"Last time, I said that Xiao Ziyao was entrusted by Lisi to escort Li Wan'er to the Prime Minister's Mansion in Jingzhou, but Jinzhou has to pass through Huazhou, Nanzhou and other places from Jingzhou, which can be said to be a very long way. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The old man glanced at the young man who was still sitting still, and continued slowly.

Huazhou, formerly known as Shanzhou, is called because its terrain is mountainous. The new dynasty renamed the original Huazhou as Jingzhou, and in order to avoid the name of the new emperor Che Tuoshan, Shanzhou was renamed Huazhou. The scenery of Huazhou is very beautiful and unique, suitable for living, many people have settled here, the population is large, and it is the third state of Yunguo.

"Brother Ziyao, I'm so tired. Li Wan'er leaned lightly on Xiao Ziyao's shoulder to rest without avoiding suspicion or shyness, and the two took care of each other along the way, and their relationship also increased a lot, and they were not so angry with each other.

"Wan'er, you take a rest first, there is a village in front, let's go see if there is an inn to settle into." Xiao Ziyao changed the whip to his left hand, so that Li Wan'er, who was leaning on his right shoulder, had a good rest, and after more than ten days of travel, not to mention Li Wan'er, he also felt a little tired.

"Finally... Sleep...... The bed is up... Whew. Li Wan'er couldn't resist falling asleep from exhaustion, and seemed to be used to leaning on Xiao Ziyao to sleep like this, after all, she had been like this for more than ten days.

Xiao Ziyao looked at Li Wan'er's sleeping face, smiled comfortably, the fatigue was gone, and continued to drive the donkey cart.

However, the secret Lisi was angry, and many times he couldn't help but send a secret weapon to kill Xiao Ziyao, and kept saying in his heart that Xiao Ziyao was a stinky boy.

Along the way, it was bumpy, and Li Wan'er was also in a half-asleep state, and after the car stopped, she woke up, rubbed her eyes and asked, "Brother Ziyao, where are we?"

"Wan'er, we'll probably be able to sleep in bed tonight. "It's time to sleep in a bed. Li Wan'er was happy for a few moments, and then after thinking carefully about Xiao Ziyao's words, "Probably?"

She looked around again, and in front of her was a village, and at the entrance of the village stood a small stone monument with the words "Peach Village" engraved on it.

"I told you, I don't know if there is an inn in the village. Xiao Ziyao jumped out of the donkey cart and slowly led the donkey into the village.

The houses in Peach Village are scattered, all wooden houses, some old houses look like they have a hundred years of history, the peach blossom trees by the river in the distance are blooming, the north wind blows, the peach blossom petals on the peach blossom trees fall like snow in the peach village, so Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er walked all the way to the ground full of peach blossom petals.

"Brother Ziyao, it's really strange, it's almost the autumn equinox, and the peach tree can still bloom?" Li Wan'er pinched her hand and counted the days, if the peach tree wants to bloom, it should also bloom in the spring, otherwise how can it be said to be a spring peach.

"Humane peaches should be spring peaches, and when peaches bloom, they are spring? Wan'er, you see that peach blossoms are so beautiful, why do you care about those strange things. Xiao Ziyao casually came with two lines of poetry to appease Li Wan'er, he was afraid that Tao Village would be the same as the last time in Yinhe Village.

"Brother Ziyao, you're right, the land of Yunguo is vast, and you can't take the season of one place as the standard, maybe this place has entered spring. Li Wan'er inadvertently relaxed her eyebrows, even she didn't know that she was actually a little scared in her heart just now.

"Whew. Xiao Ziyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and the next moment he raised his heart again.

Because there was a situation similar to that of Diyinhe Village, first the village chief took the lead in welcoming them, then a few villagers took their donkey carts away, and finally a few villagers helped them carry their luggage and took them to the inn.

At the Golden Peach Inn in Peach Village, in Room No. 1 of Peach, Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er sat on both sides of the table and bowed their heads in contemplation.

"Brother Ziyao, I saw that scene in my dream just now. Li Wan'er broke the silence first, and her voice trembled slightly as she recounted what she thought had happened in her dream last time.

"Wan'er, it's okay, no matter what happens, I will take care of you. Although Xiao Ziyao was puzzled, he still appeased Li Wan'er.

"Well, I believe you, Brother Ziyao. Li Wan'er replied with a smile, sweet in her heart.

But suddenly there was a knock on the door, and the frightened Li Wan'er hurriedly hid behind Xiao Ziyao, which was exactly the same as in her dream.

Xiao Ziyao was also a little hairy in his heart now, but in order to stand up for Wan'er, he strode forward and opened the door, and saw that it was the inn's shopkeeper, "Little second brother, what's the matter?"

"That's right, today is...""Seven... Evening Festival?" Xiao Er's words were interrupted by Li Wan'er's slightly trembling voice.

"That's right, it's Qixi... , no, no, no, no, it's a verse. Xiao Ziyao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if it was the same as Diyin Village, he would take Li Wan'er away immediately, and the frightened look on Li Wan'er's face disappeared, replaced by curiosity, "Little second brother, what is the verse?"

"That's the case, we are Tao Village, there is a village called Hua Village on the other side of the Huajin River, every year we will fight for the upstream water source, and the villagers died because of this, a few decades ago a person outside the village helped us come up with a solution, do not do it, solve it with the mouth, the two villages each sent five people, take turns to write poems, until the verses of people in one village and the people of another village can't come out, and the people who don't write poems can't continue to poems, and the village chiefs of the two villages also agreed, this is the origin of the poems, and our Tao Village has been losing for three consecutive years。 The second brother hung his head in frustration when he said the last sentence, but he clenched his fists again and said, "I get angry at the thought of us losing to Hanamura!"

"Then little second brother, what are you looking for us?" Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er looked at each other, not understanding what Taocun's verses had to do with them.

"Look at me, I forgot to tell you the purpose of my visit, today is the Doushi Festival, and our village wants to ask this son to help us win the water source. The second brother continued, "Just now this son was chanting poetry on the road, and after the people in our village heard it, they felt that you have literary talents. ”

"Can people from outside the village also participate?" Xiao Ziyao didn't want to waste time, he and Li Wan'er still had to hurry.

"After losing for three years, the village chief has also made up his mind, no matter what despicable means are used, he must win, it just so happens that Aunt Li's family at the head of the village has a son who has been studying in Jingzhou since he was a child, and you can pretend to be Aunt Li's son to go home to visit relatives and participate in the poetry festival. The little second brother frowned when he saw Xiao Ziyao, and hurriedly told Xiao Ziyao the benefits, "Of course, our village will also have benefits for Gongzi, no matter whether you win or lose, Gongzi, your food, clothing, housing and transportation in Taocun are all covered in our village, and..."

"Brother Ziyao, let's help them. Xiao Ziyao excused himself to think about it, so he let the shopkeeper leave first, and as soon as the second child left, Li Wan'er took Xiao Ziyao's hand and shook it back and forth.

"Wan'er, it's a long way to Jingzhou, and you can't go on. "But..."Of course Li Wan'er knew, but she wanted to spend a few more days with Xiao Ziyao, because after arriving in Jingzhou, she would be separated from Xiao Ziyao, and she didn't know if she could be together like she was now.

Xiao Ziyao couldn't resist Li Wan'er, so he had to agree.

After the shopkeeper learned that Xiao Ziyao agreed, he immediately informed the people in the village, and after a while, the inn lobby was crowded with people.

"Okay, don't squeeze it, let's go back first. It was the head of Taocun who took the lead in welcoming Xiao Ziyao and them, and then said to Xiao Ziyao, who was at a loss to sit in the lobby, "I am Tao Baimi, the village chief of Taocun, I don't know what to call Gongzi?"

"In Xia Xiao Ziyao, this is my sister Wan'er. Xiao Ziyao stood up and returned the salute, and hid Li Wan'er's surname when he introduced it, their situation is not easy to explain after all.

"Xiao Gongzi, you have also heard the purpose of our village from Tao Erniu, who is in the shop. Seeing Xiao Ziyao nodded, Tao Baimi continued, "The poetry festival is held in the evening by the Huajin River, there are five people in each village, and you will be the last in line, and the sky will be dark at that time, and the people in the flower village will not notice anything." ”

"As for this little girl Xiao. "Even cousins and sisters in Yunguo can't go on the road together, Tao Baimi treats Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er as brothers and sisters, so he calls Li Wan'er "Miss Xiao", "Because Aunt Li's son Tao Dameng is an only son, please stay in the inn and wait." ”

Li Wan'er was sluggish in the title of "Little Girl Xiao" in Tao Baimi, and then came back to her senses when she heard the words of the village chief, and just wanted to say "no", but Xiao Ziyao shouted first, "No." Chief Momo, my sister is still young, and I don't feel at ease when she's alone. "Xiao Ziyao's main task now is to escort Li Wan'er, and he doesn't know how long the poetry festival will be held, so naturally he can't leave Li Wan'er alone.

"That's right. "Tao Baimi is a little embarrassed, although Tao Village and Hua Village are fighting with each other, they are very familiar with each other, Xiao Ziyao's identity has a way to forge it, but Li Wan'er's identity is not easy to forge.

"Village chief, I have a way. Peach Baimi's eyes lit up when he heard it, and when he looked at the person again, it turned out to be Peach Erniu, as his name suggests, stupid as a cow, "Then you can talk about it." "So far, Tao Baimi thinks it's okay to listen.

Tao Erniu has never received so much attention, and said proudly, "Wouldn't it be good for Little Miss Xiao to pretend to be the wife of Xiao Gongzi in Jingzhou." ”

"Erniu, I haven't seen you for a few days, and my brain has become 'smart'. Someone in the villagers sarcastically said that the woman's reputation could not be used casually.

"It's... It's not a good idea. The village chief of Tao saw Li Wan'er, whose face turned red and lowered his head when he heard Tao Erniu's words, he immediately noticed that the relationship between Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er may not be as simple as it seems, it may be a man and woman who eloped. ”

"......" Tao Baimi said this, Xiao Ziyao didn't want to say anything, because if he continued to talk about it, he was afraid that the fact that he and Wan'er were not brother and sister would be exposed, and Li Wan'er bowed her head and didn't refute it from just now.

"Then it was decided, these two people are Tao Damu, the owner of our village's tailor shop, and Aunt Wang, the proprietor's wife. Tao Baimi smiled secretly in her heart, these two must have eloped, "Then please ask Xiao Gongzi to change into the clothes of the village, and this little girl Xiao should also change in." ”

"Then girl, please come with me here. Aunt Wang, the proprietress of the Taocun tailor shop, made a gesture of please. "Oh, okay. Li Wan'er followed, keeping her head down.

"Then son, come with me. Tao Damu, the owner of the tailor shop, also invited Xiao Ziyao to the other side.

Finally done, Tao Baimi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he didn't know how Xiao Ziyao was, but he had a feeling that he could give Huacun a little color this year, and suddenly a shout came from Xiao Ziyao's side.

"What's wrong?" Tao Baimi opened the door and saw the tailor shop owner lying on the ground, holding Xiao Ziyao's thigh, still stroking, muttering, "Oh my God, this fabric, this handwork..."

"Tao Damu, I didn't expect you to be such a person, I don't know if Aunt Wang knows. "Hey, village chief, don't go, I have a reason for this. The owner of the tailor shop hurriedly grabbed the village chief Tao Baimi.

"Reason?" Tao Baimi looked Tao Damu up and down, "You have a hidden disease, have you shown it to the doctor?"

"The village chief... You'd better listen to me. "Momo Damu feels that if he doesn't make it clear today, the whole village will know about it tomorrow. "This son's clothing is silk, silk is invulnerable, fire-resistant, so it is also very difficult to sew, village chief, you also know that my hobby is to make clothes, so I couldn't hold back for a while. ”

"Yes, the verse begins in the evening, and I hope you can hurry. "Peach Baimi doesn't care what the silk is, and urges Peach Damu.

After Tao Damu heard it, he also began to measure Xiao Ziyao, and after Tao Baimi walked out of the room, "Childe, although the style of your clothes is old, the materials used in the clothes are too precious, and they will be replaced and borrowed from me for research and research, the sewing needle art of Tian Silk has been lost for decades." ”

Xiao Ziyao looked at Tao Damu's sincere eyes, although he was frightened just now, he didn't refuse, "Yes, but the style of clothes is old?"

"Although Xiao Gongzi's clothes look good, the style is the style of decades ago, why don't I help you change it?" Tao Damu was eager to try, and he almost wanted to tear down Xiao Ziyao's clothes.

The style of decades ago? Xiao Ziyao is really becoming more and more confused about himself, who is he? Okay, please help me change it, Boss Peach. "Okay. ”

"Childe, you are so handsome. Tao Damu was very satisfied with Xiao Ziyao who was wearing the clothes he made.

"Girl, you're so pretty. On the other side, Aunt Wang also smiled at Li Wan'er.

After walking out of the room, Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er looked at each other in a daze, their clothes were extremely similar, and the villagers also hugged each other, "Put on the husband and wife clothes, there must be no problem now." ”

Tao Baimi secretly smiled at the tailor shop and the two couples to show that they were doing beautifully, and then said to Xiao Ziyao, "Son, let's go, the other four people are already waiting for us by the Huajin River." ”

"By the way, Brother Ziyao, there was a noise over there just now, did you have something going on?" On the road, Li Wan'er asked Xiao Ziyao curiously, her face was still slightly red, and she was finally eliminated just now, and her face turned red again when she was told by the villagers.

"Nothing, the tailor shop owner was scared by rats. Xiao Ziyao said without emotion, and Li Wan'er, who couldn't hear that he was lying, laughed, "People as big as the boss are also afraid of mice, and I'm not afraid of them." "yes, I was shocked to see the boss, and I was shocked too......

"Two, here we are. "The inn is not far from the Huajin River, a few hundred steps away, Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er just said a few words and arrived.

The Huajin River flows like a day in all seasons, not dry in summer and not icy in winter, nourishing the villagers on both banks.

The festival was held under a large peach tree in the middle of the Huajin River, and was taken by boat from the two villages.

Xiao Ziyao looked at the jubilant villagers on both sides of the Huajin River, and felt that the meaning of the poem was not what it seemed on the surface.

"Da Meng, follow them to the boat. Xiao Ziyao heard the village chief Tao Baimi call himself Dameng before he could react for a while, "That Wan'er, she..."

"Yes, relatives can accompany you, and there are seats on board anyway. Tao Baimi saw that the people in the flower village were about to get under the big peach tree, and hurriedly urged the people to get on the boat.

Xiao Ziyao pulled Li Wan'er, who was slightly red, on the boat, and didn't feel anything about the big peach tree on the shore, but after the boat got closer and closer, he found that the big peach tree was thirty zhang high, and it was estimated that the peach trees on both sides of the strait were grown from it.

"The people from the two villages have arrived. Hearing the voice, Xiao Ziyao noticed that there was an old man standing under the big peach tree, with a white beard and a hundred years old.

The heads of the two villages nodded one after another, and then their eyes began to stare at each other, "Ahem." The old man coughed, squinted and kept looking at Xiao Ziyao, "I am the elder of the two villages, Tao Gaotian, the following poems will start, and this year it will be 'peach', right, because Tao Cun lost the game last year, and Tao Cun started to write poems." ”

"What's wrong with the elder, it's not that he doesn't know him. "Tao Gaotian is the elder of the two villages, and everyone in the village knows about it, so Tao Baimi was puzzled by Tao Gaotian's words, and then saw that he had been staring at Xiao Ziyao, could it be that he was discovered by the elders?

"My peach village peach two tigers come first, and the peach blossoms bloom in spring. Xiao Ziyao couldn't help but laugh at this poem, and Li Wan'er was already covering her mouth and laughing behind her, this is also a poem, no wonder the people in Peach Village want to ask themselves for help.

"My second brother from Huacun came to pick it up, and there were peaches all over the two banks. "The people of Huacun are much better than the people of Taocun, no wonder Taocun has lost for three years in a row.

Seeing that the elder nodded, "Then it's up to me to continue to come out of the second brother, and the peach-colored peach blossom peach tree will bloom." "This..."

"Tao Erhu is disqualified, please send someone more from Tao Village. "No one on the boat in Peach Village stood up, and they were all thinking about how to come up with the next sentence.

"Brother Ziyao, they're really interesting. Li Wan'er said softly to Xiao Ziyao.

"Little girl Xiao, it's better for you to call Xiao Gongzi 'Xianggong'. Li Wan'er said very quietly, but Tao Baimi heard it, "The environment here is quiet, and you can hear every drop of water." ”

"Xiang, Xianggong. Li Wan'er's face turned red as soon as she could.

"I know you're eloping, girl, and you're going to call it sooner or later. The first half of the sentence was too misunderstood, and Li Wan'er didn't want to explain, but the second half of the sentence of Tao Baimi Li Wan'er preferred it in her heart.

"The people of Peach Village, please send someone. Tao Gaotian began to urge, and the people of Tao Village began to be anxious, but they really couldn't think of it, so they had to look at Xiao Ziyao and say in unison, "Da Meng, come on." ”

"In... I'm Tao Dameng in Peach Village. Xiao Ziyao had no choice but to go up, thinking in his heart that the village chief didn't say that he would arrange his last, but Tao Baimi was whispering to Li Wan'er now, and he didn't have time to care about this, "Peach and peach blossoms." "The 'peach' pair is more restrictive, and Xiao Ziyao is barely on the right.

"Yes, Taocun Tao Dameng is right. Xiao Ziyao walked back and forth on the boat, thinking of an absolute early finish, and when he saw the peach blossoms blooming on both sides of the river, "Peach burns the golden river." ”“.........”

"Second Brother Hua is disqualified. Hearing Xiao Ziyao's right, Tao Gaotian looked at Xiao Ziyao with wide eyes, and then squinted again, "Hanamura, please send someone." ”

And on the shore of Taocun, the people shouted, "Da Meng is good." ”

"How did this come out?" the people on the Hanamura boat hurriedly turned, "It's too difficult." ”

Hanamura gave up. Katsu Momomura. "The people of Hanamura abstained, won three years in a row, and losing for one year was nothing, so the festival ended early.

"Where's Dameng? "The people of Peach Village and the people of Flower Village celebrated in the ancestral hall of Peach Village, and the people of Peach Village were the happiest.

"This is Da Meng's wife, it's so beautiful, Da Meng is really blessed. The people of Huacun, who didn't know the truth, surrounded Li Wan'er, and what they said made Li Wan'er ashamed.

"Actually, I'm with... Brother Meng, he..."Li Wan'er found that Xiao Ziyao was missing at this time.

In the depths of the ancestral hall, "You are Tao Dameng? I see your surname is Xiao." Tao Gaotian secretly called Xiao Ziyao to the ancestral hall.

Xiao Ziyao raised his vigilance and found that he was not acceptable to Tao Dameng, but even his surname could be known, so he had to be guarded against.

"We have the same ancestor in Peach Village and Flower Village, and the two brothers gradually became two villages, and then there was a quarrel, thanks to the person eighty years ago who helped us come up with this method, the purpose of the poetry festival is not to poetry, but to celebrate the festival later, and with communication can we understand each other. Xiao Ziyao looked at the ranking of the ancestral hall, there was indeed only one tablet at the top, and the people in Tao Village and Flower Village outside were making a lot of noise.

"Eighty years ago, I was just ten years old, and I had a relationship with that person, he looked exactly like you, and I heard the people in the village call him Xiao Gongzi. Tao Gaotian's words shocked Xiao Ziyao, remembering that the tailor said that the style of his clothes was decades ago, and he wouldn't be...

"Anyway, thank you Childe, I'm worried about what to do if Huacun has won for three years, and Taocun's resentment is getting heavier and heavier. Momokada laughed, "I guess I didn't say what I said just now." Then he pushed Xiao Ziyao out.

"Da Meng, you are here, come and have a drink. "Whether it is the people of Peach Village or Flower Village, they will pull Xiao Ziyao to drink when they see him.

Suddenly, Xiao Ziyao was hugged behind his back, Xiao Ziyao turned around and saw that Li Wan'er was holding him and smirking.

This frightened Xiao Ziyao, and Li Wan'er was poured a few glasses of wine while he was away.

"Wan'er, why are you drunk, I'll take you back. Xiao Ziyao was also poured several cups, just leaving with Li Wan'er.

"I like you, Zi ......" Li Wan'er was held in Xiao Ziyao's arms, and kept muttering along the way.

After returning to Li Wan'er's room at the inn, Xiao Ziyao's wine strength also began to come up and he was dizzy, "The wine in Taocun is really powerful, the wine is so strong." After he put Li Wan'er on the bed, he also fell asleep.

"Stinky boy. Li Si will not let Xiao Ziyao ruin Li Wan'er's reputation, he couldn't help it when he asked Li Wan'er to pretend to be Xiao Ziyao's wife, and now he is still sharing the same bed, Li Si can't wait to kill Xiao Ziyao.

The next day, when Xiao Ziyao woke up, his head was heavy, and when he walked out of the door, the village chief of Tao Village was looking at him meaningfully, "Xiao Gongzi, I slept with Miss Wan'er last night." ”

"By the way, what about Wan'er?" Xiao Ziyao blamed himself in his heart, how could he sleep like this, and he couldn't drink in the future.

"Isn't this Miss Wan'er's room?" Tao Baimi looked inside, but there was no one in sight.

I saw Li Wan'er come out of Xiao Ziyao's original room, cover her head and say, "Brother Ziyao, my head hurts so much." ”

Tao Baimi saw it, and shook his head helplessly at Xiao Ziyao, Xiao Ziyao looked uncertain, "Xiao Gongzi, this is the promised silver tael, we will replace your donkey cart with a carriage for you, so that it can be more comfortable, you can go to Huacun to get the car, and ......" Tao Baimi's voice suddenly became quieter, "The elder said that it is recommended that you go to the Natural Mountain Villa to have a look." ”

Xiao Ziyao and Li Wan'er crossed the river by boat and came to Huacun, he found that Huacun was exactly the same as Taocun, and thought that Taocun and Huacun were indeed the same ancestor.

Along the way, people in Huacun kept greeting them, "Da Meng, take your daughter-in-law back to Jingzhou, and come back to play when you have time." Xiao Ziyao responded with a smile, while Li Wan'er bowed her head and said nothing.

After getting into the carriage, Li Wan'er asked Xiao Ziyao about his next journey.

"Brother Ziyao, where are we going now?" "Natural Mountain Villa." ”