Peach Blossom Dyeing Jinge

The road to Wuxi Village was tortuous and claustrophobic. The two walked for a while, and the mountain road along the way became more and more cramped.No wonder Wuxi Village has been isolated from the outside world all year round. Smart people who come here will definitely be scared away by the battle.

Only fools who don't know the importance dare to go further.

The two foolish men rode their horses forward and walked for several miles. The surrounding scenery suddenly opened up, as if changing the sky and the sun, a claustrophobic valley surrounded by high cliffs.

However, this valley is not a peaceful and rich paradise, but a ruin.

Only the word 'ruins' is enough to describe the scene in front of me, just like what my mother-in-law depicted in the sixth painting, all the houses were destroyed by a fire, collapsed and dilapidated, the dead grass stuck to the ground and was bitten off by the tongue of fire Rhizomes, even the winds of early spring cannot wake them up.

What's even more frightening is the river water here. Although the water flow is clear, there is an inexplicable coldness, drilling up the soles of the feet.

"What's the matter with this water?" Di Dongqing couldn't help but stop.

Lu Zhengqiu also frowned and said: "This water is indeed abnormal. If you look carefully, there are no fish or aquatic plants in the water, as if all traces of life have been wiped away."

Di Dongqing bent down and looked at the bottom of the water. Under the lifeless water surface, withered aquatic plants coiled at the bottom of the river channel, like the corpses of dried earthworms. There were still many spike-like things hidden in them, presenting a translucent pale It is white, and upon closer inspection, it turns out to be bare fish bones.

Di Dongqing was horrified: "It's not that there is no life in this river. All the grass and fish are dead and sink to the bottom of the water." Speaking of this, he frowned and said, "It seems that the water in the lower reaches is undrinkable. I'll go upstream to fetch some later."

But Lu Zhengqiu murmured: "I understand, when the Demon Sect invaded Wuxi Village, it was through this water."

"Water?" Di Dongqing showed a look of sudden realization, "It turns out that it was poisoned from the water."

People in Wuxi rarely communicate with outsiders and act vigilantly, so they will never be easily bewitched and subdued by Fuyao Qingfeng like the residents of Wutong Town.

That being the case, the only way to do this is to do it in secret, so that they don't notice it.

Wuxi people have lived by the water for generations and drank the water in the river.Therefore, water becomes the vehicle for poisoning.

"How unscrupulous." Lu Zhengqiu said with emotion, frowning.

Every time he talked about the Devil's Cult, there would be a look of worry on his face, and the closer he got to the destination, the more obvious it would be. Even last night's charming scene couldn't heal the frown between his brows.

Di Dongqing tied up the horse, walked slowly to his side, gently embraced him on the shoulder, and said: "Master, let's go to the stockade to look for it first, there must be clues."

The residences of Wuxi people are also very different from those of the outside world. The materials used for construction are not bricks and tiles, but wood.

In the paintings of my mother-in-law, the houses of the people of Wuxi appeared - the houses on stilts adjacent to the stream.The walls are made of bamboo, the roof is covered with grass, and they are built along the water. They are row upon row. There is no rule of square and circle in the city, but they are arranged randomly according to the water potential.

However, the beauty in the painting is no longer there.

Because the wood is flammable, a fire almost burned the entire village. The two or three-story eaves disappeared, leaving only a lonely foundation standing by the water, blackened by the flames and lifeless.Some houses are close to the water, and luckily half of the walls and scattered furnishings remain, as if they had been ransacked by thieves, leaving a mess.

A fire took away the tragedy of the massacre, but it also took away the evidence and clues.

The two walked through the deserted ruins, carefully inspecting the remaining utensils in each house.But there was not much to gain. Most of the survivors from the flames were hoes, pots and bowls, as well as scattered spinning wheels and nail caps, all of which were items used by ordinary people.

Finally, Di Dongqing saw a cold light on a broken step.The light is thin and bright, like sunlight reflecting off a smooth surface.

He stepped forward, reached into the cracks in the wood, and picked out a copper bottle.

The surface of the copper bottle is polished very smooth, but the outline is fuzzy, and only two of the eight corners are sharpened, as if the carving has not been finished yet.

Di Dongqing pondered: "This should be the home of craftsmen."

Lu Zhengqiu also came close to him, bent down to look at the copper bottle on the steps, and said: "This is too small to be used as a water cup, but it looks like a sacrificial vessel."

The two men met their eyes and thought of one place at the same time.

Ah Ming is a craftsman, and his wife is a witch.

Lu Zhengqiu couldn't wait to step forward and stepped up the dilapidated steps.

The crumbling ground suddenly creaked.

Di Dongqing chased after him, and couldn't help calling out: "Master, watch your step!"

Before Lu Zhengqiu turned his head, he felt a heat on his wrist. It turned out that one hand was caught by Dongqing from behind. The next moment, his waist was tightened, and he was also embraced by the other hand, and half of him fell into the other's embrace. inside.

"What?" He was puzzled, looking at the face just a few feet away.

"Ah—" Di Dongqing hurriedly let go of him, "I see that you were not walking steadily just now, as if you were about to fall."

Lu Zhengqiu smiled slightly: "I'm fine, you don't have to be so suspicious."

Di Dongqing blushed, stepped back half a step, and said, "I can't help it..."

Lu Zhengqiu lowered his eyes and looked at his wrist. Although Dongqing let go of his waist, her five fingers were still around his wrist, as if she was reluctant to let go.

He shook his head and said: "How can I say that I am also your master, do you not trust me as your partner?"

"That's not..." Di Dongqing muttered, and in the middle of speaking, she suddenly froze, "Hey, you just said that you will be my... partner?"

"What?" Lu Zhengqiu raised his eyebrows, "You didn't suddenly change your mind, did you?"

Di Dongqing's head shook like a rattle in a market.

"That's good," Lu Zhengqiu chuckled softly, rubbing his thumb on the back of the young man's hand, "Otherwise, if I get too used to you and let you do disrespectful things to your master, it will be ridiculous."

Di Dongqing blinked her eyes, her gaze stayed on the other person's face, and she murmured: "If it's a partner, then it's considered unavoidable, and there's nothing wrong with it."

Lu Zhengqiu didn't answer, just looked at him who was just a few feet away with a smile on his face.

Those eyes were calm and clear, and there was a vast expanse of blue waves in the faint eyes, which could explain all his doubts without a single word.

There was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, he couldn't help taking a step forward, buried his cheek into the other's shoulder, and took a long breath.

This was really an unreasonable move, but the decayed and gloomy air in the ruins made him feel cramped, and his heart seemed to jump out of his throat, so he did so.

The familiar smell penetrated into the nostrils, dispelling all the annoying breath in an instant.

All the worries and anxieties melted away on these warm shoulders.

After a while, Lu Zhengqiu coughed and said, "Didn't you want to check the room?"

Di Dongqing sensed her gaffe, and hurriedly backed away, feeling her feet were shallow, her shoulders swayed, and she fell quickly.

An old plank broke in the middle, turning into a dark hole, like a lion opening its mouth, sucking his body downward.