The summer of the eighth year of King Mu of the Great Zhou Dynasty was not as hot as last year, and as soon as the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, there was some coolness in the morning and evening. After a summer of suffocation in this Biyong Pavilion, Xizi and Ya Li had long wanted to find an opportunity to go out for a walk, and seeing that the weather was not so hot, they pondered about going out for an autumn outing during the next ten holidays.

After lunch class on this day, my son went to the public kitchen in the museum to make an appointment to wash rice water and prepare for the evening bath. As soon as she returned to the dormitory, she was pulled by Ya Li excitedly and said to her: "Xizi Xizi, my mother told me that near Youjing, there is a Haoyang Mountain, and the north side of the mountain is a cliff, and there is a kind of vermilion fruit in the cliff, which tastes sweet and ripens around the autumn equinox every year. Whenever the Zhu fruit is ripe, there are sacred birds flying from Di Mountain and Wuyu Mountain from Zhu to eat Zhu Guo at the peak of the sunshine of the day. When the bird is full of fruit, it will dance happily. My mother said that when she was young and traveling, she saw Zhu Qi dancing in Haoyang Mountain, which was very beautiful. I asked someone, Haoyang Mountain is less than three miles away from us, let's go to Haoyang Mountain for an autumn trip after two days of vacation, okay? I can't see the birds dancing! ”

Hearing that there is such a good place, Xizi is also happy, and the two of them talk together for a long time, from the scenery on the road to the food to be prepared, and finally talk about the dance of the vermilion bird, and they are full of expectations for this autumn trip.

As soon as the day of the holiday arrived, Xizi and Ya Li took leave from Mr. and set off for Haoyang Mountain early.

The autumn sky is extraordinarily high, with thin clouds floating in the clear blue sky, and the wind blowing has the smell of autumn. The fields are full of unknown wildflowers, and there is no end in sight. The two men walked along the trail in the wilderness, playing with butterflies and hares on the side of the road from time to time. He picked the wildflowers on the roadside, made two garlands and put them on his head, and Yali jumped and screamed happily. Freed from the constraints of the Biyong Pavilion, two young girls are like two brisk butterflies, fluttering on this vast and uninhabited field.

The two of them were playing around, and after a little half a day, they arrived at the foot of Haoyang Mountain. The north side of Haoyang Mountain is a cliff, fortunately the south slope is very gentle, the two of them slowly go up the mountain along the south slope, and at the beginning of the afternoon, they found a piece of red vermilion fruit on the cliff that is almost to the top of the mountain. The two of them found a place with a good view closest to Zhu Guocong, and then quietly crouched down and quietly waited for the arrival of the divine bird from Zhu. At this time, the sunlight on the mountain was already a little vicious, and the "source" pattern on the crow's shoulder lit up slightly, and a thin mist shrouded the two of them, which not only resisted the rays of the sun, but also concealed the human breath on the two of them.

By three o'clock in the afternoon, the sun had risen overhead, and sure enough, a large fiery red bird flew over, hovering over the clump of vermilions, as if to check the surroundings. Seeing that there was really a divine bird flying, Xizi and Ya Li glanced at each other happily, holding their breath and not making a sound. The big bird circled a few times, and then landed on the stone platform between the cliffs, pacing back and forth, left and right. As the bird paced, it walked squarely and majesticly, as if a king was patrolling his territory. After pacing for a while, it approached the clump of vermilion and began to peck at it.

Xizi looked intently, only to see that the bird was the size of a pheasant, there was a bright red crown on the head, the color was like blood, the feathers of the whole body were red, and there were three long tail feathers on the tail, the color was fiery red and gorgeous, very good-looking. The most amazing thing is that the vermilion bird is surrounded by a circle of red flames, which are not very visible in the sunlight, but they are very distinct in the shadows of the cliffs.

After pecking at the vermilion bird for a while, Zhu Guo seemed to be full, and let out a clear chirp with satisfaction, and then flew into the air and danced among the cliffs. From the vermilion bird in the air suddenly, flying and circling, the body is agile and elegant, the dance posture is soft and majestic, only to see a flame dancing between the cliffs, the beauty of its dance can not be described in the language of the world. Seeing the beauty of this world, Xizi and Ya Li were excited and nervous, and their hands were clenched together, not daring to make a sound, for fear of disturbing the dance of the divine bird.

Li Zhu flew in the bird air for a while, and then landed on the stone platform and danced on one foot, and the long tail feathers drew a series of fiery red afterimages in the rotation, which was very beautiful. Away from the vermilion bird, it seemed that he was dizzy by himself, and gradually turned slower and slower, and finally his body shook, staggered from side to side, and fell to the ground without moving.

Leaving the Vermilion Bird lying on the ground, the flames on his body were extinguished. Xizi and Ya Li looked at each other, and their eyes were full of doubt. The son leaned close to Ya Li's ear and whispered, "What's the matter?" Is the Vermilion Bird full of food and drink, tired of dancing and dancing, and taking a nap? Ya Li shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

The two were puzzled, when suddenly a rope hung down from the top of the cliff, and a figure descended from the rope and landed beside the vermilion bird. Xizi saw that this person's figure was very familiar, and when he turned his face, Xizi let out a low shout, this person was actually Zhong Qi.

Ya Li asked, "It's Zhong Qi, why is he here, what is he doing here?" ”

The son said blankly: "I don't know......"

I saw Zhong Qi cautiously approaching the Lizhuniao, probing in front of the Lizhuniao with his hand, and seeing that the flames had indeed disappeared, he carefully picked up the Lizhuniao, took out a silver needle in his right hand, and was about to pierce the bird's crown.

Seeing this situation, the son couldn't bear it anymore, and appeared and shouted: "Stop! Zhong Qi, what are you going to do? ”

Zhong Qi was engrossed in his attention, and was startled when he heard someone suddenly speaking out next to him. He turned his head and saw that it was Xizi and Ya Li, a little surprised, and asked, "Hey, why are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Ya Li asked, "Don't ask us yet, tell me what you're doing here?" ”

Zhong Qi pointed to the Lizhuniao in his hand and said, "I want to take some of the blood of the Lizhuniao." ”

"Nonsense!" Hearing this, the son said angrily: "Lizhu is a divine bird, you can't hurt it!" ”

Zhong Qi said: "I just take a small bit, and I won't hurt its life." ”

"That's not going to work either!"

Zhong Qi saw that his eyebrows were frowning, and his phoenix eyes were wide open, although he couldn't see the appearance behind the mask, he must have a face full of anger. He was shocked by the momentum of his son, and he was a little ignorant for a while.

Ya Li was very curious and asked, "What are you taking its blood for?" What is it used for? ”

"This ......" Zhong Qi said a little crampedly, "I can't tell you clearly for a while......"

Ya Li asked again: "Did you faint this Lizhu Bird?" ”

Zhong Qi said: "It didn't faint, it just fell asleep." ”

Ya Li was curious again: "How did you do it?" ”

Zhong Qi said: "I soaked this piece of vermilion fruit in wine for two hours in the morning, and when I was drunk from eating the fruit, I fell asleep. ”

Ya Li was surprised: "Yo, two hours, then you can come early enough." What are you trying to do? ”

Zhong Qi was about to speak, when he suddenly felt some movement in the Vermilion Bird in his hand, as if he was about to wake up, he hurriedly said, "I have limited time, so I won't tell you first." As he spoke, he stabbed the bird with a silver needle.

Seeing that Zhong Qi still wanted to hurt Lizhu Bird, she and Ya Li couldn't pass across the mountain stream for a while, so she eagerly picked up a small pebble and threw it at Zhong Qi, shouting, "Hey, stop!" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhong Qi had already opened the protective prohibition on his body before he came down, and as soon as the stone flew in front of Zhong Qi, a burst of blue forbidden light appeared around Zhong Qi's body, and the stone was bounced away. This pebble is small and light, it is forbidden to bounce back, and it is hitting the forehead of the son impartially, and the son has made a red mark on the forehead with an "ah".

Zhong Qi saw that the stone thrown by her son was restrained and bounced back by herself, but injured herself, and exclaimed, "Ah, this ...... This is really unbearable......" He spoke, but his hands did not stop, and he quickly took the blood from the crown of the vermilion bird, and after doing it, he took out a little wound medicine from his arms and smeared it on the crown of the bird, and then gently put the bird back on the ground.

The son covered the place where he was hit on the head, tears rolling in his eyes, and he didn't know if it was because of pain or anger. But the son of the child was born, and he stiffened up not to let the tears flow, just stood in place and stared straight at Zhong Qi. Zhong Qi was a little at a loss when he saw this, his mouth opened and closed, closed and opened, opened and closed but couldn't say anything. Ya Li looked at Xizi and then at Zhong Qi, showing a helpless expression, and did not speak knowingly.

Zhong Qi hesitated in place for a while, the wings of the Vermilion Bird on the ground moved, Zhong Qi gritted his teeth, turned his head and climbed onto the rope, and climbed to the top of the cliff.

As soon as Zhong Qi left, the tears of the Xizi finally flowed, Ya Li gently unmasked the Xizi, helped her wipe away the tears, and asked distressedly, "Does it hurt?" Xizi shook his head. Ya Li said hatefully: "Zhong Qi, this kid, wait for us to go back and clean him up!" ”

Ya Li was about to speak again, and suddenly saw the Lizhu bird on the ground flutter a few times, and slowly stood up from the ground. Xizi hurriedly made a silent gesture, and the two of them lowered their bodies again.

I saw that the bird shook his head, and seemed to be a little dazed, and he didn't understand why he fell asleep. Away from the vermilion bird retracted its wings, and majestically paced back and forth twice, seeing that there was nothing unusual around, it spread its wings, soared into the air, and gradually flew away.

"This time, it's finally all ......" Zhong Qi sat on the branch of the "Danlin", looking at the slanting sun in the distance, and felt a little stable in his heart. But suddenly, the tearful and angry appearance of Xizi jumped out of Zhong Qi's brain, adding a trace of boredom to his heart.

Zhong Qi was thinking nonsense, and suddenly heard the sound of someone going up the mountain, Zhong Qi looked at it, and it turned out to be a son who climbed up the mountain. Zhong Qi, as usual, hid his body among the branches and leaves, waiting for his son to climb his own tree. But after waiting for a while, there was no movement to climb the tree. Zhong Qi looked under the tree, and Xizi was standing under the tree "Danlin", staring angrily at his hiding place with his waist crossed.

Zhong Qi was shocked, did she find out that I was here? Zhong Qi was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, and he didn't dare to take a breath of the atmosphere. After a while, he still didn't see Xizi talking, Zhong Qi couldn't bear it anymore, and was about to jump off the tree to apologize to Xizi, but saw Xizi turn around and leave without saying a word.

"Alas, is it right or wrong for me to do this......" Zhong Qi looked at the sunset and came to his senses in a daze.