September is full of flowers

When Ding Lou came down the mountain with the corpse of an unknown man without arms on his back, the group of Miao people who had been waiting from dawn to dark all surrounded them. Nearly half a minute, several people formed a small circle, leaving an open space in the middle.

"Alou, what are you carrying on your back?" an old lady asked with concern in her eyes.

Ding Lou said to her, "This is my grandfather, we found him up there and brought him down."

"Ding Lou, did these two people hurt you?" A Miao man wielding a shovel stepped forward and asked Tang Jiuyue and Shen Man in a rough voice with the shovel.

This scene is really weird. A group of Miao people with weapons surrounded the two little girls, asking whether the two little girls hurt their companions or plotted against the village, but they didn't want to make the village down.

Ding Lou lowered his voice and said, "These two girls are our distinguished guests, don't neglect them any more. I have found the elder's body, but I can't bring it down. He is on this cliff, and we will worship here in the future." he."

"But..." Miao Min hesitated.

"But what?!" Ding Lou's eyes sparkled, shaking the Miao people, "Could it be that you can go up and transport the elder's body down? If so, you can go up in person, and I will never stop you .”

The Miao people flinched, looked up at the cliff, and remained silent.

Ding Lou silently walked towards his wooden building with the corpse on his back, and the people around stepped aside.Ding Lou walked a few steps, turned his head and said to the two women, "I misunderstood you, just stay in my house for one night, and leave the next day."

Tang Jiuyue followed behind her back. Since he had admitted his mistake and intended to take them in, they would naturally not refuse.

Dinglou's wooden building was next to the elders. Several people sat cross-legged on the ground, and a stove was lit in the middle, on which mountain delicacies were steaming hot, and the aroma was overflowing.Shen Man saw some sun-dried corn, mushrooms and other things hanging outside the house, and also saw some dried freshwater fish. It must be that the products here are abundant and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but it is relatively closed.

Ding Lou disappeared for a while, and when he reappeared, the corpse on his back was gone.He looked down at the two sitting on the ground, his expression was still as serious as before, "You can't reveal a single word about what happened on the mountain. If we reach such a tacit agreement, I can let you out tomorrow."

Tang Jiuyue threw a log into the stove, resting her chin in a daze.

Shen Man hastily responded, "Of course we won't say anything about it." She looked carefully at Ding Lou's chest, but she didn't see those arms stretched out anymore, feeling a little strange.Turning her head to look at Tang Jiuyue's side face, she saw her leisurely attitude, and even covered her mouth and yawned, she was extremely leisurely, and she couldn't help but envy her mentality.

Ding Lou also looked at Tang Jiuyue, and then said "um" as an answer, then turned around and opened the curtain and left, leaving the two of them here to bake in the oven, not knowing how to go to bed tonight.

Tang Jiuyue was quite casual, lying half-lying with her head propped on her hands, staring at the flames, not knowing what to think.Shen Man slowly moved over to her side to keep warm, and slowly the fragrance of her body wafted over.

"Xiaoman," Tang Jiuyue looked up at her, "What's cooking in the pot?"

Shen Man stretched his neck to take a look, "It smells like stewed chicken."

"Oh, it's a chicken." Tang Jiuyue frowned, and immediately lost interest.His eyelashes closed slowly, and he said tiredly, "Rest early, we have to hurry tomorrow."

"If you don't drink a little before going to bed, you haven't eaten at all today."

"No, have you forgotten the stewed fish soup and roast duck?"

Shen Man stuck out his tongue, shrank his head and said, "It was all an accident, this pot was stewed at home, so there shouldn't be any trouble."

Tang Jiuyue smiled and said, "Seeing so many dirty things, you can still eat them. It's very heart-warming."

The light of the stove flickered, and Tang Jiuyue's face became blurred under the firelight.Shen Man bent his knees and hugged his legs, sat beside her in silence for a while, his stomach was completely flattened but he was embarrassed to say that he would leave her to eat alone.So he found a topic and chatted, "Miss Tang, you said you have been to this place before, but what happened?"

Tang Jiuyue slowly opened her closed eyes and looked at Huodao, "You also want to ask how I know so many secret stories here?"

Shen Man gave a low "hmm".

Tang Jiuyue smiled slightly, and said slowly, "Actually, I just passed by here before, and I didn't even see the face of the elder. But when I arrived in the capital, I heard more or less news about this village, and then I realized that it was I actually missed the last time I saw the relatives I admired."

Shen Man was shocked, his weak waist suddenly became strong, and he straightened up, "Who is your relative?!"

Tang Jiuyue also got up, propped her hands on the ground, looked up at Shen Man and said, "The Miao elder we saw was actually my second grandfather."

"What?!" Shen Man was dumbfounded, and was full of thoughts for a while.

Tang Jiuyue also imitated Shen Man and sat there, getting very close.She looked at the fire and said, "My second grandfather is my grandfather's younger brother. He was very kind to me since childhood. But then he went out alone and has never heard from him since. But I missed seeing him for the last time in this village of the Miao nationality. Until later, when I was staying in Kyoto, I heard rumors about this village and sent people over to investigate. Through some clues, I learned that my second grandfather was really Just in this village, and became their elder..."

Shen Man recalled Tang Jiuyue's appearance when he saw the elder, and thought of the elder's tragic death on the cliff. How should the mood of the person beside him be?

Tang Jiuyue said quietly, "At that time I was too young, and I only cared about going to the capital according to my goal, but I didn't want to be behind me. I was only a few feet away from him. I thought I would never have a chance to make up for it, but I didn't want to be behind me. Feng's 'Entering Dream' technique has fulfilled my long-cherished wish for me, allowing me to verify the conjecture of the year, and to know the final destination of the second grandpa..." She tilted her head and said with a bright smile, "Thanks to Ding Feng .”

Shen Man felt that she was trying to be brave.Judging from Tang Jiuyue's tone, she attached great importance to the flesh and blood relationship with this second grandfather.Back then, she didn't realize that all of this was God's will, but now she saw a living person with her own eyes, but saw him die tragically with her own eyes. Such repeated witnesses were not so much for her to fulfill her long-cherished wish, as it was for her to suffer a new pain.

Shen Man slowly stretched out his hand, leaning on Tang Jiuyue's shoulder, and Tang Jiuyue naturally leaned against her, like a lazy kitten. "I don't know if Grandpa Tang recognized you at that time. If he recognized you, he should be very happy."

Tang Jiuyue's eyelashes moved.

Shen Man said again, "Why did Grandpa Tang leave Sichuan at that time, and why did he come here?"

"I left because I didn't get along with Grandpa. As for why I came here, I think it's because Grandpa Second wants to protect these people."

"protect them?"

"Do you still remember the mural in the tomb of the imperial concubine? There is a man in a black robe among them. This person buried the imperial concubine here and affixed a spell."

"Could this person be a person in the way of yin and yang?" Shen Man speculated.

"No, he's not from the Yin-Yang Dao," Tang Jiuyue shook her head. "He's from the Five Elements Sect. Only people from the Five Elements Sect can use this kind of spell, and he also has that kind of monster guarding the cave."

When Shen Man thought of the weird scene, he felt chills all over his body, "What are they trying to do by doing this? Isn't it that the Miao people trust them? Why do they want to kill these Miao people?"

"If you want to take it, you must give it first," Tang Jiuyue said slowly, "The Miao people are only given small favors, and the purpose is to control them."

"Then now, are these Miao people safe?" Shen Man remembered that the hands on Ding Lou's chest had disappeared, and felt that the connection between the imperial concubine and them had been severed.But it is still inconceivable why only she can see these hands. Her eyes seem to be able to see things that others cannot see. Is this a talent that has never been discovered?

The firelight became weaker, and Tang Jiuyue seemed to be very tired, her voice gradually softened, "Xiao Man, go to sleep. What happened here is all in the past, it was all a dream."

She spoke vaguely, as if to relieve Shen Man, more as if she was reminding herself.It was the first time for Shen Man to see Tang Jiuyue who lost her composure, and it was also the first time to see her so weak and tired.After all, Tang Jiuyue is still a woman about her own age, and there will always be times when people are tired and slack, and there will always be weaknesses.Even if she is the gate supervisor, it is the same.

Shen Man tightened his arms, hugged her in his arms, and leaned his back against the wall, thinking that he might as well sleep for the night.But Tang Jiuyue suddenly saw a porcelain bottle slip out of Tang Jiuyue's sleeve, and then the cork on it popped out by coincidence.Shen Man took a look at the bottle, which seemed familiar. When he was thinking hard, he saw a black multi-legged crawling insect with tentacles on its forehead crawling out of it!

It was the Mangshan Black Blood Centipede!How could she forget that Tang Jiuyue brought this thing with her?

"Tang...Miss Tang!" Shen Man shook her, but Tang Jiuyue didn't wake up. "Tang Jiuyue!" Seeing that the centipede had half crawled out of the porcelain vase, she couldn't help shouting anxiously. "Centipede, centipede!" She lowered her head and stared at the centipede.

"Huh?" At this time, Tang Jiuyue woke up with sleepy eyes, and when she raised her head, Shen Man felt something soft slipping past the corner of her mouth.She was surprised, startled, and subconsciously lowered her head to look at it. This time she lowered her head, she brought her lips in front of the other party.So the two of them faced each other and kissed each other mouth to mouth!

"..."

"..."

"What are you calling?" Tang Jiuyue turned her head and asked with a frown.

Shen Man was so fascinated that he almost forgot the danger he was facing.His head exploded with a buzzing sound, and he fell into a blank blank.

Tang Jiuyue let out a bewildered "Huh", looked down and found that the centipede had escaped, looked left and right, picked out a branch from the stove, and picked up the centipede regardless of whether it was already hot, and then heard " Ba——" with a sound, the centipede curled up, and then made a dying appearance.

When Tang Jiuyue saw something wrong, she picked up the centipede and observed it carefully, and saw that the centipede was motionless, then frowned and asked Shen Man very seriously, "Xiao Man, do you want to eat the centipede?"