Chapter 21: Wind and Wood Sigh (5)
Luo Wu abandoned the oars, took a long penny from the cabin, and carried the boat into the mountains. The water of the stream is shallow, the bottom of the boat sometimes touches the pebbles at the bottom of the river, there is a sound of "quack", when encountering the shallows, Luo Wu simply rolls up the trouser tube, goes down to the stream, and pushes the boat hard.
After three more incense sticks, the boat could no longer move forward and docked to the shore. Luo Wu pointed to the two towering peaks not far in front of him, and said: "Bai Gongzi, there is a lover's tip, if it goes well, it will take more than three hours to go back and forth, I will wait here for you to come back." Song Zhiling and Bai Yixue walked off the boat, said goodbye to Luo Wu, and walked towards the tip of their lover.
The two of them went up the mountain side by side all the way, it was the twilight of spring, the mountains were stacked with green, full of trees and brocade, the scenery along the way was excellent, but the more they went up, the steeper the mountain road became, and later, there were places where only one person could pass through.
Bai Yixue thought to herself that Song Jun had always come here to fall into the grass, according to the danger and strangulation, it was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack, such a precipitous place, why it was called a lover's tip, it was really incomprehensible, and she couldn't help but ask. Song Zhen said: "Well, there is a legend here. Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a poor child named Li Fang, whose parents died when he was young, and he was alone, relying on collecting firewood in the mountains to survive. One day he went into the mountains to collect firewood, and when he returned home, he found a steaming meal on the table, and he was very strange, and asked his neighbors about it, and they all said that they did not know. Li Fang thought to himself, it must be a kind person who saw that he was lonely and quietly prepared the meal. Unexpectedly, in the following days, he returned home every day to collect firewood, and he was amazed that there were hot meals on the table. On this day, he went out to collect firewood as usual, but he had a heart, and sneaked home halfway to see who this kind man was, only to find that a teenage girl came to the house, with red lips and bright teeth, black hair and shawl, was cooking on a fire. ”
Bai Yixue said: "Is it his relative or neighbor?"
Song Zhen shook his head slightly and said, "Neither." Li Fangjian didn't know this girl, so he stepped forward and came to her side, smelling a strong aroma in his nose. The girl was taken aback at first when she saw him suddenly, and then bowed her head shyly, and said nothing. Li Fang asked, 'Girl, where are you from, and what's your name?'
The girl replied in a low voice, "Her name is Ah Yi, and she lives in the mountains." Li Fang asked again, then why did you come to my house and help me cook every day? When Ah Yi heard this, she felt even more shy, and she lowered her head for a long time without speaking. Seeing this, Li Fang didn't want to ask too much, so he said, I can't let you cook for me for no reason, I'll send a load of firewood to your family every day.
For more than a month after that, Ah Yi came to wash and cook for Li Fang every day, but he never asked him to send a load of firewood to his home. Li Fang couldn't help it, and one day when Ah Yi was done, he picked up a load of firewood and said that he would accompany her to send it over. Ah Yi couldn't shirk it, so she had to say that she was also lonely, without a father or mother, and there was actually no one at home. Li Fang was sad and moved when he heard it, the two got along for a long time, and the feelings were secretly born, Ah Yi lived in Li Fang's house, and since then the two have relied on each other for their lives, although they are poor, they are also peaceful and happy. ”
Bai Yixue groaned: "This Ayi, I'm afraid it's not an ordinary woman, right?"
Song Zhen smiled and said, "You are so smart." Ah Yi actually didn't dare to tell the truth, she was originally a thousand-year-old ginseng in the mountains, a month ago, Li Fang had dug her out of the deep mountains, seeing that she had cultivated into a human form, she couldn't bear it, so she buried it back in the soil. Ah Yi was very grateful, so she came to Li Fang's house every day to do some housework for him, and the two had such a fate.
On this day, Li Fang was collecting firewood in the mountains and met a black-bearded Taoist priest. The Taoist priest stopped him, saying that he had a demonic energy on him, and that the monster was good at changing shapes and qualities, turning into a beautiful girl, confusing the world, and fearing his life for a long time. How could Li Fang believe it, and only walked home, and the black-bearded Taoist priest caught up and said, I have a drawing talisman here, you take it home and hide it, don't tell others, it can keep you safe for the rest of your life. ”
Bai Yixue said: "This Taoist priest must have something strange. ”
There was a hint of sadness between Song Zhi's eyebrows, and he said, "Exactly." Li Fang was suspicious, took the talisman back home, and did not tell Ah Yi. Within a few days, Ah Yi suddenly became seriously ill, and Li Fang sought medical treatment everywhere to no avail, and washed his face with tears all day long. Ah Yi asked about her condition, and when she saw Li Fang's stumbling and vomiting, she was suspicious in her heart, and asked again and again, and Li Fangfang remembered the words of the Black Whisker Daoist. Ah Yi sighed, "Li Lang, Li Lang, you are so confused." Li Fang regretted it, and quickly took out the drawing talisman given by the Black Beard Daoist. At this moment, a figure flashed at the door, and the black-bearded Taoist walked in and said with a smile, "Miss Ayi, as long as you follow me and leave this poor boy, I will spare you from death." It turned out that this black-bearded Taoist was a centipede spirit in the mountains, and he coveted Ah Yi's beauty and always wanted to keep her for himself. ”
Bai Yixue said hatefully: "This guy is really not a good person. ”
Song Zhizhen said: "Ah Yi struggled to get up from the bed, and fought with the centipede, the two fought from the house to the mountain, and Ah Yi was finally defeated because of her weak body. The centipede spirit asked viciously, 'I'll ask you one last time, do you agree or not?' Ah Yi sneered and said, 'You're going to die of this heart.' The centipede spirit became angry and said, 'What I can't get, no one else can get.' So he killed the ginseng girl with a centipede scissor.
After Ah Yi died, her soul went to Li Fang to say her final goodbye, telling him that the two would only be husband and wife in the next life, and then drifted away. Li Fang was full of remorse, and chased Ah Yi's soul all the way to the mountain. When he chased to the top of the mountain, the two were fossilized by the wind, and turned into two peaks, one high and one low, and they will never be separated again. You see, they're right there. ”
Bai Yixue followed her gesture and looked up at the top of the mountain in the distance, and saw two mountain peaks standing side by side, one slightly higher than the other, like a couple looking at each other affectionately and whispering.
Bai Yixue sighed: "A loving couple ended up like this, that centipede spirit is really hateful. ”
Song Zhen said: "Yes." This matter was later known by the Queen Mother, and she sent someone to turn the centipede essence into a 'centipede rock', which was in the mountain stream of the lover's tip. The centipede held his head high, and he could see Lover's Peak every day, but it was out of reach, and his conscience would always be condemned and tormented. ”
Bai Yixue said: "The Queen Mother has done this very happily. ”
While talking, the two came to the mountainside, and there was a huge pine tree growing next to the cliff, and Song Zhizhen said softly: "It's here." There are two tombs in the middle of the barren grass in the white-clothed snow, and the tombstone reads "The tomb of the Song Gongjun Su Xianyan Song Fujun Guo Xuan", and Song Zhizhen's parents were buried here after their deaths.
Song Zhijing's expression was sad, and he knelt down in front of the grave, tears poured out of his eyes, and he was sad and sad for a while. Bai Yixue also felt pity in her heart, thinking of Song Zhi's lack of cowardice, and her parents were a pair of dry bones in the grave, although Zhong Mobi and his wife regarded her as their own, but after all, they were under the fence, sheltered by others, and had to look at the faces of others to live. Then I thought about it, Senior Sister Song fortunately still knew who her biological parents were, and she could come to her parents' graves every year to pay respects, but she had lived so long that she couldn't even know who her biological parents were. Song Zhizhen saw him so emotional, and said that he was sad because of his life experience, and he was very grateful from the bottom of his heart.
The two cried for a while before slowly recovering their crying. Bai Yixue accompanied Song Zhixuan, took out the red lotus, Qingtuan and other sacrifices and wine utensils from the food box, placed them one by one in front of the grave, and inserted three incense candles. Song Zhiliang lit the sacrificial paper money, and the curling green smoke floated into the air, she kowtowed, and prayed silently in her heart: "Dad, mother, I ...... I have brought him to you this day, and if you have anything to say, bring it to me in your dreams. ”
Bai Yixue accompanied her to burn the paper money, and she also kowtowed respectfully in front of the grave.
After the memorial service, the two slowly descended the mountain. Bai Yixue looked at the red azaleas all over the mountain, and sighed: "These flowers are turned into hemoptysis by Li Fang, and they are so bright. ”
Song Zhizhen said: "'One after another, and when the cold food is opened. Whoever can't help but be on fire is always in this branch. This flower is called Danxia, the color is like blood, blooming all over the mountains in the warm spring season, bright like clouds. The Xiangshan monks are very fond of rhododendrons, and in order to facilitate appreciation, they are planted in front of the hall under the mountain. He transplanted this flower in the garden, and wrote many poems about rhododendrons for this purpose, praising that "two branches are held in the hand, and if you look closely, it does not look like there is one in the world." This thing in the flower is like Shih Tzu, and the hibiscus and peony are all mother-in-law. ’”
Bai Yixue said with a smile: "The hibiscus is noble, and the peony is even more respected as the 'May Flower God', I don't want to be in the eyes of the Xiangshan monks, but they have become the mother-in-law of Dongshi, and he is too partial to rhododendrons." ”
Song Zhizhen stopped, leaned over and picked a bright rhododendron from the side of the road, and said with a smile: "But isn't it? But the lover's sharp rhododendron is not as good as other places, because it was Li Fang's hemoptysis, the local people said...... If couples come to this mountain and make a wish for this flower, they will be able to ...... Forever tie the knot and grow old together. In the end, she quietly glanced at the white snow, hung down her pink neck, and her voice was almost inaudible.
Bai Yixue saw her standing in the wind, under the warm sun, fairy and jade, compared to the delicate flowers in her hand, it was a little more beautiful, it was really bright and beautiful, and she saw her delicate complexion, her eyes were deep, and her fragrant lips wanted to talk about it, and there was a deep meaning in her words, and she couldn't help but feel dizzy: "Senior Sister Song...... Does Senior Sister Song like me?" and then forced herself to press her own thoughts: "Impossible, absolutely impossible." Senior Brother Xue and Senior Sister Song have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, how can I have such thoughts? Senior Sister Song is just a love for the same family to me. ”
Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Song Zhizhen only stared at himself blankly, he was already pretty, and said in a low voice: "Senior Brother Bai, do you want to pick a branch too?"
Bai Yixue only felt that her mouth was dry, and her heart was even more flustered, and she said, "Okay." He hurriedly picked a flaming red rhododendron, and when he turned his head to look, he saw Song Zhizhen clasping his hands together, holding the azalea in his hand, closing his eyes tightly, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, his cherry lips slightly opened, and he was praying silently. Bai Yixue quickly closed her eyes.
After a long time, Bai Yixue opened her eyes, Song Zhizhen had finished her silent prayer, and a pair of beautiful eyes were staring at herself, and her delicate face seemed to be smiling. Bai Yixue's heart was beating faster, she didn't dare to force her eyes, and she couldn't help but hang her head. Song Zhizhen smiled and said, "Senior Brother Bai, may you be able to make a wish?"
Bai Yixue said "um", her mind was dizzy, and she said, "Yes." I prayed in my heart, "Don't ask me what I wish for." ”
Song Zhizhen said: "That's good, you put your wishes in the bottom of your heart, don't say it, it won't work." Let's go. ”
Bai Yixue was relieved when she heard this, and secretly thought: "I don't know what Senior Sister Song has promised?" couldn't help but secretly glance at Song Zhixuan, who knew that she was also squinting at her. The two of them looked at each other, and there was a panic in their hearts, and they quickly turned their heads away.
Bai Yixue and Song Di walked down the stairs and walked towards the bottom of the mountain. The two of them each remembered the scene in their hearts, and for a moment neither of them spoke again, except for the birds chirping briskly in their ears. Along the way, all kinds of unknown wildflowers, red, green, white, yellow, blue, purple...... The competition is open, covering the valley, and the spring light is flowing on the road, and the charm is infinite.
Bai Yixue walked in front, always feeling that behind him, there were two eager eyes watching him, and he wanted to turn around several times, but he didn't have the courage to do so.
In silence, the two gradually left the mountainside, and in the distance they could see the edge of the valley stream, where Luo Wu's boat was quietly moored. Suddenly, Bai Yixue heard Song Zhizhen behind him "ouch", he was taken aback, turned around quickly, and saw Song Zhizhen squatting on the mountain road, covering his ankles with his hands, with a painful look on his face.
Bai Yixue walked quickly to her side, leaned down and asked, "Senior Sister Song, what's wrong?"
Song Zhen made an "um" sound, squatting on the ground and finding it difficult to get up. Bai Yixue hurriedly said: "Is it serious? What can I do about this?"
Song Zhizhen said softly: "Don't get in the way, I'll rub it myself and see if I can stand up." Her green silk like a waterfall covered her jade cheeks, revealing a white pink neck like snow, Bai Yixue couldn't help but feel a wave in her heart, and quickly stood up straight, pretending to be indifferent, and enjoying the scenery in front of her.
Bai Yixue waited until she gradually calmed down, and saw that she couldn't get up on her own, so she asked cautiously, "Still can't it work?"
Song Zhixiu frowned slightly, and snorted: "My feet...... It seems to ...... The damage is severe...... It hurts......"
Bai Yixue said softly: "I'll take a look, okay?" Song Zhizhen said in a low voice: "Hmm." Bai Yixue came to her side, squatted on the ground, reached out and slowly lifted Song Zhixuan's right foot to her knee, and gently rubbed her ankle with her hand. As soon as his hand touched his ankle, Song Zhixuan's whole body suddenly trembled, as if he had been hit by an electric current, Bai Yixue was so frightened that he quickly stopped rubbing and said, "Yes...... I'm sorry, did it hurt you?"
Song Zhixuan's face turned red and said, "No...... There is no ......"
Bai Yixue said: "Then I'll rub it gently and see if I can relieve the pain." ”
Song Zhen said: "Okay." ”
Bai Yixue gently rubbed the anterior and posterior ligaments of the tibia and fibula, but felt that her ankles were soft and greasy, and she didn't hold them, and when she looked down, a few pale cyan slender veins faintly appeared at her ankles. ”