Chang 'an Huanye Yanting

Three people remained frozen posture, a moment to be quiet. Until Bi Chengyong slowly asked out in a tone of distress situation-"Also, is it really you? Is this China's adult or China's wife ... "

"Don't, forget it! You really don't know how much we have suffered! " China can't wait to blunt come over, his hands clutching BiCheng sleeve a burst of disorderly shake, affectionate like a long-lost sweetheart, just didn't see the Persian boy twitching mouth eyed the salt of the earth up and down.

"Our bad luck begins with getting lost ... Yi Yi? You Chun got lost when he met a fox! That's weird. Why did you get into trouble for not going with Persian boys this time? This Luo Yan Pavilion is actually a black shop! The monster cake they make will turn into a monster if eaten! There is also a monster child whose hobby is to dress people in beautiful clothes. She caused me to become like this ... "

The feeling be nasty under, Duan Huahong face up to a description, but turned upside down, Li Langya finally came and took his flurry of arm. "Duan Hua, calm down and speak slowly ... you still have a needle in your hand, so be careful to poke Bi Cheng in the eye."

Duan Hua paused, suddenly return to taste. "ah? Yes! What's with the lily? Why did you suddenly get stuck in your hair? Why do I pull the line to find you? "

Abe just smiled quietly at this moment. "Of course-when the monster child showed me the beauty in red, I quietly put it in her bun. The colored thread on the needle is sewn on my skirt at the other end. "

He lifted the gilded skirt of lotus root and showed them the residual thread. "The five-color line has the effect of exorcism. Although it is not a great magic, it can still be a signpost for guidance and lighting, allowing you to cross two spaces and go back to the past? "

"How on earth did you find this place, Bi Ke?" Li suddenly narrowed his eyes and listened to the sound of reed {langya}, reaching out and picking up half a blue filament from Bi Cheng's shoulder-"willow branches? Wait a minute ... Maybe you built a green bridge in the wheat field ... "

"ah? Is that bridge made of willow branches? Your Highness and I walked all the way out along the small bridge and the colored line! " Duan Hua suddenly enlighted and looked at Bi Cheng strangely. "You you are too miraculous ... don't play the suspense, come on! How do you know that we are in trouble here? "

A grown-up man dusted himself off with a wry smile. "Liuqiao and multicolored lines are just convenient holiday customs. What magical power do they have? The magic of this' Wild Goose Pavilion' is really not simple, and I just took advantage of it. As for the person who tipped me off ... "He gently untied the tie of his robe on his chest. "You should thank it."

From the depths of the Persian skirt, a small taupe head, about half the size of a fist, with a small pointed mouth, round ears, two small black eyes like mung beans and a smooth forehead suddenly appeared.

"... big mouse? "Duan Hua also looking at each other.

As if dissatisfied with Duan Hua's judgment, this little animal with its head exposed suddenly raised its lips, revealing its thin white fangs. The mouth hissed.

"Good good don't be angry, don't rest. You are tired for so long. Don't argue with stupid people ... "Abe comforted softly and reached out to catch the hair of the small animal. It climbed out of Bi Cheng's arms, revealing a slender body covered with thick taupe hair, four sharp claws and a long furry tail.

The little guy crouched in a semicircle and leaned against the right shoulder of an adult. Black eyes patrol everywhere, and he looks as alert as a human being. Li Langya also looked at it carefully and asked uncertainly, "How ... is this ... a mink?"

When he smiled and saw Ann Bi Cheng's positive expression, he suddenly remembered what he had just casually called-"What was your name again? Hugh? ! "

"Remember? It's the Persian businessman who stayed in this goose pavilion with two people and' rested' together. That's it ~ "

(2)

"what! ? "

Duan Hua and Li Langya shouted together, four eyes fixed on the little gray mink. Look carefully, the black beard on this little guy's mouth really turned into two small ripples that curled up, which looked like the Persian businessman who didn't speak Chang 'an Mandarin very well last night!

I'm a little embarrassed to be stared at by those two people. The mink wrapped its tail around its body and covered its face, revealing only a pair of small eyes as big as mung beans. A grown-up touched his forehead with his fingers, with a smile in his voice. "The scientific name of this family is Dobby Mouse. Ask about its origin-remember that there is a "Tianwang Pavilion" at the west end of Jin Ming Street not far from the Water Mirror Museum? Which god is there? Your highness must know. You will understand if you think about it ... "

Duan Hua still looked confused and murmured in a low voice: "What bodhisattva king ... can it become a person?" Isn't it a little monster like Zhu Yu? Well, I made a toast with him last night ... "Li Langya concentrated his reaction a little:" Isn't that small pavilion dedicated to the famous king in the north? His color is like holding an umbrella in one hand and a mink in the other! ? "

"Your highness, good memory!" Bi Cheng clapped his hands gently. "The famous king is also called Shi Caitian and Pu Wentian, but what about the great god who enjoys the most incense in our western regions? Because he is the patron saint of the north, the patron saint of human wealth and the patron saint of our businessmen, there is a small shrine dedicated to him in Xicheng. Didn't you see the color image of his crown with jewels and tassels? This is the king of treasures! Because his statue always symbolizes good weather, holding an umbrella in one hand and a treasure-spitting mink in the other, we Persians also have the custom of keeping mink, which means good luck. It is rare that this' Hugh' fed by my family has been faithful and conscientious this time, and it has been used a lot! "

The little gray mink stood up, arched his front paws and squeaked twice, as if he were very proud of his master's praise. A bi cheng answered with sobs on his lips. "China just said it was like Zhu Yu ... almost. These little guys are very smart, and it is not difficult to mix among humans. In the past two years, it has been helping me to develop the supply of goods and take care of the business in the western region. I didn't expect to return to Chang 'an, but because I was playful, I mistakenly entered the Luo Yan Pavilion of the joint shop. Although it also ate sesame cakes and was enchanted, it happened that because it was not human, the living soul was not trapped by the spell. It played a trick, leaving an empty doll shell, and ran out like an escape, and fled to Chang 'an Water Mirror Hall overnight to send me a message. I heard it describe "two playboys", as if it were you-sure enough, I said you two ... too much trouble, right? How to avoid being entangled in monsters when it is hot in a summer? "

Li Langya and Duan Hua looked at each other, their faces embarrassed and confused. "We don't know ..."

An adult shook his head and put Hugh down. The mink didn't see the hard work of running 600 miles back and forth in the mountains. He stood up and sniffed around, and his Persian beard moved proudly up and down. It was a long time before I landed on all fours and began to explore carefully.

A bi cheng motioned for two people to keep up together, and slowly found their way in the dust and rubble everywhere. Whenever I meet the screen in the way, Hugh will stop a little scared. When the three men saw it, they randomly found a few long branches on the ground and pushed open the seemingly light-floating, but actually sticky trap roadblocks, so they moved very slowly.

Li Langya looked at a pile of shredded silk tangled together at the other end of the branch and sighed gently: "At this point, I guess what kind of monster that Xue Niangzi is-I just don't know who the mother and daughter are, why are they entrenched in the Wild Goose Pavilion?"

Bi Cheng's expression is also very solemn. "The mother and daughter are not necessarily the same kind of monkeys ... I am most worried about time. They all seem to have a special obsession with the Chinese Valentine's Day, and even stop time forever in the enchantment. If we can't get out before the end of the real Qixi night, maybe the passage between the two worlds will be closed and we will be trapped in this dreamland forever ... "

Although Duan Hua didn't understand, the naive and crazy expression of little girl A Tan was still vivid. He felt a little cold behind him and described his intuition in a low voice: "... that little girl, a Tan, seems to be more difficult than her mother, but it seems a little pitiful." After all, she is still so small ... "He impatiently separated a heavy screen with a branch, but the more he tried, the more entangled he became. He looked at the endless coils of silk, and suddenly it dawned on him-"are these all the webs woven by the monster mother and daughter?" That they are not ... "

Li Langya nodded heavily.

"In fact, we should have thought of it when we got lost for the second time. Weaving such a large maze to disturb the space, let us spin in the same place and finally return to the predator's nest-isn't this the characteristic of spiders? "

(3)

Three people and a mouse are moving slowly. Although the silver spider web is as dense as a forest, according to the fallen wooden beams, bricks and remaining stairs in the dust, the outline structure of the place where they are located-the broken wooden building, has explored the true face of the dilapidated post house "Wild Goose Pavilion".

Walking to the position of the patio, he was lowering his head. Hugh, who was crawling forward, suddenly stopped, craned his neck and sniffed in a pile of broken tiles. Then all the gray hairs were scared to explode. With a scream of "cheep", he quickly climbed down his leg to a finished shoulder.

"What's the matter, Hugh? ! "All three people got a fright, gathered around, rummaged through the ruins, and finally dug out a bamboo box that was neither new nor old. There are spots on the brown warp and weft, which are very smooth when wet by hand. What looks ordinary is out of proportion to this gloomy abandoned garden.

AnBiCheng looked at the round box for a long time, and finally made up his mind to lift the lid-Li Langya and Duan Hua beside him gasped and shouted: "-baked wheat cake! It is the kind of sesame cake with witchcraft! "

There are indeed two small and exquisite sesame cakes in it. Because it is covered with a silk scarf, it is not polluted by dust, looks crisp and delicious, and exudes a little sesame fragrance. It's this lovely snack, but Duanhua and Langya suffered a great loss on it-of course, there is also a gray mink Hugh, who is staring at it now.

AnBiCheng gently picked up two baked wheat cakes and stood up. He looked around and suddenly understood. "No wonder we found baked wheat cake here. We seem to have walked into the kitchen ... "

Everyone looked up together, and everything in front of them gradually became clear-indeed, this is the location of the backyard kitchen, not far ahead is a half-collapsed stove, and some rough pottery cups and bowls are scattered on the ground. Different from the darkness in other corners, the reason why the scenery here is good is that it is shrouded around, as light as the silence of moonlight. However, this light source illuminates an even stranger situation. ...

It is behind the stove. The horrible white cobwebs crisscross, almost forming a huge thick web. On the internet, which is half-wrapped in a stove and extends in all directions, it is densely dotted with colorful dolls with different postures and looks. Their hands and feet hang limply, half bound by spider silk and half suspended in mid-air, just like small bodies. But there is still a static smile on the doll's unchangeable face. I don't know where the small cold wind blows, they gently shake with the flexible net, and those smiles that can't get up are floating in the air, becoming more and more desolate and scary.

"It's the dolls, the passers-by trapped here ..." Li Langya's voice suddenly stopped, aware of the sight of Bi Cheng and Duan Hua. He smiled reluctantly with a white face and pointed to his right hand-two "magic Luo" tied with heavy silver thread, one is a handsome boy in white and the other is a lady with a high bun in red. The appearance on the tall is actually very familiar, very familiar.

"How do we become dolls still here? We know very well ... "Duan Hua's surprised words were interrupted by Li Langya's wry smile. "In fact, from the beginning I doubt, after all, we all ate baked wheat cake in illusion, didn't we? Painted with colored lines, it's probably just the souls of the two of us ... Our bodies are still trapped in cobwebs in the form of puppets, and it was Xue Niangzi who deliberately did it, in order to let us see that there is nothing we can do ... "

In the sight of several people looking in all directions, the barrier made of spider silk seems to be getting denser and denser, and it quietly extends to a higher and deeper place along the stove. The route of the previous moment is also difficult to identify at the moment, only that all directions are gossip-like silver lines, and the sense of spatial orientation finally explored is reversed.

An Bicheng gently caressed the mink's gray-brown back hair, and her half-drooping golden eyelashes seemed to be absorbed in thinking. After a long time, she looked up and smiled. "It's not the way to be trapped here. I have an idea-since the master is hiding, let's have the cheek to come by ourselves ... "

He picked up a biscuit and took a bite without hesitation.

"Don't!"

Duan Hua and Li Langya exclaimed at the same time, but they were still one step behind. Almost at the same time as Bi Cheng's action, the silver cobwebs surged out like snow waves, instantly engulfing everything he saw.

(4)

At the moment when the eyes can see things again, such an idea passes through everyone's mind. However, when the field of vision was completely clear, the light of candlelight did not bring any warmth-they returned to Xiaoyan Pavilion, with a continuous wheat field outside the window and a rich dressing table inside, which was a mirror image of the world of silk beams. ...

Xue Niangzi is still a quiet Tsing Yi, with a beautiful face like Yue Hua, but also as soft and heartless as Yue Hua, as if everything that happened in this barren mountain shop had nothing to do with her. Only when the eyes are occasionally cast on the girls next to them will they show a little coquetry and sad mood swings.

Atan's red dress is still so gorgeous, which makes the little girl smile brightly and her eyes burn like blazing flames. She was still fiddling with the lovely green wicker basket, and her slender fingers picked up a small flower from the basket. She smiled and rubbed the petals into mud with her fingers.

"Blonde brother, you are really the most naughty doll I have ever seen ~ but it would be better if you came here voluntarily-let's all get along well in the future. What other skills do you know? Teach me everything ~ "

"Yes, I also want to spend more time with my little sister ~" An Bicheng smiled casually and casually changed the subject. "Then where did you hide my body, the real body?"

"I didn't deliberately hide anything. I asked my mother to take care of all my dolls. You all saw it just now-but what if you saw it? Didn't you just get back here? " Atan has a small face, and the smile is the kind of innocence and cruelty peculiar to children.

"You don't go too far! Do you want to detain us here ... "

A grown-up man pulled Duan Hua's sleeve and stopped his roar. Turned around and turned to the silent Xue Niangzi. "It was rude to mention the story of the Li family in Xingyifang just now-madam, if I didn't guess wrong, you are probably a family member of the surviving locust tree?"

Xue Niangzi looked at him quietly for a while before answering: "It was the Qixi Festival on the eve of the tragic accident. I was caught by the girls of the Li family and locked in a small box for good luck. I didn't stay at the locust tree's house, so I dodged a bullet. Later, the puzzle box was left unattended in the corner, so I could leave home ... I didn't expect to hear others tell their stories after so many years. "

-it is also the custom of Qixi to reel off the cocoon until it is "unfortunate", which has been passed down since ancient times. Girls will catch small spiders in the yard the night before and put them in a small box, and then open them in the moonlight on the night of Tanabata, so that they can observe the patterns woven by spiders in the box overnight. The girl with the most beautiful pattern gets the most "skills" And Xue Niangzi is so outspoken about her identity, I am afraid it is also possible that these three people will never return to the world. ...

But a grown-up doesn't seem to hear the meaning at all. "After many years, you must have suffered a lot and your magic has improved. You won't be as helpless as you were then, will you? "

"What are you trying to say?" Xue Niangzi stared at him warily.

Abe smiled gently and sat down leisurely. "I'm sorry, I didn't tell the truth completely just now. I haven't heard this story from any relatives of the Li family. The person who tells me stories still lives in the west side of Chang 'an. He regrets trusting the bad guys, so far he can't forgive himself ... "

"What, what ..." Xue Niangzi suddenly stare big eyes.

"When he heard the story of Yanting, he decided that the female shopkeeper who played magic was the most talented of his many children. He thinks she has died in the fire. I didn't expect her to escape, and I didn't expect her to be in ninety percent of the mountains. He is now in his twilight years, and he wants to see this only legacy, but he dare not speak for fear that his daughter will not forgive him ... "

Cold tears slid across Xue Niangzi's face, and she seemed to lose the courage to ask questions, just holding her forehead and crying silently. Atan was so scared that he was at a loss. She shook Mrs Xue's arm and repeatedly shouted, "Mom, what's wrong with you? Don't listen to that man, he must be talking nonsense ... "

"Not nonsense!" An adult stopped her. "Madam, your old father has been living a lonely ascetic life over the years, because he can't forgive himself for killing his family. What about you? Don't you want to go back to Chang 'an to see him? "

"... did he call you? "Xue Niangzi raised his head. "He ... where is he?"

"He lives in Duowentian Wangge, Jin Ming Street, Xi Shi." A finished voice came down, and she stared at Lady Xue's eyes. "You are his only relative in the world now-he misses you very much."

(5)

Looking at Xue Niangzi's soft expression, Atan suddenly panicked. She grabbed Xue Niangzi's skirt and even her voice trembled. "Mom ... what are you doing? Are you leaving the Wild Goose Pavilion? Are you leaving me? Isn't it enough to have me and my mother here? "

Xue Niangzi lowered her head and gently stroked Atan's little face, laughing sadly. "But, atan, wild goose pavilion does not exist. This game ... has been played for too long. These' Mohe Luo' dolls that we forced to stay here may have their old fathers waiting for them at home, just like ... just like their mothers ... "!

Atan looked up at Xue Niangzi, and the look on his little face cooled down. She suddenly smiled, let go of her skirt and stood up.

"What" mom "... you are not my mother! You've been playing this game with me. You've been sad for a long time. You want to leave, right? You know I can't live without Yanting, but you insist on leaving me and going back to Chang 'an, right? Go if you want! Go and stay with your old father! I can live well alone! "

She suddenly turned around and stared at several well-dressed people. "You don't think to persuade her to let you go! You must all stay here! It's no big deal without mom. Just accompany me to be a monster in this deep mountain! "

After all, that is a brave child. In the end, although the tone was very hard, there was a kind of choking in the voice, and the tears turned and turned, and soon fell down. Seems to hate his weakness, Atan stamped his foot, turned away without looking at Mrs. Xue, and turned to leave.

"Hey, Atan, you are the dumbest little girl I have ever seen!"

A finished voice sounded leisurely and suddenly stopped Atan's footsteps. She slowly turned around and stared at the Persians with knife-like eyes. "What did you say?"

"You don't like the story that I told you about' the baby becomes fine'. No wonder you are neither like Chuntiao nor Hu Sima. After all, you're just a child ... You've been celebrating Tanabata all these years, and you've saved so many dolls to play with you, but you've lost them one by one. After Tanabata, you threw away' Molo' with those on earth. Do you really like these dolls, or do you like the feeling of' having a mother to accompany you for the holidays'? "

Atan stayed for a while, frowning his eyebrows, and only said half a sentence, "What are you talking about? I am, I am ... "But the following words can't be answered at the moment.

"Little girl, what you really love is not us blond dolls, but adopting you and taking care of your mother. Her love is the most precious to you. You've got it. Don't say you want to abandon it so easily-you will make your mother sad. "

Xue Niangzi was already sobbing. She ran over and held Atan tightly in her arms. "don't worry, atan, if you can't leave here for a day, I won't leave you for a day ... you will be afraid in this deep mountain, and mom will never let you be alone!"

Duan Hua, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. "Persian boy, you ate a biscuit you just found. Is there another one?"

"ah? Yes, how ... "Ann was also asked leng.

Duan Hua combed her red hair and put it back above her forehead. "I don't know why the little girl can't leave the wild goose pavilion ... but I have an idea. I will eat the rest of the cake, whether it is a doll or a living soul. Anyway, stay here with the little girl. Xue Niangzi, don't worry about going back to Chang 'an to see dad. What about you, Atan? You can lock me up as long as you want. As long as you let Langya and that Persian boy go, don't embarrass your mother-anyway, a child will not be at ease in the mountains! So I will take care of you and stay with you. Do you like it? "

This is not only Xue Niangzi and Atan, but even Anbi City is shocked. Li Langya was the first to react. "... this, this won't work! I would rather stay than you! Tan, don't look at me like that. I can play as a woman and play with you! I can also tell you stories! "

"Obviously, Atan likes me better! Oh reed {langya} this kind of thing you don't argue with me ... "

"I'll stay!"

"I'll stay!"

The two men were fighting desperately, but Atan suddenly shouted, "Stop it!" " "

A few people instantly quiet down, Qi Qi turned to look at her.

With an angry expression on his face, Atan still didn't look up at Mrs. Xue, but asked, "Is there really another cake?"

"Yes ..." A grown-up man took out a small sesame seed cake wrapped in a cotton towel from his sleeve.

Atan suddenly grabbed the baked wheat cake and ran a few steps. I shouted angrily, "I don't want you to stay!" " What's so good about this dump! I don't want to stay either! I'll go wherever my mother goes! "

Xue Niangzi exclaimed, "Atan! Don't ... "Just as she screamed, Atan opened her mouth and swallowed the baked wheat cake in a few mouthfuls.

(6)

Pomegranate red light suddenly enveloped Atan's small body, shining like silver sand, shaking like water waves, and as bright as her red skirt. When the swaying light waves dispersed, Atan's posture as a human girl had disappeared, leaving only a Woodenhead puppet more than four inches long on the ground, with her hair tied in a double bun, Momo's lips, a pair of black eyes and meticulous red clothes and skirts.

Xue Niangzi picked up the doll and gently stroked it. "Atan, who really looks like her ... is also a' magic' doll, probably left in the mountains by people passing by the official position ... I met her when I wandered to Jiuchengshan, because she was obsessed with the Qixi Festival, and her spirit was tied to the Wild Goose Pavilion and she could not leave, living alone for a long time. I don't know when we became mother and daughter. Leave passers-by with illusion, and this illusion is reversed, that is, she changed back from the human body to the ignorant wooden doll. Only in this way can she give up her obsession and leave the Wild Goose Pavilion ... "

Duan Hua was taken aback: "So she can never be human again?"

Xue Niangzi smiled firmly: "Sincerely, I will always find a way to get this child back. Maybe my old father will help me ... "

She turned around and made a deep salute to the three men. "I want to take Atan back to Chang 'an. You're right. I also want to cherish the most precious things and cherish every chance to meet again. Gentlemen, you can be so kind to Atan and forgive me and her mistakes ... I really ... "

The next words of thanks disappeared into tears. Xue Niangzi sipped her graceful lips and gave another ceremony, and her figure became thin, just like a dyed smoke cloud was slowly blown away by the wind and disappeared into the air.

With her posture and the delicate pavilion, when the illusion of smoke completely dispersed, they returned to the dilapidated kitchen. Different from before, the silver spider web tightly around the ring disappeared, and the moonlight was sprinkled between the windows for the first time-the real moonlight on earth.

The crescent moon has slipped to the east, and the extremely pale blue morning light has already revealed a little shadow on the top of the distant mountain. This unusual Qixi night is really coming to an end.

Hugh, the grey mink, emerged from the brick pile, and Jiale happily jumped on a Bi Cheng's shoulder. An Bi-cheng smiled and comforted him as he walked out, when suddenly something like a long stick kicked at his feet. Looking intently, I found that you brought a blue paper umbrella when you came.

"ah? I didn't expect it to be here! The sun came out, and the mountain road was just shading ~ "

Before Bi Cheng finished, he suddenly stood up in the ruins, startled like a ghostly figure. Then many men, women and children got up from the ground in a daze and looked around in a daze.

"Where is this? Why am I here? "

"I seem to have hit a ghost?"

"Yao is a monster child, as if she wants me to accompany her for the Chinese Valentine's Day ..."

Finally, someone saw the trio standing at the door and looked intently at the grotesque three people and a mouse standing under the light for a while. I don't know who shouted: "It's the king of smell! The heavenly king has come to save us! Look, you have an umbrella in one hand and a mouse in the other, and your eyes are still green! Not the old king or who? ! "

Everyone fell to their knees in an instant and shouted in the chaos: "Heavenly King, get rid of the demon and help us!" "Pop apparition give me some treasure. Aren't you the northern god of wealth? ! ""Does the Heavenly King care about seeking children? "

"Why does Wang Side have red hair ... er, woman? Is the dragon girl of Guanyin Bodhisattva also manifested? "

"Come on, where did you get such a strong dragon lady! I think it's probably the heavenly king patrolling the hag below! "

"The white-faced one next to him looks weak ... and a small white-faced hag?"

The three of them looked at the chaotic crowd with an embarrassed face, not knowing whether to follow the trend or tell the truth. Finally, An Bicheng coughed gently: "This ... it's up to you to appease them and send them home to find their relatives. How about Hugh and I go back to Chang 'an and settle down in the water mirror pavilion, and then come to Jiucheng Mountain for the summer? "

"You'd better help us settle these people first! You've heard a lot about the descent of the heavenly king! "

"squeak!"

"What are you doing with a mouse?"

"It's not a mouse, it's a mink!"

Duan Hua and Ann are quarrelling, while Li Langya takes a small box from the sleeve and watches it carefully. Rosewood is made of wood, and the pattern painted with gold thread on the box surface has faded, but it can still be seen that the painting is a lush wheat field and a farmhouse scenery-this was found in the kitchen ruins after Xue Niangzi disappeared.

"this is probably the clever spider box ... it seems that this is the favorite scenery of mother and daughter." Li Langya smiled and put the small box back.

"When you go back to Chang 'an, you must go to Xicheng Tianwang Pavilion and return this to Xue Niangzi ~"

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