Volume 1 Smoke and Rain Chapter 1 Gift of Peach Branches
The wind blew a wave of water, leaving thousands of people looking eastward.
--- don't know why I remembered to write this sentence, so let's stay.
A woman who doesn't know the wind and dust, dressed in plain clothes, with her back to the people and horses coming and going, her long sleeves fluttering in the empty breeze. She stood on her tiptoes and nodded at a small peach tree on the top of the wall, which had just spread its branches.
The small pink on the small peach tree makes the whole greenery extraordinary. The branches are thick and powerful, bent and elastic. When the peach blossoms on this tree are in full bloom, the color is gorgeous, delicate and charming. The stunned spring heart was lifted by the heavy snow in winter, like a girl who was about to bloom, covering her beautiful face in the boudoir, holding hands and looking at each other bit by bit. However, she fell to the side of the road with a thud and twisted her foot.
The spring breeze blew, and the boy leading the horse tilted his head to look at the woman.
It's a small thing, but it makes many people feel chilled when they come here. Several big men hurriedly came over to hold her hand, trying to pull up her delicate body. But she immediately refused: "Don't bother everyone, I can do it myself." ”
Holding back her strength, she gently stood up with the trunk of the tree, saw a few confused eyes, and muttered, "Thank you." ”
The old woman in sackcloth, with long hair holding a dustpan in her hand, wrapped a layer of cloth around her rough fingers, soaked in blood, gritted her teeth and said, "Your adult will be back in a few days, so don't wait too much." ”
"I have heard that a young and beautiful woman will have a strong and famous son come here, ride a red-maned horse, and carry a large number of dowry gifts to take you through the door. ”
"Besides, today the clouds are cloudy, and it is about to rain. The road is slippery, so it may be slower. ”
The woman nodded.
Seeing others leave one by one, my heart secretly became sad.
Sure enough, it was raining lightly.
Suddenly, the Taoist in a white robe and holding a light sword raised his eyebrows, and the compass in his hand stopped. Two steps over, two Yi and four elephants circled behind him, stumbling as he walked, his dry palm raised, cut off the flower branch in front of him, and said:
"There is no one in the world that is not a fresh peach branch that cannot be solved, see the ghost to the ghost, see the demon and destroy the demon. If a human ghost transforms into a form, then he has to refine and burn his soul. ”
"Female ghost, if you hear what I say, just follow me obediently. I have a big heart, and I will definitely save you in the temple, so that you can quickly return to Huangquan, and he will come to the world again one day. ”
The Taoist with the sword casually cut off the peach blossom branches, made the woman's raised eyebrows pause, and begged for mercy: "The north and south of the river, when the Taoist sees me, he will bring me into the Yellow Spring." When I first entered the world, I didn't mutilate a person, and I didn't have the charm to do whatever I wanted to devour the yang energy of others, why should it be imposed on me. I'm just waiting for a man I know who will come here to find me. If he would not come, I would only ask to see him, and I would endure the thunder and fire and the wind and snow melting. ”
The Taoist stopped talking, and when he saw such an infatuated female ghost, he was really a little sad in his heart.
He recited a few incantations and said, "I use the peach blossom branch as an introduction, and I remember everything you have seen and heard in my heart." Because you have good intentions and are an infatuated female ghost, I also moved my mortal heart in the early years, so I will send you a look. ”
The peach blossom branches were swept up by the south wind and landed on a light cart cloth and a double-sided red-armored carriage, and the carriage master urged the chasers to cross the stone bridge, disturbing the walkers who were hurrying and rushing to the plain.
The glow of the peach blossom branch flashed into the eyes of a young boy in the distance, who was dressed in shabby clothes and was driven outside the academy by a palatial couple. The carriage roared past, the wind and waves swirled at the mouth of the alley, and the flower branches fell in front of him, he picked it up, picked it up and looked at it, and didn't care.
At this time, the sound of reading in the courtyard continued, and it spread to the faint sky outside, and a whole dark cloud fell on the trees, and the frightened little sparrows chirped. The reading children outside the window are all white and clean, but from time to time they secretly pick up a string of ice skates on a small tree in the distance to take a few looks, relax their inner dullness, and chant angrily, "A pair of dark colors out of the mortal dust".
The young man stood in the rain with blank eyes, pondered quietly, and then spoke:
"I picked up a small peach blossom branch, can I be like them, holding a book, looking at a little scenery outside the window, and saying something I want to say alone. But no one listens to me, so is it okay for the teacher?"
"Huh, the rain has stopped?" he pouted, trying to lick the rain that had slipped from his forehead.
The robed scholars in the academy were smiling, waiting for the teacher to come in for guidance. They held the scroll in their hands, divided into three volumes, with a needle threaded on one side and densely printed in font. With the sound of rustling footsteps, a middle-aged man came in the rain and snow, exhaled a breath of heat, and stepped into the study hall.
They looked up at each other and stopped reading.
Write a poem on the wall panel.
He raised the ruler in his hand, pointed it at the hanging beam, looked up and read:
"The spring breeze recognizes people's eyes and sees the sound of horses stepping in the flowers.
The discerning eyes want to penetrate the extravagant affairs, and see the young outsiders. ”
In the picture, I listened to the sound of stepping on a horse, and thought of the spring breeze floating by my face, the family style was positive, a young man wearing Zhengtai, green clothes and green pants, shaking a bell in front of him, walking into thousands of households, pointing out the maze. It is just like "a piece of glory", but sticking to trivial things, the small things in front of you can be flattened with a finger, and the big things can be calculated in your heart.
This little boy with a side of the relationship, echoing in Mr. Teaching's mind, he tacitly put the ruler in his hand on the teaching table, there is still a trace of confusion in the corner of his eyes, in the eyes of Mr. Teaching and Reader, this poetic scene is like a bubble phantom fantasy of a past, he has never seen such a teenager appear.
The quiet window listens to the fine rhyme, and the sound of the piano accompanies the reader.
Outside the academy, the flute and the piano came with bursts of incense, which reached the ears of the little boy, and he casually threw away the peach tree branch in his hand.
Just waiting for the rain to fall on the shower, the sound of reading in the academy rose and fell, the young man's unkempt hair, oil and water slid down his fingers, he lifted his fingers and was about to enter the academy, but was stopped and fell.
He didn't realize that he was vulgar, and he was thin and thin, but the drunkard with a smile in front of him just shook his head and was not allowed to enter.
He swallowed his saliva tightly, turned around and walked behind him, dressed in a cotton robe, with a treasure gourd hanging from his body, this is a water vessel with wine, he has never met but seems to be familiar, and he still stares at his blurred eyes and spits at him. The drunkard felt that something was wrong, and unbuttoned his robe, and the wind blew like a wave, and coughed a little with phlegm in his mouth, and fell at his feet.
He stepped back to face the drunkard, turned away, and was said, "One side of the relationship, no, and two sides." When I see you, it's like fate, take a look, the gentlemen in the academy all look like they teach, and you dress like this, you can't wrap up. It's better to see the world with me and go on a adventure.
He shook his head, straightened his back, and turned to leave. The drunkard understood what he meant, but he was reluctant to leave, "You don't have to be involved in the affairs of scholars." The book cherishes the world, and the world is not in the heart. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
There was no one who didn't laugh at his pale face, but a big mustachioed man who walked in the distance greeted the guests, and kept walking, and the sky moved.
He lowered his head and picked up the flower branch that the little boy had dropped, and happily wiped it on his clothes. He pinched his fingers and groaned, knowing that it would be more than one stick of incense before the sky would snow again. So he took his robe and ran quickly.
The little boy lowered his head and sighed, and said, "Let me go, that's it!"
In the town, at the wine table in the tavern, there was a man with a thick red neck.
He was holding a girl in blue clothes in his arms, her face was white, the smell of rouge was strong, the atmosphere stopped abruptly, he spit out a mouthful of aroma at the old man, and muttered:
"What about the gardenia in Daoshui City? I said earlier, killing people must be eradicated, even if it is a teenager who takes a look. It's a good thing, something happened. ”
"But the boat rider on the water is still a curse, lest it be against us, and we see that we need your hand. She touched the palm of the old man's palm, but because she refused to put down the wine in her belly, she didn't speak.
Such a passage of stubble caused a bunch of men behind to itch in their hearts.
Sharpen the knife for a thousand days, kill people for a while.
The man said shamelessly: "After drinking this bowl of wine, today, even if a swordsman comes, I will kill it." One kills one, and two make a pair of unjust souls. ”
He didn't care when the boat was launched, just waiting for the sound of the coming wine, bang~ and the sound of swallowing saliva from behind.
Then, the woman trembled, accompanied by a piercing sound of joy, dancing in front of many people, twisting gracefully, one finger, one breath with a strong temptation, slowly moving......
By the river, clouds and mist shrouded in mist.
A young man waiting at the back of the boat, dressed in a blue robe, was in front of him and behind him, holding a girl's hand tightly. The girl covered her veil and nagged at the boatman in the water: "The capital is far away, but be careful." ”
The boatman answered, and propped up the boat. The young man saw the girl far away from the shore, and when he looked back, the two of them blushed slightly, and said goodbye:
"When I saw it yesterday, it was like every other three autumns. If there is a fate in the future, let's see you again!"
After saying goodbye, the boy looked down at his delicate face in the water, dressed plainly, and then nodded and went into the cabin.
This place is three mountains and six rivers away from the capital, and under the walls of one city after another, I heard that among the boatmen here, a few of them took passengers across the waterway. A man who came today was dressed in green clothes and had a token pinned to his waist. This person is also a teenager, and when the boat stopped, he had an extra jade pendant in his hand, and this jade pendant had a person's name written on it, Zhou Ping.
"Where are you going?" asked one of the officers in charge of the ship above.
"Go to one of the best restaurants in this place. ”
The man pointed to a wide street in the distance, leading to the rows of pavilions.
The mustachioed guest who was still hovering in place showed surprise to this sudden young man, and his fingers were crooked and trembling and said: "I didn't expect it to come so quickly, I hope it will be peaceful." ”
He turned and ran to the tavern, where there was another figure behind him.
There was a lot of noise in the tavern, and the people who couldn't stop for a long time nodded in fear. Waiting for the big man who was still kissing me and me, he held the hilt of the knife in his hand and said with a trembling face:
"It's not as good as it comes. ”
Then the white-bearded black-clothed old man, who was still drinking tea, said: "Another person who entered the net has already seen one gone." ”
"Good. The old man in black drank the tea in one gulp and said to his boss: "One word, bitter." ”
"There is a way in suffering, and there is a meaning in suffering. There is no tea that is not bitter, only spicy wine. ”
As soon as the spring breeze moved, the aroma under the entire wine table was blown away, and this month, a slightly cold, thin person was wearing a robe and gown. Then there was a group of idle young people walking on the road, carrying the things that turned into beads in their hands, carrying the steps, chasing the front heels of the crowds in the street.
They were extremely dissatisfied with the young man in Tsing Yi who rushed over. The crowd was all west, and he leaned eastward, and his steps were light, and from time to time he made a crisp tapping sound on the ground. Then he carried a small sword with a small flower probe engraved on it, revealing the ring of a butterfly. They laughed at the cloth shoes on the boy's feet, exposing their toes.
"I know that a person can sew cloth shoes, and the craftsmanship is excellent. If you want to go, follow behind, and when I finish listening to the little opera, I'll send you there. ”
The young man in Tsing Yi smiled without leaking his teeth, with a hint of mockery, and said softly: "I'll let you go, don't let me see your face again." ”
The young man who sounded extremely unhappy was passed by the young man in Tsing Yi and dropped an unknown swear word.
"You're an immortal. ”
The greeting guest walked through the crowd, holding something in his hand. There was a smell of blood on his body, and he politely opened his palm, gave a peach branch in his hand to the young man in Tsing Yi, and said very tactfully:
"All the way, be careful, be cautious, but I wish you peace today, don't be too impulsive. ”
"Peace?" he asked softly.
He didn't understand the purpose of the mustache to welcome the guests, so he waited to catch the peach branch, his fingers were wet with dew, and after a long time, he followed him to the tavern that was still a few hundred meters away.
He muttered:
"It's coming. ”
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At the beginning, it is also the place where I am not satisfied with my own revisions and revisions.
I don't know what satisfaction is, maybe that's it.
There is also the foreshadowing of the following chapter.