General Zhiyi

Looking at the man sitting with the abacus in the lobby downstairs, Tang Jingxu thought for a while, walked down the stairs and sat in front of him. The man raised his face. Although his complexion was sickly pale, it was not as pale as last night. The paleness of the dead, the eyes are not cloudy at all, and the breathing is normal. It is not a walking corpse, and it is undoubtedly a living person.

"What does this guest officer need?" The man moved his hand away from the abacus, picked up an upside-down tea bowl, and poured a bowl of hot tea to Tang Jingxu.

Tang Jingxu nodded in thanks, turned his head and glanced at Hua Qingchen and Yingli who were following downstairs, motioned them to sit aside, and then replied with a smile: "I'm here for the first time, and I want to ask the boss about peach blossoms. The characteristic customs and delicacies of the creek.”

Boss: "I'm not very clear about this, I'd better wait for my wife to finish her work and come to the guest officer to answer."

Tang Jingxu pretended to be surprised: "Isn't the boss a local?"

The boss smiled and nodded: "I, like the guest officer, came here for the 'Peach Festival' in Taohuaxi. I originally planned to leave after seeing the ceremony. I didn't think so. I drank a bowl of peach soup from my wife. But I can’t go anymore, hahahaha…”

"Peach soup?" Ying Li rushed to Tang Jingxu's side immediately, staring blankly at the boss, and his stomach grunted twice in response to the occasion.

The boss was startled by his sudden appearance, and accidentally pushed the abacus under the table with his elbow. Tang Jingxu bent down to pick up the abacus. Tang Jingxu pulled out the yellow corner, and he understood it at a glance. He straightened up slowly and handed the abacus back to the boss.

The boss took the abacus and introduced it to the enthusiastic Ying Li: "As we all know, Taohuaxi is most famous for its peach blossoms, and this peach soup is second only to peach blossoms in popularity, and it can be regarded as the most famous delicacy in Taohuaxi. Boiled peach leaves, branches, and stems, it is sweet and delicious. I have been here for a year, and I drink a bowl every morning. Welcome, because you came late last night, so you didn't get to drink it in time, my wife is preparing for the guests, please wait a moment."

As soon as the words fell, I saw the woman from last night walking in with a wooden tray. There were five steaming bowls of peach soup on the wooden tray. The expression on her face was completely different from the indifference seen last night. After seeing the shyness and timidity of the young woman, she looked a lot more agile.

As soon as she put the wooden tray on the table, Tang Jingxu saw three more people appear beside him "咻咻咻", he glanced sideways, and did not make a sound.

Hua Qingchen's eyes were fixed on the boss, and he looked up and down without any hesitation, as if he wanted to take off his clothes to see if there were any corpse spots on his body.

Liu Yan pinched his goatee and stared at the peach soup that the proprietress brought to him with piercing eyes. He seemed a little hesitant, took the spoon slowly, stirred it up and down, rolled his eyes and observed everyone secretly, but he didn't scoop up a spoonful for a long time. Put it in your mouth.

Chi Xun, on the other hand, didn't care about the people around him. Tang Jingxu was the only one he could see in his pensive peach blossom eyes, and the innkeeper was a little apprehensive with his eyes that wished he could bite off his head and chew it to pieces.

Tang Jingxu pretended not to see Chi Xun at all, thanked the proprietress with a smile, then looked down at the orange-yellow hot soup in the bowl. He scooped up a spoonful and brought it up to his nose to sniff lightly. He looked surprised, looked at the proprietress, and asked, "Are the peach trees in Taohuaxi already bearing fruit this season?"

The proprietress said with a smile: "Of course the peach tree hasn't yet produced fruit, but the ingredients used to cook the soup for the three days of 'Sacrifice Peach' did have more peach flesh. This is the fruit of the sacred peach tree last year. The flowers are the same color, and they are a gift from Master Taoyao. Each household will share some of the fruits that are produced every year. They will be marinated and preserved for the three-day soup for the next year's "sacrificing peaches". This is what Master Taoyao specifically refers to. grace."

Knowing that the peach meat in the bowl was produced by the peach tree, Tang Jingxu's face turned pale in an instant, the hand holding the spoon trembled uncontrollably, flashes of Yin Kingdom royal family and loyal ministers' families being massacred in front of his eyes kept flashing The scene under the peach tree, the screams and howls could not stop echoing in his ears, and seeing the small piece of boiled blood-red peach flesh scooped up by the spoon, it seemed like they had been gouged out of their bodies. The half-breed meat...

"Master...Master..." Hua Qingchen saw that Tang Jingxu's complexion suddenly turned pale, and he didn't get a response even after calling several times, so he hurriedly got up and pressed the spoon in his hand, and then stuffed a pill for him. With a worried face, "Master, I'm just half a fool, this pill can't cure you, otherwise we should go to Sister Yuyu to show you?"

The blood-red peach flesh sank to the bottom of the bowl and was soaked by the soup. The terrifying color faded instantly. Tang Jingxu shook his head in a daze, without making a sound. Get down, get up slowly, turn around and want to go upstairs.

Sensing Tang Jingxu's strangeness, the proprietress hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with this guest officer?"

Tang Jingxu paused, and turned around to apologize: "I feel a little unwell, I'm sorry."

"Wait a minute, guest officer. Drinking this bowl of peach soup will warm you up and make you feel better." Seeing that Tang Jingxu was about to leave, the proprietress suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Tang Jingxu's sleeve.

Everyone was taken aback, and the boss hurriedly got up and said, "Ah Qing, what are you doing?"

Only then did the proprietress realize that she was a bit abrupt, she let go of her hand in a hurry, and apologized repeatedly with a blushing face: "I'm sorry, I just hope that the guest officer can taste the peach soup, and this trip is worthwhile."

"Master is not feeling well today, so it's not too late to drink this peach soup tomorrow." Hua Qingchen was displeased, frowning and standing in front of Tang Jingxu, her tone was cold and hard.

The scene was suddenly deadlocked, the boss embraced his wife's shoulders, and said apologetically to Tang Jingxu: "In that case, guest officer, please go and rest."

"No! This is Master Taoyao's special favor, and you must drink it for three days! If not, Master Taoyao will definitely punish you!" The proprietress threw off her husband's hand suddenly, shouted in a high voice, and picked up the table with one hand. The soup bowl on the table strode towards Tang Jingxu, the soup shook violently and spilled on her hand, but she didn't seem to notice it.

Hua Qingchen wanted to step forward to stop him, but Tang Jingxu pushed his hand away, glanced at Yingli who had already finished drinking the peach soup, and didn't see any strange color on his face, so he turned his head and calmly faced the stern-looking proprietress Said: "I don't want to break the rules of Taohuaxi, I just drink this peach soup."

Seeing Tang Jingxu took the soup bowl, drank the peach soup in one gulp, and even swallowed the peach meat that settled at the bottom of the bowl, the face of the landlady regained her composure, and she turned to the three who hadn't eaten the soup yet. A person with a urging look in his eyes.

Seeing this, Tang Jingxu nodded to Hua Qingchen, Hua Qingchen held up the soup bowl unwillingly, Liu Yan also drank the peach soup hesitantly, Chi Xun snorted coldly, but did not refuse.

The proprietress was obviously relieved, she bowed slightly shyly to salute everyone, and then entered the room.

"Several guest officers, today was really abrupt. To express my apologies, the restaurant will bear all the meals for the guest officers in the small shop for these three days." After speaking, the boss followed into the room.

Back in the room, Tang Jingxu hugged the spittoon immediately, and pressed his violently twitching abdomen with one hand, his face pale.

After entering the room, Hua Qingchen and Ying Li saw him vomiting with his eyes tightly closed, and they both sighed tacitly.

After a while, Tang Jingxu slumped back on the bed, took a sip of the hot tea that Yingli handed over, rinsed his mouth, took a deep breath, and asked, "Little San, do you feel the taste?"

Ying Li shook his head.

"Xiao San is a mortal, so naturally I can't notice it, but I ate it." Hua Qingchen tilted his head and looked at Tang Jingxu, "Leaving aside the obvious abnormality of that woman, just looking at the peach soup has a hallucinogenic effect Do you think that woman has ulterior motives, or that so-called demon god has plans?"

After pondering for a moment, Tang Jingxu said: "We will know when we 'sacrifice peaches'."

"Master, do you have something to hide from us?" Hua Qingchen suddenly leaned in front of Tang Jingxu, staring at his eyes, "You have been getting weaker and weaker since the self-pity left, don't fool us into catching the cold, Do not believe."

"I've kept a lot of things from you." Tang Jingxu laughed, and flicked his forehead gently with his fingers, "Then how can you believe it? He stole my soul, I am lovesick, believe it?"

"letter."

Ying Li suddenly uttered a word, and Tang Jingxu was so startled that the tea in his mouth sprayed Hua Qingchen's face. He wiped the face full of resentment and suspicion indiscriminately, and laughed dryly "haha" He said twice: "What nonsense are you talking about, don't be an eyesore here, all go out, lie down and rest for the teacher, walk around."

Hua Qingchen stared at him thoughtfully for a while, then suddenly grinned inscrutablely, with a look of "I understand, I understand", Tang Jingxu was inexplicably guilty by his smile, and pointed at his leg Kicked, raised his chin in the direction of the door: "Smile, get out."

Hua Qingchen felt very happy physically and mentally with his master's distraught look. He hummed a little song, stretched his arms around Yingli's neck, and walked out cheerfully.

Tang Jingxu let out a long breath, pulled the quilt over and fell asleep.

In a daze, he seemed to hear a very slight sound, but he was so exhausted that he couldn't lift his eyelids, so he didn't bother to answer, and fell asleep with a peaceful heart...

He was dreaming again.

It's Yin Liansheng.

In the dream, Yin Liansheng approached step by step from the raging fire with a faint smile, stretched out his hand to hold him tightly in his arms, and whispered softly in his ear over and over again: "Tang Jingxu, you are my subject, so you are my servant." It's mine."

My subject... my people...

Tang Jingxu frowned, eager to break free from Yin Liansheng's imprisonment, and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Yin Liansheng! Don't be so proud of me!"

After a roar, Tang Jingxu opened his eyes suddenly, he was sweating all over, and he didn't know whether it was from the quilt or was forced out by Yin Liansheng.

However, he was much more comfortable after sweating. He turned around and was about to lie on the bed for a while, but unexpectedly, he met a pair of deep eyes.

He raised his eyebrows, calmly pulled away the hand that was lying on his waist at some point, and said in a hoarse voice that had just woken up: "You got naked under my bed... to keep warm?"

The author has something to say: You may not believe it. Yesterday I went to the hospital to see my eyes and said it was trichiasis. The nurse pulled out three of my eyelashes and charged me 103 yuan 〒_〒, ah, I never thought about one of my eyelashes More than 30...worth money...