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There is no autumn in Yunzhong, and the three mountains and rivers flow backwards.

The heart of the world of mortals has been broken, where can I seek immortality?

This untitled poem is about the location of a fairy mountain in the Southern Dynasties.

The local people in this place call it Yunzhong Sanshan, hidden in the southeast corner of the south, every spring, summer and winter, people nearby can see several mountain peaks from a distance, and the front and back are blocked. Only three are the most conspicuous, so it is commonly known as the Three Mountains .In autumn, the mountains are surrounded by clouds and mists, and the clouds with a radius of hundreds of miles are sucked in for some reason.Looking around, the sky elsewhere is as clear as washing, which is exceptionally clean, so this place is also called Autumn Cloud Tomb, the tomb of clouds in autumn.

Although the three mountains of Yunzhong are located in a remote area, there are towns and villages nearby, which have a history of hundreds of thousands of years, but throughout the ages, none of the nearby residents have been able to enter the three mountains.There are dozens of miles of woods at the foot of the three mountains, and there is a bottomless falling river on the periphery. It is said that there is a Shangqing Palace on the mountain, where many immortals who are cultivating live.It is this Luohe that isolates the three mountains from the world and prevents mortals from intruding.

The Luohe River is about seventeen or eighty feet wide, and a stone tablet is erected at the mouth of the river, which reads "Twelve Peaks of the Upper Qing".There are no fish or shrimp in the river, and nothing can float in the water, and if it falls into it, it will sink.The townspeople and villagers are very ambitious. Those who can swim and build boats have also tried. No one wants to try to cross the river. Already dead.The river is so wide that even a rope with a hook cannot be thrown across it, so no one has been able to reach the other side of the river so far.

Over time, there are legends handed down nearby that only those who are destined to enter the three mountains can enter the three mountains, and Shangqing only accepts those who are destined.Those without immortal fate are not allowed to enter, even if the world of mortals see through it, it is hard to find immortal fate.

This year, it is the sixth year of 320 in the Southern Dynasty and the third year of 910 in the Shangqing Palace.

This day just arrived in May, and the summer wind blew past the nearest village at the foot of the three mountains, Donghua Village, with a little warmth.

The heat is getting stronger, the stream is soaked in the redness of the end of spring, and the water is colorful.A kind of cherry blossom grows near here. At the end of spring, the petals are flying all over the sky, and the cherry blossoms are falling everywhere. The streams near the village are all pink.It's just that although the scene is beautiful, it also causes troubles for people. The villagers have to pick out the flower petals even to drink water, and it is even more inconvenient to wash clothes.

There are two children standing at the head of Donghua Village. The taller one is about ten years old. He looks older than his size, and his voice has just lost his childishness. He is talking to the shorter one: "I will take you to fish for food today, you know? There are so many children in the village who want to go, so I only picked you."

The short one was about seven or eight years old, with a thin build, and nodded while holding a little rattan figure in his hand.

These two children are both villagers of Donghua Village. The tall one's name is Shan Gen, who is the king of children in this village.Because he didn't help with the fire and cooking in the morning, Yamane was forced by his mother to smoke several rattan canes, and managed to sneak out.The thin one is called Huai Xin, who is young and cries a lot, with a weak body, and usually can only run behind other children's buttocks.

Today, Shan Gen's left and right guardians were forced to work at home by his mother, and he couldn't find anyone for a while. He happened to see Huai Xin sitting at the door of the house weaving baskets, so he pulled him up and said that he would take him to fish for food.

Fishing is a hunting method invented by the villagers of Donghua Village.Because the falling river cannot float, the villagers built an earth embankment on the bank to prevent people from accidentally falling.Over time, a section of the embankment was rotted by wild boars, and small animals often came here to drink water, but they easily slipped and drowned, so the villagers tied nets here to catch the fallen animals.The water that fell into the river is strange to say, corpses are not easy to rot in it, so the villagers usually don't care about it, and pull out wild animals that fall into the net while collecting firewood, commonly known as fishing.

This place is a bit dangerous, the children in the village are usually not allowed to play, Yamane is so courageous, he secretly took a few young people to fish it a few times, and came back to brag among the children in the village.Huaixin usually only listens enviously, but today he was able to follow him to fish for food. Naturally, he was so happy that he left the basket and ran out.

Yamane led the way: "Let's go, it won't be good for people to find out after dark. You listen to me when the time comes, and don't do bad things to me."

Huaixin was too small to walk fast, so he followed closely, and ran about four or five miles towards the dense forest of Yunzhong Sanshan.Not long after we reached the end of the woods, the ground became more and more open, and a wide blue and black river came down from a high place in the east. The river beat the stones on the river bank. The water was gentle, but not rushing.

Huai Xin had never been here before, and asked, "Is this Luo He?"

"Yes." Shan Gen pointed to the river, and raised his chin with a little pride, "Now there are cherry blossoms on all the rivers, and they are all pink, but there is nothing on the river."

"Why can't Luohe float things?"

"do not know."

The mountains in the distance are majestic, the clouds are light and misty, and the cherry blossoms are everywhere nearby, and the scenery is beautiful.Yamane didn't care to look at the surrounding scenery, and came to the river with a heart, and said: "The stone is slippery, be careful, I don't care if it falls."

As he spoke, he squatted down, picked up a thick and long hemp rope from the water, pulled Laxi and said, "It's so heavy! I'm afraid there is something in the net."

Afraid of getting the shoes wet, Huai took them off and threw them aside: "What should I do now?"

Yamane said: "Go to the other side of the net and find out the hemp rope. I will call one, two, three, and you will pull it up desperately."

Huai Xin quickly ran to the other end and waited, scooped up the water from the river, it was transparent and clear, colorless and odorless, and did not feel particularly heavy, no different from ordinary water.He tried to pull the hemp rope in his hand again, and felt that the water didn't have the feeling of pulling people into it, and it was no different from the creek by the village.

Yamane shouted at the other end: "One, two, three, pull!"

Huai Xin blushed, and pulled up with all her strength.

Usually there are only some rabbits and deer in the net, but today it is especially heavy. The combined strength of these two children is not enough, and they can't pull it up no matter how hard they are.Huaixin sat on the ground panting, and said with little confidence: "I usually go to the well to fetch water and I can't lift it. Fortunately, there is a wheel on the well. It would be great if there was a wheel here too."

Yamane said unconvinced: "Come over here, let's pull this end first."

Huai Xin got up and walked to Shan Gen, with Shan Gen in front and Huai Shan behind, pulling the hemp rope back hard.The net in the water was barely half pulled out by them, Huai Xin's arms were sore and collapsed, but there were no small animals inside, but a pair of feet wearing black boots appeared.

"It's a human!" Huai Xin, who had never seen a human corpse before, couldn't help shivering, and immediately shouted in panic, "What should I do?"

Yamane didn't expect that there was a person in the net, so he panicked for a while, and he couldn't lose his footing in front of his younger brother. After thinking for a while, he said calmly: "Fill him out first, maybe he isn't dead."

Both of them felt a little flustered in their hearts, hooked the hemp rope pulled up at this end to the stone, and ran to pull at the other end.After a while, the people in the net gradually appeared from the water, dressed in black, with disheveled hair, cherry blossoms all over their bodies, and their eyes closed motionless.

Yamane and Huaishan tried their best to drag him to the shore. The man looked eighteen or nineteen years old, with peach blossom eyes, clear brow ridges, and good looks, but he was injured everywhere, and blood seeped from his clothes. After a while, the stones on the shore were dyed red.

Huai Xin looked at him, feeling apprehensive in his heart: "Brother Shan Gen, is this person dead or not? I, why do I feel that he is laughing?"

The corner of the man's mouth was indeed hooked slightly, it didn't seem like he was unconscious, but rather teasing.Shan Gen hesitated and did not dare to act rashly, and said thoughtfully: "If he is not dead, how can he still laugh when he has suffered such serious injuries?"

Yamane knelt down and bravely patted the young man's face.The man didn't move at all, his head was tilted to one side as if broken.Yamane said firmly: "This person must have been poisoned by Xiaoquan powder, which is a kind of poison. When a person dies, there is a smile on his face, like the feeling of smiling nine springs."

Huaixin was stunned when he heard that: "Brother Shangen is really well-informed."

Shan Gen touched the man's body: "Look for anything unusual."

Looking at the man's expression, Huai Xin always felt that he was still alive, and said with some fear, "Isn't it disrespectful to find something on him without his consent?"

Shan Gen's hand stopped, and he said again: "If a person dies and goes to the hell, how can he stay in the human world casually?"

As he spoke, his hand touched his chest, and he accidentally pressed it hard. The man who had been motionless suddenly let out a muffled groan, and spit out water from his mouth.Shan Gen was startled, and Huai Xin even jumped up in fright: "Alive! Alive again!"