Chapter Twenty-Four: The Snake Trail of the Fox Mountain
The location of the Fox Fairy Temple is more desolate than the gourd lane and the flat foot lane, the stone plaque indicating the name of the lane has long been overturned under the barren grass and decay, there is only one household nearby, it is said that it is a pair of old couples who are not deaf and blind, they cleared out some land between the ruins of the houses in the alley, raised two sheep, and herded sheep in this kind of dish, but it is quite a bit "the city is hidden like a wilderness" The scenery, at least an ordinary person here, seeing a vegetable patch, two sheep quietly gnawing grass under the willow tree, and no one near the left, it is easy to give birth to the illusion that he has been out of Shuanghe County. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
This kind of scene, in Hua Lin's eyes, is both ordinary and unusual, because half of the urban area of Shuanghe County has been abandoned, and there are more than one place within the city wall that seems to have retreated to the farmhouse scenery, in fact, if you think about it carefully, this is just a microcosm of Shuanghe County. Since there is no production in the mountainous area, the Shuanghe Plain is not rich compared to the downstream counties, and the prosperity of the imperial army when it is stationed is just a tree without roots, and the native of Shuanghe County really cannot support such a huge urban area. When the era of peace came, the immortal officials did not arrive, and the imperial army withdrew, many areas in the county naturally returned to their original scene, just like after the mining company and workers left after the minerals were exhausted, the remaining residents naturally farmed.
It is unusual to say that it is because this lane covers a vast area on both sides, and the residents on both sides of Hulu Lane and Pingjiao Lane are different from the narrow and simple houses, Hualin not only has the memory of Zhou Huairen at this time, but also has been in and out of many wealthy families in the county, and has some impressions of the pattern of the big mansions in Shuanghe County. The old couple living in the alley, all the vegetable plots that make a living, according to him, turned out to be completely carved out in an original garden, such a pattern, next to it is not the General Temple but the Fox Immortal Temple?
When he walked to the bottom of the alley, where it was said to be the Fox Immortal Temple, when he looked up, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, where is the Fox Immortal Temple!
It turned out that there was a collapsed stone rockery, which was selected as a cave by the fox, and there were some foolish people who somehow thought that the fox had a spirit, and burned incense and made offerings here, and there were still traces of incense and candles on the ground, and it can be seen that it was not long after the offering, and Hua Lin couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, these people are now putting the ready-made immortal officials in the city and don't worship - it's still light to say that they don't worship, and it's simply blatant slander - but here they worship some foxes who don't have mana, and it's ridiculous!
He shook his head, turned around and stepped on the broken bricks and tiles everywhere and left, and heard someone behind him "Huh", he knew in his heart, after taking a step forward, he suddenly turned around, where is there someone behind him!
I saw a black snake rustling through the grass, and there was no trace of anyone left or right.
The sun was gradually sinking in the distance, and the birds were chirping everywhere to return to the nest, Hua Lin was already not early when he came out of the sick house, and it was even later after a hike, and at this moment he estimated that Fang Xingtang and other general shops were almost up to the door, and there were only a few large restaurants and some businesses specializing in night trading in Shuanghe County, such as gambling houses and brothels, which would continue to open, and everyone else should have dinner time. Many of the ancient systems in Shuanghe County have long existed in name only, but the curfew is the same as before, it is not that the shopkeepers refuse to do business at night, there is really no business to do, after all, except for a few merchants from the state city who still have to have fun, everyone else is to rest early, what kind of business, you can wait until tomorrow to do it, why waste lamp oil at night?
But Hua Lin saw that it was getting late, but he was not worried, he was a master and bold, since he had a knife in his sleeve, as a person who came out of a thief's nest in his previous life, why should he be afraid of any dark night?
He only followed the black snake, and the snake saw that someone was coming, and hurriedly turned over the stone and drilled the hole, but Hua Lin was such a clumsy person? He was a man who could run on the water and mountains, and his eyes were sharp, and where could the two rockeries stop him!
Seeing Hua Lin chasing after him, the black snake crossed his body and spit out a forked red letter at him, but Hua Lin stopped and said, "I don't think you are an ordinary snake." ”
The black snake kept spitting out the letter, and Hua Lin said again: "Are you the elf here?"
The black snake still spat out at him, and Hua Lin was surprised when he saw that the question was invalid, "You can't speak?"
"What!" said the black snake, and then reacted, "You are lying to me! but- you can tell that I am a girl! You are not an ordinary girl!"
Hua Lin nodded and said solemnly, "I have been able to see some things that others can't see since I was a child...... I wonder if anyone else can see it, I've looked for a lot of people who jump gods, and they can't see it as much as I do, I wanted to come here to find the fox fairy, but I only saw the ordinary fox, and then I saw you. ”
The black snake stood up, its upper body alone was as tall as Hua Lin, and its pair of golden snake pupils solemnly stared at the motionless Hua Lin for a long time, and said softly: "Come with me." ”