Penglai delusion

Xi Mo came with two big urns, and seeing a group of people huddled together staring at him like a ghost, he said with a smile while wiping his blood and sweat, "I'm sorry to trouble you all these days. I just took it from the ice cellar. Wine, as an apology to everyone."

A word of politeness, but it is irresistible.Kuang Wuxun tree only grows in the back mountain, the wine soaked in the flower juice is extremely delicious, and the sun has been very fierce recently, this kind of chilled wine is just right.

The leading disciple accepted it.Xi Mo smiled, and was about to leave, but was stopped by several disciples, saying don't leave, why don't you just stay and have a drink together.

Xi Mo said, "Sorry, I don't drink."

The few disciples exchanged glances, forced him to sit down, and insisted on scooping out a cup, asking him to drink first.

Xi Mo was held down by several hands, knowing that he couldn't escape, he simply drank generously and bottomed out in one breath.Seeing this, everyone looked at each other for a moment, then clapped their hands and cheered.

The wine is like fruit juice, but it is very easy to drink, after a while, everyone is already dizzy, sweating like rain, but they are laughing and full of praise.

The young man who scolded Xi Mo the most and even took his notes was a very heavy alcoholic.He drank the most, and now he is more and more satisfied with seeing Xi Mo. Finally, he simply bypassed the scattered people, came to Xi Mo, patted his shoulder and said earnestly, "Little brother, good wine!"

Xi Mo just gave the old man a beating, and when he slapped him like this, he felt that the wound was open again, but he smiled reluctantly and said "you are polite".

"I'm also... not polite to you!" the disciple said, "My brother is called Lu Yuxiao, if you call him brother Lu, I will recognize you as a younger brother!"

Xi Mo knew that this was drunk talk, so he still nodded and said, "Brother Lu."

"Wonderful!" Lu Yuxiao said, "It's really wonderful!"

He sat down with his arms around Xi Mo's shoulders, and casually took out the bark book and stuffed it into the person's arms, "Look at you, you have a pair of wine-making hands, but it's too unpopular to stay here!" He also said, "This is not a disciple, even our outer disciples are treated better than you, right?"

There were people around who were drunk.

"You, huh? You stay here! Is there a monthly rule? Is there a letter? Can you see the vestment?"

These trivial matters were not recorded in detail in those books before, so Xi Mo just half understood.He hugged his tattered book tightly, with a blush on his face, looking pitiful and cute.

Seeing this, Lu Yuxiao couldn't bear it anymore, "You will be like this for the rest of your life, instead of squatting here as a servant, it's like I go back to make wine."

Then someone laughed and said, "Senior brother Lu, look at this kid is handsome, wouldn't it be a waste of money just to be a bartender?" Another voice followed him with a laugh, "It stands to reason that with such a good appearance, it's better to lie down and be a prostitute." Chong, it saves me a lot of trouble, and I still learn this and that all day long."

"Excessive!" Lu Yuxiao reprimanded a few words inarticulately, wanted to say something but seemed to forget, when he got up and went to scoop up the wine again, he was tripped on the ground and lost his mind.

Xi Mo couldn't understand what they were saying, but knew it was time to leave.It was the first time he drank alcohol, and his mind was a little hot.The wine was good wine, so the heat couldn't go away.It was hot when I was sitting, but when I stood up and took a few steps, the foreground began to shake.

He only felt that he had climbed the mountain steps for a long time in a daze, but he still couldn't reach Chaiyuan.Just as he was thinking whether he had gone the wrong way, he saw a shadow in front of him exuding a very familiar smell, and couldn't help laughing, "Hello, elder, why are you here?"

Jiang Tan didn't want the child to be so drunk, so when he saw him, he rushed over, hugged his calf and didn't let go, and couldn't stop laughing, so he could only say, "Xi Mo."

"Elder, I..." the child said with a smile, "I'm in so much pain."

As he said that, he laughed again, rubbing his red face against the hem of his clothes, "I really hurt, hehe."

Jiang Tan looked at him blankly for a while, then looked at the cave door that was close at hand, and said, "Xi Mo."

"……Um."

"You should go back."

"..."

"Xi Mo."

"...Auntie...I...sorry..."

Jiang Tan saw that the child was as safe as a rock after wiping two lines of tears on the corner of his clothes, and there was no response to what he said after that.

Xi Mo opened his eyes, everything was soft and white, very familiar.His eye sockets were sore, he didn't know why he was on the Jiangtan couch, but he touched the white brocade quilt, turned over and sat up.

The inner room is pitch black, and the beads on the ceiling emit a faint fluorescent light, and only a shadow with the warm color of the candlelight slanted in.Xi Mo quietly approached the door, but he didn't dare to peek outside, he just sat down slowly, staring at the outline of the thin shadow in a daze.

After a long time, I put my finger on it and traced it again.

The smell of alcohol and sweat on his body has been washed away, and the pain from several wounds is no longer there. He is wearing a crow blue short shirt, and every inch of his breath exudes a refreshing fragrance of saponins. You don't need to think about who it is. handwriting.

Xi Mo finally walked out.

Jiang Tan was engraving words on the tablets, and before he came close, he said, "I woke up."

"...Elder...I..."

"Say one thing." Jiang Tan put away the knife and looked at him seriously, "Don't call me A Niang again from now on."

Xi Mo was a little dizzy for a while, and said in a hurry, "I'm sorry, elder, this disciple has exceeded the rules today, please punish me!"

"No need." Jiang Tan said, "Do you remember?"

"remember!"

"Okay, go back to sleep."

Logically speaking, Xi Mo would never fall asleep again.But the couch in Jiangtan is really a precious place that is warm in winter and cool in summer. He has been bored in the firewood house for a long time, but at this moment he couldn't get enough of his comfort, so he fell into a drowsy sleep.

After waking up again, Xi Mo really didn't want to leave.But remembering that the plants in the garden needed to be watered today, they still procrastinated and waited until Jiangtan came to call them before gritted their teeth and got up.

He suddenly thought of something. "Elder, do you know what the monthly rules and letter points are?"

"The faction distributes monthly money on a regular basis, and all elders and disciples have it in case of emergencies. This is a monthly rule." Jiang Tan thought for a while, "Everything done after joining the faction can be recorded by Yu Ling. The entry will be reviewed by the steward , according to the credit points generated by the contribution, they can be exchanged for supplies."

Xi Mo asked in a daze, "Yu Ling?"

Jiang Tan opened up his sleeves a bit, and showed the child the thin jade hanging on his wrist, seeing his wink, he said sadly, "It's so beautiful."

Jiang Tan didn't make a sound, he pondered for a while, and said, "Let's go."

Xi Mo replied "Okay", and the two went down the mountain together, but seeing Jiang Tan walking towards the chai garden with him, he suddenly seemed to react, "The elder's tablets are used up?"

"Ah."

Xi Mo didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's enough for the elder to tell me, and I will definitely pass on the word, you don't have to come here in person."

"It's okay."

Xi Mo looked at Jiang Tan's back, and suddenly wanted to ask him to come over and take a look at his small garden.He didn't know where he got so much emotion today, and rubbed his eyes to fetch water to irrigate the ground.

When autumn comes, the schoolwork at Yiyao Peak comes to an end.Before leaving, Lu Yuxiao asked Xi Mo how many jars of wine he had bought, and expressed a strong desire to see each other again.

"There's no need for money." Xi Mo said with a smile, "It's not something rare, as long as Brother Lu likes it."

"Okay, Brother Xi is really interesting, I will definitely bring you something interesting next time." Lu Yuxiao also said with a smile, "Then I will come to your place if I have time, and you can try some new wine for me. "

Ever since they drank Xi Mo's wine, most of Yiyaofeng's disciples didn't care much about his listening.Sometimes when he couldn't understand, Lu Yuxiao would actively answer the questions, and what he got in return was more touching fine wines.

This was out of control, and when he was sober, he wanted to recognize him as his younger brother again.

Xi Mo did as he pleased.

Not long after Yi Yaofeng left, the old man also left.Before leaving, I didn't even bother to say a word to Xi Mo, but when I gnawed on his sauced duck leg, I couldn't help warning, "It's okay, don't worry about it.

Don't keep staring at the Langgan tree. "

Xi Mo agreed one by one.

On the day of the autumnal equinox, in his small garden, except for two clusters of mature snake-eye fruits, all other spiritual plants died.

Xi Mo sat on the edge of his desolate field for half a day, and then got bored in the firewood room to write and draw.After a few days, I couldn't find the right way and couldn't think of a new prescription.My head was so stuffy again, I had to go out and clean up the dead flowers and plants in the field.

This reason, but discovered a mystery.After taking those spiritual herbs and taking a closer look, he guessed something.

The root system of the original snake eye fruit is intricate and domineering. When absorbing nutrients, it not only crosses the fence and invades the territory of other plants, but also entangles a dry flower and plant to death from the root because of its snake-like strangulation characteristics.

Xi Mo looked at the corner of the root system occupying the entire garden, and laughed for some reason.

He thought that the fruit didn't kill him on the outer island of Penglai, but now he is still coming to kill him.

After laughing for a while, Xi Mo decided to keep the farmer of the poison, and the herbs to be planted in the future need to be considered in the long run.

That night, he wove the rhizome of the snake eye fruit into a rope, hung it in the corner of the wall, and leaned against the wooden shadow box.

Xi Mo stared at that corner for a long time, and went to the Langgan tree early the next morning.

He decided to do one thing before closing the mountain.

"Senior Fuchang." Xi Mo saluted the eyeing head, but was stunned by it.

"This junior is impolite and wants to use Langganzi as an ancient recipe. I don't know if senior will agree." He said sincerely, "If senior has any instructions, this junior is willing to do his best."

The head looked at him, turned around a few times, and woke up the other two sleeping ones. The three murmured together for a while, and the one in the middle said, "I am the guardian of Immortal Nailanggan. If you want to ask for fairy beads Just go and ask Immortal Langgan for instructions."

After speaking, the three heads stared at him in unison.

"Thank you, senior." Xi Mo saluted, stared intently with the big eyes of the six copper bells, climbed a certain distance, and saluted again when he reached the Langgan tree, saying, "Senior Langgan."

No sound.

"Senior, this junior is bothering you. I want to ask your fairy beads to develop an ancient prescription. I don't know what you want."

In a short time, a long wind suddenly picked up, blowing clouds and piling snow, covering the already cold sun.Xi Mo stood up straight with his arms outstretched, and saw the Langgan tree swaying slightly, and a green one, one scarlet and one colorless fell down, and three sons came and lined up in front of him.

Laughter came from behind, "Let's take all the villains, Immortal Langgan likes you very much."

Xi Mo had mixed feelings for a moment.

He collected the Langgan seeds, donated two ancient trees, and made up his mind to practice the way of poison on the way.

After returning home, according to the excerpt from the bark book, I melted the dull fruit with moonlight, got a pot of clear water like moonlight, picked three more Muying flowers to fill it, and carefully buried it in a new pot. Fan's garden.

This is waiting for the day of heavy snow to come.

It's just that the more time passed, the more disturbed my originally calm heart became.A heart is full of ups and downs, until that day.

It was late at night.Xi Mo sat cross-legged in front of Xunzhu, guarding the half-black and half-white strange stone in the courtyard, and thought to himself, there is only half the chance, and he hoped that God would be good and give himself more time.

He is a person who likes snow the most, this time he really hopes that it will not snow today from the bottom of his heart.If it had been a little bit late, the birth of Rong Ying would have been postponed for another year.And the tide at sea is uncertain, what he fears most is that the Penglai Taoist will blow away without anyone noticing.

Although it only opens once every ten years or so, there are also examples of the accident such as Lushu.

Whenever, as long as the Tao is open, he must go back.

Where are you going back?He thought he had no home.

With empty hands, how can I bother Mr. Cao again?

Xi Mo touched the ice-like stone, but his mind was full of the scene of him playing and chasing two big geese in the snow.Footprints and laughter are intertwined and printed under Joan's gray snow sky, sweating

Water, snowdrops, bit by bit, wet the face and soak the eyes.

It is the coldest hug, the hottest breath.

His eyes were extremely black, and the snow was extremely white, reflected in his pupils, as magnificent as stardust falling from the dome.

Xi Mo raised his head blankly, the snow in his memory coincided with the reality.He opened his eyes wide, watching the snowflakes shatter and cover the garden.

It's snowing.

He suddenly felt a cold chill in his heart, and he couldn't bear the cold.He walked back to the room slowly, rolled up the blanket and lay down.Just like before, I will survive another winter night alone.

Only this time, even though he was wrapped in several layers of thick blankets, the breath he exhaled was as cold as ice slag, and the heart in his chest was as dead as frozen, as if it would never jump again.

Lying so motionless, he felt as if he had just escaped from Qilian Mountain and fell open in the snow, with no heat left in his body.

Penglai has a long winter, and Xi Mo knows it.But now I just wish it could be longer, longer.

But it seemed that it was only this time of sleep, when he opened his eyes again, there were birds chirping and a faint fragrance outside the window.

The spring solstice has a sound.