The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

3. Journey to the Fog Mountains ([-])

Starting from Linjiang Town, passing through Linzhou, passing through three cities, one town and one county along the way, it took fifteen days to reach Chuzhou. To the east of Chuzhou was the Wushan Mountain.

At the beginning of the journey, everything went smoothly. Because of the lessons learned from the past, the whole father-in-law arranged the interior of the carriage to be extremely comfortable, with all the soft cushions and thin blankets, as well as tea and fruit snacks. Even Guaiguai and Quack were put in In a small cage, in the back of the carriage.

Because the weather was fine, Xu Qingfeng was very interested at first, and from time to time he opened the curtain to look out curiously. After this kind of attention lasted intermittently for an hour, it gradually disappeared.

The scenery outside has not changed much, except that the hillside is just the trees on the slope, and the brick-red land is exposed where there are no trees, which is not beautiful.Xu Qingfeng lost interest, put down the curtain, and nestled back into the cushion.

Chen Ke sat on the side and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He would have to travel for the next fifteen days. Chen Ke was thinking about how to "get along" with Xu Qingfeng.

Doctor Yin specially emphasized that Xu Qingfeng's current state is that of a child and an adult. How he "grows" in this process and the length of this process will be influenced by Chen Ke. As for what kind of influence it is, it depends on how to guide it.

At the beginning, Xu Qingfeng was always silent, sometimes with a dull expression, and then he gradually developed a vivid expression, and now, he began to slowly reveal his curious and active temperament.

It's only been a few days, and Chen Ke is still very satisfied with this. Even though Doctor Yin joked "I'll be multiple sons", Chen Ke still understands in his heart that he is raising his little lover.

It's a pity that the little lover can't understand the words now.As if feeling something, Xu Qingfeng leaned against Chen Ke and rubbed against him, "Oh, my lord."

This barking title made Chen Ke helpless, but Doctor Yin said that only by talking to Xu Qingfeng more can he exercise his language skills.

"Yeah." Chen Ke opened his eyes, "What are you doing?"

Xu Qingfeng was fine, just called out casually, but since Chen Ke asked him that, Xu Qingfeng thought about it seriously.

"Listen to... the story." Xu Qingfeng thought about it.

Chen Ke didn't refuse. Before his rebirth, he had told stories to the "little fool" many times. This kind of thing can be said to be easy.

Moreover, Divine Doctor Yin emphasized that although Xu Qingfeng's reaction ability and expression were not as good as ordinary people, he could understand every word that everyone said, and he could also remember many things.

So talking to him often is the fastest and most direct way to guide Xu Qingfeng to recover slowly.

"What story do you want to hear?" Chen Ke didn't deliberately slow down his speech or emphasize and repeat word by word, speaking naturally as if facing ordinary people.

Sure enough, Xu Qingfeng could accept it, although it took a few seconds to react. "Listen, that little bird..." Xu Qingfeng seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly regained his energy, "Fly to the sea and throw stones..."

If you change someone else, you may not understand what Xu Qingfeng said, but Chen Ke knows, because this story was told before rebirth. "Is it "Jingwei Reclamation"? "

"Yeah!" Xu Qingfeng nodded, "Jingwei, reclamation. The sweet sea..."

"It's not the sweet sea..." Chen Ke straightened up, recalling the content of the legend, "Once upon a time there was a mountain called Fajiu Mountain, and there were many mulberry trees growing on it. There was a bird in the woods, do you remember it?"

"Jingwei."

"Yes. It's shaped like a crow, with patterned feathers on its head, a white beak, and red feet..."

"Very beautiful..." Xu Qingfeng gestured, "Red, white, beautiful."

Chen Ke smiled and asked, "Its cry is very unique, what is it like?"

"Jing-wei-jing-wei-" Xu Qingfeng pinched his throat and imitated the imaginary bird's call. According to legend, Jingwei's call seemed to be calling his own name.

"She is the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan, her name is Nvwa."

"Is she pretty?"

"It should be very beautiful." Chen Ke found that Xu Qingfeng really cared about beautiful things, so he took Xu Qingfeng away with a smile as an example.

Although Xu Qingfeng was uneasy and resisted at first, but later Xu Qingfeng didn't mind, and he was better to the good-looking Yixiao and Su Libai than to Doctor Huang.

This made Chen Ke a bit of a headache, fearing that one day Xu Qingfeng, a random beauty trick, would be tricked into counting money by others. "Is this important?"

"Beautiful, happier." Xu Qingfeng nodded, probably meaning that beautiful things are pleasing to the eye.

"Is Guan Hongfeng good-looking?" Chen Ke wanted to know who was the prettiest in Xu Qingfeng's eyes on a whim.

"It looks good." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

"Is Zuo Ming good-looking?"

Xu Qingfeng nodded immediately, his eyes lit up.Zuo Ming has a pair of peach blossom eyes. Although Zuo Ming doesn't smile all the year round and always has no expression, Zuo Ming's appearance is very suitable for Xu Qingfeng's appetite.

"Where is the whole father-in-law?"

Xu Qingfeng showed a troubled expression.

Immediately afterwards, he expressed his approval to both Yiyixiao and Su Libai and Xu Qingfeng, and finally Chen Ke asked himself: "What about this palace?"

"The most beautiful." Xu Qingfeng blurted out.

Chen Ke laughed, not hiding his joy.It was Xu Qingfeng who urged him to continue telling the story.

Chen Ke still adopts the method of asking questions to guide imagination: "One day, the girl went to play in the East China Sea and accidentally fell into the sea. What is the sea like?"

Xu Qingfeng was taken aback, "Is the sea... sweet?"

"The water was very deep and very cold. The girl drowned and never came back."

"died?"

"It's dead, but it's not there." Chen Ke suddenly had a new understanding of such legends. In the past, he only regarded myths as myths, but now he has experienced such things as "rebirth", and he can't help but wonder if they really exist. Jingwei who reclaimed the sea, or are there more magical things that he doesn't know?

"Jingwei turned into a Jingwei bird, and from then on, he often carried sticks and stones from the western mountains in his mouth to fill up the eastern sea."

"Uh..." Xu Qingfeng suddenly asked Chen Ke: "Will all the dead people turn into birds?"

Chen Ke didn't answer. Xu Qingfeng seemed to be asking him, but he didn't.

Xu Qingfeng's eyes fell somewhere in the air, as if he was caught in his emotions again.

Chen Ke quietly observed Xu Qingfeng. Several times before, Xu Qingfeng would always suffer from headaches and even faint after this. After so many days, the injury on Xu Qingfeng's arm healed very slowly, and doctor Yin also said that he was weak.

But this time Xu Qingfeng didn't. He slowly came back to his senses, as if he had forgotten the question he had just asked. Chen Ke brought the fruit plate on the table to him, and gave Xu Qingfeng the peaches, and Xu Qingfeng ate the peaches slowly. with.

After a while, Xu Qingfeng seemed to have completely forgotten about it. Chen Ke ordered someone to take Guaiguai and Quack into the carriage to accompany Xu Qingfeng. Later, he couldn't stand Quack's noise and left Guaiguai behind. out.

Quack, who was taken away by the boss, was very dissatisfied and tweeted angrily. Xu Qingfeng couldn't bear it, but Chen Ke's face made Xu Qingfeng suddenly understand that "a man who knows current affairs is a hero".

The journey on the first day was not far away, and he rested for half an hour at noon, and arrived at the post station on time at night.

After dinner, he sat opposite Xu Qingfeng for a while, and saw that Xu Qingfeng was a little sleepy, so he asked Quan Gonggong to come in to serve Xu Qingfeng, and Chen Ke went to another room to rest.

Maybe Xu Qingfeng didn't want to get into the topic, or what Grandpa Quan said had some influence. Of course, it was Xu Qingfeng's mental problem. Chen Ke never thought about roommates.

At night, Xu Qingfeng had a long dream.

"Daddy, will all the dead people turn into birds?"

In a small room with a beautiful view of the courtyard, three young boys and a grown man sat.

The scene of the dream was very blurry at first, but slowly, Xu Qingfeng saw his little self, but the faces of other people were still blurred.

"How could you turn into a bird?" The young boy next to him retorted loudly to Xu Qingfeng, but Xu Qingfeng ignored him, just looked at the grown man, and asked again stubbornly and seriously: "Daddy, will I become a bird after death?" ?”

The man touched Xu Qingfeng's head, his palm was thick and strong, and the warmth seemed to penetrate to the bottom of his heart. Xu Qingfeng suddenly had the urge to cry, from the bottom of his heart to the base of his nose to his eyes, overflowing with sour emotions, but little Xu Qingfeng just looked at his father seriously, and the man also answered seriously: "Do you think so?"

Little Xu Qingfeng hesitated, then shook his head: "Father, Feng'er doesn't know."

"Daddy doesn't know either." The man smiled and patted the shoulders of the other two teenagers, "You can only know what the world is like after death. If you haven't experienced it, you can't talk nonsense... ..."

"If I become a bird, will I also reclaim the sea?" Xu Qingfeng always has many strange questions, "But flying day and night, it's hard work, can Jingwei not reclaim the sea?"

"This story is moving because of Jingwei's efforts to do the impossible."

Little Xu Qingfeng seemed to understand, but the man smiled and asked him: "Why Fenger, don't you want to be like Jingwei?"

"Jingwei is not human." Little Xu Qingfeng muttered, and then replied to his father: "Feng'er doesn't want to, it's so hard to die, Feng'er doesn't want to die."

The man laughed, turned his head and smiled at the gentle woman who had been sitting quietly at the table, and said "Children's words are not restrained".

Later, when Xu Qingfeng grew up, he also knew what "death" was, and knew that after death, he would not become that drowned bird, crossing many mountains to fill the unfilled sea, but Xu Qingfeng never knew, After death, it turned out to be a thick fog and a vast expanse of whiteness.

All the fragrant flowers in the courtyard and the family happiness were gone, and Xu Qingfeng stood in a white mist, his whole body was filled with burning warmth, as if he was still in a raging fire the last moment.

What is a dream, what is real and what is fake, Xu Qingfeng has long been unable to distinguish clearly, perhaps it is because it is always like this that he falls into chaos and cannot break free.

Subconsciously walking in the fog for an unknown amount of time, a black figure appeared in front of him, and his eyes that had been confused all this time suddenly lit up. The breath was stuck in his heart and he was so stuffy that he panicked, and afterward he couldn't catch up no matter how hard he tried, Xu Qingfeng couldn't help but want to shout.

The world in the fog seemed to be silent, no matter how hard Xu Qingfeng tried to open his mouth, he couldn't hear any sound.

"Xu Qingfeng! Xu San!" Chen Ke shouted anxiously, "Wake up!"

At night, Eunuch Quan found that Xu Qingfeng seemed to be in a nightmare. After waiting for a while and comforting him for a while, it didn't work, and Xu Qingfeng didn't even wake up, so he went to call Chen Ke.Chen Ke has always been a light sleeper, but when Eunuch Quan said something, he woke up.

Gently shaking Xu Qingfeng's arm, Xu Qingfeng's delay in waking up made Chen Ke feel anxious.

"Phew." Like a fish that landed on the shore and couldn't breathe, Xu Qingfeng sat up straight and woke up from his dream.

Chen Ke tentatively stroked his back, feeling cold sweat on his hands.In the dark, Chen Ke couldn't see Xu Qingfeng's expression clearly, only felt Chen Ke's gaze, and heard him call him clearly: "My lord..."