Dihao's civilian life

Yu Su walked through the bamboo forest, feeling empty in his heart, he let himself keep walking forward without thinking about anything.He didn't know why this parting made him so sad. He might have foreseen it, or maybe it was just a strange induction. When Si Hao's back left, he panicked, as if he would never see him again.The bead presented by Si Hao, Yu Su pinched the cold bead in the palm of his hand, and warmed the cold bead. He didn't think about what happened to him. He felt that when he returned to Dao Muzheng's house, his mood would be different. A piece of bamboo forest, and Si Hao also went back, they can meet again next time.

The courtyard of Muzheng’s house is right in front of you. In the courtyard, Feng Chuan and one of Mu Zheng’s servants are feeding a foal. Before Yu Su enters, Feng Chuan sees him first. He: "Xiao Su, why did you come here now, I was just going to find you with Shu."

It was almost noon at this time, Yu Su and Shu said that he would go back the next morning, so he came back late, which made Feng Chuan worry.

Yu Su apologized: "I delayed you, Chuan, are you going back?"

"Not so fast, I won't be back until tomorrow morning." No wonder Feng Chuan was feeding the horse leisurely, he seemed to like horses very much.Yu Su was a little surprised, he thought he would leave today.Seeing his troubled expression, Feng Chuan said with a smile: "I don't know if you're here, last night, I, Muzheng's son, and six or seven slaves went looking for a prison horse that escaped, and we didn't come back until very late. "

"Prison horse?" Yu Su had heard this word before, it was a horse used for sacrifices.

"A white prison horse escaped into the woods. It was originally intended to be used as a sacrifice to the mountain god."

"did you find it?"

"I didn't find it, but the sacrifice will still be held today, and Muzheng's son said that we can go and see it."

Yu Su thought, it turned out to be to watch the sacrifice, so he stayed an extra day. In Yu Su's perception, the sacrifice was very bloody, but he didn't like it.Although Fengchuan often came to Jiaoshan, he had little contact with Muzheng's family before. When he said Muzheng's son, he was referring to Ren Fang.

The two were talking, when Ren Fang heard a voice in the house, and said to Yu Su, "Xiao Su, have you returned from Luoyuqiu?"

Hearing a familiar voice, Yu Su turned her head and saw Ren Fang. He was busy chasing down the escaped prison horse yesterday, but today he looked leisurely, wearing loose robes and a horsewhip in his waist.

"Fang, yes, I just came back." Yu Su replied with a smile, yesterday was in a hurry, and the two didn't meet until today.

"I heard people say, are you going to deliver pottery to Ji Hao?" Ren Fang couldn't understand that such a quiet and eccentric person like Ji Hao would have a good friendship with Yu Su.

"Well, give him a Tao Li."

"If he wants to be short, my father will ask Shu to send it, but you don't have to make a special trip for him."

"Does Shu often go to Luoyuqiu?" Yu Su was a little surprised.

"Go there in five or six days, didn't he tell you?" In Ren Fang's words, "he" may refer to Si Hao or Shu, but neither of them mentioned it to Yu Su.

Yu Su nodded, thinking to herself, it's a good thing that Shu would visit Si Hao occasionally, otherwise no one would know if something happened to him alone.

"Speaking of which, what kind of person is this Ji Hao?" Feng Chuan leaned over to inquire. The benefactor that Yu Su never forgets should be quite special.It's a pity that he only heard about him, not his face.

Ren Fang replied: "That is, a shepherd with unknown origin."

When Yu Su heard the word "unknown origin", he wanted to make some excuses, but the fact was as Ren Fang said, he didn't know where Si Hao came from or where his family was.

In the afternoon, Ren Fang said that the sacrificial ceremony was held in Yanqiu, and it was a bit of a journey, so it was best to take a carriage.Feng Chuan felt that he had taken advantage of Yu Su's luck, and it was his first time riding a carriage.

Ren Fang's royal carriage, Yu Su and Feng Chuan were sitting in the carriage, Yu Su's second ride in the carriage was not as pleasant and fresh as the first time, while Feng Chuan was in high spirits all the way.

Galloping against the wind, Ren Fang heard Feng Chuan say, "This place is so flat, it's suitable for horse racing." Ren Fang said, "On that road, you can drive all the way to Renyi."

Ren Fang pointed to a wide dirt road passing through the Jiaoshan camp, which was on the side of their carriage, and it really stretched for several miles, with a clear view.

"I've been thinking, horses can carry loads, so can horses carry people?" Feng Chuan is also a smart person, of course he is not the only one who has similar thoughts. Whenever he sees wild horses galloping in the mountains, the herdsmen in Jiaoshan will also have this idea.

"Someone actually tried it and broke his leg." Ren Fang thought his idea was interesting, but he thought it was quite dangerous.

"I heard that some of the Rong people can ride on horseback." Yu Su heard Bingsou tell a story about the Rong people. They were vehicle builders, they herded horses and sheep, and it is said that they also farmed some fields.

"It needs to be a person who is very familiar with the temperament of horses, otherwise he will be thrown to the ground, his leg bones will be broken, or he will be trampled to death by the horse's hooves." Ren Fang has trained and raised horses and knows the dangers of horses.

"It seems that it's better to let it carry the load, and the load will be saved." Feng Chuan thought, but fortunately Ren Fang reminded him, otherwise he might really try it.

"Haha..." Ren Fang smiled heartily, and before he knew it, he had carried the two of them to the foot of Yanqiu.

It is open all around, and the hill is in front of it. It looks very short from a distance, but when you look closer, you find that it is a man-made earthen platform, which is a sacrificial platform.

Seeing Yanqiu, Yu Su thought of the earthen platform of Luoyuqiu. It might have been a sacrificial platform, but he didn't know what was being sacrificed and when it was abandoned.

There are many herdsmen standing around the altar. A young wizard is performing a ceremony on the altar. In the middle of the altar, there are three prisons, which are dug out of the earth, oval in shape, and surrounded by wooden railings.There are two horses and a sheep in the prison.The method of offering sacrifices to the god of mountains and rivers in Jiaoshan is generally to take the blood of livestock and sacrifice it for blood, and sometimes the whole animal is sacrificed alive.

The wizard wore a feather robe to pray to the gods. The bells around his waist were melodious. He stepped out of the rhythm with his bare feet, dancing with his hands and feet, and the rhythm was all in his limbs.This is a kind of rite of passage to the gods. This is the first time Yu Su has seen it, and he is fascinated by it.

"How long will he dance like this?" Feng Chuan was not interested in the wizard's dance.

"Wait for the sun to set on that mountain." Ren Fang lowered his voice and pointed to a hill to the west. At this time, the sun has not yet set to the west, and the sacrifice will not end until it sets.

Feng Chuan cast his eyes on the west mountain, Ren Fang watched the wizard's dance without taking his eyes off, and Yu Su, in the sound of the bell, felt that there were only four earthen platforms left in the world, and this psychic lived alone in it, and he was connected with the gods Words, mysterious.

Finally, the ringing of the bell stopped, and the wizard was muttering something. He pulled out his dagger and slowly stepped down to the dungeon. At this time, the wooden fence surrounding the dungeon had been dismantled by the shepherd.The livestock were lying on their stomachs in the dungeon. After being imprisoned for a long time, they gave up struggling. The wizard easily cut their throats and let the blood out one by one.

Feng Chuan regretted it, feeling quite a pity.

Yu Su thought, maybe this is better than dying alive, but it is still cruel after all.I don't know, where did the escaped prison horse go?

Looking at the setting sun in the west, Yu Su imagined a tall and healthy white horse, drinking water by the lake in the forest, enjoying the freedom and the gentle wind at dusk.

After watching the sacrifice, the three of them returned to Muzheng's house in a carriage, already full of stars.

At night, after eating the food served by Muzheng, Yu Su went back to her room and packed her bags.He shared the same room with Fengkui and his son, sleeping in the same room he had lived in before.

Yu Su folded his clothes, and heard Feng Chuan talking to Feng Kui about his ride in a carriage, Yu Su smiled slightly, thinking that no wonder people envy the nobles, how convenient it is to have a carriage.The vision of the nobles is wider than others, and their schedule is easier than others.

In the middle of the night, Yu Su and Feng Chuan slept on the ground with mats spread out, Mutao let Feng Kui sleep, he was an elder after all.Hearing his father's snoring, Feng Chuan said to Yu Su: "Muzheng's son gave you a pair of sheepskin shoes, but you didn't give him anything, why did you send so many pottery to that Jihao?"

"I can't send things to Fang, and his family has no shortage of pottery for daily use." Yu Su, a ritual vessel, can't fire pottery, and his pottery firing skills are not as good as those of old potters. thing.

"Chuan, I have something to ask you."

"what's up?"

"That's...do you miss sister Zhu Yun?"

"now?"

"Ah."

"I'll miss her."

Yu Su looked up at the moon outside the window, holding the beads in his palm, he also wanted to be alone.

"Why do you suddenly ask such a thing?" Feng Chuan knew Yu Su very well, and Yu Su would never ask about men and women, he was very shy about such things.

No, there's something wrong with Feng Chuan's intuition. His intuition is very accurate, but the accuracy of the old fisherman, he half-jokingly said: "Aren't you thinking about someone too? Who do you like?"

"No." Yu Su shook his head.

"Brother, don't scare me." Feng Chuan stood up and looked at Yu Su. Seeing Yu Su lying on his side, he obviously didn't want to say anything more.

Feng Chuan lay down on the side, thinking that he probably thought too much, Yu Su is a person who values ​​feelings, makes pottery, and sends it all the way to thank the benefactor who took care of him, it is really normal.Yusu's friends like them can often use the pottery he made on weekdays. If the bowl is broken, they tell him directly: "Xiao Su, make me two bowls. There are no bowls at home to eat."Even if he is busy, he will find time to dig clay and make it overnight.

In the dark, seeing Yu Su motionless, Feng Chuan thought he was asleep, he was bored and had no one to talk to, so he closed his eyes and thought about marrying Zhu Yun, happily fell asleep with two black sheepskins in his arms.

It was difficult for Yu Su to fall asleep, and when he closed his eyes, he would see Luo Yuqiu, perhaps because he watched a sacrifice.Yu Su had a dream, dreaming that in a very distant time and space, people were worshiping the god on the Falling Feather Hill, which was the sun.

In the dream, the morning sun rises on Luoyu Hill, which is more dazzling than ever, as if countless suns are rising at the same time.Yu Su felt dizzy, and he lost consciousness. When he woke up, the people around him were gone, and on Luoyu Hill, there was only a towering earthen platform, no trees, no small house.

On the earthen platform, Yu Su found Si Hao who was lying motionless on the ground. He was in the middle of the earthen platform. There were cut marks on the wrists of both hands, bleeding a little. He was wearing a black robe and had long hair. .

Wake up, you wake up.In the dream, Yu Su knelt on the ground and shook Si Hao.

"Xiao Su, wake up quickly." Feng Chuan shook Yu Su's shoulder, shaking Yu Su awake.

Yu Su rubbed her eyes and got up, and found that Feng Chuan and Feng Kui were already dressed, each with their bags on their backs, obviously she went to bed late, Yu Su with her disheveled hair, said blankly: "I woke up."

"You're having a nightmare. You're sweating." Feng Chuan patted Yu Su's shoulder to comfort him.

Yu Su got up, straightened her clothes and hair, carried her bag on her back, and followed Fengkui and his son out.It was just light outside, when Ren Fang came out to see him off, Yu Su saw Ren Jia teasing a bird in the yard, that bird, with plump feathers, was locked in a cage, and it turned out to be a bird with beautiful emerald feathers.

"Fang, I'm going back." Yu Su bid farewell to Ren Fang, he felt that it was a bit rude to Ren Fang to come here this time.

"Dongtao will be coming in a few days, will you come with me?" Ren Fang also felt a little rushed, because each had something to do, so they didn't talk much.

"Should be able to come again." Yu Su replied, and bowed to Ren Fang.

"Thank you for your hospitality, Fang, and we are leaving too." Feng Chuan said goodbye to Ren Fang and waved vigorously.

"Be careful on the road."

Ren Fang sent the three of them to the gate of the courtyard, and stopped to watch them leave together, further and further away.Needless to say, Ren Fang thinks of Yu Su, the character is gentle and elegant, and that Feng Chuan is also very interesting. He began to understand why his father likes to make friends, no matter high or low, he can talk to each other.