snow god

A Xue closed her eyes and followed Nangong Xun.

Nangong Xun approached and saw that most of the silkworms were eating mulberry leaves, that's how the hissing sound came from.Staring carefully at a red silkworm that was eating a mulberry leaf, it twisted and bitten half of a complete mulberry leaf in a short while, as if it was tired of eating, and then climbed onto another complete mulberry leaf , going back and forth is a joy, the vigorous appearance is completely opposite to the purple silkworm I saw just now.

Then I went to see the green silkworms that don't spin silk, and the blue silkworms, like the purple silkworms, are lazy and don't eat mulberry leaves very much, and don't move much.However, in comparison, the purple silkworm is the most serious, followed by the blue silkworm, poking once, moving twice, green silkworm is the lightest, once poking, it will crawl again.Cangxi was quiet, and Zi Lao saw that he had almost seen it, so he invited him to the small courtyard next to him.

Nan Gongxun didn't know how to raise silkworms, neither did Lan Yu, and even less did Axue, out of the four of them, Zi Yunqi was the only one who read some books on sericulture because of this, and also asked Zi Lao for some advice on how to raise silkworms. The precautions, but still can not find the reason for not spinning.After leaving the silkworm room, the fear in Ah Xue's heart disappeared, she still held Nangong Xun's hand, and seeing that everyone was silent, she asked, "Old Zi, aren't snow silkworms white? Why are there so many colors here?" ?”

Zi Lao looked at the two hands holding hands, seemed to remember something, was startled for a moment, and then said: "It's because there is a colorful mulberry tree in the mulberry garden, and the snow silkworms vomit silk of whatever color they eat. "

Axue was a little curious about the colorful mulberry tree, and asked, "Can we go and see it?"

Zi Lao nodded, and ordered Xue Maid to take them to the mulberry garden.

From a distance, I saw a thick and high ice wall, with a gate, and the word mulberry garden was engraved on the gate, and there was a small room beside the gate. Nangong asked, and Ziyunqi said Inside lived a gatekeeper named Zishan.

Seeing an outsider coming, Zi Shan hurriedly came out of the house, seeing that it was brought by the maid at home, he knew that he was here again for the matter of the snow silkworm, but he still had to ask, Zi Shan knew Zi Yunqi, so he nodded to him, Asked: "How many of you have obtained the master's permission?"

Xue Maid said: "It was the Master who sent you here."

After hearing this, Zi Shan turned his body slightly, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Please come in."

Entering the courtyard, there are colorful mulberry trees planted in different categories. From left to right, they are planted in the order of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue, and purple. There is a distance of one foot between each color.The three of them had never seen such a spectacle before, and were stunned for a moment.At this time, many Xuemai in the garden were picking mulberry leaves, the bold Xuemai laughed out loud when seeing the surprise of the three of them.The three of them came back to their senses immediately.Nangong Xun thought, since there is a problem with the blue and purple silkworm, he should go to see these three kinds of trees first. Along the way, the green tree is the closest. Nangong Xun walked to the green mulberry tree and carefully observed it. There is no trace of blemish, and the appearance is smooth, just like a jade sculpture. When you touch it, it feels cool to the bone. Nangong Xun raised his hand to pick off a leaf. The leaf is very thin, exquisite and clear, and the veins can be seen clearly. And it is not soft like ordinary mulberry leaves, but hard.Nangong Xun handed Ye Zi to A Xue, and continued to walk forward.

In front is the blue mulberry tree, which is exactly the same except the color is different from the green mulberry tree. Nangong Xun also picked a leaf and handed it to Axue.Ahead is the purple mulberry, I can't see anything, I picked a leaf, and there happened to be a snow maid picking mulberries next to it, Nangong Xun asked: "Have you been picking mulberries here?"

Xue Mai nodded and said: "Yes"

Nangong Xun held the purple leaf and asked, "Is there any change between this mulberry leaf and before?"

Xuemai shook her head and said: "No, I have been picking here for more than ten years, and it has always been like this, nothing has changed."

Unable to give up, Nangong asked, "What about the mulberry leaves in front?"

Xuemai said: "It's all the same, but if there is a slight change, we can all see it."

Nangong Xunmo sighed, it doesn't seem to be the mulberry tree's problem, so where is the problem?At this time, Lan Yu and Zi Yunqi came over, they were just the opposite, and went to see the several mulberry trees in front of them.Lan Yu asked, "Ah Xun, did you find anything?"

Nangong Xun shook his head and asked, "What about you?"

Sapphire also looked helpless and shook her head.Ziyun didn't feel any surprise, the people in the family have been investigating for half a year, everyone has visited this mulberry garden, and there is no clue, and he is not in a hurry, so he said: "It's getting late, let's come tomorrow. "

Now it has to be like this, Nangong Xun and Lan Yu nodded and said: "Okay."

Ashe, who was playing with mulberry leaves with her head down, listened to their conversation, raised her head, and asked, "Are you going back now?" Seeing Nan Gongxun nodded, "Then the mulberry leaves in front are no longer picked?" Looks good, don't you pick all of them and go back?

Nangong saw the unfinished expression on Asue's face, so he said to Ziyunqi and Lanyu: "Wait a moment, I'll go ahead and have a look" and walked forward with Asue.

Zi Yunqi looked at Nangong Xun and A Xue walking away, envious, said: "The relationship between their brothers is really good."

brother?How can there be brothers who hug each other on the bed and hold hands while walking?Sapphire smiled and said, "It's always been like this."

Hearing this, Ziyun was even more envious, and thought of her sister, if she hadn't played around with her when she was a child, she would have gotten along with her like this, watching Nangong Xun standing on tiptoe to pick mulberries for Ah Xue in the distance, and smiled slightly Smile, sister, I will definitely become the patriarch and find Snow God.

Seeing that Ziyunqi had been staring at Nangongxun and the two with envy on his face, Lan Yu secretly thought, could it be that he also wants mulberry leaves?Then he quietly walked to the side of the green mulberry, picked off a leaf, hid it behind him, walked up to Zi Yunqi, and said with a smile: "Send you off"

Seeing the mulberry leaves lying in Lanyu's hands, Ziyunqi was very puzzled, but seeing Lanyu's face was full of smiles, he couldn't bear to brush off Lanyu's kindness, so he stretched out his hand to take it, smiled, and said, "Thank you."

Zi Yunqi is good-looking, and looks even better when he smiles, Lan Yu is a little happy to see, said: "You wait", then ran away.Zi Yunqi didn't understand, so he looked at Lan Yu who was running around to join Nangong's mulberry-picking team, and thought to himself, what's wrong?Looking at the mulberry leaf lying in the palm of his hand, his heart moved, since his sister fell asleep and his parents passed away, no one has treated him like this.

After a while, Nangong Xun came back with A Xue, but A Xue didn't see Lan Yu, so she asked, "Where did A Yu go?"

Zi Yunqi looked at the figure in the distance, and said: "There"

Nangong Xun and A Xue followed Ziyunqi's line of sight, and saw Lan Yu standing under a red mulberry tree, reaching out to pick mulberries, dressed in red and white, and smiling.

When the seven colors were full, Sapphire ran back this way.When he ran to Ziyunqi's side, panting heavily, he stretched out his hand and said, "Here you are"

Axue looked at the seven-color mulberry leaf in her hand, then at the seven-color mulberry leaf in Ziyunqi's hand, pulled Nangong Xun's sleeve, Nangong Xun smiled, and said: "Since everything is done, let's Let's go back."

Zi Yunqi came back to his senses and said: "Yes, yes, let's go back quickly."

Along the way, Lanyu thought about Ziyunqi, Ziyunqi thought about the mulberry leaves in his hand, Axue thought about Lanyu and Ziyunqi, Nangongxun thought about snow silkworms and mulberry trees.No one spoke.No one could figure out why until they got home.It was already dinner time, and Ziyunqi didn't have any servants at home, so naturally no one was carving snow ginseng, Ziyunqi looked at each of them gnawing on a snow ginseng, feeling a little embarrassed, and said: "Yun Qi is really negligent, tomorrow I'm going to find a snow maid."

Lan Yu hurriedly said: "It's okay, we always eat like this when we are at home."

Nangong Xun and A Xue nodded in agreement, Nangong Xun remembered something and asked, "Brother Zi, I wonder how this patriarch can be succeeded?"

Zi Yunqi said: "The patriarch has to pass three tests before he can succeed."

"Which three levels?"

"One: choose spiritual power by appearance; two: choose ability by event; three: choose character by heart"

Sapphire finished eating, and asked: "That should be a matter of the Zi clan, how can we let people from other clans participate?"

Zi Yunqi shook his head slightly, said: "I don't know, it has been like this since ancient times."

The snowman, the better the appearance, the stronger the spiritual power, Nangong Xun knows it, but the snowman's spiritual power is in the soul, unless the soul is strong, there is no way to use it, so what's the use of choosing it?Now that he has his appearance and time, "Then how do you determine this person's heart?"

Ziyun Qi said: "Everyone in the clan votes, the one with the most votes wins."

Hearing what they said, Ah Xue said, "Is it so troublesome?"

Zi Yunqi smiled and said: "The patriarch's matter is very important, you need to be careful."

Nangong Xun didn't care about troubles, he could help in the previous matters, this vote could not be faked, so he couldn't help worrying, and asked, "Brother Zi, are you sure about this person's heart?"

Ziyun was confident, and said: "I have been preparing for more than ten years, don't worry, now I just need to solve the silkworm issue as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Nangong Xun felt relieved, and said, "Okay, but I don't know what Brother Zi thinks about this matter?"

Speaking of this matter, the atmosphere became a little heavy, Zi Yunqi said: "I searched for half a year, but found nothing."

"No clue at all?"

Zi Yunqi shook his head, as long as he had some clues, he would not be so anxious anymore.That silkworm just didn't spin silk for no reason, and there was another silkworm that was still alive and just didn't like to move or spin silk.

The four of them couldn't discuss anything for a while. They didn't sleep well last night, and after talking a few words, they became sleepy. Seeing the three of them yawning, Ziyun said, "Come here first today, let's talk about it tomorrow. Let's go to rest."

The three of them nodded, keeping their spirits up, let's fight again tomorrow.Ziyunqi's family is small, but there are so many rooms, one can tell that it is a wealthy family, Ziyunqi picked a few good guest rooms, said: "This is it, if you need anything, just let me know, and I will send it to you." .”

Several people thanked each other, Lan Yu saw that Ashe was holding Nan Gongxun's hand, and went straight to her room, Zi Yunqi thought that the two of them had something to say, so he also turned and left.There were only two people left in the room, Ah Xue looked at Nangong Xun and said, "Brother Xun, go to sleep."

Nangong Xun secretly smiled and said, "Yes."

On the bed, Ah Xue, who was sleepy at first, couldn't fall asleep in Nangong Xun's arms, so she found something to say to Nangong Xun, "Brother Xun, tell me about those snow silkworms."

Nangong Xun hugged A Xue, said with a smile: "Why, are you not afraid now?"

Axue was a little embarrassed, and said: "I want to help too." Originally, she thought that even if the colorful snow silkworm was not as good-looking as her elder brother, she should be as eye-catching as Lan Ziling. Who would have thought that it would be so scary.

Nangong Xun didn't want to tease Ah Xue any more, so he told what he saw one by one. When he said that he reached out to poke the snow silkworms, A Xue was shocked and said, "You still poked them."

Nangong Xun nodded without knowing why, how would he know their situation if he didn't poke.

A Xue asked, "Which hand are you poking with?"

Nangong Xun thought for a while and said, "Right hand, index finger"

Just when Nangong Xun wanted to ask what was wrong, he felt Axue lightly pinch his fingers on his waist, put them on the bed in disgust, and said, "Brother Xun, I heard that the snow silkworm has white powder on it. of."

Nangong Xun couldn't help laughing, this is because he disliked himself, Nangong Xun turned around, changed places with A Xue, raised his left hand, and said: "This hand has never been poked."

Axue asked half-believingly: "Really?"

Nangong Xun hurriedly said: "It's absolutely true, if you don't believe me, you can take a look." He raised his hand and brought it close to Ah Xue's eyes.

Axue looked at Nangong Xun's hand curiously, and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"White powder!" said and shook.

Ah Xue took a closer look, and found that there was really nothing, so she felt relieved.Said: "And then?"

If there is no, there will be nothing, so what is there then?Nangong Xun asked, "Huh?"

Seeing that Nangong Xun didn't understand what she meant, Axue explained clearly, "What happened after poking the snow silkworm?"

It turned out that this matter has already passed, Nangong Xun put his left hand on A Xue, hugged him, and said: "It's just motionless, listless, half dead, other things can't be seen."

A Xue frowned and asked, "Could it be too old?"

Nangong pondered, it is also possible, but it is not possible to rush around the house, so he shook his head and said: "Probably not." Besides, this Zi Lao, who has been sick and dying for so many years, should be very clear about it. .

A Xue also lost her mind, and said casually: "Could it be because of illness?"

Nangong Xun hugged A Xue tightly, yawned, and said, "I'm thinking about tomorrow, go to sleep."

Ashe looked up and saw Nangong Xun's tired face, she nodded and said, "Well, brother Xun, see you tomorrow."

Nangong Xun smiled and gently took his chin and bumped A Xue's head, saying: "We will meet tonight instead of tomorrow."

"Huh?" Ashe looked up at Nangong Xun suspiciously, "How can I see you when you're asleep?"

Nangong Xundao: "See you in a dream"

As if honey had melted in her heart, she nodded her head sweetly.

On the second day, the four of them got up early in the morning. When Lan Yu passed by the Nangong Xunmen, she saw Axue in the house. She was not surprised and said very politely, "Morning."

At this time, Ah Xue was twisting the handkerchief for Nangong Xun, Nangong Xun took a piece of cloth and wiped his right hand vigorously, Lan Yu came in, looked at Nan Gongxun suspiciously, and asked: "A Xun, what are you doing? "

Nangong Xun kept moving his hands, and even changed a handkerchief, saying, "Wipe your hands."

Lan Yu looked suspiciously at Nangong Xun's hand, which was clean and nothing, and felt even more puzzled.Washing hands this early in the morning?

At this moment, Ziyun got up, as if several people had said that they had seen Nangongxun's movements, and asked, "Ah Xun, what is this?"

When I woke up this morning, Ah Xue found that she had her right hand on him, got out of bed quite disgusted, and said that she would not sleep with her in the future, no, when she got up together, she went outside to fetch a basin of water and prepared to wash her hands. A Xue also said that the water needs to be used to wash her face, there is no other way but to find a handkerchief to wipe her hands, this is not enough, she must be wiped clean.Nangong Xun looked at Ziyunqi, quite helplessly, and said: "Why don't you tell me that the snow silkworm has powder."

Zi Yunqi was taken aback, snow silkworm has powder?How is this possible, said: "A Xun, you must have misunderstood, the snow silkworm is clean, there is no powder"

Before Nangongxun could speak, he heard Asue ask in surprise: "Really?"

Ziyun nodded his head, of course it was true, he went to see it every day, and often touched it, and Zi Lao said it himself, so what could be wrong?

Lan Yu looked at Nangong Xun who was still wiping his hands, couldn't help laughing, and asked, "A Xun, who did you hear that snow silkworms have powder?"

Nangong Xun smiled awkwardly, took the handkerchief in his hand, didn't wipe it off, and said: "No one, but yesterday I got some powder on my hands, I thought it was from Snow Silkworm, haha"

Zi Yunqi and Lan Yu heard that it was not the case, and quickly asked: "Are you sure you only got it after you touched the snow silkworm?"

Seeing the serious and tense expressions of the two, Nangong said, "It might be from other places."

When Zi Yunqi heard it, he would rather make a mistake than let go of such an important matter, and had to confirm it.Lan Yu also had the same idea, so she dragged Nangong Xun and A Xue to Zi's hometown in a hurry.