Yinzhen has always been tired of meat, only ate two bites of elbow tendons and stopped eating, listening to this confused-looking little ghost talking, wiped his hands and smiled: "Little monkey, you are too clever, what do you know?" ”

"I've heard a lot of this kind of story!" Kan'er didn't open his eyelids, gnawed on the pig's trotters with interest, and said, "You just need to be too detailed." The son fell into distress and the lady rescued her, you changed it to the prince and the refugee girl rescued her, and the prince must have taken a fancy to Xiaofu Xiaolu. The clan did not follow, and the prince was killed. The prince ran out, sent troops to this place, rescued these two girls, and took them as wives. Then go back to Beijing and get rid of the sycophants and sharp-headed insects who escaped by boat one by one like chopping melons and vegetables—isn't it? ”

Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that he was a little out of shape tonight: What are you doing talking about this in front of these people? He gritted his white teeth and smiled, stopped speaking, pondered on the fire, and after a long time, he took a breath and said: "It's been too long, it's just a matter of talking, why do you have to ask in the end?" "The fourth master is really!" "Tell me a half-story, will we be able to sleep tonight?" Yin Zhen smiled: "You only guessed a small half right." The prince just got along with Xiao Lu, but no one knew it. After the water receded, he held his stomach and returned to Beijing, wanting to ask the dirty official. Unexpectedly, upon inquiry, Amaterasu was swept into the boat called Uzumaki, and no one was left alive. ”

"That's it? What about Xiaofu Xiaolu? Cui'er, who had been immersed in the story, stared at Yinzhen and asked.

Yin Zhen lowered his head deeply, and said for a long time: "What happened to Xiaofu Xiaolu, I don't know. I just want to make up this story to say that the things of the world are not the same thing as what is said in the drum words...... If you really want to know, I'll tell you when I'm done. A few children blinked, meaning that they wanted to ask, but Dai Duo said: "It's late, Ming'er has to hurry, let's rest early." After that, he spread the felt on the beach for Yinzhen, and the dog had to pack up his bags.

But this night Yinzhen lost sleep, lying on the felt mat and looking at the dark blue sky and stars. Gao Fu'er knew his thoughts very well, and stayed by the side and said softly: "Fourth master, you are sleepy, don't think about things in your heart, and you will fall asleep after a while." Yinzhen didn't squeak, but sat up, because he saw that Dai Duo didn't sleep, so he said, "You didn't sleep either?" The three children are fine, they all slept soundly - childlike innocence, childlike innocence can no longer be obtained. Dai Duo smiled and said: "If you don't sleep, how can a slave sleep?" Don't worry if you can't sleep, just think that you can sleep well in the car tomorrow, and you will fall asleep after a while. ”

"Ming'er, let's go our separate ways." Yin Zhen hugged his knees and said, "I took the dog Kan'er to the west road in casual clothes to see the Yellow River embankment in Gaojiayan upstream." You will go to Huai'an with a grain truck, and then you will meet in Tongcheng. Dai Duo and Gao Fu'er looked at each other in surprise, but neither dared to refuse. Dai Duo smiled and said, "In this case, I will bring a few personal soldiers to escort the fourth master." Yin Zhen looked up and thought about it, and sighed: "It's a pity that the monk didn't go out of Beijing with me." With him here, there is no need for you to be placed in a snake, snake and scorpion - I want to go slightly, bring so many people to ......" Before he finished speaking, Kan'er turned over and said: "The road from here to Gaojiayan for a day, after Gaojiayan, the Pingchuan is full of people." I can't have an accident with the fourth master of the dog! Yin Zhen smiled: "That's the case, this thousand miles of red land is too flooded, and there will be thieves who cut the path?" Let's be careful. Although Dai Duo and Gao Fu'er felt that it was inappropriate, but Yinzhen's temperament was like a mountain and could not be violated, and he didn't dare to reply at the moment, the two of them pretended to be a little relieved, and discussed secretly in the distance for a long time, and decided that Gao Fuer would take ten Goshha to follow him from afar and protect him secretly, so he could come back with confidence.

Early the next morning, Yinzhen took the dog Kan'er, led a healthy mule to carry the luggage, and a horse Yinzhen rode himself, took a wolf that was shot on the way yesterday, left the grain team, and traced the old road of the Yellow River to the west. Yinzhen put up a pergola on the horse and looked at it, but saw that the sand dunes were chasing the sky, the whistle wind rolled up a yellow fog barrier on the beach and the sky was high to the clouds, the withered grass and branches were hung with dry river algae, and the broken eaves were discarded in the sand nest that only exposed the ridge of the roof, and there was no village in the distance. Although Yinzhen said that he would see the embankment upstream, in fact, he himself knew that the east of Gaojiayan was flooded, and the water conservancy facilities built by Jin Fu and Chen Huang, who were able to control the river, had long been wiped out. He had a glimmer of thought, because he heard Gao Fu'er say that Lu'er had his own widow and had lived in He Li Town, near Gaojiayan. He had a very difficult time with his son, one of his four sons died, and the Hongshi Hongli around him had not yet produced flowers. If it is really like Gao Fuer's "big fat boy, is producing flowers", it would be a pity to practice. The dogs are all in childhood, it is the age of chaos and naïve and reckless, all smart and clever, but they can't understand his thoughts, leading mules and horses all the way, kicking and flying feet to fight in sand, chasing and playing, not tired, monkeys are so grassy, there is no moment of silence. Yinzhen is accompanied by these two little ghosts, but he also saves the journey from loneliness.

Look at the line to He Li Zhuang is still ten miles away, the sky has passed the Shen card. In the distance, a high port, overgrown with trees and scattered houses, is dark and heavy in the sunset, like a pot pressed against the beach. Therefore, the place is the fork of the Yellow River diversion to the north, and the muffled sound of the Yellow River can be faintly heard.

"Fourth Master...... You? Kan'er saw Yinzhen staring at the front motionless, his face seemed to be happy and sad, for some reason.

"Don't you want to know what happened to that story?" Yin Zhen's tone was so turbid that it made people feel crazy, "Children, there is no one here, I tell you, Xiao Lu died under the old persimmon tree in front of him......"

The two children's eyes widened suddenly, and they looked at the pale Yinzhen as if they didn't know each other. I don't know how long it took before Kan'er said, "God! It turns out that the prince is the fourth master! The dog snorted and asked, "She...... How did she die...... Dead? Yin Zhen didn't answer, looked at the old persimmon tree carefully, stepped forward and stroked it—there was still a piece of charred black bark left.

"Burn! Burned! The dog and Kan'er understood at once, and a chill ran through their hearts, and a layer of goosebumps appeared all over their bodies.

"Yes, the burned ......" Yinzhen's eyes suddenly filled with tears, suppressing the grief and anger that were about to boil all over his body, and said as calmly as possible: "I'm over there, in a green gauze tent, watching ......"

The two children were stunned, their eyes fixed on the charred bark, and the reins of the horse were clung to with both hands, and the dog's face was completely sleepy, and his hands were clenched tightly in a cold sweat.

"There was a threshing field down here, and there was a pond over there, and on the south side of the pond was a sorghum field that could not be seen." Yin Zhen was shrinking all over, as if he was back in that terrible night: "I rushed to He Lizhuang alone to find Xiaolu, and I was just in time to deal with Xiaolu in the clan. Under this old persimmon tree, a temporary earthen platform was erected, on which there were lanterns and stacks of firewood. Several clansmen stood on either side with torches. Xiao Lu's hair was scattered, and he stood in the place where Kan'er was standing, hanging his head, and he couldn't see his face clearly. Thousands of black crows in the audience stared at her silently, without a single cough. I stared at her with wide eyes as if I was in a nightmare, and my eyes were blurry, only to hear the sorghum leaves around me shaking desolately, ringing ......" Yinzhen's eyes flashed like ghost fire, and the two children had never seen such a hideous and terrible face, and they couldn't help but tremble.

"After a while," after a pause, Yin Zhen said again, his voice with a metallic trill, "A person who looks like a housekeeper came to the stage with a family tree, turned his face and said loudly: 'The patriarch of the fifth master speaks! The atmosphere suddenly became more tense, and the people raised their heads in unison, and several children were so frightened that they were about to cry, and they were all held in their mother's arms.

"My heart was about to jump out of my cavity. Looking straight at it, an old man held a copper cigarette pouch in his hand and walked up to the stage in a square step. I lived in the village for two months, and on weekdays this old man behaved elegantly and kindly, and was very admired by the clansmen, but tonight his expression was very different from usual, with a blue face, and he glanced at everyone gloomily, and only after a while did he say: 'A few old brothers, the old and young masters of the whole clan! Just now in the ancestral hall, in front of the ancestors and the leaders of each house, I have already made things clear. When something happened to Xiao Lu, I was also very sad - it's always a branch of flesh and blood! Her great-grandfather was my cousin and had been friends since childhood. According to his own heart, he would rather me jump into the river than hurt his offspring. But the ancients had a saying: the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an anthill. For our whole clan, we can only destroy her! …… Courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame, the four dimensions of the country. What does it mean to be "cheap"? It is to be a clean man; What is "shame"? It's a real responsibility! She committed these two crimes, and it hurts people! ’……

"From Ban Cai Xianshu to Cao E's filial daughter, he spoke for half an hour, and the old Long Zhong stepped down and returned to the main seat, hiding his face with one hand and posing with the other: 'Put this corrupt slut on the pillar of fire and atone for her sins to the ancestral gods!'

"There was a commotion in the crowd, women were sobbing, children were crawling on their mothers' shoulders and crying, 'Mom, I'm afraid, go home...... some men were scolding, some were silently covering their faces, and the old women were muttering Buddha together...... Seeing her being carried to Chai Mountain, my heart seemed to be grabbed by someone, and I was about to stand up with both hands, but I was pulled by a person, and when I looked back, it turned out that Gao Fuer secretly followed me without knowing when! His face was also blue in the firelight, and he sobbed quietly, 'Master, don't, don't...... The emperor knows greatly! …… Stay green ......'

As he spoke, the flames burst out. Covered Lu'er's whole body in crimson light...... She looked up into the distance, and then I could see her face as white as a lady carved in Chinese jade...... His hair was scattered, and his wings fluttered like crows...... Until she burned to death, she just twisted her body hopelessly in pain, and she didn't even say a word, and she didn't say a word......"

Speaking of this, Yinzhen couldn't control himself at all, his hands were open, he staggered a few steps like a madman, made a hoarse wolf-like sound, seemed to be crying, seemed to be laughing again, and crawled under the persimmon tree, alternating his two hands desperately, shouting: "Xiao Lu, Xiao Lu...... My benefactor, my ...... You come out, you don't want to be here...... Manifest yourself—woo...... Ho ho ...... I'll build you a temple......" Dog and Kan'er were stunned by his story at first, and then they were stupefied by his mad behavior, and they stood like a log, and when Fang came back to his senses, he couldn't help crying when he was so hurt.

After a long time, Yinzhen controlled himself, slowly got up, kowtowed to the persimmon tree, and said to the two crying children: "Get up, children!" People cannot be resurrected after death, and Xiao Lu has become a god in the world of death, and we still have to live in the world...... Let's go...... Let's go...... It's dark......"

The dog and Kan'er kowtowed three heads to the tree, got up silently, and in an instant seemed to be ten years old, leading horses and mules, and marched towards He Li Town in the dark night.

Heli Town is the largest town in the east of Gaojiayan. After the Yellow Water broke down, it scattered eastward, and the downstream actually lost the main channel. Only here because of the time to govern the river minister Jin Fu Chen Huang was thoughtful, Seiko built a convex dam, all of which were built with solid stone grinding seams, and the water was knocked back in front of this high dam, saving hundreds of thousands of hectares of fertile land hundreds of miles west of the south bank. However, after the flood, it was inevitable that the hungry people would riot, and the plague was raging, and the smarter businessmen had already fled to the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas with their soft family wealth and the old and small people. In addition, the north and south water and dry roads are not connected, so although there are many households, they are very depressed. When the three of them came to the village, it was already the beginning of the year, and the sky was dark. The town is lifeless, with closed doors, and even the lights are scarce, except for the occasional bark or two in the distance. Yinzhen cried bitterly, his mood seemed to be much calmer, and he went to find a place to stay because of his fate.

Kan'er knocked on several doors, but someone inside agreed. But as soon as he heard that it was a foreigner passing by for the night, he immediately replied that there was an inn on the embankment. If you ask again, you won't be silent. Kan'er came back and smiled: "Ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs." It's weird, you just open the door and say a few words, it's a person! ”

"That's not even called the kidnapping scare." The dog said, "You set fire to his gatehouse, and see if he can't get out!" ”

Yin Zhenyin said: "Since there is a store, why bother others? Let's stay at the hotel. He was very emotional: Listening to the confessions of foreign officials in Beijing, all of them were "the Xi Dynasty is prosperous, the river is Qinghai Yan, the family is not closed, and the road is not left behind". The three of them went southwest, and saw a "dead wind" lamp flashing on the high embankment outside the town. At that moment, the three of them were undressing at the door, and a pockmarked guy had already come out with a lamp and a smile, while helping to unload the mule, shouting:

"Old white old marquis! The God of Wealth is here - help unload the head! Please pick up the old shopkeeper! ”

At one moment, I saw two people coming out, one tall and one short, both around forty years old, both smiling, helping to lead the cattle and carry the luggage. The shopkeeper led the way with a string of keys in front of him, and kept chanting: "Amitabha! The shop has not had guests for more than half a month, and there are five people today! What a pleasure for you! ”

"Five?" The dog looked at it as he walked, and asked, "The front wing is already occupied." Master, let's live in a room, shall we? Boss Ma hurriedly said: "There are two dark and one bright in the upper room, just three people are placed, and it is good to take care of ......" Because he saw that Kan'er bowed his head and was silent, Kan'er looked around like a monkey unlocking the lock, and said: "The two filial piety who live in the east chamber also arrived later." Please rest for a while, stay for a while, get some wine, and be a little filial piety. It's just that there is business today, there is no meat, and the Fei is a little thinner, so don't care. ”

While talking, two guests in the east chamber also came out, one wore a blue wool jacket robe, with a long face, and the other wore a blue bamboo cloth shirt that had been washed and faded, but it was trimmed and very elegant and handsome. The two of them also crossed the Yellow River and arrived at this store for the first time, and when they saw that Yinzhen was also bookish, they couldn't help but smile slightly. Yin Zhenyin shook his head and said, "Are the two of you rushing to the north?" ”

"Yes, his name is Li Fu, and my name is Tian Wenjing." Rong Chang'er said with a smile, "There are few people living in the hotel on this road, and there are very few literary friends among the guests, which can be regarded as fate." The guest's surname is Taifu, is it also to try in Shuntianfu? Li Fu seemed a little reserved, and smiling at Yinzhen was a courtesy. Yinzhen has been lonely for many days, and when he first enters a densely populated place, he is also willing to talk to people, because he replied vaguely: "I am also going to Beijing." That's it, meeting is fate, let's eat and talk for a while, okay? The dog said excitedly: "We have a wolf, we have meat to eat, we have a treat!" ”

After settling down for a while, the dog peeled the wolf in the courtyard courtyard, erected a three-pronged iron frame, and burned the wolf meat to a "sizzling" sound. Kan'er took Lu Lu to lay out the luggage in the upper room, put the table in the hall, went to the kitchen to look, and saw two copper kettles filled with wine, which were being heated on the fire, and walked around the courtyard again, and went to the dog'er and said, "I don't know where the east toilet is." It's dark, it's scary, you and I go to find it. Because he saw Boss Ma coming, he said, "The meat is roasted, you just have to eat it first." After a while, the wine scalded both of us. The boss smiled and went.

Kan'er followed the dog to wipe a corner of the wall, but saw that the toilet room was in the west corner of the south wall, and outside the wall was the roaring Yellow River, the river wind blew, Kan'er couldn't help but shiver, and the dog smiled: "It's almost March, are you still cold?" ”

"Dog," Kan'er said in a low voice, "the rest of the soy sauce and salt will be sent to the kitchen in a moment." You're going to find a way to get the two big copper kettles for wine. The dog laughed and said, "What's the idea?" Kan'er tied his pants and said, "If you change it, you just change it!" Look at the dot color. Grandma's, I'm staying in a black shop tonight! ”