Yunyue past events

In the early hours of the morning, relying on the limited moonlight, Yueqian climbed a wild apricot tree behind the house.

He often comes here to pick wild fruits and firewood on weekdays. He is very familiar with the surrounding environment, so he can climb trees without lights.

Clinging to a high branch, he pulled it down vigorously, diving deeper and deeper to find the wild apricot on the branch. He groped in the dark and quickly picked two.

Yue Qian held two apricot fruits tightly, and climbed down the tree trunk. In the process of sliding down, the branches hung on his arms, and when he landed, the thorns in the forest stabbed his feet.

Yue Qian pulled out a thorn stuck on the foot, and the small wound conveyed a slight pain, which was ignored.

He was still wandering outside the house and wanted to pick some mulberries.

Find a mulberry tree near your home, dive and climb, and pick the fruit.

The white moonlight shone on the hut trees by the river, and also shone on the young man who held a mulberry branch in his mouth and slid down with his arms around the tree trunk. His movements were vigorous and neat.

After a while, it was almost dawn, and the diving time was limited. Before the soldiers drove them down the river to fish, he had to finish the next thing.

Yue Qian carried wild apricot and mulberry branches and climbed up the sycamore tree. He stood on the branch and observed the phoenix in the cage.The phoenix huddled into a ball, hiding its head, and the feather crest on its head shone slightly under the night.

It is unconscious and asleep.

Yue Qian opened the door of the cage a little, but the bird didn't respond.

After being put into the cage, the phoenix struggled fiercely in the cage. Presumably she was exhausted, and she fell into a deep sleep at this time.

Yue Qian put two apricots into the cage, moved his hand in the cage, and quietly approached the bird in the cage, as if he wanted to touch the bird's body, but he raised his hand but did not put it down.

After staying for a while, he withdrew his hand and closed the cage door tightly.

Sitting on the tree, looking at the single bird in the cage, the figure is small and looks very lonely.Suddenly there was the cry of a titmouse, Yue Qian looked up and saw two titmouses flying out of the nest, singing and jumping happily on the branches.

The tits danced high and low, playing around the sycamore tree.

Dawn is coming, the morning breeze blows the treetops, and everything in the forest is waking up.

The phoenix in the cage was still silent, it was still sleeping, as if it had been imprisoned by the cage and lost its vitality.It was such a lively, croaking bird.

Yue Qian climbed down the sycamore tree, at this time the dawn is about to break in the east.

There is a large temperature difference between day and night in the mountains. Before the sun came out, the river was icy cold and the morning breeze was blowing, making the fishing slaves shiver.

Some slaves rowed boats on the river, and some jumped into the river to pull nets, and they worked together to catch fish.

Yue Qian got out of the water and exposed his upper body. He wiped his head and face, opened his eyes, and gestured to Father Chang who was paddling on the boat, indicating that the fishing nets on his side had been set.

Pull net fishing is not just a fishing net, but several nets.

Only people with excellent water quality and excellent physical strength can go down the river to pull the net. If they are not careful, they may be swept away by the river and buried under the thick river mud.

When the slaves set up all the fishing nets, the sun had already risen, and the vision in front of them suddenly widened. People felt warm first, and then hot.

The heat quickly becomes as unbearable as the early morning chill.

When diving, he is sometimes in the water and sometimes on a small boat. He is not very old, but he can pull the net and paddle.

Before the time came, all the fishing nets had been dragged onto the boat, and the fish was full. Under the supervision of the soldiers, the slaves picked the good fish and shrimp aside, and these fish and shrimp would be loaded into baskets and transported by water to the Palace of King Rong.

At noon, the soldiers confiscated the fishing tools, and the slaves were given some miscellaneous fish and shrimp, and they returned home with a small amount of food.

Yue Qian loaded some fish and shrimps in a bamboo basket, and went back to the thatched hut with Chang Fu.

From dawn to noon, I worked non-stop, tired like an old dog, and half a day passed without a drop of water, and my stomach was already hungry and thirsty.

Chang's father cooked fish in front of the firepit, dived into the water and poured two sips of water, and hurried to the back of the house without taking a break.

The midday sun was scorching hot, and he was sweating profusely under the sun. He climbed the sycamore tree and looked at the caged birds.

The sycamore tree has a lush canopy that can hide from the shade. Birds hiding under the leaves will be much more comfortable than diving under the scorching sun.

The feathers of the bird in the cage were still ruffled, and the eyes of the bird were closed. It was not in a good condition and listless.

The mulberry branch inserted in the birdcage has withered, and there are not many fruits left on the branch. These fruits are small and green, and all of them are intact.The rest of the fruits seem to be swept away by the wind, rolling into the grass and disappearing (actually into the stomach of Zhao Ling), and the ripe mulberries are always easy to fall off.

At the bird's feet, there are two apricots, which have not been pecked.

On such a hot day, without food or water for half a day, it is unbearable for a human being, let alone a weak young bird.

Maybe it was because I was injured when I hit the birdcage last night, so I lost my appetite, or maybe it was too hot and it was ruined by the heat.

Yue Qian hastily removed the birdcage from the branch, and quickly slid to the ground with the birdcage in his arms, and ran to the shade by the water.He plucked a leaf, filled it with water, and handed it to Fengniao's beak, intending to feed it.

The bird opened its eyes, saw that it was diving, and immediately closed it again.

It does not eat wild fruits, nor does it drink water.

Before, the phoenix bird was injured, and Yueqian had taken care of it for two days. He had rescued the injured bird, but at this moment he couldn't help feeling a little panicked.

The bird looked sick and listless, but even the colorful feathers that were always raised before were drooping.

Yue Qian used a clam shell he picked up by the stream to hold water, put the clam shell filled with water into the birdcage, and placed it in front of the bird.

He tapped the bird's head lightly with his fingers, trying to make it drink some water, but the phoenix suddenly got excited, and pecked at the back of Yue Qian's hand violently, with resentment, smacked hard, the back of his hand was pecked, and the leather was torn and bloodshot.

Yue Qian didn't even frown, but he couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, the temperament of a young man is capricious.He stretched out his palm, closed the cage door, and ignored it.

One person and one bird, staying by the stream, the birds are small, hiding in the shadows, diving higher and higher, with the sun shining on most of their bodies.

The noon sun is so hot that the skin of the lips cracks, and the birds will definitely be thirsty.

Not far away, Father Chang called Yueqian's voice, it seemed that the fish in the pottery pot had been cooked, Yueqian responded, took the birdcage in his arms, and took it away.

Walking to the back of the house, Yue Qian opened the birdcage, grabbed the bird in his hand, and took it out of the cage.

The bird fluttered vigorously, sang, pecked and dived, and pecked him with wounds all over his hands.

Yue Qian didn't let go of his hand. He grasped the bird with just the right strength, able to restrain it without pinching it.

If someone else is pecked by a bird like this, they will probably be angry and pinch it tightly so that it cannot hurt others.

Yueqian pressed the bird against his chest as usual, and the bird suddenly became quiet, as if it was a little more docile than before.Yue Qian gently stroked the bird's head to calm its emotions, then lowered his head to inspect the bird, pulled its wings, touched its belly, and looked at its beak and claws.

It doesn't appear to be hurt.

During the inspection, the bird fluffed its feathers, its eyes were wide open, and it looked like a fighting cock.

A ray of love breeds a possessive desire.

After a while, the bird seemed to be tired and no longer resisted.

Yueqian put the bird back into the cage, and it suddenly let out a painful and weak cry. This cry made Yueqian startled, and the next moment he closed the cage door, not to look at the bird.

The birdcage is placed in a pile of firewood behind the house, in a cool and shaded place.

Yue sneaked into the house, sat around the firepit with Changfu, and ate their first meal of the day.

The hungry Yueqian drank all the fish soup in the bowl. The soup was rich in meat and contained a lot of wild vegetables.

After Chang's father finished his meal, he went out again without much rest. He and other slaves went to the military camp.In the morning, the soldiers called out more than a dozen slaves and asked them to go home and have a meal before going to the camp to dissect the fish and make dried fish.

The slaves in the garden were often enslaved by the guards. The slaves did a variety of things, sometimes repairing walls, sometimes digging pits, and sometimes making dried fish and fish sauce.

Yue Qian tidied up the house a little bit, and took the bowls and jars to the river to wash. He didn't care about washing, so he picked a few wild fruits that birds like to eat by the river and brought them to the back of the house.

The phoenix bird in the cage was still the same, lifeless, Yue Qian put the wild fruit in front of the bird, the bird turned its head and didn't even look at it.

The clam shells filled with water in the cage turned over and all the water was spilled.

——In fact, Zhao Ling drank the water long ago, and kicked over the clam shells because of his unhappiness.

Yue Qian took out the clam shells, filled them with fresh water, and put them in the cage.

There are several freshly picked wild fruits in the cage, as well as clear water for drinking.

This time, the bird cage was placed under the soil bed of Yueqian, where it was quiet and cool, and if the bird in the cage stayed quietly, maybe it would be willing to eat.

He closed the door of the house, sneaked out, and went to the rice field. He pulled out the weeds that grew wildly on the rice stalks, and used clay pots to scoop water to irrigate the rice fields. He did these things very skillfully.

After finishing his farming work, he sat on the ridge of the field, with the scorching sun above his head, and did not go back to the house when he submerged, recalling the mournful cry of the bird being caged by him again.

It is a phoenix bird, a sacred bird believed by the people of Rongguo. It should not die of starvation or thirst.

Yue Qian picked a lot of wild vegetables and a few wild fruits (phoenix food) from the back of the house. He entered the house and started to prepare dinner.

He cooked a large pot of wild vegetable and fish soup, waiting for Chang's father to come back.

Looking at the rosy light outside the window, Yue Qian couldn't hold back anymore, lay down on the bottom of the bed, and took out the birdcage.

The wild fruit in the cage was still the same, the clear water in the broken pottery was not reduced, the bird's head was still hidden in the wings, and the body was huddled up, even if Yue Qian reached out to touch it, it refused to pay attention.

Didn't even bother to peck.

The fish soup cooked in the pottery kettle gradually cooled down, and Yue Qian didn't take a sip.

I don't know how long it has passed, but in fact it hasn't been long, the sky is still full of sunset glow, Yue Qian has already lifted the birdcage to the back of the house, and he is sitting on the ground with the birdcage resting on his lap.He looked into the forest, listened to the flapping of birds' wings in the forest, and murmured: "Stay back...don't come here again."

Yue Qian spoke this sentence in Rongguo language, not so standard.

If it is really a divine bird of Rongguo, maybe it can understand Rongyu.

Yue Qian just thought so, and didn't go to look at the bird in the cage, otherwise he should have found that the bird that had ignored him raised its head in an instant, as if it was very confused.

The forest wind was rustling, and the surrounding birds were singing endlessly, so loud and quiet.It seems that there is only a little slave in a garden and a bird in a cage in the world.

"In the future, I won't come back again." Rong Yu was the most sublime in this sentence, and he said it softly, like the wind.

Yue Qian lowered his head, as if he had already made up his mind, he quickly pushed the latch and opened the cage door.

In the cage, the bird buried its head back in its wings, only feeling a gust of forest wind blowing over it, and didn't know what happened.

Yue Qian stretched out a finger and gently pushed the bird's body forward. The bird raised its head and stared at the open cage door in a daze. , the phoenix has already rushed out of the door, soaring into the sky.

It didn't hover over Yue Qian's head like it did back then, and its figure quickly disappeared among the clouds.

Spread your wings and soar high, escape from birth, and never look back.

Yue Qian stood up abruptly, looked up at the sky, but for a moment, Fengniao was no longer seen.The forest wind blows Yueqian's ragged clothes and brushes his face lightly. The wind is very gentle, and his brows are relaxed, imagining that the phoenix bird flies across the Nanshan Mountains, out of the bounds of the garden, the world is vast, let it soar freely.