Chapter 70: Aroma
Xiu Yuan and Mao Chun had breakfast, Wang and Mo Chou did not appear at the table, Xiu Yuan took a sip of hot porridge, "Why don't you see Mother and Mo Chou?"
Mao Chun put down the chopsticks and smiled helplessly, "This mother and daughter went out to the embroidery village early in the morning, and when they came back yesterday, your mother praised how good the new embroidery village was, and bought a dress that was looked at all night. ”
Xiu Yuan also smiled, "The things in that embroidery village are indeed superior, and the purple, gray and white dragon gown I bought at her house yesterday is also very exquisite." ”
"I heard your mother say that you should wear it on my birthday for my father to see. ”
Xiu Yuan nodded, and the father and son were talking, Steward Li brought in a person, it was none other than his father's friend, the famous head catcher Fang Lin Xian in Tiantai County.
Fang Lin Xian was a frequent visitor to the Li family, and he sat down politely as soon as he came in.
"Why is Brother Lin Xian here?" Mao Chun hadn't seen him at this time before, so he couldn't help but be surprised, "Why isn't he in the yamen so early?"
"Don't mention it," Fang Lin waved his hand, "I'll come over as soon as the case is out early." ”
"What kind of case? I still need you to come out in person. Mao Chun asked Steward Li to add a pair of chopsticks and put them in front of Lin Xian.
"Didn't you know that there was a death in your town last night?" Fang Lin Xian first picked up the cup and took a big sip of water, he was already thirsty before he had time to drink water.
"Human life?" Xiu Yuan and Mao Chun couldn't help but say at the same time.
"A man died, and his identity has not been found out yet, his face is rotten and he can't see what he looks like, the blood on his body is empty, and his body is miserable and white. Listening to Fang Lin Xian's description, Mao Chun and Xiu Yuan glanced at each other, and tacitly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and no one lost their appetite.
Fang Lin Xian disagreed, and still said, "Look at the clothes you are wearing, they are still people in your town, but now no one has come to the government to report the case, so I don't know who the deceased is for a while, but through the body shape, it should be an adult man about thirty years old, and the strange thing is that there is not a single thing missing on the body, not like a robbery, or such a way of dying, the corpse is like a corpse that has been dead for a long time, very dry, no blood, miserable, rare, I have not seen it for so many years." Fang Lin Xian drank porridge and ate while talking, and there was a burst of pantothenic acid in the stomach of Xiu Yuan and Mao Chun.
"Uh, father, I'm done, Uncle Fang, sit down, I'll go back to the room first. Xiu Yuan looked at his father embarrassedly, Mao Chun couldn't eat it anymore, but it was not good to put down the dishes and chopsticks, Xiu Yuan stood up and left quickly, Fang Lin was not clear, so he nodded and continued to talk to Mao Chun.
Xiu Yuan returned to the room, and as soon as he entered, he was stunned for a moment, and the purple, gray and white dragon shirt that he had obviously put away last night was actually spread on the bed smoothly.
He picked up the robe and looked at it carefully, this dress was indeed luxurious and people couldn't put it down, but for some reason, Xiu Yuan felt weird when he saw it.
He shook his head, folded his clothes again and prepared to put them away, at this moment, he was stunned for a moment, involuntarily opened the long shirt, and then put it in, the appropriate cut was indeed as if it was tailor-made for him, Xiu Yuan felt that there was a moment of trance, as if something was blowing in, he closed his eyes, felt that his chest was stuffy, Xiu Yuan suddenly came to his senses, took off his clothes and put them in the cabinet.
Xiu Yuan walked out of his room to breathe, that dizziness stirred his inexplicable chest tightness, walked out of the door and walked on the corridor unconsciously came to Mo Chou's room, the door was half hidden, Xiu Yuan stood outside the door and listened to the movement inside, just wondering if Mo Chou had come back, Mo Chou pushed the door out by himself.
"Xiuyuan, why are you here?" Mo Chou was stunned when he saw Xiuyuan.
"I happened to be passing by, and I heard my father say that you went to the embroidery village and came back so soon?"
"Yes," Mo Chou immediately smiled when he heard the word Xiuzhuang, and Xiu Yuan noticed that Mo Chou, who had always been plain, was wearing a pale pink bronzing and white flower Luo skirt today.
"Mo Chou, your dress-" Xiu Yuan was still a little uncomfortable for a while, and his eyes looked at her.
Mo Chou's face was flushed, "It's not good-looking, this is what I just picked, my wife bought me three pieces at once, the clothes of the embroidered village are so beautiful, my wife and I are overwhelmed and can't pick them out." ”
She looked very happy, and couldn't help but turn as she spoke, the light Luo skirt opened under her turn, and Xiu Yuan clearly saw the flowers blooming on it, and the moment the wind blew, the flowers seemed to be moving, releasing a faint fragrance.
Mo Chou pulled up the cultivation edge, "Let's go, I'll take you to see which ones Mrs. has." ”
Xiu Yuan was pulled up by Mo Chou and left, Mo Chou walked in front, Luo Skirt seemed to have life on her, she looked so smart, but at that moment, Xiu Yuan felt a little dizzy again.
Wang also bought a lot of Luo skirts, and Xiu Yuan gushed about how outstanding the clothes of Xiuzhuang were.
"If Mo Chou and I hadn't gone early, those beautiful clothes would have been picked up. ”
Mo Chou nodded frequently, "Madame's dress was snatched from Mrs. Xu's hand." ”
"It's not, and this one on Mo Chou's body, there is a young lady who doesn't know whose family also takes a fancy to it, fortunately, we are quick to see and move. ”
The two of you are very happy to say one sentence to another, Xiu Yuan looked at their rare expressions, and for some reason always felt that his mother and Mo Chou were very excited today.
The mother and daughter seemed to be still immersed in the joy of buying their favorite clothes, and Xiuyuan's thoughts had already drifted out, Mo Chou pushed him, "What about your long shirt? Why don't you wear it?"
Xiu Yuan came back to his senses, "Oh, I'm not used to it, I'm usually used to plain clothes, so let's put away the clothes and wear them on a grand day." ”
"Xiuyuan, one day I'll take you to pick out a few more, you see that you are dressed in plain clothes on weekdays, and you have ruined such a good figure, and the sons of other families are all dressed up in extreme luxury, only you make it like a Buddhist lay disciple. Wang approached his son and put his hand on Xiu Yuan's shoulder, and Xiu Yuan smelled the familiar aroma again.
"Mother, did you use any spices?" Xiu Yuan had never smelled his mother smell like this.
Wang shook his head, "No, I'm useless." ”
"Have you used it?" Xiu Yuan then looked at her, Mo Chou also shook his head, and then sniffed himself, "No, I'm useless, how can I have any fragrance?"
The two of them didn't care, and the next moment they started to discuss their respective clothes, Xiu Yuan felt a little strange that couldn't be explained, he said goodbye to his mother and walked out.
Xiu Yuan didn't know why this strange fragrance was only seen by himself, he was surprised and walked out of Li's house, and unconsciously came to Tiantai Mountain.
Unswerving opened her eyes, she could feel it sitting in the cave, the breath of cultivation, a charming smile hooked on the corner of Unswerving's mouth, and quickly stood up and walked down the mountain.
Xiu Yuan has become more and more familiar with this Tiantai Mountain, every road, every tree, because you always have to pass through here to find it.
"Xiuyuan," Seeing Xiuyuan's pale cyan clothes from a distance, the familiar figure, he waved his hand and walked over.
Xiu Yuan saw it, and smiled, the two met in the middle of the forest, the Tiantai Mountain in the morning was different from the night, there was no gloom, no fog, and all kinds of birds could be heard in the slightly humid air.
Xiu Yuan saw eyes that were as clear as water, which were rare eyes in the world, maybe human beings would not have such beautiful eyes at all, "Did I bother you?"
Buyun hurriedly shook his head, "No, I just didn't expect you to come, so early." ”
Xiu Yuan didn't know why, life was too much for him to follow the rules, he pursed his lips, "I'll come to see you." ”
The embarrassment was only at that moment, unswervingly guiding Xiu Yuan to the mountain, and along the way, he heard the sound of birds singing one after another, Xiu Yuan raised his head, and the dense woods blocked most of the sunlight.
"Autumn is coming, how do you spend the winter?" There was a gust of mountain wind, and Xiu Yuan felt a chill.
"We are not afraid of the cold," said Bu Shu, smiling, "but the animals of the woods, and winter has made them suffer." ”
Xiu Yuan nodded thoughtfully, and saw something moving in front of him, he walked up and saw that it was a yellow bird with unplumpled feathers, flapping its wings and struggling on the ground.
"It's a little bird," Xiu Yuan carefully held the bird up, and looked up at the treetops, where there was a bird's nest on the higher branches.
"It may have fallen from a tree," Bu Shi walked over to see Xiu Yuan carefully holding it, "as if he had fallen and injured himself." ”
Xiu Yuan nodded, "I have to take it back and keep it alive for a short time." ”
Unswerved smiled, "What if Mother Bird can't find it?"
"I'll send it back after the winter," Xiu Yuan said, taking off his coat and folding it into a nest to wrap the bird.
"Xiuyuan, do you know what kind of bird this is?"
Xiu Yuan smiled, "What's wrong?"
"Did you know that the adult cuckoo will give birth to its children in other people's nests, and will not build its own nests, and when the young birds hatch out of the eggs, they will kick away the eggs of other birds, break them and monopolize the nursing of their adoptive parents, do you know?"
Xiu Yuan touched the trembling little guy and still smiled, "I know this." ”
"Do you want to save it? such a bad thing. He blinked.
"Of course, the dove occupies the magpie's nest is their way of survival, we can't use our moral definition to prescribe how animals should live, the morality of the world or our own beliefs are enough to restrain ourselves, if it falls, I will save it when I see it, I don't care if it's a cuckoo or something more vicious. Xiu Yuan's index finger rubbed lightly on the head of the fluffy bird, as if giving the warmest touch.
Unswerving suddenly smiled, cultivation is cultivation, and he has always been like this.
"By the way, did you come to my place last night?" Xiu Yuan tilted his head and looked at it.
Unswerving was stunned for a moment, a shy crimson instantly floated up her cheeks, and she nodded awkwardly.
Xiu Yuan suddenly laughed, "Why didn't you wake me up?"
"I can't disturb you when I see you sleeping," he hung his head, shy as a girl.
"Call me up next time," Xiu Yuan's tone was as gentle as ever, "Thank you for helping me get dressed." ”