Chapter 24 The morning dew is the wine and the flowers are the food
At the end of Yuanshui, only dozens of miles away from Luluo Mountain, Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang spent less than half a cup of tea to see in the air that there was a mountain blocking Yuanshui, and this was the end of Yuanshui.
However, from the air, Zhou Cheng did not find any obvious villages here.
However, there is a peach blossom forest at the foot of the mountain, which grows along both sides of the stream, about hundreds of steps. There are no miscellaneous trees in the meantime, the fragrant grass is delicious, and the fallen flowers are colorful.
"It's a beautiful place, but there are no villages, and the nearest one is more than ten miles away. Gai Liniang also said with some doubts, although the scenery in front of her is beautiful, it is far from reaching the scenery of Luluo Mountain, let alone better than Luluo Mountain.
Zhou Cheng also frowned slightly, he didn't doubt the little girl's words, but there was really no village at the moment.
"No, that little girl is innocent, and she doesn't seem to be lying to me. Why don't we go and ask nearby?" Zhou Cheng became more and more curious in his heart, but he was more concerned about the so-called Taoyuan Village.
"Okay, let's go to the nearest village and ask. Gai Liniang nodded when she heard this.
Then the two of them urged the flying sword under their feet again, landed more than ten miles away, and then walked towards this small village on foot.
The village is not big, there are only more than ten houses, and in Zhou Cheng's perception, there are only more than 30 old and weak women and children in the village.
"Alas, another village ruined by troubled times. I'm afraid that the men here will either die in battle or serve in the army, and these old and weak women and children are also having a hard time...."The two walked outside the village, and Gai Liniang said with a sigh.
"yes..... Such villages abound, and I don't know what a miserable scene the more turbulent troubled times in the mouth of the pothos fairy will be!" Zhou Cheng has already seen the difficulties of the world, and he is even more concerned about the more turbulent troubled times in the mouth of the pothos fairy.
"Back then, the ancestors had a sword discussion with the King of Qin, intending to persuade the King of Qin with the way of the sword, but it was difficult for us and other cultivators to stop the general trend of the world after all. Now we can only be alone!" Gai Liniang said helplessly, with a hint of unwillingness in her tone.
"yes, let's be alone..... Without the ability to change the world, no matter how much you say, it is empty talk. "Zhou Cheng is not the kind of person who has the world in mind, and he has no ambition to save the world.
"There's an old man in front, go and ask. When Gai Liniang saw ahead, there was an old man at the entrance of the village, leaning on his back, on crutches, but with a bundle of firewood on his back, walking towards the village with difficulty.
Soon Gai Liniang and Zhou Cheng walked to the entrance of the village and caught up with the old man carrying firewood.
"Uncle, I want to ask you something, I wonder if there is a place called Taoyuan Village near here?" Gai Liniang approached the old man and asked with an enthusiastic face.
"I have never heard of such a village within a radius of dozens of miles. You've heard that legend before, so you came, right?" the old man stopped and replied without hesitation, but his gaze at Gai Liniang and Zhou Cheng was clear.
"Legend, what legend?" Zhou Cheng asked puzzled.
The old man put the crutches behind him, used the crutches against the firewood on his back, and then slowly spoke: "It is rumored that in that peach blossom forest, you can occasionally hear the sound of dogs barking and roosters, and it seems that there is a village hidden in it, and you are not the first people to come to look for it." ”
Hearing the old man's words, Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang glanced at each other, and both of them realized that there was really something strange about that peach forest.
"Thank you, uncle. Gai Liniang bowed to the old man, and then planned to leave with Zhou Cheng.
"It's okay, it's dark, if the two of you have nowhere to go, you can go to the village to rest, although it is simple, shelter from the wind and rain. Seeing that the two were leaving, the old man looked up at the sky and said with some unease.
The old man's words surprised Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang, who never thought that in this troubled world, the villagers in the mountains still maintained their simple hearts.
"Thank you, uncle, we have a place to go. Zhou Cheng bowed to the old man and said.
"Oh," the old man replied casually, and continued to walk towards the village on crutches.
After seeing the old man leave, Gai Liniang said, "Let's go too." ”
"Okay" Zhou Cheng responded, and then the two of them took off their swords, and once again the sword flew towards the peach forest that had been seen from afar.
The two fell into the peach forest, and their thoughts spread out and began to search continuously.
However, after a full pillar of incense, Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang glanced at each other, and both of them shook their heads in unison, and the divine search found nothing.
"Even the blessed land of Luluo Mountain has an enchantment under the perception of divine thoughts, is there really no so-called Taoyuan Village here?" said Gai Liniang with a puzzled expression.
Originally, she was just going to walk with Zhou Cheng on a whim, but now she is also suspicious of this Taoyuan Village.
"In fact, there is another way, which is to find the grandfather and grandson, or just wait here, if there is really a Taoyuan Village here, they will definitely come back. Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and said.
"Just wait here for two days!" Gai Liniang said directly, in this vast sea of people, it is better to wait here to find someone.
"It's okay, it's just that in the past two days, I'm afraid that only the food and drink ......have been exposed," Zhou Cheng nodded and said, looking at Gai Liniang's eyes with some guilt.
"Haha.... Brother Zhou's worries were superfluous. Li Niang has been fighting the sword world since she was ten years old, and she has long been accustomed to this day as a house, the ground as a seat, the morning dew as wine, and the falling flowers as food. The peach blossoms here, the murmuring streams, and the company of Taoist friends like Brother Zhou, it is enough for cultivators to have this!" said Gai Liniang with a chuckle, she stretched out her palm, and a piece of peach blossom landed in her palm.
Zhou Cheng listened to Gai Liniang's picturesque words, and then saw her free and easy appearance, and felt like he was in a painting.
It seems that the days when the morning dew is wine and flowers are food in Gai Liniang's mouth are also worth looking forward to and yearning for.
In the next two days, Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang were really in the peach forest, living the kind of days when morning dew was wine and flowers were food. In the past two days, Zhou Cheng listened to Gai Liniang tell a lot of stories in the world, and at the same time, he finally knew the origin of Gai Liniang's name of 'Assassin Sword Fairy'.
It turns out that Gai Liniang has traveled the world and seen too many injustices, and she herself is also jealous and hateful. Gradually, he used the fish intestine sword in his hand to assassinate many corrupt officials and corrupt officials on the troubled side, and slowly the name of "assassin sword fairy" spread.
The two of them chatted in this way during the day, and at night they crossed their knees directly under the peach tree, so that the time was two days in a flash.
"Although the morning dew is wine, I still miss the mellow aroma of that spirit.... It is bound to drink spirits with Li Niang on the day and really get drunk together. In the peach forest, Zhou Cheng held a cup rolled into a leaf, and drank the morning dew contained in it in one gulp.
"Good.... You and I are determined, it will be drunk together one day!" Gai Liniang did not have a womanly posture, but also said cheerfully, revealing obvious anticipation.
In a word, it is an agreement.
An agreement between Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang.
"Someone is coming...."Zhou Cheng suddenly threw away the leaves in his hand, stood up and looked outside the peach forest.
"One old and one young, but they?" Gai Liniang also let out a divine thought, sensing that there was an old man and a young man walking towards the peach forest outside the peach forest.
Zhou Cheng nodded, took two steps forward, and made a look of waiting for the two.
Gai Liniang saw Zhou's movements, and she also followed a few steps forward, walking to Zhou Cheng's side, her fingertips clasping the ring made of the fish intestine sword.
Soon, in the eyes of Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang, an old man and a young man walked into the peach forest, it was Dongfang Ling and her grandfather that Zhou Cheng met at the foot of Luluo Mountain.
"Ahh Grandpa look.... It's that brother..... Ha ha.... Lingqi is right, our immortal fate is in Taoyuan Village. I said a long time ago, you should come back earlier, you still have to wander around the green pothos mountain. Dongfang Ling walked up and down, and suddenly saw Zhou Cheng in the depths of the peach forest, and then pulled her grandfather and pointed at Zhou Cheng with a happy face.
"Brother Zhou, it seems that this girl is not simple?" Gai Liniang whispered beside Zhou Cheng, Dongfang Ling's words made Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang also shocked.
The old man of Dongfang also saw Zhou Cheng and Gai Liniang, and hurriedly pulled Dongfang Ling and protected him. Then he asked Zhou Cheng with a wary face, "Why is Your Excellency here?"