The name of Peach Blossom Town is really weird.
Obviously there is no peach tree here.
The seventeen-year-old boy was shirtless, with his trousers rolled up to his knees. He was standing in the shallows of the river bank that did not reach his knees. There were a few spots of river mud on his face that had dried and turned white. There was a girl squatting on the bank, tied up and tied together. with her chin resting on her knees, using dry branches to play with the ants transporting food at her feet.
"Next spring, no matter what others say, I have decided to bring back a few peach trees from the city market and plant them next to the boundary sign of Peach Blossom Town."
The young man bent his waist and stared at the clear bottom of the beach. He kept talking, and he didn't know whether he was talking to himself or to the girl on the shore.
"Brother Xianchao, you said this at this time last year. I also told my mother that we can see peach blossoms in Peach Blossom Town in the beginning of this spring."
The young man watched a fat fish swim by and threw himself into the river. After a while, it emerged, and with a disappointed look on his face, he walked to the girl and washed the river mud from his hands.
He said with a slightly helpless tone.
"That's what I planned. You also know that the boundary sign of Peach Blossom Town is the farthest place I can set foot on. Si Niang always stares at me, fearing that I will get up in the middle of the night and escape from her sight."
The girl looked up at the boy, her messy black hair falling on her forehead, but it did not block her beautiful eyes, which were like the amber of a clear pond.
The young man seemed to have revealed his thoughts, he chuckled and scratched the back of his head, and added: "This year is different. Si Niang was drunk that day, and I could hear clearly when she was talking to herself unintentionally. When winter comes, she will Go to Qingliang Mountain, although I don’t know where this mountain is, but I can tell that after she leaves, she won’t be able to return to Taohua Town for at least a few months."
The young man took a handful of river water to wash away the river mud on his face, and breathed out a refreshing breath.
"So, as long as Si Niang steps away, I will be like that wild horse running wild. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, but she can't restrain me!"
The girl hummed, slowly stood up, and saw that the previous group of ants seemed to have suddenly changed their target and crawled towards the clothes of the young man on the side. The girl stepped on the ant colony, rubbed her feet a few times, held the boy's clothes and shoes in her arms, and then said: "Brother Xianchao, if you go to the city, remember to take me with you secretly. People say that four There is the most beautiful rouge in Min City. As long as a girl puts on a little rouge, she can make her sweetheart happy."
The young man laughed loudly, washed the river mud from his feet, and said: "Girl, you are only sixteen years old! Don't think about marrying yourself off! I don't think I look good with rouge. A good-looking face, like It looks like a monkey’s butt in the mountains, how can it be called beautiful?”
The girl glanced at the young man and said softly: "That's what the sisters in the town always say, men are happy like this."
The young man curled his lips and said, "I am also a man, but I just don't like it."
The late summer wind is very comfortable.
Especially the wind by the river in the evening brings with it the fragrance of the grass on the bank and the light coolness of the river water.
The young man looked at the setting sun in the west and said with some reluctance: "It's just a pity that after working all afternoon, I didn't even catch a crab. Girl, it's time for us to go back!"
Taohua Town is backed by Beiyan Mountain.
This mountain runs through most of the Li Dynasty.
When late summer turns to autumn every year, the climate in Beiyan Mountain becomes humid, and continuous autumn rain can fall from late summer to late autumn.
By then, the water in the river, which is no more than knee high, will be as deep as one person.
But that autumn rain.
It was raining all day long, and the young man often felt that this Peach Blossom Town was like the widow Liu whose husband died last year in the town. Her voice was pitiful, not to say irritable, but it really made people feel unhappy.
When the two returned to Peach Blossom Town, the sky was already dotted with a few stars.
The girl watched the boy's retreating back until he was out of sight, then turned around and entered the yard of her home.
As soon as the girl entered the door, a woman stood under the big tree in the courtyard and asked, "Has Your Highness been ill today?"
"No, the dragon root grass that Mr. Mu found for him must have had an effect. I have seen that his spirit has improved a lot in the past few days."
The woman said: "Autumn is coming soon, and every time in this season, the cold poison in His Highness's body will occur more frequently. I know your feelings for him, and I don't want to restrain him like us, but many people want to do this." His life."
The girl picked up the steamed buns on the table, put it to her mouth, and put it down gently. She suddenly lost her appetite and asked, "How long are we going to keep it secret from him? Obviously so many people in Da Li want his life, this peach blossom Can Zhen really save him for the rest of his life?"
The woman stared at the stars at night and whispered: "In the eyes of the court, the territory of Da Li is just a cage. As long as we are still here, they will not kill us all. Of course, it is not that they don't want to, they just want to enter this peach blossom. Town, the price is too high. If I don’t tell His Highness, the reason for this cannot be explained in a few words. He is too straightforward and has an unconventional mind. If he knows his life experience, I am afraid that this Peach Blossom Town will no longer be able to restrain him. When he stepped out of Peach Blossom Town, more than The imperial court and even the so-called Immortal Capital sects are coming to kill him."
At this moment, the girl took a bite of the steamed bun and said firmly, "I will protect him. Whoever touches him will die."
The woman sighed softly and said: "The world is so big, and there are so many people who can turn the world upside down. It's just that the interests are not high enough. If the Da Li royal family is really cruel, even if Mu Qinghong is here, he can't stop the world. Human greed.”
"Xuan Su, you have to remember that before His Highness grows up, you have to guard His Highness. The boundary sign of Taohua Town is the farthest place he can go. This is what Mu Qinghong promised to the whole Da Li. promise."
The girl stopped talking.
When they were at the river, the young man was still talking about going to Simin City to carry back some peach trees.
The young man tiptoed open the wooden door, hunched over like a guilty thief, and quietly moved toward his cabin in the courtyard.
"Why, you feel like a thief when you go back to your own home. Does Si Niang have a knife on her face or a sword on her body that makes you so scared?"
The moonlight shines through the grape vines in the small courtyard, casting a small silvery glow. The fourth lady in purple dress is guarding the plates of side dishes in front of her, with a faint and resentful look on her face, and snorts softly.
The young man grinned, laughed a few times, straightened up and sat down on the stone bench in front of Siniang.
"Siniang, there is no light in the room in this courtyard. The Immortal Dynasty thought that Si Niang had already fallen asleep, but he just didn't want to disturb her! Nowadays, there are not many young people with such elegant qualities like me. "
Siniang lit the oil lamp on the stone table, and the slightly swaying firelight illuminated Siniang's beautiful face. She looked like she was only around thirty, the best years of her life.
"You've become more and more eloquent in recent days. I don't know how Mr. Liu taught you. You don't know any of the four books and five classics. But you are proficient in cheating and sneaking. I guess that's the case. Liu Zhongdao taught you some unorthodox things."
The young man picked up the rice bowl, took a few mouthfuls of rice, and filled his mouth with it. His naive look made Siniang feel helpless.
She picked up the wine bottle beside her and took a sip against her red lips without pouring it out.
"Si Niang, I want to drink too."
The young man stretched out his hand, but Siniang rolled her eyes and knocked her hand away.
"When you become an adult next year, I won't stop you if you drink. If I find out that you followed Qi Baixing and Liu Zhongdao to drink secretly, I won't beat you. I'll beat Qi Baixing and the others first and keep them from getting off the ground for three months. "
There was a snap.
The young man suddenly stood up and looked towards the place where the sound came from.
"Sixth Mother, something fell from our yard."
Siniang snorted softly and said: "Autumn is about to come, and there has been a rat commotion in Taohua Town recently. Who knows if it is a rat that is about to become a sperm?"
The young man turned around to go out and take a look. Such a big movement, how big of a rat could it be?
Siniang called to the young man and said: "In this time, the mice have already disappeared, so hurry up and eat. Doctor Zhang will come over to give you acupuncture later. You should feel a lot better in the past few days, right?" "
The young man nodded his head, became well-behaved, and looked like he was eating well.
"Siniang knows that you want to practice martial arts, but I don't know about your own body. You need to drink another dose of the medicine I gave you in the first few days to eradicate your hidden disease. But this main medicine, It is rare. Doctor Zhang told me that there is such a plant in Qingliang Mountain. I originally wanted to wait until spring next year, but Siniang was afraid that something would change if it was too late, so she went to guard it first."
The young man's mouth was full of oil, he wiped it carelessly, and asked happily: "Siniang, are you leaving in the autumn?"
Siniang shook the wine bottle in her hand and said, "Wait for someone to come to Peach Blossom Town."
The young man asked curiously: "Who are you waiting for?"
Siniang smiled and said: "A beauty, she is my sister."
The young man nodded and said: "The fourth mother is like a fish and a wild goose. My sister must also be shy of the moon. It is true to call her a beauty."
As the young man said this, he suddenly had a change of thought and asked with a grimace: "Siniang, is this aunt here just to guard me on your behalf?"
Si Niang said nothing, took a sip of wine from the pot, and smiled happily.
The young man sat slumped on the stone bench and muttered: "It's over, I can't plant my peach tree."
Siniang just glanced at it and closed her eyes gently.
When the stars filled the galaxy, the young man had already fallen asleep before Dr. Zhang's silver needle was removed.
Siniang sent Doctor Zhang away and sat under the vine again, her body leaning against the stone table, her right hand supporting her chin, with a faint hint of wine on her cheeks.
A man floated in outside the courtyard. He was dressed in green and had a sword on his back. His eyebrows were as bright as stars. When illuminated by the moonlight, he looked like an immortal holding a sword, with a heroic appearance.
Siniang smiled slightly and said: "Qi Baixing, the majestic swordsman of the Li Dynasty, actually climbed over the wall of an orphan and widowed mother like me, this night."
Qi Baixing sat directly in front of Siniang, took the wine bottle in Siniang's other hand, drank a few gulps, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"For orphans and widowed mothers, this is quite serious."
"As soon as Mu Qinghong left, many eyes were staring at Peach Blossom Town. If I came in during the day, the noses outside the town would smell me immediately. They are dogs and are very alert. Also , don’t buy Wang Chong’s wine next time, it tastes like it’s been mixed with ma fruit water, it’s so bitter that you can’t even remember it.”
Siniang changed her posture, gently held her forehead, and said: "It is precisely because of the bitterness of this wine that I like to drink it."
Qi Baixing put down the wine bottle and asked: "Did you really leave Taohua Town this time to find medicine for His Highness, or did you go to find Mu Qinghong?"
Siniang did not answer Qi Baixing's question, but just looked at the waning moon in the night sky above her head.
"On the fifteenth day of the bright moon, everyone is thinking about it. Even if the bright moon is as bright as snow on the thirtieth day, no one will look at it. Some things have passed the time. I will not look for him, I will only look for medicine for His Highness."
"Mr. Qi, the Qintian Supervisor of the Da Li Dynasty has already made some moves. Mu Qinghong brought dragon root grass, which angered those old stubborns. Many things have changed. I must leave Taohua Town in advance to get it. Seven-petal flower of Nine Suns; Your Highness can hold a sword now. I used to stop him, but now I want you to start teaching him how to use a sword."
