldn't compare it to pig food, Jiang Shaoxia has also worked hard to roast for most of the day......"

"Roasted like this, it's for people to eat, I think only his own pig can eat it!"

"I can eat it!"

Su Yunqing shook her head and sighed: "Ah Xi, you are too deeply poisoned." ”

"I'd love to!"

Lin Xi said and took a big bite of meat, chewed it a few times, and suddenly coughed violently.

Su Yunqing and Jiang Chen hurriedly helped her with one left and one right, and Su Yunqing complained again.

After such a toss, I am not in the mood to barbecue anymore. A handsome girl named Cai Die led the three of them to their residences and settled them in their bedrooms.

Jiang Chen sat on the bed, had just taken off his coat, suddenly frowned, and looked at the door.

"What are you doing, like being a thief?"

The person outside the door didn't make a sound, gently pushed the door open a thin crack, and threw a small paper ball in, which happened to fall into Jiang Chen's hands.

Such a precise technique can only be done by Su Yunqing.

The crack in the door slowly closed again, and Su Yunqing slipped away after throwing the paper ball.

Jiang Chen opened the paper ball, and there was a simple scribbled map drawn on it, which was the distribution of houses in Peach Blossom Village, and one place was circled with a thick pen, and the words "Nian Qiu" were written.

Nianqiu should be a delicate and lovely girl, Jiang Chen has no impression. Today he rejected all the women, and he didn't have a chance to learn more about them.

Why did Su Yunqing send Nianqiu's address? Do you want Ben Shaoxia to be a flower thief in the middle of the night?

Jiang Chen looked carefully again and found a few small words on the edge of the paper ball:

Si Jun Shen, three watches.

The moon is bent and the night lingers.

The font is beautiful, but it is very small, and the pen is inadvertently curved, which shows that when writing these words, the girl's mood is also very nervous, shy and contradictory, afraid of being seen through her heart, and afraid that Jiang Chen will not see it.

Jiang Chen slowly closed the paper ball and sighed softly.

The invitation of the beautiful woman boxing, I am afraid that I can only live up to it.

Jiang Chen put the paper ball under the pillow, undressed, lay flat, and fell asleep.

After a tiring day, I was extremely exhausted, and I fell asleep almost at the same time as I closed my eyes.