[Rebirth] Landscape and pastoral

Wen Qiwen was circling around the house agitatedly. Brother Rui had been in the mountain for two days and there was no news.Although he said before leaving that he would go for a few days, he always felt restless.

He wanted to go into the mountain to look for it, but the mountain was so big, and Brother Rui didn't say where he was going, so it was undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.Although he knew that he might not be able to find Zhang Zirui after entering the mountain, but Zhang Zirui hadn't come back on the third day, Wen Qiwen couldn't sit still.He prepared dry food, bows and arrows, and went into the mountains with a sword to find someone.

And Zhang Zirui is still in Yanwanggou at this time, following the bone arrow, walking over and over again, drawing his route into a picture in his mind, but he still has no idea about the way to break the formation.

The route he walked seemed to suddenly appear and then disappear suddenly.It's like he was walking along a road, and when he thought he had reached the end, he was suddenly teleported to the starting point, and the cycle continued like this.

He had run out of water, and all that remained of his food was a piece of jerky.But he has no clue about everything here, the surrounding scenery remains unchanged, shrouded in white mist, the visibility is less than ten meters, and there is silence.All of this made him feel irritated.

He rested for a while, stood up again, and continued to try to walk in different directions.The countless bones in the valley once again became his guideposts.After trying many times, he finally found that he didn't seem to really enter the valley, but kept circling around the valley.

He roughly drew the route he traveled on the ground, changing it over and over again, and different lines were displayed on the ground.Form strange patterns, some like astrological charts, and like mountain charts or river charts.No matter what it is, it is difficult to capture the pattern in this messy line diagram.

Wen Qiwen, who entered the mountain, first went to several places where Zhang Zirui often went to collect herbs, but he couldn't find him, and he couldn't find any trace of him, so he became more and more anxious.

Then he remembered that Zhang Zirui had asked him about the strange places in the mountains.He thought about it, and with Zhang Zirui's ability, if he went to the tiger collar or the black bear forest, there would be no danger, and the only ones left were Guniupo and Yanwanggou.

Thinking of this, Wen Qiwen's face turned pale, and he hurried to the rolling cow slope.He searched Guniupo for a long time, but found no sign of Zhang Zirui staying.He went to Yanwanggou again, and when he got near Yanwanggou, he looked at the valley covered by a white mist, and he couldn't see anything clearly inside.

Against the backdrop of the dim sky, the entire valley was lifeless, without any breath of life, and there was a strange silence that made people feel uneasy.Wen Qiwen had a calm and handsome face, with worry and uneasiness written between his brows.

Although reason told him that Rui Ge, who had always been calm and measured, would not make such a risky move.But his intuition and Ruige's strong interest in Yanwanggou told him that Ruige was in this valley.

It was getting dark and he had been out for two days.It's just that it's useless to be anxious now, Wen Qiwen didn't rush into it rashly, he found a place to rest nearby, and quietly waited for the dawn.

Although he tried his best to persuade himself to calm down, he had prepared the dry food that Brother Rui was carrying. He knew that it could only last for three days at most, but tomorrow would be the sixth day.When he thought that Brother Rui was very likely to be trapped in Yanwanggou and starve, he couldn't calm down.

At night, Wen Qiwen outside the valley was tossed and turned with worry.Zhang Zirui in the valley endured hunger and thirst, and meditated with his legs crossed to resist the cold. His cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds in the past few days, but he is not happy at all.

After finally dawning, Wen Qiwen circled around Yanwanggou, looking for traces of Zhang Zirui's presence here.Soon he found a fire, looked at it carefully, and confirmed that it was lit in the past few days.Immediately, Wen Qiwen's heart arose, and he searched cautiously at the mouth of the valley, and found a few threads drawn from the fabric on a barb.

Wen Qiwen held it in his hand and carefully identified it. It was the same color and fabric as the clothes Zhang Zirui wore when he left.Immediately, his face turned pale, and he carefully checked the surrounding traces to confirm that Zhang Zirui had indeed entered Yanwanggou.

Wen Qiwen yelled Zhang Zirui's name from outside the valley to the inside, but the valley was completely silent, and his voice seemed unable to reach inside.He clenched the sword in his hand, gritted his teeth, and turned to leave.

Until the afternoon, he appeared in front of Yanwanggou again.His water bag was filled with water, a long cane was hung on his body, and several hares and pheasants were still bleeding at his feet.He didn't bring much dry food when he came out. He didn't know if he could find food in the valley, so he made some preparations.

He tied the rattan on his body to a tree, took a deep breath with his prey, and walked into Yanwanggou with a determined expression on his face.He heard from the old hunter that it is very dangerous to walk in places where he cannot see the direction clearly. It is best to look for the direction and make a mark.

Zhang Zirui sat on the ground, holding a branch in his hand and deducing the transformation of the formation on the ground.Although he has found a little way now, he doesn't know if he can last until he breaks out.He has already run out of ammunition and food, tired and hungry.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something approaching from the mist. He quickly grabbed the sword, stood up, and drew out his long sword to stand ready.When he saw the person coming, he was so surprised that he couldn't describe his mood at this time.

The moment he was stunned, a slender figure quickly threw himself into his arms, hugged him tightly, and said with a trembling voice: "Brother Rui, that's great, I finally found you."

"Ah Wen, how did you find this place?" At this moment, Zhang Zirui had mixed feelings in his heart, and it would be a lie to say that he was not moved by Wen Qiwen risking his life to enter Yanwanggou to find him.But there's more to it than emotion.

This silly boy, when he mentioned Yanwanggou, his face was full of fear, but he rushed in without hesitation in order to find him.

After Wen Qiwen's mood eased, he blushed a little embarrassedly, let go of Zhang Zirui, and then told Zhang Zirui how he found him.

Zhang Zirui, who was let go by him, felt lost for a moment, and then returned to normal.He picked up the prey that Awen threw on the ground, and pulled him to sit down where he was resting just now.

"Brother Rui, drink some water. You must be hungry and thirsty, right? I'll go pick up firewood and cook some meat for you." Wen Qiwen saw Zhang Zirui's chapped lips and hurriedly handed him the water bag.

Zhang Zirui took it, but didn't dare to drink more, just took a sip and swallowed it bit by bit. "Awen, you shouldn't be here. It's like a huge maze, it's hard to get out."

"It's okay, Brother Rui, look, I came in with a cane tied from the outside." Wen Qiwen pulled the cane tied around his body, smiling like a little fox.

Zhang Zirui was very surprised. He was very happy when he saw the vines tied to Wen Qiwen's body and extending into the mist.

There were a lot of dead branches in these four weeks, Wen Qiwen quickly lit a fire and tested a rabbit, and the two of them ate and packed up.Then walk out along Wen Qiwen's cane.

It's just that they were obviously happy too early, because after walking around, they returned to the place where the rabbit was roasted.

"How did this happen? Could it be a ghost hitting the wall." Wen Qiwen's face turned even paler, and fear of ghosts and gods appeared in his eyes.

"It's not a ghost hitting the wall, it's a formation, and we're trapped inside." He should have known a long time ago that it wouldn't be so simple. "Ah Wen, it looks like I'm going to drag you down this time." Zhang Zirui looked at Wen Qiwen with guilt in his eyes.

"Brother Rui, go there, I'll go there. There is no limit to the road, we will definitely be able to go out." Wen Qiwen was never a person who would give in easily.

"Well, I will definitely take you out."

So Zhang Zirui calmed down again to study the formation, trying to find a way out before they starved to death.The husband and wife were trapped on the outskirts of Yanwanggou together, and they worked together to find a way out.

At night, Wen Qiwen was terribly frozen.Even if he practiced, he couldn't resist the severe cold like Zhang Zirui.Zhang Zirui hugged him into his arms, put his back against his chest, faced the fire in front of him, and brought him to practice together.

After finally getting to dawn, the two began to look for a way out.Wen Qiwen took the bow and arrow from his back, and shot in one direction at will, and finally the bow and arrow came from behind him. Fortunately, Zhang Zirui was prepared and had quick eyes and hands, so nothing happened.

The two of them searched hard for five days in a pile of bones, and finally found the birth door of the formation.Their food was exhausted two days ago, and now they are tired and hungry, with dry mouths.

The two of them supported each other, and when they staggered out of the fog, they were stunned by the surrounding scenery.They didn't walk out of the valley, but really entered the valley.Although the formation outside Yanwanggou is like the King of Hades who is demanding his life, the inside of the valley is like a fairyland.

At this time, what they saw before their eyes was a scene filled with fairy air, singing birds and fragrant flowers, just like the fairyland in the painting.If you look carefully, you can see that there are plants rich in spiritual power everywhere in the verdant forest.

Zhang Zirui carefully identified many of them were panaceas that he had only heard of but had never seen before.There are no animals in the valley, only some birds and bees. The food chain is not perfect, but it can still go round and round.

"Are we in a fairyland?" Wen Qiwen said blankly.

"No, this is just the Paradise of Paradise." In fact, he had never seen the so-called Paradise of Paradise before, but everything here was as described in Paradise of Paradise.The guardian array, abundant spiritual power, pleasant scenery, various elixir, and spiritual plants.

The two found some wild fruits in the forest to satisfy their hunger. After recovering some physical strength, they were in the mood to continue exploring the depths.Through the woods they saw an open place.There are cliffs all around here, and there is a hole in the mountain wall.They walked into the cave carefully. Although the entrance of the cave can only be passed by two adult men at the same time, the cave is very spacious, but it is not humid, and there are no insects and ants.

As soon as you enter the cave, there is first a large cave as spacious as a hall, and then there are different small caves around it.The walls of the cave are covered with a glowing moss, so the cave is well lit.

The two carefully explored the place, and found that some small holes were only the size of a house, and some were slightly larger.There is a cave directly leading to the underground river, and there is a small hot spring in a larger cave.

But after searching all over the cave, no artificial carving or decoration was found.Everything here is formed naturally, Zhang Zirui thought to himself, could this be the legendary natural paradise?But what happened to the outer formation?

But at this time, they haven't traveled the entire valley, so it's not good to draw conclusions too early.The two filled the water bags in the underground river and caught a few more translucent fish.Then he went out of the cave and grilled the fish outside the cave to satisfy his hunger.

This fish Zhang Zirui has seen in the jade slips, it is a material for alchemy, it is non-toxic and can be eaten.And the meat is very delicious, without small thorns.Even though Zhang Zirui doesn't like fish, he still eats it with gusto.

"Brother Rui, do you think we can still go out?" It's so difficult to get in, and it must be difficult to get out.And I don't know if I can go out, or if I will be trapped in that cloud of white mist again.

"Of course, I already know the principle of this formation. As long as we study it thoroughly, it will be easy for us to get in and out in the future." Zhang Zirui is full of confidence.

"That's good. I don't know what happened to Ah Wu and the others? We have been in the mountain for so long, so they must have been anxious." Wen Qiwen was a little worried about his family. They hadn't returned home for many days, and Ah Wu probably brought people into the mountain as well. Find them now.

Zhang Zirui was also a little worried about Wen Qiwu and the others, they would be fine in the village.Wouldn't it be very dangerous to go into the mountains to find people, accidentally run into the territory of fierce beasts, be attacked by fierce beasts, or find here like Awen.It's no use just worrying, the most urgent thing is to find a way out.

After eating and drinking enough, and resting for a while, the husband and wife continued to familiarize themselves with the terrain in the valley.The valley is not too big, so they walked around the valley without using it for a day.They also found another small hole in the valley, filled with a lot of aura.Zhang Zirui bowed in to have a look, and was surprised to find that this place turned out to be a vein of spirit stones.In the small cave, you can see all the spirit stones of different qualities.

If he still had spiritual roots, he might be overjoyed.But he couldn't even reach the foundation-building stage, and the spirit stones were at most just to help him replenish his spiritual power in an emergency or to use them for formation.To him, these spirit stones are like chicken ribs.He has a sense of loneliness that keeps the treasure mountain empty, but can't make good use of it.

In this valley, everywhere can bring him surprises.Elixir, spiritual pulse, natural cave.After he walked all over the valley, he was very sure that there was no human presence here. He guessed that the formation around Yanwanggou was completely a miracle from the heavens, and it turned out to be naturally formed.

After confirming that this place does not belong to anyone else, and there is no one there, the joy in Zhang Zirui's heart cannot be expressed in words.He named this place Taoyuan Valley and made it his own territory.In order to fully own his own paradise, in order to let this valley belong to him.With excitement, Zhang Zirui began to study the natural formation outside the valley.

Although Wen Qiwen didn't fully understand the value of this valley and its significance to practitioners, it didn't prevent him from infecting that kind of joy from Zhang Zirui.And he is worthy of being a virtuous housemate, a small expert in life, when Zhang Zirui was studying the formation, he took care of the lives of the two of them in an orderly manner.

The life of the two of them in the valley was quite comfortable. They were thirsty and drank some water from the dark river.Eat grilled fish when you are hungry, or eat some wild fruits and vegetables, and soak in hot springs when you are tired.With the foundation of breaking the formation before, Zhang Zirui basically figured out the entire formation within a few days.

Because they were worried about their family, the two hurriedly brought some wild fruits full of spiritual energy from the valley out of Yanwanggou.This time it came out very smoothly, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Especially Zhang Zirui, although he has always loved these mysterious formations since his previous life, he lacks the energy to make the formations work - the spirit stone, so even if he often researches them, it is only on paper.This time he also brought some low-grade spirit stones out, planning to study various formations after returning.

And Wen Qiwu was indeed, as they expected, going crazy.First, his brother-in-law, who he thought was extremely powerful, went to the mountain and did not return for many days, and then his most respected elder brother also went into the mountain to find someone, but they both disappeared.

So he called the people in the village for help, and went into the mountain to search, but he found nothing.Just when he returned home after searching for nothing, he was pleasantly surprised to find that his elder brother and brother-in-law were intact at home, thinking about what to eat for dinner.He didn't know what to say immediately, but it was fine, and he was relieved.

The two of them were not heartless, they just starved to death in the mountains.Even though there is no shortage of food in the valley, it is tasteless.

When the outside world is a little calmer, the shadow of the plague is far away from people, and people's lives have resumed as before.Zhang Zirui took out the silver he got from King Cheng.I bought all the small hillsides and small ravines near Zhang's house.Then a brick wall was built to enclose the whole area including Wen's.

Then began to invite people to build houses. The house is a two-story building with stone as the foundation, brick as the wall, wood as the frame, and tiles as the roof.The house is generally square, with three small buildings connected on three sides, a wall and a courtyard door on one side, and a small courtyard surrounded in the middle.Flowers and plants are planted in the courtyard, and bonsai are placed, which looks quiet and elegant.

The front of the second floor of the small building has double eaves and a corridor, which shields the wooden structure from wind and rain erosion, forming an aisle, and the first floor is naturally a corridor, forming a double-layer corridor.The three small buildings are integrated into one, and the corridor in front of the house is also connected.

The main room, the first floor is the lobby, where the gods and Buddhas of the ancestors are worshipped, and guests are received. The second floor is the master bedroom and study.On both sides of the main house, in the corner of the house, there is a hut on the left, and a flower stand is built on the right, and a well is dug under the flower stand.

A side door was opened by the well, and the kitchen was inside.Two houses next to the kitchen are used to store sundries.The room on the second floor serves as a guest room.In the house on the left, grain is piled up on the second floor, and harvested potatoes and sweet potatoes are placed on the first floor.

There is also a large yard outside this house, and a martial arts training ground has been built.The rest of the place is temporarily idle, and Zhang Zirui is going to set up a gathering array to plant vegetables, fruit trees, and medicinal herbs.

Near the courtyard wall of the house, an arch was built, and on the other side of the arch was a house exactly like them.The land outside the house was also fenced off, even the vegetable garden was enclosed within the wall.

And here is the Wen family, the repairer's house money, Zhang Zirui originally wanted to get out of the 500 yuan, but Wen Qiwu firmly disagreed.He took out all the money he had earned recently, owed what was not enough first, and paid it back slowly.

Wen Qiwen very much agrees with Wen Qiwu's approach, it's not that he is stingy and reluctant to spend money on his younger brother.But in their mind, the money belongs to the Zhang family after all.On weekdays, Zhang Zirui was already good enough to them, and his brother-in-law couldn't afford such a large amount of expenditure.Zhang Zirui had nothing to do with the two brothers, he could only let them do what they wanted.

However, the Wen family's place is not as big as the Zhang family's, so no martial arts training ground was built, and Wen Qiwu and those boys in the village moved to the Zhang family.These boys looked at the new training ground with joy on their faces.The ground of the martial arts training ground is a flat bluestone slab, and there are weapon racks and wooden dummy posts beside it.

Although there were only wooden swords and broadswords on the weapon rack, they still felt very dignified.But what surprised them the most were those wooden dummy posts, which they had never seen before.This was done by Zhang Zirui on a whim, he is not available as a cultivator.But thinking of the scenes of practicing with wooden dummy stakes in those film and television dramas, I thought it was quite practical, so I asked the carpenter to make a few.After Zhang Zirui demonstrated the magical effect of the wooden dummy, these boys immediately fell in love with this new practice.

Zhang's and Wen Qiwu's house construction activities were very loud, and the house was built in a grand manner, which many people in the village envied.It's just that they have seen the abilities of these two families, and they dare not have bad thoughts.

And Wen Xing, who had returned to the village in desperation, was so jealous that her eyes were red. In her eyes, the county magistrate's house was not as big as theirs.She didn't even think about it. Could it be that the vegetable garden is not big?

The reason why Wen Xing returned to the village was because the county magistrate she married died in the plague. After that, the county magistrate's son inherited all the family property and drove Wen Xing out.

For a daughter to end up like this, the most important thing is that she didn't get any benefits at all. Wen Chengcai and his wife definitely couldn't accept it.At the beginning, the county magistrate said that he could help Wen Chengcai find a job in the yamen, so he married his daughter.Unexpectedly, the plague broke out before the errand was settled, and the county magistrate also died of the plague.

Now that the bamboo basket fetched water all gone, and Wen Xing didn't even get any of the county magistrate's family wealth, how can we not make them angry.So they went to the county magistrate's son to make trouble, but they were kicked out.The county magistrate's son is also a small official in the yamen, much better than Wen Chengcai, who can't beat him.

In the end, the family failed to please her, so Li could only bring Wen Xing back to the village in despair.Although Wen Xing was kicked out, the son of the county magistrate allowed her to bring back his things.Because she was young and beautiful, the county magistrate spent a lot of money on her.

So when she came back, she wore silk and satin and red hairpins on her head.Even though she is just a widow, she also looks arrogant.She enjoyed blessings at the county magistrate's house for a while, but now her eyes are higher than her head, and she looks down on the villagers.Didn't you know that the villagers looked down on her even more.

Today is different from the past, even if Wen Xing looks at Zhang's house with red eyes like rabbits, she won't get any benefit.When she knew that Zhang Zirui had extorted nearly 20 taels of silver from her family at the price of one tael for a pair of medicine, she felt even more upset.

Wen Tao just silently watched the greedy faces of her sister and mother who were jumping up and down. She lives carefully now, fearing that one day these people will push her into the fire pit for money.