Chapter 76: Peeking
By this time, they had walked into the middle of the plum grove with green eyes. This forest is halfway up the hillside, and it is relatively difficult to walk on such a terrain, Peony Yong had to interrupt his thoughts, he looked at it, and was immediately attracted by the green calyx plum blossom in front of him.
He recognized this green calyx plum, and knew that this plum blossom also had another name, called sour plum or black plum, which belonged to the Rosaceae family and was an arbor plant. The green calyx flower is solitary or sometimes two flowers born in the same bud, the diameter is about 2-2.5 cm long, it is larger than the plum blossom type seen before, the calyx is broadly bell-shaped, the fragrance is strong, the leaf opens, but the peduncle is very short.
Its calyxes are usually reddish-brown, and it seems to remember that some varieties should also have green or greenish-purple calyxes, with white or pink flowers. But on closer inspection, there is none.
The variety with golden stamens in front of you should be called the golden green calyx. The golden green calyx has dense flowers, larger flowers, light beige flower buds, butterfly-shaped, milky white on the front, and very light yellow-green on the back. It is the best variety of plum blossom series.
"The sparse branches are thin and thin, and the small calyx is pearlescent. He muttered. I thought, today is really a worthwhile trip, it can be regarded as an eye-opener, and I have seen the best of this plum blossom.
At this moment, there was a sudden summoning voice from Ula who lowered his voice: "Childe, Childe, come here! Come and see ——!."
He didn't know what was happening, so he took a breath and ran after Ula who had come back to call him to the depths of Merlin. Walking far away, Ula quacked him and hid behind a cluster of plum blossoms, signaling to peek ahead.
He half-squatted beside Ula Quaqua, looked ahead through the gap in the dense plum branches, and saw that not far in front of him, there was actually an open space of more than 100 zhang square.
When I crossed the clearing and looked to the other side, I saw a spring in the middle of the mountain, and the bones were splashing. There are also strange stones that resemble the words "Fu, Lu and Longevity" by the spring.
Oh, Peony Yong secretly said in his heart: This is the three-star stone that is often mentioned, taking the meaning of "plum blossoms are all heavenly hearts".
Look at the spring water again, it is really as clear as blue, strings of white bubbles emerge from the spring, as if it is ten thousand pearls floating around, there is also a pearl pond in the northeast corner of the spring, which is formed by the spring water gathering, surrounded by snowflake stone fences, and the willows on the shore hang lightly. This spring water flows out of the small lake again, and it becomes the plum blossom stream in the western mountains.
This place, which has springs, pools, pavilions, and venues, is the favorite place of the legendary old prince Mei. It is said that the old prince Mei also specially named this clear spring: "Washing Eyes Spring". Take its "things are clean, and the eyes are clear." What does it mean?
Peony Yong raised his eyes and looked up, thinking, if he climbed up along the Yongdao again, to the place where the ancient cypress and plums were hidden, he arrived at the giant purple-brown boulder that stood majestically, and the boulder was the true handiwork of the old prince Mei, and the book "Xishan Plum Garden" four words. What's more, it is the courtyard of the Mei family's mysterious fourth courtyard "Mei Yuan Listening to the Wind".
Unexpectedly, they unintentionally walked so close to the fourth courtyard of the Mei family.
At this time, Ula quack stabbed him with his hand and asked Peony Yong to look in the other direction of the small square.
At this time, Peony Yong found out that Ula Quack was originally peeping at the two people on the side of the venue.
These two people, one is a handsome young man in a blue brocade robe, about 12-13 years old, thin but flexible and vigorous, with jet-black hair, with a light blue hosta, firmly stable on the top of the hair. At this moment, he was tucking the placket of his robe at his waist, flipping and dancing in the clearing, and in mid-air was a homemade leather paper eagle, spreading its wings and soaring at his command.
Beside him was a girl with a large colorful butterfly in her hand, standing and watching. I saw that the girl was dressed in a violet dress, and her hair was braided on both sides, and then coiled into a flower bun, which was held with two plum blossom hairpins.
This little girl with apricot eyes and willow eyebrows, small red lips, and a beautiful and charming face, is slender and short, and seems to have congenital deficiency, and her age is between seven or eight years old. At this moment, the girl couldn't help but applaud when she saw the wonder, and her voice was sweet and charming.
They are playing the most popular "Reiki technique" among children in the flower fairy world, also called "sending paper kites". "This game is very similar to the paper kite that children in the mortal world like to play. The difference is that mortals use wind energy to release paper kites into the air, while they use the flow of spiritual energy in their bodies to drive paper kites to fly in the air. This is also a very popular entertainment game among children in the flower fairy world.
In another sense, it can be regarded as a very intuitive and effective spell to test their cultivation level. Whoever does not practice enough spells will not be able to run smoothly, and once it stagnates, the paper kite will fall; on the contrary, whoever cultivates the kung fu is deep, the paper kite he is using will naturally stay in the air for a longer time, and the tricks will be constantly renewed.
Now it seems that this little grandson of the Mei family is already so extraordinary, which makes Peony Yong feel a little ashamed and sigh to himself while watching.
Peony Yong's paper kite is a colorful phoenix, and Ula is a green snake, compared with the young man of the Mei family, only "Reiki" is not on the same level.
Peony Yong had already recognized that this handsome young man who was a martial artist was the third-generation heir to the Mei family, the grandson of Merlot. They had met several times in the Yaotai Garden, and although they had not seen each other for a year or two, Peony Yong still recognized him at a glance, but the charming and delicate girl did not.
I don't know why, at this time, he suddenly remembered what Ula Quaqua once said about the beautiful sister of the Mei family, is it her? If it is true, then it is very ridiculous that she is so small that she has been falsely rumored to be so distorted. It can be seen how unreliable it is to spread falsehoods.
Peony Yongzheng wanted to verify this matter with Ula Quack, but when he saw that Merlo, the youngest grandson of the Mei family, had stopped his skills and the little girl was holding a butterfly and started dancing, he stopped his breath and watched again.
I saw that the little girl put the butterfly, her movements were graceful and stretched, and her fairy posture was fluttering, and her wonderful fairy rhyme made the two peeping teenagers a little stunned. They stood behind the obstacles, holding their breath and not daring to make any movement, for fear of disturbing them.
However, the butterfly that had been released into the air at first flew steadily and leisurely, up and down, spinning and fluttering, but when the girl began to roll over, the paper kite staggered, and at once flew down to the branch of a plum tree on their side, and hung up.
The girl stopped and called out in a sweet voice, "Brother, look, hang up again." ”
She spoke a little bit of tongue biting, especially when the "ha" at the back was said as "oh", so she felt more and more coquettish.
I saw Merlot take a thing off his wrist, and Peony Yongyuan thought it must be his legendary gold ring, but it wasn't again.
Melo held a black and gold coil in his hand, and he hung the coil between the thumb and index finger of his left hand to make a slingshot, and bent down to pick up a small pebble from the ground, ready to use it to knock the butterfly down.
Peony Yong and Ula quack recognized at the same time, wasn't that coil the "Ruyi rope" they were looking for?
Ula couldn't help but cry out: "Such as—"
His voice was still in his throat, and Peony Yong reached out and quickly covered his mouth, unable to make a sound.
However, at this time, something even more unexpected happened.
At the same time that Merlot shot the stone with the "Ruyi Rope", there was a sudden explosion out of thin air, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and there seemed to be a thick, dark green floating cloud floating in the sky;
Looking at the little fairy who was still dancing just now, she collapsed to the ground without warning.
Prince Merlot exclaimed: "Chuwa-", then hurriedly leaned over and picked up the little fairy, ran to the "three-star stone" next to the spring, and pressed his hand on the "Lu" stone in the middle. In an instant, a crack was seen in the middle of the mountain, and the two brothers and sisters disappeared into it.
Peony Yong and Ula watched all this in amazement, forgetting where they were. When they watched the mountain return to its original state, they remembered to shake off the petals on their bodies, and when they turned around, they suddenly saw a person standing behind them.