floating snow

The road is narrow and the vegetation is long, and the evening dew stains my clothes.It is not a pity that the clothes are stained, but the wish is not violated.

You should know my wish.

Wherever the basil is at its fullest, a gentleman like jade sighs slowly, wishing it would be difficult to disobey his heart.

The name Qiuxin Xiaoya is not well obtained. Although it occupies the most unique location in this Confucian town, and the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea are all outstanding, but everyone is looking for comfort after seeing the word "sorrow" , the fun of solving the problem is also two points less.

It is said that the master did it on purpose, so he is probably a strange person.

After Haishi, it was supposed to be the time when the night market was booming, but it rained a few times in the past few days, and the ground was extremely muddy. Except for Baiding Sao Ke, who was willing to come out to enjoy the fun, the rest of the people had already lost their enthusiasm and fell asleep with the moon and stars. .

The small shops on the street are lazy, and the top-notch individual customers sit in twos and threes in a daze. The Weishui is like silk, dragging out five or six luxurious and elegant splendid buildings. , not as lively as a few full-term children.

The south side of Baoxia is very quiet, with criss-crossing brackets, and the four characters Liao Tinghuaxu are hung under the water corridor of the pool hall, and above it is a separate small building, a place for distinguished guests.

The distinguished guest stayed for a few days, resting for a while, and he didn't know where he was going. The store owner had a lot of knowledge and recognized one of them. Dare to collect capital axe.

The other guest is a new face, the shop owner has never seen him before. He is young, handsome and gentle, and he treats people very gently. At first glance, people feel good about him. They guess that he is a new apprentice. He dare not slack off and clean up when he is near Got an upper room.

I heard that the apprentice cultivates being close to nature, so he would go out two or three times a day, not for anything else, but to leave some impressions of the famous places of interest, which is not in vain.

Today the owner of the shop and his friends passed by here and stopped by to visit the distinguished guest. The apprentice went out since noon and hasn't come back yet, so the distinguished guest is not worried.

Not long after, the shopkeeper heard the voice of the younger brother outside the door, "My lord, you came back late today, look at the wicker in your hand... Could it be that you were caught by a girl from some family?"

I just heard the young man smiled, "If there is a girl who really favors her, I'm afraid Yanwen won't be able to hide."

The second elder brother also laughed when he heard this, and asked with great interest, "Why, is it possible that the young master has already found someone he likes? Or do you already have a wife and children at home? If not, I can introduce you to the one in the east of the city." Miss..."

It's okay before, this sentence is over, the storekeeper is calmly arranging his clothes, this young man is indeed easy to talk, but there are some things that even a good talker will avoid, don't ask insults.But before the shop owner walked out of the gate, the young master had already politely refused, and his words were quite funny, "Young brother, don't harm me, there is a vicious person in the family, how can Yanwen dare to have two hearts?"

"Vicious and evil?"

"Yes, vicious and evil."

The shopkeeper shook his head, glared at the little brother who was huddled in the corner, held his hands and saluted the young master with a smile, "Have you ever eaten dinner, young master? If you haven't used it, the little old man will send someone to the room immediately, okay?" ?”

The young master shrugged his shoulders to the younger brother to show his helplessness, "Then I'll have to work."

"No trouble, it should, please."

This son is Shi Yanwen, and the distinguished guest with him is naturally that Taoist—Cang, the head of the six strings.

It's the end of the year now, they have been out of Fudo City, and they have been traveling around famous mountains and rivers for three consecutive months, all they went to were high mountains and wide seas, and occasionally they could cross small bridges and flowing water quietly.

If you go to a high mountain, no matter how steep it is, don’t use exercises or take shortcuts, climb to the top one step at a time, stand facing the wind amidst the howling clouds, and see all the small mountains at a glance.If you cross the deep sea, the wind and waves are still indomitable, and you still use a flat boat with a cloud sail directly to help the sea.

There are deep mountains and old forests that are quiet and uninhabited, there are smoked willows and painted bridges that are clean and dust-free, and there are also clear waters and glowing champagne singing platforms.As for the hazy and yellow, sometimes the sky is on the ground, and sometimes it is a soft seat with a pillow, and it is full of fairy spirit, just follow the circumstances.

The Taoist deliberately took him to relax, and concealed all the news that Qu Shitu sent intentionally or unintentionally, and Shi Yanwen never took the initiative to ask.

Shi Yanwen didn't know that on that lake, the blue sky, the blue water, he was in a good mood, and couldn't help joking, "Looking for a quiet drink, playing the qin and planting flowers, burning incense and drinking tea, listening to the rain and the moon, the only thing left is to enjoy the snow One item, the ancients have all the nine elegance."

The Taoist, with an ethereal appearance, stood on the bamboo raft in the mist and rain, and responded softly, "If that's the case, let's go enjoy the snow."

In this way, they will go to the northern region to enjoy the snow.They were supposed to be the first to go to enjoy the snow, but the Taoist thought of the snow and the icy and snowy scene that often makes people lonely, so they pushed it last.

Hearing that there are holy relics in the Northern Territory, Shi Yanwen might as well stop by to have a look. If it comes in handy, Shi Yanwen doesn't have to watch the bright moonlight lament the rise and fall in front of his eyes all day long.

Speaking of which, he also told another person...

——I heard that there are often years of snow in the northern region, stretching for thousands of miles, covered in snow, and rarely visited by people. If there is a chance, I would like to see it.

Gee.

I realized a big dream first, but luckily the love is not deep.

On the contrary, he was looking at the lights on the covered bridge today, saying that they flowed from the last town, and dyed the river colorful. He was fascinated by watching it for a while, wasting a lot of time, and he had to follow the strings to say he was safe when he came back. good.

The lanterns in the small building are still on, and the flickering candles carved by Danying are a bit dim, and there is a lamp flickering at the corner, which is about to go out.Shi Yanwen thought that there were other people on this floor, and the corner was so hidden, it would be a bad idea to turn it off, so he took a brighter lamp and exchanged it with it, hung it high on the silver hook, and stared at it again. The meeting is startled.

Looking back, there were two people standing at the stairs looking at him, silently, unable to see the whole picture, and one of them nodded to him friendly.

Shi Yanwen hesitated for a moment, returned the courtesy slightly, and left without going forward.

He walked all the way to the Taoist's room, before knocking on the door, the Taoist said, "Come in."

"Xiantou," Shi Yanwen pushed open the door with a smile, Taoist Guo stood by the window, and he stuck a wicker on the window sill, "Xiantou, Yanwen brought you a gift back."

There is still water vapor on the willow leaves, as if they were picked not long ago. The Taoist reached out and touched the willow leaves lightly, and sighed, "I removed the cold air for the bright moonlight last night, and I only woke up at noon. You should have a good rest."

Shi Yanwen blinked, and the expression on his face suddenly became a little more lively and clever, and he hesitated, "But it was raining the past few days, and it finally cleared up today..."

It was wronged him.

Rao is a Taoist who has always been cold, but he couldn't help his emotions. He even showed a faint smile, turned his head and glanced at the strands of white hair, and his eyes fell on the face that was too young, " Now, the strength has calmed down?"

"The nourishment of heaven and earth for half a day is enough."

"Where is Haoyueguang?"

"He is more energetic than Yanwen, and he must be staying by the bridge to enjoy the fiery trees and silver flowers at this moment." Shi Yanwen said, as if holding back a smile, but also with some melancholy, "He seems to have taken a fancy to a girl, but he is more beautiful than me." I can't bear to leave, unfortunately..."

It's a pity that Yin and Yang are separated.

The Taoist naturally understood, he took down the willow stick, and remained silent for a long time, "We will set off tomorrow."

On the next day, Shi Yanwen got up early.

He first went to the covered bridge, half of the willow trees beside the covered bridge fell down, and the bright and magnificent lanterns and river lanterns of various colors at night were also blown into a ball by the water flow, and the bright moonlight floated on the pile of river lanterns and was mesmerized.Seeing Shi Yanwen's arrival, her eyes were filled with tears, "Senior, I'm broken in love."

"..." Shi Yanwen sighed for his short-lived crush, and felt that the child seemed to be relying more and more on him, "Where did you find out about it?"

Hao Yueguang was even more sad when he heard the words, pointing to the inn directly opposite, "She went in with a man, and... that's... very happy."

Shi Yanwen's eyes suddenly turned sharp, "Did you hear the corner?"

"No!" Hao Yueguang's complexion changed drastically. He only thought that Shi Yanwen hated this matter, so he quickly explained, but he didn't dare to be sad. Look, it says... a couple."

Shi Yanwen looked at him seriously, and then changed the subject, "You stayed here all night, but you can see where you can rent a boat. If it's a bigger boat, it's better, and a smaller boat is fine."

Hao Yueguang secretly thought luckily, and carefully squinted Shi Yanwen's eyes, seeing that there was no anger, he floated to his side with peace of mind, looked left and right, and waved after crossing the bridge, "Senior, here you are!"

There was a ferry there, but it was blocked by a bridge, and it was a bit hidden. Shi Yanwen rented a Upon there. The boatman was a middle-aged man, so he was good at talking.Pick up the Taoist at the mouth of the Weishui River in front of Qiuxin Xiaoya, and the two of them set out on the road.

The Taoist still looks the same, meditating on the bow of the boat, the wind and rain do not change, Shi Yanwen tries to get close to nature as much as possible, practicing his "natural way", Hao Yueguang sees no one speaks, and just keeps silent.

They have been used to this silence for the past two months, but the hospitable boatman is not.

He saw two people, one elegant and elegant, the other in white clothes, they were rare characters in the downtown area, they always wanted to have a conversation, but honest and honest, they didn't know how to speak, for fear of offending.

His eyes were so hot that he even hesitated to breathe, Shi Yanwen naturally realized that since the boatman wanted to talk, he was not a man of few words.

"Boater, I see that you always like to look into the water when you punting a boat, but what's the point?"

The boatman laughed honestly, and finally had something to say, "It's nothing special, but there are a lot of undercurrents in our area, and there are water snakes in some places, so be careful at all times to avoid water dragons turning over, in case you are accidentally caught in it , but the gain outweighs the loss!"

"Oh?" Shi Yanwen turned her head to look at the bottom of the water. In fact, one can guess from the clusters of water lilies on the shore. In such a deep environment, it is not surprising that there are some ghosts. If you touch the water, will you be afraid?"

"What are you afraid of? Those of us boatmen are based on experience. How many times do you fall into the water? Even if there are water snakes, you are not afraid. I am afraid that you will fall into the water. It is okay to save one person, but it is difficult to save two people. gone."

"Ha, Yanwen asked stupidly."

"Where?" the boatman glanced at the Taoist, "this is your elder brother?"

Shi Yanwen was taken aback, and looked at the Taoist, "Yes, he is my elder brother. My elder brother is not good at speech, so he doesn't talk much. The boatman...has good eyesight."

The boatman shook his head, "It's not good eyesight, it's just that I carried a few people yesterday, and they were just like you. One sat cross-legged and didn't talk, and the other was as handsome as you, but he was not in good health, and he talked to a chatty one. They even brought a coffin, saying it was to help the spirit return home. At that time, I was the only one on the ferry, and they were worried that I would not carry people. In fact, where are there so many taboos?"

"The boatman is open-minded, so he thinks so." Shi Yanwen sighed.

"You are also a sensible person." The boatman rubbed his shoulders and patted the bamboo pole twice. "How should I put it? On the Weihe River, there used to be a lot of sensible people, but if they understood too much, they became confused."

Shi Yanwen was silent, and suddenly smiled, "The boatman is also a person with a story."

"Hey, I don't have any stories, I just live my life and keep some memories in the rice, oil and salt."

Shi Yanwen opened her mouth and laughed lightly, but had nothing to say.It was the Taoist who opened his mouth, "Having a memory is enough."

Seeing that the people who had never spoken all this time spoke, the boatman became more interested, "No, anyway, ashes will return to ashes and ashes will return to ashes in the end."

Shi Yanwen and his fellow Taoists looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing, "Xiantou, Yanwen doesn't even want to get off this boat."

The boatman chuckled, a little embarrassed, "It's boring to sit around, and there are still two hours until the next ferry. If you two don't mind, how about I give you a shout?"

"The boatman is very interested, we should all listen carefully."

"It's good not to dislike the scattered tunes that are spread indiscriminately by the folks."

Bamboo pulp pierced through the calm, sparkling vast water surface, the boatman opened the wine bag and took two mouthfuls, laughed heartily, and the rough voice sounded on the lake, the simple man even the libretto was the ordinary, profound and melodious that Shi Yanwen admired most, It resounds in all directions.

Hey, when the sun sets into the sea, people return home.

There are endless ears of wheat in the fields.

Niang'er smiled and cursed, and listened carefully.

Who told me to be, the old man at home.

Hey yo...

When the sun sets into the sea, people return home...

The basil swayed with the water waves and the sun, and the autumn mangosteen and bamboos on both sides of the bank swelled. This situation reminded Shi Yanwen of a poem——

Today is the home day of the Four Seas, so we build Xiaoxiaoludiqiu.

Talking and laughing, two hours passed in a flash, Shi Yanwen and Taoist got off the boat at the ferry under the snow mountain.

"Boatman, please send me away."

"It should be," the boatman waved his bamboo paddle and waved his hands, "There are dozens of miles of mountain roads ahead to reach the Snow Mountains in the Northern Territory. It's better for you to find an inn to stay in today. I will come here again in ten days. If Goodbye, I will drive you back again! The boat fare will be halved!"

"Ha, after that ten days, we will be waiting for the boatman again."

"okay!"

The Northern Territory has a bad reputation, and the living environment is relatively harsh. They stop and go, even if Feihong walks on the snow, it takes less than half an hour.No matter how beautiful the snow is, I don't have the desire to appreciate it, and I saw a few fierce fights in the middle, and most of the people I saw were calm and unhappy, even the inn is so special.

"I am bitter inn." Hao Yueguang stared at the plaque lying on the ground and said every word, let alone the unadorned and boring interior of the store, just talking about the owner's booing eyes and [-]% smiling face. It's running an inn. I'm afraid it's not robbing the station, right?

Shi Yanwen was also a little speechless looking at the potholed ground, which was completely different from the carved beams and painting pavilion he lived in before, and said meaningfully, "Boss, can people live in this shop?"

"Yes, yes, yes, of course," the boss, who was only in his thirties, felt his heart skip a beat at this moment. He looked at his whole body, and thought it was the complaint of a son who couldn't bear it. But calmly, "Do you two live in one room, or in two?"

He is the only inn in these ten miles and eight villages. Where else can he live besides here?Maybe it's just the idea of ​​being the only one in the house, and when someone lives in, he can't let him rub and fiddle with it.

Shi Yanwen smiled, looked around and sighed, "There are so many pits in the ground...Brother, let's live in one room."

The Taoist's eyes stopped at nowhere, and he didn't make a sound. Shi Yanwen only regarded him as acquiescing, took out the silver and threw it to the boss, "Then please lead the way."

The boss rolled his eyes around the two of them and nodded again and again, "All right, I just have the last wing left here, please follow me upstairs."

"Brother," Shi Yanwen whispered as he passed the Taoist, "Yanwen hasn't met a black shop for at least 30 years..."

Hearing the excitement in his words, the Taoist glanced at the sword marks left in the dark part of the wall, and stood silent for a while, "Yanwen."

"Ok?"

"...Let's do whatever we want."

"Ah?" Shi Yanwen stood on the stairs and turned his head. The Taoist was a little far away from him, and the wind was loud outside, as if it was going to snow heavily, and his voice was a little indistinct, so he could only ask loudly, "What did you say, brother? I Didn't hear clearly."

"none."

The Taoist turned around and stepped on the second floor, his calm appearance made the long-awaited boss feel uneasy, "Come on, two, this is your room, if you need anything, just say hello."

Shi Yanwen nodded. Although the facade of this small store is ugly, and there is no rule of keeping names safe, the guest rooms are more or less decent. At least the beds and screens are prepared, and the bedding is optional.He took another look and said to the boss, "Then I'll wait for the boss here."

"Wait for me?" The boss was stunned.

Shi Yanwen blinked, "Wait for you to bring the tea."

"Ah, uh...haha, look how I forgot this, I made you laugh, wait a minute, I'll go make tea right now." Saying that, he retreated out while wiping his cold sweat.

When the footsteps disappeared from the stairs, Shi Yanwen smiled lightly at the Taoist, "Xian Shou, can I let Yanwen play tonight?"

Seeing that he was in high spirits, the Taoist chose one of the beds to meditate according to his wishes, and really acted like a brother, "Don't go too far."

"Yanwen knows."

The Taoist closed his eyes, "...you can continue to call me brother."

Shi Yanwen rubbed her nose, her eyes glowed brightly, "Yanwen knows."

On the brows of the moon, the wind and snow were blowing heavily, Shi Yanwen sniffed the tea brought and held it in his hand, awakening the bright moonlight who was adorning the Maitreya Buddha in mid-air, quietly pushed open the door, swept up the beams and waited.

Not long after, I saw two children in black clothes and black hoods. The boss came out from the small door under the stairs with a serious face, "It's finally our turn to get rich in this small shop, kids! This is our first business. Can't screw it up!"

The eyes of the two little devils were shining, and they looked only twelve or thirteen years old. They were so excited that they couldn't contain themselves, and immediately echoed loudly, "Don't screw it up! Don't screw it up!"

The boss nodded, "That's right! That's what I want!"

"Momentum! Momentum!"

"Bless you, Confucius and Mencius, the rations for the next half month will depend on these two fat sheep!"

"Fat sheep! Fat sheep!"

"..." Hao Yueguang looked strange, "Senior, do they have trouble with their brains?" It's so loud that the dead pigs might wake them up, right?

Shi Yanwen shook the teapot at him, "Maybe they think that the drug that kills rats is the same as the drug that kills people." It's not a big evil, at least it's useless, and it doesn't kill anyone. Heart.

The two were speechless when they saw the boss stepped onto the table, rolled his sleeves on his arm, and dropped a very gorgeous little mushroom, "Very good! So what are we going to do next?"

"Root! Rob!"

"Wrong!" The boss glared at them, "We are robbing the rich and giving to the poor!"

The two children didn't understand what he meant, they were stunned, and then continued to shout, "Steal the rich and give to the poor! Steal the rich and give to the poor!"

The boss looked at the two children, and stepped forward, "You! Go and search for their money. You! Go and take off their clothes."

Shi Yanwen and Hao Yueguang were stunned, and the two children were also stunned, "Take clothes off?"

"Stupid," the boss was so angry that his nose was blowing heavily, "if I don't take off my clothes, where can I find fabrics to make clothes for you for the winter?"

"Oh, that's it... good! Strip the clothes! Strip the clothes!"

Shi Yanwen looked at their unrelenting attitude of not taking off their clothes, the corners of their mouths twitched, and after a long time, they couldn't help laughing, "Take off their clothes?"

Looking at the bottom, the oath was over, and the three of them immediately went upstairs sneakily.With a smile on the corner of Shi Yanwen's mouth, he broke a small piece of wood from the beam, spotted the place where the boss was standing and threw it away. With a click, the stairs that were barely passable were broken in two.

The boss suddenly stepped on the ground, and half of his left leg got stuck in the stairs immediately. His posture was not very elegant, and he probably bumped into a dangerous place.

Seeing that the person in front of them suddenly became half shorter, the two children lowered their heads, and were frightened by the complex expression on their faces, they all shouted, "Daddy! Don't die!"

Although the child is not very old, but the strength developed by stealing chickens and dogs is not light, and the neck is stuck on the left and right, making the boss roll his eyes, "Who... who is dead! Alas! This staircase... is terrible..."

Shi Yanwen didn't expect such a change in this move, he and Hao Yueguang looked at each other, and they both laughed awkwardly.

The boss asked the two children to get out of the way, struggled to get out of the stairs, and continued to go up the stairs with a weird inner horoscope.This time Shi Yanwen gained experience, instead of throwing things, he brought a teapot and imitated Haoyueguang's appearance, flying past several people very quickly, and a gust of wind was blown up by the way.

The boss noticed something was wrong, and glanced back casually, not expecting a white gauze to come towards him, with a pair of eyes staring at him sullenly.

Many people died in this small shop, whether it was the owner who was killed by the bandits in the first generation, or the bandits who later occupied the place, or Xiaoxiao who was robbed one after another after being left out by the bandits, they all died miserably. , especially the previous generation of masters, I heard that they were still buried by a few people with coffins, not even a whole body.

Where there are many dead people, it is normal to have ghosts.

But the boss didn't think much about it for a while. In fact, he didn't think about anything. He just pressed the two children on the ground reflexively, and then he realized that his face was ashen and his legs were shaking.

"...Ghost!!!"

The two children were taken aback for a moment, and then began to cry again, "Ghost! Hello, mother!"

"Shut up!" Shi Yanwen didn't expect this person to be so frightened, and then remembered the Taoist's advice before sitting in meditation, his head grew bigger for a moment, and he sneered reflexively, "Don't cry! Or I will eat you!"

The crying stopped.

The crying started again.

"The ugly ghost is going to eat people!!"

Shi Yanwen stroked his forehead.